Item DEATH OF YUGOSLAVIA 3/45 - Transcript of interview, 1994, with Milan Kucan, President of Slovenia

Typescript transcript of filmed interview with Milan Kucan, Slovene Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party 1986-1990, and Slovene President from 1990, describing events leading up to the secession of Slovenia from the Republic of Yugoslavia (Jun 1991) including, the history of Slovenian separatism and the political context of post-Tito Yugoslavia; the role of the Yugoslav Peoples' Army (JNA) in Yugoslav politics; the leaking of Communist Party documents to journalist Janez Jansa (1988); the Fourteenth Extraordinary Congress of the Yugoslav Communist Party (Jan 1990), which rejected Slovene constitutional amendments; Slovene talks with Croats concerning independence (1990); the mobilisation of the JNA following Slovenia's declaration of independence (June 1991), and the role of Germany and the European Community in recognising Slovene independence. 37pp