Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-05-28
Spurned Soviets Try
Another Line on Tito
NeutroIityUr
After He Rejects
Cominform Bid

BELGRADE, Yugoslavia, May
% (P.-Informed sources said
today the Russians have fallen
back to a second line in their
talks with the Yugoslavs-an at
tempt to persuade President Tito
to accept role of passive CO.
existence" in the cold war.
Marshal Tito was said to be
resisting the latest Soviet appeal.
advanced after the Russians
failed to lure Yugoslavia into a
quick return to the Moscow-led
Communist camp.
The Russians were said to be
pressing Yugoslavia. which was
kicked out of Cominform in 1948
for following a brand of "inde-
pendent" communism unaccept-
able to the Kremlin. to adopt
now an Austrian type of neu-
trality in world affairs.
The Yugoslav leader told the
Russians his country wants to
play a leading part in uniting
nations who are opposed to di-
viding the world into two ideo-
logical camps, the informant
added.
Tito Affable Host
Tonight there will be a gala
reception given by Marshal Tito
at the White Palace in Belgrade.
AfterWard the top Russian and
Yugoslav leaders will leave for
Brioni. Marshal Tito's secluded
Adriatic island, to continue the
talks, informantS said.
Marshal Tito was an affable
host. but he was reported turn
ing down any Soviet bid for
closer party ties between his
country and the Soviet Union.
He was said to have demanded
that the talks be strictly on a
governmental plane.
Some YugoSlavs were saying
privately they would like to see
United States Secretary of State
John Foster Dulles pay a visit
to Belgrade. This would be
very timely" following the ap-
pearance here of the Soviet
leaders, one Yugoslav said.
Marshal Tito beamed with self
confidence, but Russian dele
gates were grim today as the
second day of the talks opened.
Informed sources said the sour
Soviet looks could be due to the
speed with which the Yugoslav
President rejected their efforts
to win him back to the Kremlin
fold.
The sources said Marshal Tito
voiced his stand in a speech to
the conference yesterday. He
was quoted as telling the Rus
sian delegates he had agreed to
their coming to Belgrade on the
understanding that the talks
would be purely governmental.
Aimed at Khrushchev
The remarks apparently were
aired particularly at Nikita S.
Khrushchev. Soviet Communist
Party boss, who took a dear
comrade" approach in appealing
to Yugoslavs for closer political
relations. Mr.. Khrushchev holds
no office in the Soviet govern
ment but Premier Nikolai A.
Bulganin and Deputy Premier
Anastatse I. Mikoyan accom-
panied him here.
Marshal Tito apparently saw
in Mr.. Khrushchev's appeal an
effort to lure him back into the
Cominform. Yugoslavia was ex-
PEELED from the international
Communist group in 1948 and
Marshal Tito has sworn he
would never return.
Informed opinion here that
Marshall Tito is buying only a
part of Mr.. Khrushchev's ideas
was bolstered last night by an
editorial in Borba, the Yugoslav
Communist Party newspaper.
In the first comment on Mr..
Khrushchev's speech m de
when he arrived Thursday
Borba said Yugoslav public opin-
ion approved his remarks that
the Belgrade meeting should con-
tribute to better relations be-
tween the two countries.
Wants No Interference
Yugoslavia also accepted that
part OF the speech which stressed
the development of relations on
a, basis of independence, nom
interference in internal affairs
and respect for sovereignty" the
newspaper added.
But Borba pointedly made no
reference to Mr.. KhruShchev's
party line appeal for political
consolidation"