Word: tito
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...policymaker, he has been in ticklish spots before, has never distinguished himself but has kept out of trouble. He was in Belgrade when the Germans strode in. While he did not spot in advance the rise of Marshal Tito, he had the sagacity to back youthful King Peter in the uprising against the discredited regent, Prince Paul. Before and after Belgrade, he represented the U.S. in South America (Nicaragua, Costa Rica, etc.). He speaks Spanish and French, no Polish...
OZNA (the Yugoslav equivalent of the Russian NKVD) is busy rounding up collaborators and interrogating suspects. The press is tightly controlled and the courts -on the admission of the Yugoslavs themselves-are sadly in need of reform and reorganization. The affairs of state are rigidly administered by Tito and a few close cronies. Foreign Minister Subasich and others who were added to the Partisan cabinet last March have little real power...
British officials in Belgrade are more tolerant of the Tito regime than are the Americans. They think that on paper Tito's plans are not too bad; that the great misfortune is that the men under him have neither the brains, training nor understanding to carry the plans out. The British prefer to reserve final judgment...
...foreign observers in Belgrade agree that Russia is not guiding Yugoslav internal or external policy. On the other hand, this does not mean that Russia does not approve of what Tito is doing. Tito knows the ways of the Russians and does not need guidance...
...From Trieste, three weeks ago the hottest spot of all, Marshal Tito agreed to withdraw his troops, provided his action did not prejudice Yugoslavia's case against Italian control of the strategic Adriatic port...