IS MOSCOW TRYING TO FORCE COUP?
LONDON, August 21 (Rec. 10 a.m.).—The Stockholm Liberal newspaper, Expressen, says that Moscow is obviously trying to force a coup d’etat. The paper says the Cominform phalange in Jugoslavia is strong, but is doubtful if it has sufficient supporters to risk such a venture without help from the other side of the frontier. Tito can consolidate his position—by economic aid streaming in from the West among other things—if the opposition delays its action. The army is tipped as the leader of any coup against Tito. It has been organised by Moscow and strongly influenced by the Cominform, but are its leaders stronger than Tito’s State police? Members Of Jugoslav Embassy Detained LONDON, August 21 (Rec 10 a.m.) —The Moscow radio quoted a report from Bucharest today that the Rumanian authorities had detained two members of the Jugoslav embassy “for distributing Fascist propaganda handbills against the Rumanian Democratic regime.”
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Greymouth Evening Star, 22 August 1949, Page 5
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