Marshal Tito Outlines His Case

Chronicle (Levin), 11 April 1949, Page 5

Marshal Tito Outlines His Case

Received Sunday, 7 p.m. BELGRADE, April 9.

Yugoslavia could not ? ' follow in the trail of Imperialists, ' ' said Marshai [?ito in an address to t'he third Yugoilav People 's Front Congress. He added that Yugoslavia was building socialism with self-assurance and great success. "AU the warmongers and reactionarv elements in eapitaiist countries are wroug if they think that, in view of thcsituation in which our conntry finds itself and in view of the attitude of Eastern Europe countries towards us, tliey can count on us in their war plans. Our attitude remains consistent. We will fight for the establishment of peace and against all warmongers," he said. Marshal Tito, speaking of the Cominform's anti-Yugoslav campaign, said: ' The more embittered the Cominform 's rampaign is, the more we are strengthened in our revolutionary convictions that we must resist and be firm. Not only is this propaganda harming the prestige of Socialist methods in relations among Socialist countries but i". may also have eatastrophic consequences for the revolutionary development of the world. It is quite understandable that we should be attaeked and insulted by the reactio^narv Iraperialist press but if we are attaeked by the Socialist press and it tries to eamouflage lies and insults as eriticism, we must call them by th'eir proper name. We must condemn them with the utmost energy as anti-Marxist and anii-Rpjiipist aets harming the progres--iive movement in the world." Marshal Tito accuspd Russia and satellites of seekjn^ to promote "civil war" in Yugoslavia by attemptmg to persuade the population to oyerthrqw hig regime. This.poiut wa§ tji.e basis of the greater part of his two hours' speech. He stated: "There is more truth than gpssip jp the stories spread by Cominform agent's that the West is seljing Yugoglayia everything it desirps. It woujd be a ciime against cpr Socialist country if we failed to trade. ( Thpy will give us the ipachines anj plant an.d we haye given them "whaf we caq give, monpy for goods and viceversa. " Marshal Tito aecused the Comipform of using former members of the "eapitaiist" intelligenee organisation as their pwji agents in Yugoslavia. ' ' There are top piany similar cases of foreign intelligenee agents in eertain Communjsj; pafties? ' ' ke sgid. ' 1 Traitcho" Kostov," the re.eently dismisse;! Bulgarian Deputy-Premier, has been hiding behipd the Cominf.Orm to carry on the work as g eapitaiist agent. We haye proof that in several Commuifist parties there are agents of eertain eapitaiist States ampng eveu the highr est leaders.,,