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SECRET
E. O.
DECLASSIFIED
11652.
Dept.
Sec.
3(E)
of
State
and
By
THE ATTITUDE OF THIS GOVERNMENT
letter,
S(D)
NLT-
TOWARD EVENTS IN. YUGOSLAVIA
DISCUSSION
1.
The defiance of the Kremlin by the leaders
of the Yugoslav Communist Party creates an entirely
new problem of foreign policy for this Government.
For the first time in history we may now have within
the international community a communist state resting
on the basis of Soviet organizational principles and
for the most part on Soviet ideology, and yet independent
of Moscow.
If the Soviet satellite area disintegrates
further, either now or in the more distant future,
this situation may arise in other instances as well.
For this reason, the attitude we take now may consti-
tute an important precedent.
Furthermore, our attitude at this time may
have an important influence on whether the rift
between Tito and Moscow spreads to Russia's relations
with other members of the satellite area or serves to
weld those other members still more tightly to the
Kremlin.
It is necessary, therefore, that this Depart-
ment and its representatives abroad be extremely circum-
spect in the handling of all matters which might be
taken to reflect this Government's attitude toward the
Tito-Stalin imbroglio.
2.
It is essential to bear in mind certain out-
standing facts which are already apparent in this
situation:
(a) Yugoslavia
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