Original scientific paper
THE 1945 CONFERENCE OF THE HSS LEADERSHIP IN HOTEL ESPLANADE IN ZAGREB
Zdenko Radelić
; Institute of Contemporary History, Zagreb, Croatia
Abstract
The conference of the leadership of the Croat Peasant Party, the first of the two held after the World War II, which took place in the hotel Esplanade in Zagreb in 1945, is not well known. Using the newly accessible archive materials, the author reconstructs the time of the conference, its duration, the number and identity of participants, and its conclusions. The general conference was held on September 2, 1945. It lasted three days, including individual conferences of Dr. Ivan Šubašić, its convener, with regional groups of participants. The aim of the conference was to inform the membership of the political situation in the country and the work of party's leadership, and to consider future political involvement. The majority of the participants rejected Subašić's compromising politics, especially in the light of terror that the regime was conducting and the confinement of the party's vice-president. August Košutić; the requested Šubašić's resignation. At J. Šutej's suggestion, the conference decided that Šubašić goes to Paris for consultation with V. Maček, the party's president. Even though Šubašić had different ideas for the party before coming to the conference, he accepted membership suggestion. But since he was prevented by the Communist Party to realize the conclusions of the conference, he resigned.
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Publication date:
1.4.1994.
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