Stevan Moljevic-Homogeneus Serbia

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Stevan MoljevicHomogeneous Serbia (1941)

A program which clearly states Serbia's territorial ambitions and "right" to dominate Yugoslavia

Stevan Moljevic (b.1 ! was a lawyer in anja #u$a be%ore the war. &n 1 1 he %led to

Montenegro a%ter the &ndependent State o% )roatia was declared. *uring the war he was anadviser to +eneral *ra,a Mihajlovic- leader o% the )etni$s. e released this memorandum on/une 0 o% 1 1 in 2i$sic (Montenegro!- 3 months be%ore he joined the )etni$ 2ational)ommittee and its e4ecutive council. 5he ideas Moljevic e4pressed in this memorandum re%lectthe views o% most cetni$ programs o% the time- as well as those o% the present.

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5he e4perience o% the Serbian nation in this war- provo$ed with the loss o% their state and their%reedom- has brought them to these unwavering convictions71. 5hat the power o% the country is not based on the si,e o% its territory- not the number o%inhabitants- nor even on the richness o% the land- but rather on the independence o% thought- theconcept o% love %or the country- its %reedom and independence- internal unity and spiritual ties o%

the nation when subject to %oreign invasion- and the readiness o% its people to sacri%ice everythingthey have including their lives %or their country and its %reedom.

3. 5hat this identity o% national view- sense and love o% the nation and its independence can onlybe reached i% it is gathered in a homogeneous Serbia. 84amples o% this are Serbia andMontenegro in past wars and +reece in the present war.

&n this regard- the Serbs today have a primary and basic duty79 to create and organi,e a homogeneous Serbia which must consist o% the entire ethnic territoryon which the Serbs live- and to ensure the necessary strategic and transportation lines and hubs-as well as economic areas which would enable and secure %ree economic- political and culturalli%e and development %or all times.

5hese strategic and transportation lines necessary %or the security- li%e and e4istence o% Serbia-even i% some o% these areas do not have Serbian majorities in the local population- must serve theinterests o% Serbia and the Serbian nation so that the horrible su%%ering that they have endured atthe hands o% their neighbors does not have a chance to repeat itsel%.

Moving and e4changing inhabitants- especially Serbians %or )roatians and Serbians %rom)roatian areas- is the only way to establish a border and create better relations between them-and this prevents the possibility that the %right%ul crimes which happened in the last war andespecially those in the present war in all areas where )roatians and Serbians are intermingled(and where )roats and Muslims planned the e4termination o% Serbs! are not repeated.

I Borders A basic mista$e o% our state administration was that in 1 1 the boundaries o% Serbia were not%irmly set up. 5his mista$e must be corrected immediately- %or tomorrow it will be too late. 5hese

borders must be struc$ now- and they must include the entire ethnic territory on which Serbs livewith unhindered access to the sea %or all Serbian districts that are in the vicinity o% the coast.

1. &n the east and south9east (Serbia and South Serbia!- the Serbian borders are result o% thewars o% liberation- and it is only necessary to rein%orce them by adding :idin and )ustendil.

3. &n the south (Montenegro and er,egovina! the Southwest Serbian province should ta$e overthe territory o% the ;eta anovina (<oyal =rovince!7a! All o% eastern er,egovina with a railroad tie %rom >onjic to =loce- including a belt o% land that



would protect this line- so that in this area the entire >onjic district would be included? %rom theMostar district the %ollowing municipalities7 Mostar- ijelo =olje- lagaj- and ;itomislici? the entireStolac district? %rom the Met$ovic district =loce and all the areas south o% =loce- as well as*ubrovni$- which would have a special status.b! 5he northern part o% Albania in so much as Albania does not ac@uire autonomy.

0. &n the west the estern Serbian province should include9li$e the :rbas anovina9northern*almatia- the Serbian part o% #i$a- >ordun and anija and a part o% Slavonia- so that the railroad%rom =las$i to Sibeni$ and the northern rail connection %rom B$ucani over Sunja to >ostajnicabelong to this region.

