Evening star., 1949-04-10

about the independence Of Yugo-
slavia."
BY continuing to carry out the
cold war" against Greece, Tito
has remained loyal to the policy
and strategy of Soviet Russia. He
has not come into conflict with
her on these questions. Failure
to recognize the Vifiades govern
ment" is a matter of form. per-
haps of tempo in the struggle,
The form and tempo of work are
tactics, and Tito has clashed with
Moscow on matters of tactics.
1t should be added that Tito
has found himself in this conflict
not because he opposes the Krem-
Inns conceptions, but because he
could not have acted differently,
being contained as he was by
American pressure.
Tito has undergone a similar
process in internal policy. OF
all the satellites he had gone the
further in bolShevising the coun-
try. In this. too, he acted strictly
according to the Communist prin-
ciples of policy and strategy. His
dictatorship Of the proleterist
corresponds exactly to Lenin's
definition: Power based on terror
and violence" His secret police
carries on a terror which corre-
spends to the methods established
by the great experts Of terror. OF
the Russian revolution. Latish
first chief Of The secret police
after the revolution, who wrote
in his book. "The chief purpose
was to Strike terror into the
hearts Of the enemies of the revo-
luton" "One executes hundreds
Of people not because they are
guilty, but their execution Is an
example and a warning" Tito,
at a public meeting, said in refer
ence to his secret police: "OZNA
is good and necessary because it
forces fear in the hearts Of the
fascists, reactionaries and enemies
Of the people"
Forced to Camouhage
With such a power Tito is al
tering the social structure of
Yugoslavia. destroying the bour-
goieS class and his opponents and
preparing the peasants for col
lectivization. But he hesitated
in front of the collectiyization
itself, not because he doesn't
want to realize it, but because he
wishes to achieve it in q slower
and camouflaged tempo.
This slower tempo he follows.
not because he wants it, but be-
cause he is forced to by the re-
sistance of stronger forces; the
resistance of the Yugoslav people
and of America. Tito's collecti-
vization of agriculture would pro-
woke the same reaction of the
YugoSlav peasants that Stains
collectivization created in Russia,
the revolt of peasants, economic
chaos in agriculture. death by
hunger of millions of peasant
families. Stain could have risked
this, for he did not face at that
time external dangers. Tito has
to accomplish this now, when he
engaged with Russia in the "cold
war" against the West. and since
from this present cold war" q
bigger conflict might ensue.
Soviet Russia does not allow
Tito this slower tempo. but asks
him to realize Immediately the
determination of the ''kulaks" as
q class; neither does she permit
him to camouf1age.
1t can be wondered why the
Tito-Stalin conflict is so acute
when it has developed on tactics
and not on the fundamental policy
and strategy? From Russia's
viewpoint 1t is because she is
engaged In large struggle in the
could war" with the entire dem
ocratic world. on an immense
front, in which Tito Is only COM
mander of a sector. In such a
struggle, tactics become Of great
Importance especially on such Q
vital sector as the one in T1to's
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