Russia May Provoke Rising In Yugoslavia

Chronicle (Levin), 5 September 1949, Page 5

Russia May Provoke Rising In Yugoslavia

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Received bunclay, P-m-LOXDOX, Sept. 4. The Ohserver 's diplomatie eorrespondont says that aecording to reports reaehing Lotulon, it is exyiected that Rpssia, in the next i'ew weeks, aviII build up military manoeuvres on the Yugoslav borders and tlien provoke or stage an ineident. Well informed eireles do not think Russia will aetually invade Yugoshn ia liut probablv Ihe hopes, by a meua.ce on Tito's frontier, to faeilitate an internal uprising. There are anti-Tito forces inside Yugoslavia and Russia eould supply more by paraehute. Tlie Hunday Times' diplomatie eorrespondent says the official Hritish att: ttule to the Russo-Yugoslav disymte is that of an onlooker but there are strong reasons for "koeping Tilo going, " one of the strongest being that !ree:-e l>enelited greatly from the closing of tlie Yugoslav-Qreek border. Tlie Assoeiated Press correspondent in Aloseow says Pravda today predi-ted tliat Titois Yugoslav regime would soon be swept away. Tlie United Pre«^ Paris cnrrespondent says Tlarvaril I'niversil v Prol'essor Alather wlio spcnt Bve liour-J *• ifh Tito on tlie island of lli'oae wlu re Titu wgs holidaying. said that Tito wa confulent tliat Russia would not attemyit to invade Yugoslavia. Professor Alather said: ''1 asked Tito pointblank wliether lie feared tlu1 '0111 in I'oriu 's war of words miglit be followod.bv open war with Russia. lle replied without hesitat im : '1 do not exyioct military aggression although I do think tliey will irifen-dfv tlie'r elfort at economic strangulatioii. ' "