SRPSKA POLITIČKA EMIGRACIJA I JUGOSLOVENSKO– AMERIČKI ODNOSI 1970-IH GODINA

Abstract

The paper analyzes the role that Serbian political emigration in the United States of America had in Yugoslav-American relations during the 1970s. The action of Serbian political emigration against Socialist Yugoslavia was a chronic problem in the relations between the two countries. In the first half of this decade, during the terms of Presidents Nixon and Ford, the U.S. didn’t show understanding for the Yugoslav demands to prevent the acting of this emigration on American soil. With the arrival of the Carter administration in the second half of the 70s, the attitude towards this problem changed. In order to further improve cooperation with Yugoslavia, the U.S.A. approached solving this complex issue with more determination. The result of scientific research in this paper shows that at the end of the 1970s, there was a change in the policy of the American administration towards Serbian political emigration in America.