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PARTISAN REVIEW
Question:
I was in Yugoslavia in the sixties and the seventies. I took a
boat down the Dalmatian coast and stopped at all the main cities. When
Khrushchev was in Dubrovnik Harbor and the people went to see him
and his wife, there didn't seem to be any hostility. Was it Tito's charisma
that unified the country?
YlIgO,
as far as I understand, means "unity of
Slavic nations." What power did Tito have? Was it all military? He was
not coddling Khrushchev; he was the most dissident of the Communist
nations' leaders, as far as I remember. What was it that this man had that
kept the people together - and that the minute he died, they all split?
Dubravka Ugresic:
Your question is a complex one, and it seems as if
it would take more time than we have here today to explore it.
Edith Kurzweil:
Thank you all once again. We hope you'll join us for
the reception on this floor of the Library and on the floor above.
William Barrett
A Friend and Early Editor
1913-1992
