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Approved For Release 2004/02/19 : CIA-RDP83-004 the ‘Tito clique for the further penetra- tion of forcign capital into the economy of the country and paved the way for the complete restoration of capitalism in Yugoslavia. Fearing the direct indigna- tion of the working class, the Yugoslav fascists did not venture full restoration of private ownership in industry by a single decree. Having actually abolished the nationalization of industry, the Tito clique effected this anti-democratic act under the guise of transferring the in- dustrial enterprises into the hands of the so-called “labor collectives.”” There is nothing new or original in this undertaking. The “labor collec- tives” are a stupid imitation of the “la- bor corporations” with which Mussolini in his time tried to deceive the Italian working people. These ‘corporations’ were merely a camoutlage of the impe- rialist essence of Italian fascism. The criminal policy of the Tito fas- cist clique brought the economy of the country to a deadlock. The notorious five-year plan and the whole system of Tito’s economic planning suffered com- plete fiasco. The majority of the Yugo- slav enterprises have not fulfilled their reduced plans for 1949 by even 50 per cent. Coal mining declined particularly sharply. The acute shortage of fuel is actually paralyzing all the branches of industry, primarily the electric power stations and railway transport. More than 200 industrial enterprises in Serbia alone worked at half capacity during the whole of last year. The situation has become still more aggravated in the current year. Realizing that the timber, copper, lead, antimony, and other raw materials they are producing are going to the im- perialist monopolies for next to nothing in order to prepare for a new world war, the workers are refusing to work and are hindering the fulfillment of the plans. The Yugoslav working people are flecing wholesale from mines, fac- tories, and mills. According to the ad- missions of the Titoites themselves more than 400,000 workers failed to turn up to work every day in but 1949 alone. At certain enterprises, particu- larly the ore mines working for export, from 500 to 1,000 persons left their work daily. In their attempt to keep the workers in industry, the Titoites decided to con- clude labor agreements bewecn the workers and administrations of enter- prises. But according to official Yugo- slav statistics, at the overwhelming ma- jority of enterprises the agreements were concluded by no more than 15 to 30 per cent of the workers. The peasants mobilized by force are also fleeing from the factories and mills, mines and timber yards. In Serbia, for example, of the 628,000 mobilized pea- sants, 430,000 have left work. That the economy of Tito’s Yugo- slavia is being ruined is openly admitted by its patrons. British journals friendly to the Belgrade clique have been forced to admit that only more substantial aid on the part of the western countries can lead Yugoslavia’s economy, which is at the very lowest ebb, out of its difficult situation. Having acknowledged the failure of the so-called five-year plan for the eco- nomic development of Yugoslavia, the oberbutcher Tito himself declared that the leaders of Yugoslavia will have to give up many of the tasks undertaken by the five-year plan. Under these circumstances the posi- tion of Tito’s fascist clique is becom- ing more and more shaky in the country. In their attempt to secure power to the Belgrade rulers, the forcign monopolies are supplying the Tito gang with enor- mous loans. But these loans are neither helping to improve the economic posi- 15R006800050005-6 tion of the country nor to raise the liv- ing standard of the people. The ‘Tito- ites are spending the loan only for the aims that conform to the criminal plans of the imperialists. The loans are used primarily for the mining industry pro- ducing strategic raw materials — non- ferrous metals for the warmakers, and for the “modernization” of the million- strong Tito army. Liquidation of the nationalized cn- terprises makes Yugoslavia’s economy still more dependent upon the foreign monopolies. This means greater intensi- fication of the exploitation of the work- ing people and a lower living standard. The colonial regime which the Titoites have introduced in the country provides the best characterization of the forced labor system openly applied by the Bel- grade clique. With the aid of Ranko- vic’s janizaries, tens of thousands of persons are driven to hard labor in the mines and on military structures. The anti-popular economic policy pursued by the Tito clique gives rise to ever greater indignation among the Yugoslav people. Since the nationaliza- tion of industry has been abolished, the Yugoslav working people are coming out more resolutely against the hated fascist regime. The number of soldiers and officers of the Yugoslav Army join- ing the active struggle against the Tito clique is likewise growing. MOSCOW RADIO BROADCASTS IN ENGLISH October 16—October 29 Radio programs in English are broad- cast from Moscow to the United States on the following schedule: All time used is Eastern Standard. Daily morning programs are broad- cast from 8:00 to 8:30 A.M. on the fol- lowing bands: 17.84, 15.18, 11.96, and 11.82 megacycles. Daily evening programs of news, political commentary, and sidclights on Soviet life are broadcast in two periods: from 6:20 P.M. to 7:30 P.M., and from 8:00 P.M. to 11 P.M. The evening pro- grams may be heard on the following bands: 15.23, 15.18, 15.11, 11.96, 11.82, 11.71, and 9.69 megacycles. All programs begin with the news and a review of the press. These are followed by comment on Sovict of inter- national subjects. The following special features are included in the evening programs: Mondays—programs for farmers. Tuesdays—programs for youth. Wednesdays—scientific and cultural programs. Thursdays—programs in Russian for American Slavs. Fridays—literary and musical pro- grams entitled: “In the Republics of the Land of the Soviets.” Saturdays—economic reviews, weekly sports reviews, replies to Ictters from listeners. Sundays—concerts. Approved For Release 2004/02/19 : CIA-RDP83-00415R006800050005-6