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July 24, 1954

Cable from the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union to Tito and Central Committee of the League Of Communists Of Yugoslavia

Received by Telegraph

To the Central Committee of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia

To Comrade Tito

The CC CPSU has received with satisfaction the communication from Comrade Kardelj stating that the leadership of the CC LCY looks positively on suggestions proposed in the letter from the CC CPSU of 22 June 1954. We are confident that this road corresponds to the vital interests of our peoples and our Communist Parties. We acknowledge that the Yugoslav comrades could be in a position to respond to our letter in the nearest future.

The CC CPSU is aware of the great importance of the question of Trieste to Yugoslavia. We too consider it propitious that it be resolved in accordance with justified interests of Yugoslavia. Should, for Yugoslavia, there exist a possibility of a resolution of this question in the nearest future then it is perfectly obvious and understandable to us that it must not be encumbered by premature publication of our negotiations.

24 July 1954 CC CPSU

[5] For reasons of authenticity, the author has presented this Soviet-Yugoslav exchange of communication as first, second, etc. letter according to the depiction given by Tito himself when presenting them in November 1954 to the Central Committee of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia. Each document is annotated on top of the first page accordingly, in Tito's handwriting.) The presentation of the Khrushchev letters is based on their Serbo-Croatian translation

Letter from the CC CPSU to the CC LCY regarding the positive response given the CC CPSU by the CC LCY concerning the 22 June 1954 Soviet letter to the Yugoslav leadership suggesting the possibility of Soviet-Yugoslav rapprochement. The Soviets also suggest that they support the Yugoslav position on the question of the city of Trieste, a disputed zone between the Yugoslavs and the Italians.


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Arhiv Jugoslavije, Arhiv CK SKJ, 507 / IX, 119/I – 49. Obtained and translated for CWIHP by Svetozar Rajak.

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