711.60h/11–2845: Telegram
The Ambassador in Yugoslavia (Patterson) to the Secretary of State
Belgrade, November
28, 1945—10 a.m.
[Received 2:50 p.m.]
[Received 2:50 p.m.]
700. Following three items exemplifying hostile attitude this regime toward America furnished for Dept’s background information.
- 1.
- Demobilized soldier until recently guard at Novi Sad bridge states that Americans and British are shadowed by Ozfu [Ozna?] agents entire time spent in Novi Sad and full record of activities kept. Guards on Petrovaradin side are required to send notice of American or British arrivals to Novi Sad side at time visitors stopped for examination of papers, in order give time for organization of surveillance.
- 2.
- Belgrade book publishers Kosmos officially informed by Russians that if they persist in publishing American and British books they will not be given copyright clearances for Russian books. This particularly interesting view fact that Kosmos has not yet published American or English books but has requested permission to publish one of each.
- 3.
- At recent concert here radio Ljubljana Orchestra scheduled to play Slovene, Russian and American music. No American music was played though included in earlier concert. When queried orchestra leader and concert director regretted inability to explain omission, [Page 1292] but intimate friend of former explained that political commissar from: Town Command had called on the two and said that earlier concert including American music had been too “noisy” and would be “wise” to play only Slovene and Russian music. To reply that orchestra had “soft and sweet” American music, commissar’s rejoinder was that only Slovene and Russian music should be played.
Patterson