Aftermath
With the surrender of Italy in World War II, the Rijeka issue resurfaced. In 1944, a group of citizens issued the "Liburnia Memorandum" in which it was recommended that a confederate state be formed from the three cantons of Fiume, Sušak and Ilirska Bistrica. The islands of Krk (Veglia), Cres (Cherso) and Lošinj (Lussino) would enter the common condominium as well. President Zanella of the government-in-exile still sought the re-establishment of the Free State.
The Yugoslavian authorities, who took over the city from German occupation on 3 May 1945, objected to these plans. The leaders of the autonomists - Nevio Skull, Mario Blasich and Sergio Sincich - were killed. With the Paris Peace Treaty of 1947, Rijeka and Istria officially became part of Yugoslavia.
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