860H.01/2-1145: Telegram
The British Foreign Secretary to the Foreign Office
Yalta, February 10, 1945
Most immediate
Following for Foreign Office from Foreign Secretary. Please repeat to Belgrade.
At plenary session of Crimea Conference on February 10th the Heads of the three Governments discussed the Yugoslav question and agreed to recommend to Marshal Tito and to Dr. Subasic:
(a) that the Tito-Subasic Agreement should immediately be put into effect and a new Government formed on the basis of the Agreement.
(b) that as soon as the new Government has been formed it should declare:
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(i) that Avnoj will be extended to include members of the last Yugoslav Skupstina who have not compromised themselves by collaboration with the enemy, thus forming a body to be known as a temporary Parliament and
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(ii) that legislative acts passed by Avnoj will be subject to sub sequent ratification by a Constituent Assembly.
Please arrange for a communication to be made at once on above lines to Dr. Subasic and to Marshal Tito.
Similar instructions are being sent by Soviet and United States Governments to their representatives with Dr. Subasic and Marshal Tito and action should be concerted between the representatives of the three allied Governments.