Telegram to Marshal of Yugoslavia Josip Broz-Tito, Chairman of the Council of Ministers, May 12, 1945

Source: Tom 18

To Marshal of Yugoslavia Josip Broz-Tito, Chairman of the Council of Ministers and Minister of Defense of the Democratic Federal Yugoslavia

I congratulate you and the heroic Yugoslav Army on the great Victory over our common enemy — Hitlerite Germany.

The peoples of Yugoslavia, under your leadership, waged a selfless struggle against the fascist invaders and made a worthy contribution to the common cause of the defeat of Hitlerite Germany.

I express my confidence that the friendship between the peoples of the Soviet Union and Yugoslavia, forged in joint struggle, will continue to grow and strengthen.

I. Stalin