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    "ocrText": "DECLASSIFIED\nSTATE DEPT. GUIDELINE 3-6-12\nINCOMING TELEGRAM\nDepartment of Statese NLT. E O. 12356\nBy NLT\nTELEGRAPH BRANCH\nNARS, Date 6.2.23\n2\n5-H-X\nSECRET\nAction\nControl:\n8523\nEUR\nRec'd: February 19, 1951\nFROM: Belgrade\n9:47 p.m.\nInfo\nSS\nTO:\nSecretary of State\nG\nRETURN TO\nSISA\nNO: 1133, February 19, 4 p.m.\nP\nL\nUNA\nPRIORITY\nDCR\nSENT DEPARTMENT 1133 REPEATED INFO LONDON 81 MOSCOW 59 PARIS 177.\nPASS DEFENSE.\nTito, addressing second conference, CP branch of guards division\nFebruary 17, warned that CPY members must accept Yugoslav\nforeign policy and that dissension on this point would not\nrepeat not be tolerated. Yugoslav cooperation with West\ndictated by Cominform attitude. Yugoslavia can work in harmony\nwith West and still preserve socialist character. Those who\nquestion this basic policy, approved by CC CPY, \"are, in\npresent situation, a fifth column. 88\nTito explained Yugoslav foreign policy by giving four specific\nexamples - food aid, Korea, Yugoslav defense against aggres-\nsion, and Western arms aid. Re food aid, Tito said Soviet\nUnion boycotted Yugoslavia, and had not repeat not sent signi-\nficant aid even before 1948 break. West, on other hand, \"has\nshown readiness to send help. Western aid not repeat not\nmotivated by altruism but by fear that Soviet Union would\nbecome too strong if it conquered Yugoslavia. Accepting US\naid will \"strengthen us not repeat not only against East, but\nin all respects.\nTito described Yugoslav stand on Korea as \"active neutrality\",\nbut opposed to North Korean-Chinese aggression. \"The war was\nstarted by North Koreans. Why should we close our eyes to\nthat fact?\" Yugoslav UN delegate \"has definite aim, to\nremove war threat and prevent Yugoslav isolation. This\npolicy has succeeded, and Yugoslavia has now repeat now averted\ndanger of being isolated. As result correct policy, \"an\naggressor against us would have had better chance a year ago\nthan today.\nYugoslav defense against aggression based on hypothesis that\nany European war could not repeat not be localized. It helps\nYugoslavia therefore to have word go out from West \"that\nattack on Yugoslavia would lead to wider conflict\". This\nacts as\nSECRET\nREPRODUCTION OF THIS\nMESSAGE IS PROHIBITED"
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