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Dissident Yugoslav Writer Mihajlo Mihajlov, who is well known for his anti-Soviet views, was arrested last week for the fourth time in ten years. Ever since the 1965 publication of his scathingly critical travelogue, Moscow Summer, he has become used to playing a Kafkaesque role in his country's foreign policy. Whenever President Tito feels the need to placate the Kremlin publicly, he usually orders the arrest of Russia's least favorite Yugoslav...
...Mihajlov's arrest was the most recent episode in a bizarre series of events that began last June when a car crashed in a small town 150 miles south of Belgrade. Local police, arriving on the scene to fill out a routine accident report, inadvertently uncovered what has been hailed as the largest, most efficiently organized conspiracy against Tito since his 1948 rift with the Soviet Union...
...conspiracy trials. The Soviet deputy chief of mission in Belgrade, Dimitri Sevian, whom Tito had sent packing when he was still too piqued to be prudent, suddenly reappeared at his post. Finally, in what has become almost a ritual of pacification, the order went out to arrest Mihajlov...
...awakening was partially due to the removal in 1966 of Alexander Rankovic, head of the secret police. Until then it was still hazardous to criticize vigorously internal policies or the Soviet Union. As late as November, 1966, Djilas, Mihajlov, and others were sentenced for their works. Under President Tito's direction, a trend of liberalizing decentralization followed in Yugoslavia...
...Convinced. The fact that Tito has allowed Praxis* to reappear testifies to his greater tolerance for criticism that comes from within the party. Unlike Mihajlov, the Praxis editors do not go so far as to challenge one-party predominance. They do, however, advocate more party democracy. Since most of the contributors are Communists, their arguments are usually buttressed with skillful Marxist chapter and verse that is hard to refute. Tito closed down Praxis for so-called "ideological deviations," but later relented. Last week, in a triumphant return to the newsstands (the entire 5,000-copy edition was sold...