Evening star., 1949-04-10

him In the conflict. This was prI-
marily addressed 10 Moscow, TO
show the surgeons IN the Kremlin
that they could not perform the
amputation without lnfiictine
serious wounds 10 the Yueoslav
Communist organization
Because Of the nuisance that
Tito and his group have come 10
be for the Communist world. how
ever. the Kremiin has started n
cold war" against T1to's Yugo-
slavia through her satellites on
Yugoslavia S border Here We
have an unusual situation Tito
together with the other Balkan
satellites carries a cold war"
against Greece. and those satel-
lites are at the same time carry
ing a cold war" against Tito.
What will be the outcome Of such
paradoXical situation no nor
NAL logic can foresee
Lately two OF Yugoslavia S
neighbors Bulgaria and Albania
have in particular been intrusted
with the execution OF the cold
war" against Tito, In this ac-
tivity the question OF the Yugo-
slav federation and that of Great
Macedonia" play the main role.
The plan for the Yugoslav fed
Grafton was worked out as far back
as autumn. i945. According TO II,
Bulgaria was TO Join the Yugoslav
federation as the seventh federal
unit. Up TO recently, Bulgaria
did not show much haste in fol-
lowing the plan. Now. however.
when the Bulgarian government
Is TIto's bitterest enemy in his
conflict with the Cominform. she
! is asking for the formation OF the
/ federation without delay. The
Yugoslav Communist leaders state
that the Bulgarian Communists
wish this intimate union in order
that they may work from within
in overthrowing Tito's government
and in breaking up Yuaoslavia"
Furthermore these two satellites
are intrusted with carrying out a
cold war" against a particular
part Of ,Yugoslavia-against Yugo-
slav Macedonia. This activity
against the Yugoslav Macedonia.
the Yugoslav Communists define
as a campaign with the aim Of
overthrowing the government Of
Yugoslav Macedonia" The new
plan for Great Macedonia" which
has been worked out by Stain.
Dimitrov and Joanides. foresees
that all the three Macedonias-
Yugoslav. Bulgaria and Greek
will form one autonomous state
which would be for the Cominforn
and for Soviet Russia and against
Tito. This plan would reduce
Yugoslav territory. weaken her
and place her In a difficult stra-
tegic position. An activity Of sab
otaging and guerrilla warfare Ia
expected TO start from Bulgaria
and Albania against Yugoslav
Macedonia. Belgrade and Skoplje
have made strong statements
pointing out their readiness TO ac-
cept this struggle.
Moscow to Pull Strings
Soviet Russia will direct de-
velopments Of this situation. BY
solving In this way the Tito ques-
ton. Soviet Russia hopes that at
| the same time she will accelerate
/ the realization Of the plan Of
Great Macedonia. which 30 far
has been much delayed and dis
turbed by quarrels Of her satel-
lites as to who will have the pre-
ponderant influence in that new
state. Through Great Macedonia.
a new satellite. she intends TO
come out on the Aegean Sea. thus
gain Salonika. that port which
she asked from the Allies as the
naval base alternatiyely TO Istan-
bul, and at the same time solve
! the question Of Greece In her ia
vor. Through this Macedonia
she would become In close contact
with Albania and thus assure her
position In this strategic Adriatic
area. Thus. all this would create
possibilities for her further ex-
pansion toward the Mediter-
raneail.