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been the policy of this government in all countries. That
is our only aim, our only interest, and our only care. It is
to that goal that we try to make our way across all the difficulties,
obstacles and perils of the long road. Trust the people, make
sure they have a fair chance to decide their destiny without
being terrorized from either quarter or regimented. There is
our policy for Italy, for Yugoslavia and for Greece. What other
interests have we than that? For that we shall strive and for
that alone.
The general principle, which I have enunciated, guides us in
our relations with Yugoslavia. We have no special interest in
the political regime, which prevails in Yugoslavia. Few people
in Britain I imagine are going to be more cheerful or more downcast
because of the future constitution of Yugoslavia. However, because
the King and the Royal Yugoslav Government took refuge with us
at the time of the German invasion we have acquired a certain
duty towards the government and peoples on the other side of
the Adriatic which can only be discharged in a correct and formal
manner such as, for instance, would be provided by a plebiscite.
I am the earliest outside supporter of Marshal Tito. It is more
than a year since in this House I extolled his Guerilla virtues
to