da se vratimo temi...
Sto se tice kralja, ne branim ga, al apsurdno je tvrditi sve drugo, osim da je takav potez napravio pod velikim pritiskom Britanije koja je prethodno ugovorila podelu interesnih sfera sa SAD i SSSR.
Dakle, za to nisu potrebni neki argumenti vec samo zdrava pamet...Pa zar bi podrzao svoje krvnike, neprijatelje njegove krune, oni koji su bili zatvarani zbog rada protiv Kraljevine, one koji se citav rat bore protiv njega, za osvajanje vlasti, koji mu zabranjuju povratak u zemlju, itd, itd, itd....
Vec sam postavio sta je napisao u svojim memoarima, a evo i njegove prepiske sa Cercilom:
A disgusted King Peter wrote to Churchill in early May 1945,
I wish to quote only a few examples of an open non observance
of the agreement Tito - Š uba š i ć which was endorsed by the
Big Three, as well as the principles laid down in the Yalta
decisions. So far that has been no provisional parliament
formed in Yugoslavia. The AVNOJ carries on. None of the
democratic rights have been re established. There still exists
in Yugoslavia only the Press voicing Marshal Tito ’ s opinion.
Only one single political movement is admitted. There are
only Tito ’ s political manifestations. In communal elections, as
much as they take place, there are only candidates of Marshal
Tito ’ s National Liberation Movement to be elected. The
apprehensions are justified that the free popular will would
not come to expression in the election for a Constituent
Assembly after the liberation unless there is a radical change
in the practice of Government which practice is far from
being in conformity to the obligations undertaken by the
leaders of the United Government to me and to the Great
Allied Nations. 55
But Churchill was unmoved. His reply, dated May 8 and intercepted
and summarized by the OSS, consisted of a very short letter, which
simply sidestepped all the points brought up in the king ’ s letter, stating
“ that there was much happening in Yugoslavia that he [Churchill]
regrets but was unable to prevent and that is the sum and substance of
his reply. ” 56
In one final attempt at exercising authority in his country, King Peter
took to the airwaves in August 1945 in a proclamation “ to the People of
Yugoslavia ” in which he made no attempt to hide his anger: “ Hitherto
I have preserved a strict silence on the present state of affairs within my
country in order to adhere to my part of the agreement . . . . But in
my country there exists on a full scale the dictatorship of the Tito regime.
Every trace of law has been wiped out from the State organization, thus
taking away entirely the free will of the people. There are preparations
for a plebiscite by forceful means, and under terror of this special police
organization OZNA which replaced the Gestapo . . . . Only one voice
is heard, that of Marshal Tito and his totalitarian movement. ” 57 Of his
regents, he announced, albeit somewhat naively: “ I hereby proclaim that
they can no longer represent me or work in my name. I have therefore
decided to withdraw the authority which I gave to them. ” 58
Such authority of his own was not to be. Finally, on November 29,
1945, the front - page headline of the New York Times read: “ Yugoslavs
Oust King Peter — Monarch Charges Fraud, Tyranny — Official Britain
Silent. ” The defeated king, in his final radio address, stated simply: “ A tyranny
unworthy of the great victory of the Allies now reigns in Yugoslavia.
A totalitarian regime odious to the moral loftiness and the Christian
traditions of the Yugoslav people is introduced. My conscience is shocked
when I look at the sufferings of my people, who are subject to merciless
violence without freedom or justice. ” 59 He closed his comments with the
dignity the young monarch had displayed throughout the course of
the war and in honor of the men who served him:
My dynasty began its historical life in the struggle for national
liberation. The peasant`s home out of which the Karadjordje
dynasty rose to lead the insurrection against the Ottoman Empire
still stands . . . . I am fully conscious of my duties toward my
country and despite all steps taken against me by the present
regime, shall continue to follow their clear dictates of my
conscience in order to liberate Yugoslavia from tyranny — no
matter whence it comes. 60
Of course, the thicket of intrigues that conspired to bring down King
Peter at the war ’ s end might have been best avoided had, early on,
Churchill simply uttered to the king the one statement that summarized
the future of the monarchy in the eyes of the king ’ s allies. The statement
came at the end of a conversation they had at the end of one of
their last meetings in late 1944. 64 Churchill had begun by saying to the
young monarch, “ You know I do not trust Tito . . . . He is nothing but
a Communist thug but he is in power and we must reckon with that
fact. President Roosevelt, Stalin, and I have agreed that there will be a
plebiscite by which the people of Yugoslavia will decide on the question
of the Monarchy and your return, therefore will have to be postponed
until the plebiscite takes place. ”
King Peter held firm. “ What chance do I have in a plebiscite when
Tito is in Yugoslavia? It will be nothing but a farce and I will have no
chance whatsoever, ” he replied.
“ I shall see to it there will be impartial umpires supervising the plebiscite,
” Churchill assured him, “ in which the British, Americans and
Russians will act as the umpires. ”
“ I have followed your advice, Mr. Prime Minister, since I escaped from
Yugoslavia, and look where I am today, ” said King Peter.
To which Churchill coolly answered: “ Would you have been better off
if you had followed Mr. Mihailovic? ” 65
Shadows on the Mountain: The Allies, the Resistance, and the Rivalries that Doomed WWII Yugoslavia
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55. Telegram, King Peter to Prime Minister Winston Churchill, November 21, 1944.
56. OSS Memo, King Peter to Churchill, May 25, 1945. Record Group 226, Microfilm
Collection 1939–1946, Series M1642, roll 25, frame 20.
57. OSS Memo, King Peter to Churchill, April 25, 1945. Record Group 226, Microfilm
Collection 1939–1946, Series M1642, roll 25, frames 108–109.
58. Ibid.
59. OSS Memo, King Peter to Churchill, January 22, 1945. Record Group 226,
Microfilm Collection 1939-1946, Series M1642, roll 25, frame 79.
60. Ibid.
65. OSS or Kew records. OR Quoted in OSS cable of January 24, 1945 (NND
867108), #28104, Caeserta - London 13744, Caeserta - Paris #5064.
