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Show Marquis Childs Tito Assures Refugees of Asylum, Work BELGRADE. Yugoslavia Those who seek refuge from the oppression dictated by the Soviet So-viet Union in its neighboring; eountriea will find aaylum and a Job in Yugoslavia. Thia waa Marshall Tito's assurance, as-surance, given to ma today in an exclusive interview at hia villa on the outakirta of Belgrade. Bel-grade. Already, according to Tito, thousands of exilea from Albania, Al-bania, Bulgaria and Hungary have taken refuge here. Tito would not attempt to estimate the number more closely than that but aaid that before the Albania border waa tightened whole families had fled into Yugoslavia, bringing with them their household utensils. "But we do not interfere In any way with the internal affairs af-fairs of any other country," the marshal aaid. "That ia what the Soviet Union tries to accuse us of, but it is untrue." Ne Sock Thing Asked about Titoism" in .neighboring-countries that re-cently re-cently have been the scene of carefully staged trials, Tlto'a round and frequently smiling face suddenly became serious. There is, said Tito, no such thing as Titoism. "It is not correct to speak of Titoism," the marshal said firmly. firm-ly. "In each of these countries there is resistance to what ia happening because the course being followed is not the true course of Marxism and Leninism. Lenin-ism. "We here In Yugoslavia are following the true Marxism science both in principle and application and as it relates both to our internal affairs snd our relations with other nations." na-tions." Tito said that the forthcoming forthcom-ing trial of Tralcho Kostov, former for-mer vies premier of Bulgaria, will link the "traitors" with charges aimed at Yugoslavia. The pattern In Sofia, Tito predicted, pre-dicted, will be similar to that in Hungary where Lasslo Rajk and others were charged with trea-aoa trea-aoa and Titoism, confessed and were sentenced to death or long Imprisonment. "It does not matter whether the name la Rajk or what," the Yugoslav premier said. 'If there had not been Rajk, someone else would have been found to playi the -same role: These so-called trials all run the same course," ssssals KxessUos Romania, in the opinion of Tito, Is a special case. First is the fact that during the war it sided with the enemy and waa invaded and occupied by the Soviet army. Today the regime ia so completely subservient to Russia that apparently it ia not considered worth while or even necessary to hold a ao-called trial in Bucharest. Tito, however, how-ever, did not rule out the possibility pos-sibility altogether tf later such a trial should be considered useful use-ful in discrediting Yugoslavia. Marshal Tito repeated hints thrown out in several recent statements and speeches that there, is a possible break within the polltburo in Moscow. However, How-ever, he would not sav that there la anything as definite aa a split Throughout the interview Marshall Tito was easeful not to say anything that could be taken as deliberately offensive to the governments of the satellite satel-lite states. Thia waa true even ia his comments on the recent' action of the government In Warsaw making Soviet Marshall Marsh-all Konstsntln K. Rokoasovsky marshal of the Polish armies and minister of defense. "That could never happen In Yugoslavia," he aaid with stern emphasis. Shews Cautioa Tito waa cautious in predicting predict-ing Russia's next move in the cold war being waged by the Kremlin in eastern Europe. He admitted that the Rokoasovsky appointment might be a precedent, prece-dent, with Russia overlords named to key defense and interior in-terior posts in other satellite nations. But. he quickly added, only the future course of events could tell, and to prophesy wss highly dangerous.- Marshal Tito seemed to me a supremely confident man. If he haa any serious fears for the future he certainly does not show it on the surface. He la easy andJtofonnalHisfaoa frequently lights op with a broad smile. In a following column I win report the reasons for Tlto'a confidence aa ha gave them to me in this interview that ranged over all the problems of this country, whose people have endured en-dured so much bloodshed and terror m the past decade. |