Comrades, I resend the original complete English translation: Alan. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Macdonald Stainsby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: Marxism (LP) List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; Leninist International > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Tuesday, October 03, 2000 10:58 PM > Subject: [CrashList] Milosevic Speech (complete). > > > > The Official Web Presentation of the Federal Ministry of Foreign Affairs > > Yugoslav Daily Survey - Special Issue > > BELGRADE, 2 October 2000 YUGOSLAV PRESIDENT MILOSEVIC ADDRESSES THE ATION > (Tanjug).- Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic addressed on Monday the > nation over the Serbian radio and television. "Dear citizens, In the > expectation of the second round of the election, I take the opportunity to > explain to you my views on the electoral and political situation in our > country, especially in Serbia. As you know, efforts have been > underway for a > whole decade to place the entire Balkan peninsula under the > control of some > western powers. A big part of that job was done by establishing puppet > governments in some countries, by transforming them into countries with > limited sovereignty or even deprived of any sovereignty at all. Due to our > resistance to such a fate for our country, we were subjected to > all forms of > pressure to which people in the contemporary world can be subjected. The > number and intensity of the pressures multiplied as time went by. All > experience the big powers gained in the second half of the 20th century in > overthrowing governments, causing unrest, instigating civil wars, > disparaging > or liquidating national freedom fighters, bringing states and > nations to the > brink of poverty - all this was applied to our country and our people. The > developments organized for our elections are also a part of the organized > persecution of our country and our people, because our country and our > people > constitute a barrier to the establishment of full domination in the Balkan > peninsula. A grouping has for a long time now been present in our midst > which, > under the guise of opposition political parties of democratic orientation, > represents the interests of governments which are the protagonists of > pressures against Yugoslavia, and especially against Serbia. That grouping > appeared in these elections under the name Democratic Opposition > of Serbia. > Its true head is not its presidential candidate. Its head for > many years has > been the president of the Democratic Party and collaborator of > the military > alliance which waged a war against our country. He could not even conceal > his > collaboration with that alliance. In fact, our entire public knows of his > appeal to NATO to bomb Serbia for as many weeks as necessary to break its > resistance. The grouping organized in this manner for these elections > therefore represents the armies and governments which recently waged war > against Yugoslavia. In representing their interests, the grouping launched > messages to our public that with them at the head, Yugoslavia would be out > of > any danger of war or violence, that economic prosperity would come, the > standard of living would improve visibly and rapidly, that > Yugoslavia would > allegedly reintegrate in international institutions, and so forth. > Distinguished citizens, It is my duty to warn you publicly and in > time that > such promises are false and that the situation is quite different. It is > precisely our policy which guarantees peace and theirs only lasting > conflicts > and violence, and I shall tell you why. With the establishment of an > administration supported or installed by a community of countries gathered > within NATO, Yugoslavia would inevitably become a country whose territory > would quickly be dismembered. These are not only NATO's intentions. These > are > the pre-election promises of the Democratic Opposition of Serbia. We have > heard from its representatives that Sandzak would get the autonomy that a > member of its coalition and leader of a separatist Muslim organization > Sulejman Ugljanin has been advocating for ten years, and which > would in fact > mean a definite separation of Sandzak from Serbia. Their promises also > include > giving to Vojvodina an autonomy that would not only separate it > from Serbia > and Yugoslavia but would in fact make it an integral part of neighbouring > Hungary. In a similar manner other areas would be separated from > Serbia and > some other border areas. Their annexation by neighbouring states has for a > long time been a hot issue in those states, which keep inciting their > minorities in Yugoslavia to make a contribution to an integration of parts > of > our country with neighbouring states. Within this policy of dismembering > Yugoslavia, Kosovo would be the first victim. Its present status would be > proclaimed legal and final. It is the first part of its territory to which > Serbia would have to bid farewell, without even voicing hope that > this part > of > its land could once be returned to it. The remaining territory that would > bear > the name Serbia would be occupied by international, US or some third > military > forces, which would treat this territory as their military training ground > and > as their property to be controlled in line with the interests of the power > whose army is present