A file containing documents relating to the political situation in the Yugoslav republic of Croatia. Subjects covered in the file include Croatian objections to the definition of national identity used in the 1971 census; the increasing growth of Croatian nationalism in recent years; constitutional amendments that saw the Yugoslav federal government devolve more powers to the republics; and a controversy over a proposed amendment to the Croatian constitution concerning the definition of the state of Croatia and its constituent peoples. Other subjects discussed in the file include reports of a power struggle in Croatia; a strike by university students; the issuing of Croatian passports as a "symbolic gesture"; the resignation of six communist party leaders; the suspension of a Croatian army officer; the arrest of three student leaders; the resignation of the president of the Croatian executive council, Dragutin Haramija; and a purge of the Croatian party leadership.
- Collection ID
- FCO28
- Copyright
- Content from Medjunarodna Politika / Review of International Affairs © Serbian Institute of International Politics and Economics.; Content from NATO © NATO.; Content from Borba was created by the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and has been reproduced in accordance with copyright law exceptions applying to government material. Content from Medjunarodna Politika / Review of International Affairs © Serbian Institute of International Politics and Economics. Content from NATO © NATO. Content from Borba was created by the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and has been reproduced in accordance with copyright law exceptions applying to government material.
- Countries
- Croatia
- Department Reference
- ENU 1/7
- Document Type
- Correspondence Press and Media Reports
- File Reference
- FCO 28/1630
- Identifier
- 10.1080/cwee.fco28.001630
- Key Events
- Croatian Spring
- Note
- The following items have been removed from this file due to copyright restrictions: Borba, 03 December 1971, Announcement from the 21st Session of the Presidiu of the LCY; Borba, 03 December 1971, Introductory Speech by Comrade Tito at a session of the Presidium of the LCY; Borba, 04 December 1971, Concluding speech by comrade Tito at the session of the presidium of the LCY; Borba, 04 December 1971, Demands and Backing; Borba, 04 December 1971, The Croatian LC CC EC meets; Borba, 13 February 1971, Contract on building Ploce-Bosanski Brod-Pancevo Oil pipeline signed; Borba, 26 February 1971, Instructions for census of the population amended; NATO, 20 December 1971, Yugoslavia: the situation in Croatia; NATO, 21 December 1971, Recent developments in Yugoslavia; NATO, 21 December 1971, Yugoslavia: recent events in Croatia.
- Pages
- 185
- Persons Discussed
- Terence Garvey Dragutin Haramija Dugald Stewart
- Published in
- United Kingdom
- Subject Countries
- Yugoslavia
- Themes
- Dissent, Resistance, and Human Rights Domestic Politics
