Evening star., 1950-04-27
Tito 10 Resume
Relations With
GreeceSo Soon
Tells New Parliament
He Hopes for Better
Ties With Italy
BY the Associated Presi

BELGRADE, YugoSlavia, April
27.-Premier- Marshal Tito an
nounced today Yugoslavia is ready
to resume diplomatic relations
with Greece and will nominate
a diplomatic envoy within a few
days.
The Premier made this known
In remarkable state-of-the-
nation address to his new Parlia-
ment in which he expressed hope
for better relations not only with
Greece, but with Italy and Aus
tria.
In Washington the State
Department said the United
States welcomes Tito's an
nouncement of resumption of
diplomatic relations with Greece
and his expressed desire for
good neighborly relations with
Greece. The department said
it hopes there will be early So
luton of outstanding difficult
ties between the two countries.
At one time Yugoslavia was
accused in the United Nations of
aiding and abetting the Greek
Communist rebellion. along with
Bulgaria and Albania. Since Tito
was expelled from the Moscow
led Cominform as strayer from
Leninism, Yugoslavia'S relations
with Greece bettered.
Now, Tito told Parliament,
newest developments "-pSesum-
ably the recent government
change-in Greece promised that
from now on there will be posi-
bilities to substantially improve
the relations between our two
countries.
Addresses Parliament.
Regarding Italy. whose claims
to Trieste Yugoslavia has bitterly
disputed, the Premier said:
"Yugoslavia considers that
the present unsolved problems be-
tween the two countries should not
be a reason for worsening of rela-
tions. The efforts from both sides
for improvement of relations, for
economic and other cooperation
can contribute to an easier solu-
ton of disputed questions.
In his three-hour. 2O.000-word
speech. Tito laid down a nine
point foreign policy program
promising friendly cooperation
ION equal terms" with the West.
A similar attitude toward Rus
sia and the Cominform satellites,
he said, is now impossible because
of their stubborn, hostile atti-
tude."
Rejecting a more friendly gov
ernment policy toward neighbors
whom previously Yugoslavia has
opposed, Tito said his country be-
lieves 1.-The Italian government is
conscious of the enormous profit
which both sides would receive
from good neighboring relations
and close cooperation.
Direct Negotiations Urged.
Italian Foreign Minister Carlo
Sforza last week said his govern
ment hoped to settle the Trieste
question by direct negotiations
with the Tito government. He
added, however. that his govern
ment would not relinquish its
claim to any territory.
Count Sforza's restatement oi
Italy's claim met with flood o1
condemnation in the YugoSlaN
press. The Italian peace treaty
provides for the transformation
Ol 1IlcSU6, dllu UliC ou1 IOuA1OAAAe
area now occupied by American
British and Yugoslav troops, intc
o free territory.
with neighboring Austria" thu
Premier continued. "Yugoslavi;
considers that the relations ar,
becoming normal because of sig
nificant economic cooperation
between the two countries"
Yugoslavia has claimed a por
ton of two provinces in South
ern Austria.
Tito's statement follows install
lation of broad center coalition
Greek government headed by tn
mildly leftist Premier, Gen. Mich
olas PlaStiras.
Tito reaffirmed his government
policy of socialistic development
domestically and said that So
Wet Russias two-year Cominforn
campaign against his government
would only blacken Russia's nam
in history.