Evening star., 1949-04-10
Tito -Stolin Quarrel
Stems From Eost-
West Clash
By IIyo Choumenkoviteh
Former Yusosios Minister Of Justice end
Former AnbosscdoF 10 Turkey)

in this international struggle. his
influence on the course Of events
cannot be expected TO be too
great. The forces which have
created both conflicts will direct
the developments and determine
its conclusions. These forces are: {:
The expansion of Soviet Russia
and world communism, which
drives Tito against the West; the
resistance Of America on the inter-
national level, the resistance of
peoples internally, which contain
and counteract this expansion. and,
finally, the communistic structure
of Yugoslavia which automatically
predisposes Tito's policy.
Soviet Russia is realizing her
policy of world revolution by
stages. Each stage has to consoll-
date Russia's security and &C
celerate world revolution.
The first stage has been the
execution of the proletarian revo-
luton in Russia and the subse-
quent establishment OF commu-
nism in that country.
In order to assure the revolution
and communism in Russia, Lenin
laid a prerequisite: ITO achieve
proletarian revolutions as soon as
possible in at least several coun-
tries" This was achieved by
Stain during and since World
War II, when several countries"
of Eastern Europe have been con-
quered and bolsheviSed, among
them Yugoslavia.
Now we are in the third stage
of proletarian world revolution,
which was defined by Malenkov, a
member of the Politburo: Now
the class struggle-proletarian
revolution-is an; international
one" This is the present cold
war;" on the line from Norway to
Korea.
This is the basic policy and
strategy of Soviet Russia.
! Tito Follows Strategy
| Tito has not clashed with
Moscow on this policy and on this
strategy. Indeed, during the
second stage he has collaborated
with Soviet Russia in the process
of bolshevising and conquering the
countries of Eastern Europe, by
bolshevising Yugoslavia and as
sisting in achieving the same in
Bulgaria and Albania. In this
stage, in the present cold war y
he has been carrying out Commu-
mist expansion. especially in the
direetipn of Greece.
Hnwever, together With Com
munist expansion has grown the
resistance of America. Since the
expansion on Tito's sector
Greece Trieste was especially
dangerous to the West, American
resistance has particularly stiff
ened on this sector. thus again
Tito. In 1947 American resistance
Ito Communist expansion was
lbroadened to the entire front from
Norway to Korea, and was formu-
lated in the Truman doctrine as
the official policy of the strongest
power in the world. Tito. to-
gether with Russia. found himself
in conflict with America on the
international front. In his sector
he is in an especially acute con-
fict, since the Truman doctrine
originated from the necessity to
defend Greece.
In spite of all this. Tito has
continued his collaboration with
Moscow in the ''cold war" against
Greece. However. there was a
step that Tito hesitated to take
when Marko vifiades, leader of
the Greek Communist rebels, in
December. 1948, formed his gov
ernment" and asked the Balkan
satellite countries for recognition
and assistance. The Western
powers made an energetic ap-
proach to Tito against such a
recognition. Due to this firm step
by the Western democracies, Tito
postponed the expected recogni-
ton. although he continued the
cold war" against Greece.
1t is interesting to observe that
after this followed successive acts
by Soviet Russia which brought
about an acute and open conflict
with Tito. The West acted in
December. 1947. and shortly after,
in January. 1913, Stain declared
himself against the plan for Yugo-
slav federation. which was to give
a preponderant role to Tito over
Bulgaria. by openly criticizing a
statement of G. M. Dimitrov re-
ferring to this plan. In March.
1948. Stain. in his letters to Tito.
opened a serious conflict. In June
he made the conflict public by the
publishing of the Cominform ac-
cusationS against the Yugoslav
Communist leadership. In this
accusation there is also q para
graph which undoubtedly refers to
Tito's position in the recognition
of the Vifiades government" !:
"Yugoslav leaders," it is said in
the accusation. "are orienting
themselves badly In the interna-
tional suituation and. frightened
by extortionate threats Of the i'm
perialists, think that by a series of
concessions to imperalist states
they can gain favor of these states