Evening star., 1949-04-10

front cannot nave an overall
view of the entire position and
might easily make an error in
matters of tactics. The Comm
form stated this, when it said in
the accusation, that he has been
badly orientated in the interna-
tional situation" and because of
that he lacked courage in front
of the Vests admonitions.
A commander engaged heavily
who shows signs of vacillation
and camouflages the gerat aim"
in front of his soldiers. must in
evitably weaken the morale of his
fighters. Stain openly stated this
to Tito in his letter of May 4.
1948, when he reproached him for
not working. under the label of
the Communist Party instead Of
that of the Peoples Front" In
this lies the greatest terror of the
YugoSlav comrades, that they are
afraid openly to acclaim the party
and its decisions. Since they are
hiding the banner of their party.
they are disarming the workers
class, said Stain. These suspi-
.cions in the minds of the men in
the Kremlin have been increased
by Tito's unwillingness to yield.
which they attribute to his ''un-
doubted haughtiness." and which
Is q consequence of easy successes,
From suspicion has grown lack
Eof confidence &
In the last resort the reason
behind the 4fiQuidataon Of cola*
|munist leaders In which the
Kremlin has lost confidence has
always remained enveloped in
mystery. This, however, is not
part of the doctrine Of Leninism.
but is rather part Of Leninism-
Stalinism's criminology. For the
post of Soviet Foreign Minister
has been appointed a man.
Vishinsky, who is at the same
time diplomat. a prosecutor and
a criminologist. 1t is interesting
to note that he has combined the
duties of q diplomat with those
of a prosecutor. He did this in
1945 in Sofia and Bucharest. He
did the same In l948, when as
Deputy Foreign Minister and
chief delegate to the .Danubian
Conference in Belgrade, he
brought with him besides the
files on this international ques-
ton also the accusation material
against Tito.
AS for Tito. he cannot yield
to Russian demands, not because
he wouldn't like to, but because
he would then clash with stronger
forces, with the resistance OF the
Yugoslav people and with Amer
ica's firm foreign policy.
Solidarity on Communism
There is another factor which
determines Tito's position. That
is the communistic structure of
Yugoslavia. According to Lenin-
ism, Communist countries cannot
live side by side for a long time
with capitalist countries, a con-
flict is inevitable. Ultimately one
side must win. From this derives
the full solidarity Of Communist
countries on the defensive. But
further. according to Leninism,
Communist countries can assure
their security only through the
offensive. by carrying proletarian
revolutions In capitalist coun-
tries. From this derives a COM
plete solidarity on the offensive.
Tito is conscious that Yugoslavia
today Is part Of the Communist
world. and that he cannot free
himself from this solidarity. He
frankly stated this in September,
1913: I'm all cases Yugoslavia
stands with the Communist states,
because it cannot stand in any
other position, because Of Its In
ternal structure" In his letters
to Stain he emphasizes his
solidarity with the East and ex-
poets the same In return. "wheth-
er they like 1t or not"
This structure Is an unbridge-
able difhculty for him II he were
to prefer siding with the West.
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