Evening star., 1953-09-06
YugosIays Swarm
To Hear Tito Give
Trieste Declaration
BY the AsseeIuted Pres.

TRIESTE. Sept. 5.-YugoslavS
by the thousands. by flag-be-
decked buses and trains, were
pouring into the tiny village of
Okrajaglica tonight to hear
President Tito make his much
heralded declaration on the
flaming Trieste issue.
The Yugoslav president speaks
tomorrow on the dispute with
Italy over the future of this free
territory which both nations
claim. His Foreign Ministry has
peppered Rome all week with
diplomatic protsts against armed
demonstrations along the from
tier, and has threatened re-
prisals.
In contrast to the sizzling
notes there was an outward dis
play of order tonight on both
sides of the frontier which splits
through the town of Gorilla
5 miles west of Okrajaglica
and 25 miles north of Trieste
itself. Here Marshal Tito had
set the scene for his grafton.
Festival Air in YugosIavia.
On the Yugoslav side there was
almost a festival air as the tide
of travellers poured through
Gorilla railway junction from
north and south en- route to hear
Marshal Tito speak. The flow
of special trains and buses is
expected to continue all night.
On the italian side there ap-
peared to be little excitement
and no great. evidence of popular
concern despite a week of diplo-
matte pickering between the two
countries.
Yugoslavia has charged that
Italy rushed three divisions to
the border area last week end as
a show of force under a pretense
of fear that Yugoslavia intended
to annex her occupation zone of
Trieste Zone B is occupied by
5000 Yugoslav troops under the
1947 Italian peace treaty. Zone
A is occupied by British and
American forces.
Carabinieri and police along
the Italian side of Gorilla seemed
to have been reinforced to assure
order but there were no soldiers
in evidence. There were uncon-
f1rmed reports of a military road
block a dozen p1iles or more to
the west. toward Udine. the mill
'tary headquarters of northeast
ern Italy. This, however. is well
away from the frontier and in
the normal italian security zone
around Udine.
Bomber Flight Charged.
Yugoslavia yesterday in her
fourth diplomatic note in three
days threatened to march troops
to the frontier unless Italy with
drew her forces from border
areas.
Belgrade radio charged today
that Italy was rushing in more
troop reinforcements. It said an
Italian armored division had
been sent to border stations and
that assault bomberS have been
flown to Udine.
Italian military headquarters
at Udine, controlling the from
tier zone, denied repeatedly that
any Italian soldiers have crossed
the frontier, as Belgrade has
charged.
Rome has said in diplomatic
notes in reply to Yugoslav
charges that Italian forces had
taken only precautionary and
protective measures" One note
said:
"The Italian government, has,
after all. full and indisputable
right to take within it's own ter
ritory any measures considered
necessary"
Although there were security
checks at the Gorilla border,
itself. the frontier was not
closed.
Trieste Is Quiet.
In the disputed port city of
Trieste, guarded by 10000 British
and United States troops under
the free territory pact, Italian
trainmen's unions declared a
strike to stop rail travel from
there to Okrajaglica.
Trieste itself was quiet. British
and American forces here went
ahead with their duties. There
was no sign that troops had
been called to any sort of alert.
Mrs. Luce Sees PeIIa
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