АУСТРИЈСКИ ИЗВОРИ О ПОЧЕЦИМА ЖЕЛЕЗНИЧКЕ ПОЛИТИКЕ СРБИЈЕ 1852.
AUSTRIAN SOURCES ON THE SERBIAN EARLY RAILWAY POLICY IN 1852

Summary/Abstract: British plans for economic penetration in the Ottoman Empire, followed by plans to build the necessary transport infrastructure in the interior of the Balkan Peninsula from the early 1850s, imposed not only on the Serbian government, but also on the government in Vienna, the need to define their own policies related to this issue. From 1852 to 1888, which means from the appearance of the railway issue as a foreign policy problem, which different Serbian governments faced, to the final construction of trans-Balkan railway, the Habsburg Monarchy was for Serbia the most important participant in the discussions on the possible modalities to solve this problem. Documents of the Austrian Consulate General in Belgrade from 1852, related to the beginnings of Serbian railway policy, showed that a basic principle had already been set and it was obeyed by future rulers and governments ‒ no agreement that the Ottoman Porte made with some foreign associations could not refer to Serbia if the Serbian ruler and government did not agree to this. Despite its vassal position, Serbia intended to independently decide on this issue.

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