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Mika Špiljak

(Sisak, 26/11/1916 - Zagreb, 18/5/2007)

President - Federal executive council (1967-1971)
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Short bio

Mika Špiljak headed the Federal Executive Council between 1967 and 1971. A member of the Croat liberal faction within the LCY, he presided over Yugoslavia’s rapprochement to the EEC in the late 1960s/early 1970s. He supported and defended Toma Granfil’s pro-active stance during the negotiations for the first commercial agreement with the Community, insisting that the rapprochement to the EEC should be publicised and sponsored to the general public through the regime’s official press.

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Toma Granfil

Toma Granfil was a Serbian member of the Federal Executive Council (FEC) between 1967 and 1971. During this period, he cooperated closely with his homologues Kiro Gligorov and Mika Špilijak; Yugoslav representative to EEC Miloš O...

Key Documents

Information on Špiljak's visit in Italy between 8 and 13 January 1968
AJ 751 115 | 2408

This document bears witness to Špiljak's willingness to improve the commecial - rather than political - dimension of relations between Yugoslavia and the EEC. - Available only in the Archive: http://www.arhivyu.gov.rs/

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