5his province would include one part o% the ugojno district e4cept %or +ornji :a$u%- and %rom the#ivno district #ivno and *onje =olje- and also %rom the Sibeni$ district the municipalities o% Sibeni$and S$radin? %rom the >nin district7 the city o% >nin and the Serbian part o% the *rnis municipalitywith its territory that covers the >nin9Sibeni$ railroad- and eventually the Serbian portion o% :rli$ain the Sinj district? the entire districts o% en$ovac- iograd and =re$o? so that the borders o% the

estern Serbian province go along the :elebit canal and include ;adar with all the islandsaround it? %rom the +ospic district7 +ospic- #ic$i Bsi$ and Meda$? the eastern part o% the =erusicdistrict- which has a railroad? %rom the Btocac district7 *abar- S$are and :rhovine? %rom the Bgulindistrict7 *re,nica- +omirje- +ors$a *ubrava and =las$i? the :ojnic district e4cept arilovic? theentire :rginmost district? the +lina district without ucice and Stan$ovac? %rom the =etrinja district7

linja- +radusa- /abu$ovac and Sunja? the >ostajnica district without obovac? %rom the 2ovs$adistrict7 /asenovacand :anjs$a 2ovs$i- but these places should be abolished so that the railroad stays on theterritory o% these two municipalities? the entire B$ucani district? the =a$rac district without

Antunovac- +aj and =oljana? :elic Selo %rom the =o,ega district? the districts o% *aruvar-+rubisno =olje and Slatina? along with the above the osnian districts o% *erventa and +radacac.&t is understood that all other districts inside o% these borders will be included in this region.

Cor this Serbian province- which would have D districts and nearly 1.E million inhabitants- onwhich the entire Sipad enterprise %alls- as well as the iron mine at #jubja- and over which the

Adriatic railway :aljevo9 anja #u$a9Sibeni$ runs- it will be necessary to secure the ;adar areaand the surrounding islands to ensure its outlet to the sea. . 5he 2orthern Serbian province

should get- in addition to the territory o% the *anube anovina- the Serbian districts o% :u$ovar-Sid and &lo$ and %rom the :in$ovci district :in$ovci- #u,e- Mir$ovci and 2ovi /an$ovcimunicipalities and also the entire city and district o% Bsije$.

5his province should be secured with aranja- including =ecuj and eastern anat with 5imisoaraand <esice (<esita!.

E. 5he )entral Serbian province9the *rina anovina9should have the %ollowing osnian districtsreturned to it7 rc$o- 5ravni$ and Cojnica.

*almatia- which would run along the Adriatic coast %rom =loce to the area just under Sibeni$- andwould include the osnian9 er,egovinian districts o% =ro,or- #jubis$i- *uvno- and the westernparts o% the >nin and Sibeni$ districts in the north- must become part o% Serbia but also has to be

granted a special autonomous position. 5he <oman )atholic church in *almatia will berecogni,ed and receive state aid- but the wor$ o% the church and the )atholic clergy among thepeople must be %avorable to the state and be under its strict control.

II Relations with other ugoslavian and Bal!an States&n the %uture- Serbia must- with the conviction o% its past and its mission on the al$ans- be thebearer o% the Yugoslav idea and the %irst de%ender o% al$an solidarity and +ladstone's principle o%"the al$ans %or the al$an people." As time goes on- smaller states must combine in largercommunities- unions and blo$s- and Serbia's %riends will e4pect this o% her. Serbia will gladlyrespond to these e4pectations- %or this is at the heart o% its historical mission on the al$ans. 5he



Serbians already started on this path when they created Yugoslavia- and they will continue on thispath. owever- the %irst step in this path was ta$en incorrectly in that the Serbs and Montenegrinsimmediately allowed themselves to be melted into Yugoslavia while the )roats- Slovenes andMuslims too$ a di%%erent course and ta$e all they can %rom Yugoslavia without giving anything inreturn. 5his mista$e must be corrected and it can only be done i% the Serbs- with the resurrectedYugoslavia- must immediately and unhesitatingly create a homogeneous Serbia in the bordersthat were previously outlined. Bnly a%ter this has been achieved will we approach all other@uestions relating to the Slovenes and )roats.

