REPLY BY TITO
RESENTMENT & SURPRISE LONDON, May 20. Marshal Tito, replying to FieldMarshal Alexander, in an interview with the New Yugoslavia telegraph i agency, said: "I cannot but express my resentment and surprise at the impossible comparison that the presence of the Yugoslav troops in Austria and the Slovene littoral is similar to Hitler's, Mussolini's, and Japan's methods cf conquest. Such an accusation can only be thrown in the face of an enemy, but not against an ally who has been tortured and bled white and so far recognised by all freedom-loving peoples as an example of self-sacrifice and heroism. "The Yugoslav army chased the occupation forces right beyond the Isonzo River, and no charter of conquest can be attributed to its presence in the territory. I again declare that Yugoslavia and her army are prepared to co-operate with the Allied forces, but at the same time I declare that Yugoslavia cannot allow herself to be humiliated or tricked out of her rights. Yugoslavia is prepared for collaboration under a basis which shall not be insulting and humiliating to her as an Allied country."
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Evening Post, Volume CXXXIX, Issue 118, 21 May 1945, Page 5
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