ЈУГОСЛОВЕНСКА ДИПЛОМАТИЈА И РЕШАВАЊЕ ТРШЋАНСКЕ КРИЗЕ 1954.
YUGOSLAV DIPLOMACY AND RESOLUTION OF THE TRIESTE CRISIS IN 1954

Summary/Abstract: Although it began as a consequence of the border dispute between Yugoslavia and Italy in the Venezia Giulia, the Trieste crisis greatly affected the military-political relations between the Great Powers, as well as the military-political, economic and cultural relations of Yugoslavia with Western European countries and the USA. The resolution of the Trieste crisis took place in several phases, characterized by political pressures, as well as significant military and security problems. The decision of the American, British and French governments to launch an initiative to reach a direct agreement between the Yugoslav and Italian sides represented a significant change in relation to the previous methodology of imposing a solution. Yugoslav diplomacy made maximalist demands, but an agreement was reached that was acceptable to British and American negotiators. In the second phase of the negotiations, when it was necessary to persuade the Italian side to accept the agreement reached with the Yugoslav negotiator, the American government put diplomatic pressure on Josip Broz in order to accept the minimum Italian territorial demands. The Trieste crisis ended with the adoption of a Memorandum of Understanding on October 5, 1954, which divided the disputed territory between Italy and Yugoslavia. In the end, it seemed that everyone achieved their maximum goals, as evidenced by the facts of accelerated normalization and emphasized cordiality in relations between the Yugoslav and Italian government representatives.

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