Yugoslavia would thus be arranged on a %ederal basis with three %ederal units7 Serbia- )roatia-and Slovenia. Bnly when this state o% a%%airs is settled- when all Serbian regions are united in ahomogeneous Serbia- can a limited rapprochement with ulgaria be conceived. Fntil thenstrengthening closer relations through economic and cultural co9operation might be possible (%irstthrough the press- boo$s- churches and social gatherings and then through a customs union!.

5he Serbs- who almost E centuries earlier were the only people on the al$ans to seriously resistBttoman encroachment %rom the east? the Serbs- who in their struggle against Bttomanimperialism were the %irst to rise up against the 5ur$s? the Serbs- who were the %irst to resist+erman encroachment %rom the west? were thereby granted the right to leadership on the

al$ans- and they will not- nor cannot- renounce this leadership neither %or themselves norbecause o% the al$ans and its %ate. 5hey must %ul%il their historical mission- and they can only dothis i% they are united in a homogeneous Serbia in the %ramewor$ o% Yugoslavia which they willimbue with their spirit and give their indelible stamp. Serbia must have hegemony on the al$ans-there%ore they must previously gain hegemony in Yugoslavia. Bnly this hegemony must be greatin spirit- %ar9reaching in outloo$- courageous in political thought- and decisive in political action-and up to the present the Serbs have shown these traits in every challenging moment in theirhistory. And as the present moment is only the last period o% the past- so the %uture should be ane4tension o% this past.

III Social "rder 5he social order in Yugoslavia- %ounded on unlimited liberalism- was in the chaotic post9warperiod abused and misused in %avor o% the stronger against the wea$- and in %avor o% theindividual against the community. 5his damaged the necessary balance in economic li%e- and led

to a crumbling o% national and social morals and public li%e.

&n Serbia- wor$ must be the basic goal and purpose o% every man and he must be justly rewarded%or the @uality and @uantity o% his wor$? capital must be the means %or the Serbian people toreali,e their historical mission in the %ield o% national de%ense- the national economy- and thenational culture- as well as to secure their national e4istence- but the state must be the primarybearer o% capital and capitalism.

=rivate capital is also a national possession and must be protected and monitored by the state-so that it serves the good o% the nation and the community.

5he state must ensure that every citi,en has the possibility to get wor$ and compensation- and toinsure everyone in the case o% sic$ness- old age and disability. 5he %reedom o% individuality-

personal initiative and personal property must be protected %or every citi,en by law? only these%reedoms must not be misused in sucha way that they will in%ringe on other citi,ens or the community.

Creedom o% speech- religion and the press must also be ensured- but they must not be abused.

5he church- as an organi,ation- must be recogni,ed and aided only i% it is totally independent%rom outside in%luence and i% its supreme leadership is in Serbia. =olitical parties in Serbia cannotbe %ounded on a religious basis.



5he press must serve the people and the state- and li%t the public morale.

I# $ational Renaissance5o attain a reorgani,ation o% the state and its social order- a national renaissance o% the Serbianpeople on all levels and in every %ield o% national li%e is needed. Cor this renaissance it is importantto gather up all the national vigor- and not divide the Serbian people into classes. 5hey can onlybe divided into occupations - which must be honest and use%ul to the community- and all mustwor$ in one direction in total harmony- so that in their wor$ they are %ul%illed and rewarded. Aleading position should be ta$en by the intellectuals- the enlightened sons o% the Serbian nationand its youth- so that they set an e4ample with their ,eal- sel%9sacri%ice- order- wor$ and disciplineand so that they may shine in the e4ecution o% their duties.

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