Од војне до политичке дипломатије (Ратни почеци дипломатије „друге“ Југославије)
From Military to Political Diplomacy (Military Beginnings of the „Second” Yugoslavia)

Author(s): Milan Terzić
Subject(s): Diplomatic history, Military history, Political history, International relations/trade, WW II and following years (1940 - 1949)
Published by: Institut za noviju istoriju Srbije
Keywords: Military missions; diplomacy; international recognition; the politics of compromise; J. B. Tito; general Mihailović; Vladimir Velebit;
Summary/Abstract: The foundations of the diplomacy of the ,,second“ Yugoslavia were laid on the experience and pragmatism of the older generations and by creating the new one that could learn. This enabled the diplomacy of a military movement to gain access to the political sphere through military missions and to achieve international recognition already in the final phase of WWII. Military missions of the People’s Liberation Army of Yugoslavia were harnessed to the goal of international recognition of the „second" Yugoslavia. The largest name of the partisan diplomacy was Vladimir Velebit. However, Josip Broz Tito was its real instigator and leader who skillfully held all strings of foreign policy of the movement he led in his hands. The Allies recognized the temporary Yugoslav government before the end of the war: on March 12, 1945 the British ambassador Ralf Stevenson arrived in Belgrade, followed by the Soviet ambassador Ivan Sadchikov on March 24 and in late March the USA appointed their ambassador Richard Paterson.

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