Treaty of Vis
| Signed | 16 June 1944 |
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| Location | Vis, Yugoslavia (now Croatia) |
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| Signed | 1 November 1944 |
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| Location | Belgrade, Yugoslavia (now Serbia) |
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The Tito–Šubašić Agreements (Serbo-Croatian: sporazumi Tito-Šubašić) was an attempt by the Western Powers to merge the royal Yugoslav government-in-exile with the Communist-led Partisans who were fighting the Axis occupation of Yugoslavia in the Second World War and were de facto rulers on the liberated territories.
The first treaty was signed on the Dalmatian island of Vis (in Croatia) on June 16, 1944 by Josip Broz Tito, the leader of the Partisans, and Ivan Šubašić, Prime Minister of the Yugoslav Royal Government in exile and former ban (governor) of Croatia in the pre-war Kingdom of Yugoslavia. The actual formation of a new government was postponed until 1 November 1944, when the second treaty was signed. According to its provision, an interim government was to be formed until the people would decide the form of government in democratic elections. Šubašić became the foreign minister in a coalition government led by Tito. The real power remained however in the Communist-led Anti-Fascist Liberation Council of Yugoslavia (AVNOJ).
The agreement also included a specific mention that Yugoslavia would be transformed into a democratic and federal country after the end of the war. Since the issue on its form of government (monarchy or republic) was postponed to after the war, the official name of the country in the meantime was Democratic Federal Yugoslavia.
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