Activities of the Yugoslav Secret Intelligence Service, Counterintelligence Service and Diplomatic Service, 1945-1946 Cover Image

Delatnost jugoslovenske obaveštajne, kontraobaveštajne i diplomatske službe 1945 - 1946.
Activities of the Yugoslav Secret Intelligence Service, Counterintelligence Service and Diplomatic Service, 1945-1946

Author(s): Veljko Đurić
Subject(s): History
Published by: Institut za savremenu istoriju, Beograd
Keywords: Yugoslav secret intelligence service; counterintelligence service; diplomatic service; 1945-1946

Summary/Abstract: A great part of the activities of the Yugoslav diplomacy was filled with confrontations with the countries of Western Europe and the United States of America. According to the communist authorities, these countries provided asylum and hid political emigrants, accused of war crimes and declared to be war criminals. One of the important tasks of the Yugoslav diplomacy was to explain other countries and convince them that its ideological war opponents were quislings, traitors and collaborators; that they were the causes of all the sufferings and misfortunes of people in Yugoslavia etc. On the other side, quite different stories could often be heard. In the political archives of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, certain archives on these activities have been preserved. Careful reading can reveal a double play of the Western countries in arresting and consigning the Yugoslavs who had fled their country and its authorities. For instance, it could be noticed that they arrested and cosigned the persons they had shown no interests in while their arrest had been delayed or perfidiously refused. It is worth mentioning that barely a single document on the members of the Ustasha Army and state officials of the Independent State of Croatia could be found in the analyzed archives.

  • Issue Year: 2004
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 49-65
  • Page Count: 16
  • Language: Serbian