Tito's visit to Greece contributed to the Balkan Pact's transformation into a military alliance. Despite the establishment of Soviet-Yugoslav diplomatic relations in 1953, the Soviet Union made no political move towards normalizing bilateral relations. For security reasons Tito visited Athens (June 1954) to promote Yugoslavia's military cooperation with Greece and Turkey without ruling out Yugoslavia's accession to NATO. But the Soviet leadership, fearing Yugoslavia's involvement in western defense mechanisms, sent the message to Belgrade that it was ready to recognize Stalin's blunders towards Yugoslavia. Thus, Tito applied a policy of equidistance between East and West and refused to link up the Balkan Alliance with NATO.
Keywords:
Yugoslavia / Greece / Balkan Pact / NATO / Turkey / Soviet Union / Tito' visit to Athens / Bulgarian attitude
Source:
Balcanica, 2011, XLII, 133-163
Publisher:
Belgrade : Institute for Balkan Studies, Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts
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AB - Tito's visit to Greece contributed to the Balkan Pact's transformation into a military alliance. Despite the establishment of Soviet-Yugoslav diplomatic relations in 1953, the Soviet Union made no political move towards normalizing bilateral relations. For security reasons Tito visited Athens (June 1954) to promote Yugoslavia's military cooperation with Greece and Turkey without ruling out Yugoslavia's accession to NATO. But the Soviet leadership, fearing Yugoslavia's involvement in western defense mechanisms, sent the message to Belgrade that it was ready to recognize Stalin's blunders towards Yugoslavia. Thus, Tito applied a policy of equidistance between East and West and refused to link up the Balkan Alliance with NATO.
PB - Belgrade : Institute for Balkan Studies, Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts
T2 - Balcanica
T1 - From Ankara to Bled Marshal Tito's Visit to Greece (June 1954) and the Formation of the Balkan Alliance
SP - 133
EP - 163
IS - XLII
DO - 10.2298/BALC1142133S
UR - https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_dais_4327
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Sfetas, S.. (2011). From Ankara to Bled Marshal Tito's Visit to Greece (June 1954) and the Formation of the Balkan Alliance. in Balcanica
Belgrade : Institute for Balkan Studies, Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts.(XLII), 133-163.
https://doi.org/10.2298/BALC1142133S
https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_dais_4327
Sfetas S. From Ankara to Bled Marshal Tito's Visit to Greece (June 1954) and the Formation of the Balkan Alliance. in Balcanica. 2011;(XLII):133-163.
doi:10.2298/BALC1142133S
https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_dais_4327 .
Sfetas, Spyridon, "From Ankara to Bled Marshal Tito's Visit to Greece (June 1954) and the Formation of the Balkan Alliance" in Balcanica, no. XLII (2011):133-163,
https://doi.org/10.2298/BALC1142133S .,
https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_dais_4327 .
