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Yugoslav Communist Purge Tito Wins Power Fi Fight ht By BORIS BOSKOVIC BELGRADE AP CAP President President dent den Tito appears to t have emerged stronger than thao ever from the third major postwar purge of Yugoslavia's Communist fist party A long and well hidden struggle gle for power reached a climax last Friday with the ouster of Vice President Alexander Ran Ran- kovic jovic until then considered Titos Tito's political heir and S etis Svetislav lay lav Std boss bos o of the ae as- cret police The purge is II expected to spread and is ie c had strong support through throughout I out the extensive state security i apparatus and end in the Serbian ranks of the Communist party Two politburo members Sreten ic and Croatian Andreja were ar er arrested errested rested in the first purge in 1948 HUll a product of the break between Tito and Stalin repent repented ed publicly was restored to par par- party ty membership and held beld minor posts until he retired committed suicide in jail The second purge In 1954 1854 removed Milovan Djilas from the scene for advocating abolition abolition tion of the Communist party's political monopoly and permission sion lion for other parties to operate He is still in jail jaU sentenced for disclosing state secrets in a book that was ws a best beat seller seUer in inthe inthe inthe the West The third purge must have been the most painful of all aU for Tito because was wag in was his clos clos- closest closest est associate for years both during durin the tho war and after He headed the secret police ponce in inthe inthe th the years after afUr the 1948 1348 break with Stalin preventing Stalinist followers from organizing opposition opposition opposition to Titos Tito's independent Communist policies But in re re- recent recent re- re recent cent years differences devel devel- developed developed developed in the tas top leadership I There were intrigues and be be- the hind the scene fights unknown to the public Tito and liberal elements in inthe Inthe inthe the party put their weight be be- behind behind hind economic reform and were struggling with dogmatists who wanted to preserve centralized I control of the economy I IThe I The economic reform begun I last August was running into I ed felt he was wu powerful enough more and more obstacles I Relations Relation among the top lead lead- leaders leaders leaders I ers deteriorated who I had bad access to sill aU information which the secret police collect- collect I to oppose insistence on OD more lib lib- I The secret police potice Infiltrated i i its people into the economic government go cultural and other I spheres It became an isolated I power inside and above the par par- ty The purge was triggered I when it was discovered that top leaders including Tito were I being belD shadowed and their tele tele- telephone telephone telephone phone lines tapped Some sources said Tito was particularly particularly particularly enraged by the wiretap ping The purge baa has enhanced Titos Tito's hero image Many Yugo Yugo- Yugoslavs Yugoslavs slavs slays were unhappy over the tha pace of economic reform ex ex- expecting ext t petting faster results Blame Blamo for delays delas has now fallen on Remarks like Tito speaks speak but no one obeys ohe s him any more are likely to die down The purge has cleared the tho way wag for Titos Tito's own brand of lib lib- liberalism liberalism more freedom for the people and the economy more political liberties but all within the framework of party one Yu Yu- Yugoslav Yugoslav Yu- Yu Yugoslav communism
Object Description
Title | Columbia Missourian Newspaper 1966-07-07 |
Description | 58th Year, No. 248 |
Subject |
Columbia (Mo.) -- Newspapers Boone County (Mo.) -- Newspapers |
Coverage | United States -- Missouri -- Boone County -- Columbia |
Language | English |
Date | 1966-07-07 |
Type | Newspapers |
Format | |
Collection Name |
Columbia Missourian Newspaper Collection |
Publisher.Digital | University of Missouri Library Systems |
Rights | These pages may be freely searched and displayed. Permission must be received for distribution or publication. |
Contributing Institution |
State Historical Society of Missouri University of Missouri--Columbia. School of Journalism |
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County |
Boone County (Mo.) |
Description
Title | Columbia Missourian 1966-07-07 Yugoslav Communist Purge |
Date | 1966-07-07 |
Type | article |
Collection Name | Columbia Missourian Newspaper Collection |
Item.Transcript | Yugoslav Communist Purge Tito Wins Power Fi Fight ht By BORIS BOSKOVIC BELGRADE AP CAP President President dent den Tito appears to t have emerged stronger than thao ever from the third major postwar purge of Yugoslavia's Communist fist party A long and well hidden struggle gle for power reached a climax last Friday with the ouster of Vice President Alexander Ran Ran- kovic jovic until then considered Titos Tito's political heir and S etis Svetislav lay lav Std boss bos o of the ae as- cret police The purge is II expected to spread and is ie c had strong support through throughout I out the extensive state security i apparatus and end in the Serbian ranks of the Communist party Two politburo members Sreten ic and Croatian Andreja were ar er arrested errested rested in the first purge in 1948 HUll a product of the break between Tito and Stalin repent repented ed publicly was restored to par par- party ty membership and held beld minor posts until he retired committed suicide in jail The second purge In 1954 1854 removed Milovan Djilas from the scene for advocating abolition abolition tion of the Communist party's political monopoly and permission sion lion for other parties to operate He is still in jail jaU sentenced for disclosing state secrets in a book that was ws a best beat seller seUer in inthe inthe inthe the West The third purge must have been the most painful of all aU for Tito because was wag in was his clos clos- closest closest est associate for years both during durin the tho war and after He headed the secret police ponce in inthe inthe th the years after afUr the 1948 1348 break with Stalin preventing Stalinist followers from organizing opposition opposition opposition to Titos Tito's independent Communist policies But in re re- recent recent re- re recent cent years differences devel devel- developed developed developed in the tas top leadership I There were intrigues and be be- the hind the scene fights unknown to the public Tito and liberal elements in inthe Inthe inthe the party put their weight be be- behind behind hind economic reform and were struggling with dogmatists who wanted to preserve centralized I control of the economy I IThe I The economic reform begun I last August was running into I ed felt he was wu powerful enough more and more obstacles I Relations Relation among the top lead lead- leaders leaders leaders I ers deteriorated who I had bad access to sill aU information which the secret police collect- collect I to oppose insistence on OD more lib lib- I The secret police potice Infiltrated i i its people into the economic government go cultural and other I spheres It became an isolated I power inside and above the par par- ty The purge was triggered I when it was discovered that top leaders including Tito were I being belD shadowed and their tele tele- telephone telephone telephone phone lines tapped Some sources said Tito was particularly particularly particularly enraged by the wiretap ping The purge baa has enhanced Titos Tito's hero image Many Yugo Yugo- Yugoslavs Yugoslavs slavs slays were unhappy over the tha pace of economic reform ex ex- expecting ext t petting faster results Blame Blamo for delays delas has now fallen on Remarks like Tito speaks speak but no one obeys ohe s him any more are likely to die down The purge has cleared the tho way wag for Titos Tito's own brand of lib lib- liberalism liberalism more freedom for the people and the economy more political liberties but all within the framework of party one Yu Yu- Yugoslav Yugoslav Yu- Yu Yugoslav communism |