Informbiro Timeline
- February 1948 - Soviet foreign minister Vyacheslav Molotov threatens Tito that "serious differences of opinion about relations between our countries" will result if Tito does not clear his actions with Moscow.
- March 27, 1948 - the Central Committee (CC) of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU) sends a letter of warning to the Central Committee of the KPJ.
- April 12–13, 1948 - A CC KPJ plenum discusses the CPSU letter.
- May 4, 1948 - The CC CPSU sends a new letter to the CC KPJ with additional allegations.
- May 9, 1948 - At a meeting in Belgrade the CC KPJ issues its reply to the CKVKP(b) letter.
- May 20, 1948 - The CC KPJ issues a statement that the KPJ will not send a delegation to the next Cominform meeting.
- June 28, 1948 - Cominform circulates the "Resolution on the situation in the KPJ."
- September 1948 - The USSR unilaterally annuls its treaty with Yugoslavia. Hungary, Poland, Bulgaria, Romania and Czechoslovakia follow suit.
- October 25, 1948 - The USSR expels the Yugoslav ambassador. Other pro-Soviet governments follow suit.
- November 29, 1948 - From the scheduled meeting in Budapest, Cominform issues a new resolution that states in part that "the transformation of Yugoslavia from the phase of bourgeois nationalism into fascism and direct betrayal of national interests is complete."
- 1949 - Goli Otok prison camp is established for the internment of "supporters of the Informbiro."
- June 6, 1953 - Under Khrushchev, the USSR suggests the exchange of ambassadors with Yugoslavia. Hungary, Bulgaria and Albania follow suit.
- 1954 - Poland and Czechoslovakia also restore relations with Yugoslavia.
- June 2, 1955 - Yugoslavia and the USSR sign a joint declaration in Belgrade.
- 1995 - Goli Otok internees from post-Yugoslav republics seek damages.
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