860H.01/11–744: Telegram
The United States Political Adviser on the Staff of the Supreme Allied Commander, Mediterranean Theater (Kirk), to the Secretary of State
[Received November 8—3:04 a.m.]
1398. Norden has reported that British political representative at Bari on his return from Rome, where he had seen Eden, discussed the Maclean reports concerning the Tito–Subasic conversations and was rather critical of the agreement reached and of Maclean. Broad informed Norden that he had telegraphed the Foreign Office and pointed [Page 1421] out that by virtue of his oath to National Committee only, Tito would not be responsible to Regency Council and that furthermore of proposed 28 members of the new United Government, 6 at most would be Subasic men and 3 of these were Tito appointees while Kosanovic had gone completely overboard for the Partisans and Cankar had resigned. In Broad’s opinion, Tito had given barely enough to secure continuity and recognition. He would be Prime Minister and Subasic merely a subservient link with outside world.…
Broad also commented that Eden was favorably impressed by the Russian attitude which he found during his recent visit to Moscow84 and is alleged to have stated that he found the Russians “reasonable” with no sign of territorial aspirations in the area. Eden was, however, “thoroughly fed up with Partisans in Yugoslavia and Albania”.
- Anthony Eden had accompanied Prime Minister Churchill to Moscow in October.↩