Identity Statement

Reference Code

HU OSA 205-4-80

Title

Yugoslav Subject Files from the RFE/RL Research Institute

Date(s)

1950 - 1995

Description Level

Series

Extent and medium (processed)

48 Archival boxes, 6.0 linear meters

Content and Structure

Scope and Content (Abstract)

The series contains press clippings, news agencies releases and printed materials. It covers the social, political, cultural and economic development of Yugoslavia from the early 1960’s until its decline and disintegration in the beginning of 1990’s. It is possible to get informationon about leading Yugoslav politicians, dissidents, artists and public personalities. Files on foreign policy contain information on the diplomatic activity and Yugoslavia’s role in the Non-Aligned Movement from the 1960’s until the end.
Of particular interest is information on political parties such as the League of Yugoslav Communists 1952 - 1991 but also on the political opposition, “Praxis", a circle of leftist intellectuals and political parties in the federal units. There are valuable files on Security (Armed Forces, Crime, Terrorism and Police). Social issues concern topics such as Churche, Education, Living Standards, Migration and Minorities. There are important files on economy and finance, especially the economic crisis in the 1980’s.

Apart from being indicated in the front paragraph, it is important to emphasize that the majority of the collections relates to the period after the break up of Tito's Yugoslavia. Thus, one can find many important information on the beginning of the conflict starting in 1991 in Slovenia and Croatia and spreading to Bosnia and Herzegovina in 1992. This was not only conflict period, but the time of post communist transition toward civil society, building of market economy and new system of values rooted not in ideology but in a mixture of liberal market and nationalistic principles.

Accruals

Not Expected

Conditions of Access and Use

Conditions governing access

Unknown

Languages

Croatian, English, Serbian

Description Control

Archivist's note

Processed by Robert Parnica, May, 2004.