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Peace Without Poison

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No sooner did Marshall Tito (1943-1980) consolidate his power at the helm of the SocialistFederal Republic of Yugoslavia in 1943 then he began using covert methods of depopulationaround 1948. By 1957, he reached the target he was aiming at, namely 2.5 children per woman,down from 4 children per woman prior to 1948 when he began the program. By the time he diedin 1980, the total fertility rate had declined to 2.3 children per woman.Slobodan Milošević, the 14 th President of the Socialist Republic of Serbia from 1989 to 1991, thefirst President of Serbia from 1991 to 1997, and the third and last President of the FederalRepublic of Yugoslavia from 1997 to 2000, managed to lower the total fertility rate from 2.1 to1.5 children per woman.727 | P a g e

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