In the Service records there are the affidavits and personal testimony of many. including Catholic priests. doctors. and other persons of integrity who were in Croatia during the period 194145. that Artukovic was a moderate in the Croatian cabinet. that he sought to curb and prevent unnecessary bloodshed where it lay in his power. that he was the spokesman for Archbishop Stepinac. and that he represented the archbishops views in cabinet meetings. In the same records. there is no testimony of any person who was in Croatia during the years 194145 which is disparaging to Artukovic. Of course. the records referred to are those publicly made in displaced person and deportation proceedings before the Service. and not to any secret information attached to the record but not available for Artukovics inspection and rebuttal. The independent and even partial historians who have attempted to chronicle the events leading to the dissolution of Yugoslavia in 1941. the formation of smaller states influenced or dominated by Axis powers. and the rebirth of Yugoslavia under Communist control. have mentioned numerous Croat leaders and have charged some specifically with atrocities and misconduct. I refer to such works as The War We Lost by Fotitch. former Royal Yugoslav Ambassador to the United States.
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