CIA in 1970 predicted the collapse of Yugoslavia

US intelligence announced documents and folders from 1970 in which indicate a possible break-up of Yugoslavia after Tito.

The CIA has published a large number of maps from the 1970s showing that the world's regions was in the sphere of observation of American intelligence officers, and one of them shows Yugoslavia, which is the United States then became more and more interesting.Croatian media reported that in one report by the end of November 1970, the CIA pointed to strengthening the decentralization of Yugoslavia and predicted that it is not clear stability in the period after Josip Broz Tito.

"The aspiration for an independent Croatian are the main source of tension in the Yugoslav political system," according to the report.For Croats states that the "nationalists, with the exception of the Dalmatians, which are closer to a single state.""After Tito's death will remain only the Army," the CIA, referring to the Yugoslav People's Army (JNA).

The talk was all about and giving a stronger role Republic and Slovenia to be seen as a republic, which is prone to links with the West, but is too small for the division, the Jutarnji list daily.

CIA knew all

However, the report states that Croatia is stronger, with the key argument of the economic contribution of former Croatian Federation, which is "disproportionate to its impact."Croatian media reports and as US interest in Yugoslavia did not stop the mapping than the CIA's intelligence very well informed about all that is happening in Yugoslavia."Next year will be the main question the survival of the federation. There is a serious possibility of disaster - unprevisibility Croatian fight for independence, Serbian militarism, civil war, Soviet invasion," lists a CIA report from 1970.

For Yugoslavia CIA but then claims that can be defined as Greater Serbia.

The CIA recently declassified their cards on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the intelligence cartographic center.

• 19 Dec, 2016
• 1898 views