DUČIĆEVI STAVOVI O ITALIJANSKO-JUGOSLOVENSKIM ODNOSIMA
DUCIC’S VIEWS ON ITALIAN-YUGOSLAV RELATIONS

Summary/Abstract: Jovan Ducic assumed the position of royal emissary in Rome in 1933. In the six years he had spent in Italy Ducic’s predecessor in this position, Milan Rakic, was unable to accomplish the main purpose of his office, that of improving relations between his own country and Italy. Likewise, from the beginning of his term in office, Ducic was faced with Mussolini’s unyielding intention to break up Yugoslavia. December 1933 marked the beginning of a bitter anti-Yugoslav campaign in the Italian media. Relations between Italy and Yugoslavia were extremely complex between the two world wars, involving frequent and sometimes drastic changes in policy. Periods in which it seemed as if contacts between the two countries might assume a spirit of friendship and cooperation were succeeded by others in which they appeared to be on the verge of war. Despite several bilateral agreements signed by these neighboring countries „in a warm and reconciliatory atmosphere” in the period between the wars, their relations remained irredeemably bad. The course these relations would take depended almost entirely on Italy’s plans and actions in the sphere of foreign politics.

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