Yugoslav-American Relations in 1941: Yugoslav Delegation’s Presentation of Peace Aims to the Council on Foreign Relations
Ključne reči:
Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Council on Foreign Relations, The Inquiry, Kingdom of Yugoslavia, Konstantin Fotić, JozoTomašević, Hamilton Fish ArmstrongApstrakt
The paper analyzes the bilateral meeting of Yugoslav delegates and representatives of the New York Council on Foreign Relations held after the “April War” in 1941 with regard to collecting political information for the requirements of the presidential administration of Franklin D. Roosevelt. The Yugoslav minister in Washington, Konstantin Fotić, led intensive diplomatic activities on the territory of the United States with the aim of securing American aid for the reconstruction of Yugoslav statehood in the ensuing international order upon the completion of the World War. In addition to Fotić, Jozo Tomašević participated in the conversation with the American academic elite from the New York Council on Foreign Relations, and presented the economic goals for the development of Yugoslavia. On behalf of the State Department, the Council gained insight into the Yugoslav political and economic situation and prepared several memorandums on Balkan relations for the needs of the American government in the implementation of the post‒war arrangement of world politics.
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