Razgovori između Tita i Gomulke u Varšavi 1964. i u Beogradu 1965. godine
Conversations of Tito and Gomulka in Warsaw in 1964 and in Belgrade in 1965

Summary/Abstract: Conversations between Tito and Gomulka in Warsaw and Belgrade in the middle of 1960s of the past century represented strong impulse to further improvement of Yugoslav-Polish cooperation and good opportunity for detailed exchange of stands related to actual issues in international relations and international labour movement. Even stands of two state officials in a relation to important international issues and centres of world crisis were, almost always, similar, existed several diferences in a perceptionof optimal strategy of socialist countries which led to solution of problems solving, so in a perception of fundamental basis, relations between socialist countries shoulbd be based on. Those differences were reflection of current differences of international positions of two states and several issues which occupied them. Yugoslavia those days was mostly worried because the detente of of two world powers resulted with increased pressure on newliberated, nonaligned countries and successive conflicts among the ones. In those conditions, the interest of non-aligned countries for foundation of Movement of non-aligned countries decreased, which made hard to ensure long term stabilization of Yugoslav international position. In accordance with the situation, Tito tried, during conversations with Gomulka, to get hisenergic support for Yugoslav initiatives in United nations and wider sphere of international relations started with a goal to stabilize situation in Afro-Asian countries, actually, to ensure support of Gomulka to ideas of emancipation in new liberated states of the region. Gomulka, the center of the problem, saw in turbulent times in Europe and renovation of German pretensions to Polish territories. He was worried because of public debates on border between Germany and Poland on Odra and Nisa River issue at the same time when negotiations on foundation of multilateral forces of NATO and supplying of FR of Germany with nuclear weapon were intensified. So, Polish side pointed interest for instrumentalization of initiative of Polish minister of Foreig Affairs, Adam Rapacki, for foundation of nuclear free zone in Central Europe, so for organization of conference attending all European countries, but also USA and USSR, which would finally confirm existing border between Poland and Germany as definite and unchangeable. Having on mind identical stands of two interlocutors and mutual support to foreign policy priorities of both sides, it is possible to say that meetings in Warsaw and Belgrade ended on a pleasure of main participants.

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