there. We have been looking at cases of such control > and > consequences thereof for decades, and especially in this decade in many > countries around the world, unfortunately lately even in Europe, for > instance > in Kosovo, Republika Srpska and Macedonia, in our immediate neighbourhood. > The > people of Serbia would know the fate of the Kurds, with a > prospect of being > exterminated more speedily than the Kurds since they are less > numerous, and > since their movements would be limited to a much smaller area than the one > in > which Kurds have been present for decades. As for Montenegro, its > fate would > be left in the hands of the mafia, whose rules of the game should be made > well > known to the citizens: any breach of discipline and especially any > opposition > to mafia interests is punishable by death without any right to appeal. I > have > presented to you the fate of Yugoslavia in case of acceptance of the NATO > option for our country, in order to warn you that, in addition to > a loss of > land and humiliation of the people, all would live under > ceaseless violence. > The new owners of former Yugoslavia's state territory and occupiers of the > remaining Serbian territory would, as is the nature of things, > terrorize the > population whose territory they will have occupied. The Serb people itself > would at the same time fight continuously for the > re-establishment of a Serb > state in which it could reassemble. They do not want peace or > prosperity in > the Balkans. They want this to be a zone of permanent conflicts and wars > which > would provide them with an alibi for their lasting presence. "A puppet > government therefore guarantees violence, possibly many years of war, > anything > but peace. Only our own administration guarantees peace. Moreover, all > countries finding themselves with a status of limited sovereignty and with > governments under the influence of foreign powers, have speedily become > impoverished in a manner destroying all hope for more just and > humane social > relations. A great division into a poor majority and a rich > minority - this > has been the picture of eastern Europe for some years now that we can all > see. > That picture would also include us. We, too, would under the command and > control of the owners of our country quickly have a tremendous majority of > the > very poor, whose prospects of coming out of their poverty would be very, > very > uncertain and far away. The rich minority would be constituted by > the black > marketeering elite, which would be allowed to be rich only on > condition that > it be fully loyal to the command which decides the fate of their country. > Public and social property would quickly be transformed into private > property, > but its owners, as demonstrated by the experience of our neighbours, would > as > a rule be foreigners. Among few exceptions would be only those who would > purchase their right to ownership by their loyalty and submission, which > would > lead to the elimination of elementary national and human dignity. The > greatest > national assets in such circumstances become the property of > foreigners, and > the people who used to manage them would continue to do so in > these changed > circumstances but as employees of foreign companies in their own country. > National humiliation, state fragmentation and social poverty would > necessarily > lead to many forms of social pathology, of which crime would be the first. > This is not just an assumption, this is the experience of all countries > which > have taken the path that we are trying to avoid at any cost. The > centres of > European crime are no longer in the west, they were moved to > eastern Europe > a > decade ago. Our people find it hard to bear already the present crime > incidence, as we lived for a long time - from World War II to the > 1990s - in > a > society which hardly knew any crime at all. Any large-scale crime, such as > cannot be avoided in a society that we would become with the loss of > sovereignty and a large part of territory, such large-scale crime would be > as > dangerous for our small and unused to crime people as war is dangerous for > the > society and its citizens. One of the essential tasks of a puppet > government > in > any country, including ours were we to have such a government, is loss of > identity. Countries under foreign command relatively quickly part > with their > history, their past, their tradition, their national symbols, their way of > living, often their own literary language. Invisible at first, but very > efficient and merciless selection of national identity would > reduce it to a > few local dishes, a few songs and folk dances, the names of > national heroes > used as brand names for food products or cosmetics. One of the really > obvious > consequences of the takeover of territories of countries by the big powers > in > the 20th century is the annihilation of the identity of the > people of those > countries. Experience of other countries shows that people can hardly come > to > terms with the speed with which they are starting to use a > foreign language > as > their own, to identify with foreign historic figures forgetting their own, > to > be better acquainted with the literature of their occupiers than > their own, > to > glorify the history of others while mocking their own, to resemble others > instead of themselves. The loss of a national identity is the greatest > defeat > a nation can know, which is inevitable in the contemporary form of > colonization. Besides, that new form of colonization by its very nature > rules > out any possibility of free speech or free will, and especially rules out > any > creativity of any kind. Countries which are not free deny to the > people who > live in them the right to freely express their opinion, as that opinion > would > be in collision with the absence of freedom. This is why torture over > thought > is the most consistent and essential form of torture in a country that has > lost its freedom. As for exercising free will, it is, naturally, > out of the > question. Free will is allowed only as a farce. It is allowed only to the > lackeys of foreign masters, whose simulated free will is used by the > occupiers > as a justification for establishing democracy in whose name they > have taken > possession of another people's country. I would like to stress > particularly > because of young people, intellectuals, scientists, that > countries deprived > of > sovereignty are as a rule deprived of the right to creative work, and > especially creative work in the field of science. Large centers and large > powers finance scientific work, control its attainments and > decide about the > application of its results. Dependent states, if they have scientific > laboratories and scientific institutes, are not independent ones > but operate > as branches controlled by one center. Their attainments must remain within > bounds that will not introduce in occupied countries and occupied peoples > the > seed of rebellion and emancipation. At this moment ahead of the run-off > elections, because the Democratic Opposition of Serbia doubts it > can achieve > the result it needs, leaders of the Democratic Opposition of Serbia with > money > introduced into the country are bribing, blackmailing and > harassing citizens > and organizing strikes, unrest and violence in order to stop > production, all > work and every activity. All that, of course, with the aim of > stopping life > in > Serbia and with the explanation that life can start again and go on > successfully and well, when it is organized by those who > represent here the > intentions, plans and interests of occupiers. Our country is a sovereign > state. It has its laws, its Constitution, its institutions. Serbia is duty > bound, and it deserves to defend itself from invasion which has been > prepared > against it through different forms of subversion. And the citizens should > know, that by participating in subversion whose objective is foreign > domination over their country or the occupation of their country, > they bear > the historical responsibility of denying to their country the > right to exist > and also the responsibility of losing control over their own lives. By > giving > up their country to others, to foreign will they also surrender to foreign > will their own life and the life of their children and of many > other people. > I > considered it my duty, to warn the citizens of our country about the > consequences of the activities financed and supported by the > governments of > NATO countries. Citizens can trust me but they do not have to. My wish is > only > that they do not realize this when it is too late, that they do > not realize > this when it will be difficult to redress mistakes that citizens naively, > superficially or erroneously made, as those mistakes will be difficult to > rectify and some will never be rectified. My motive to express my > opinion in > this way is not, at all, of personal nature. I was elected twice President > of > Serbia and once President of Yugoslavia. It should be clear to all, after > these ten years, that they are not attacking Serbia because of Milosevic, > but > Milosevic because of Serbia. My conscience in that respect is absolutely > clear. My conscience, however, would not at all be clear if I > would not tell > my people, after all these years at their head, what I think about their > fate > if that fate is imposed by someone else, even if it means to > explain to the > people that they have chosen that fate themselves. The > misjudgment that they > are choosing what has been chosen by someone else, is the most dangerous > misjudgment and the main reason of my decision to address publicly the > citizens of Yugoslavia. Thank you." > > > > ©1999 Federal Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Federeal Republic of > Yugoslavia > > ================ > Macdonald Stainsby. > > Rad-Green List: Radical anti-capitalist environmental discussion. > http://lists.wwpublish.com/mailman/listinfo/rad-green > ---------- > http://www.geocities.com/leninist_international/ > http://lists.wwpublish.com/mailman/listinfo/leninist-international > > > _______________________________________________ > Crashlist resources: http://website.lineone.net/~resource_base > To change your options or unsubscribe go to: > http://lists.wwpublish.com/mailman/listinfo/crashlist > > > > _______________________________________________ > Marxist-Leninist-List mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To change your options or unsubscribe go to: > http://lists.wwpublish.com/mailman/listinfo/marxist-leninist-list > _______________________________________________ Marxist-Leninist-List mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To change your options or unsubscribe go to: http://lists.wwpublish.com/mailman/listinfo/marxist-leninist-list
