DRAGOLJUB JOVANOVIĆ О VLATKU MAČEKU - PRILOG ISTORIJI LIČNOSTI
THE WRITINGS OF DRAGOLJUB JOVANOVIĆ ABOUT VLATKO MAČEK

Summary/Abstract: Dr. Dragoljub Jovanović, the key figure of the Serbian Farmers’Alliance left wing, left significant and interesting writings regarding his meetings with Dr. Vlatko Maček, the »leader« of the Croatian national movement. These writings show their relationship and their views concerning the role and position of the farmers, Serbo-Croat relations, the question of the form of government, reform in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia and the solution of the Croatian issue. In spite of certain similarities manifested in their views, the differences between completely drove them apart towards the beginning of World War II. Convinced of the necessity of a Serbo-Croat agreement and believing that Croatian national demands ought to be satisfied, Dr. D. Jovanović approached the association with V. Maček enthusiastically and with the best of intentions. Towards the close of the thirties, however, it became evident that for V. Maček he had only been a »marginal figure« and that his amicable feelings were not shared by Maček. Furthermore, according to Dr. Jovanović, Dr. Maček left the principal notions of Stjepan Radić — the founder of the Croatian farmers’ movement, tended only Croatian interests and spoke of the possibility of solving the Croatian issue outside Yugoslavia.

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