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Communist Yugoslavia breaks with the USSR
In June 1948 Marshal Tito shocked the world by breaking off relations with his former ally, the Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin.
In June 1948 Marshal Tito turned his back on his former ally, the Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin. It was a dramatic turn of events in post-war Europe. Witness hears from Dragica Srzentic, now 103 years old, who delivered a letter from Tito to Moscow sealing the split between the two countries.
Photo Dragica Srzentic.
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