FLASHPOINT TRIESTE
A US Navy ship sits in port at Trieste, in one of the most contentious and strategically important sites in world politics at the time
“IN MID-APRIL, TITO CAME OUT AND BOLDLY ANNOUNCED YUGOSLAVIA’S CLAIMS TO TRIESTE. THE FACT THAT HIS STATEMENT WAS MADE ON A VISIT TO MOSCOW WAS TAKEN AS A CLEAR INDICATION OF AT LEAST TACIT
