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Novosti News Service, Sarejavo, Monday, 27 September 1943

Officials here have announced the formation of Elektroprovida Kakanj a.d. (The Kakanj Thermoelectric Power Company). The new firm will construct a 300 Megawatt thermal power station to supply this growing industrial region with electric power. Coal supplied will be drawn from the existing Kakanj coal mines. The Industrial Bank of Yugoslavia is leading the syndicate that is floating the company. Construction of the powerplant is expected to commence some time early in 1944.


Novosti News Service, Zagreb, Wednesday, 29 September 1943

Vasilije Petkovic, chairman of the Navy League, gave a defiant speech to the assembled delegates during which he called for increased naval construction and modernisation of the nation’s industrial base. His closing remarks were aimed squarely at Italy. He concluded:

“Italy has long considered the Adriatic, and by extension the entire Mediterranean basis, as its special preserve, its Mare nostrum. It is not so! The sea belongs to all nations, and while they have sought to deny us access to it, we have maintained ourselves, and we continue to expand our commerce and out naval strength. It is vital that we continue to do so, as Italy cannot long sustain the chains it has thrust upon our brothers, sisters and cousins in the Occupied Territories. When the day comes that the jackboot is withdrawn, it will be because we as a nation have been strong at sea!”


Novosti News Service, Belgrade, Thursday, 30 November 1943

A spokesman for the Foreign Ministry cautioned that the remarks made by Mister Vasilije Petkovic, chairman of the Navy League, in no way reflect the position of the Yugoslav Government. He read a statement issued by Foreign Minister Boris Furlan, who said:

“Mister Petkovic, as a private citizen, may hold his own opinion, and the Government deeply regrets that he has chosen to do so in such an incendiary manner.”