Despite the favourable attitude of most of the USA representatives, the Macedonian question remained outside the agenda of the Peace Conference due to the categorical opposition of France and Great Britain who supported the aspirations of the Balkan Allies, Greece and Serbia (i.e. the Kingdom of the Serbs, Croats and Slovenians) to keep the occupied parts of Macedonia. At the Paris Peace Conference, when the peace terms were negotiated with the Balkan states, the Macedonian question was treated as a minority problem and discussed at the Committee for New States and the Protection of the Minorities. At its meeting on July 15th, 1919 the Italian delegation submitted a proposal for the autonomous status of Macedonia "within borders fixed by the Great Powers and their allies" with the highest possible degree of self-government, but within the borders of the new Kingdom of SCS.
Europe proposed to secure long term Peace in the region through the eradication and elimination of every Macedonian soul down to the very last.
This has been brought to light by two essays, Finney's "An Evil for all Concerned...", and A. Rossos "British Foriegn Office and the Macedonian question ..."...
What these papers reveal is that even though the Europeans had been fully aware of the presence of Macedonians, they chose a policy of extermination, eradication and denial. The decision makers at the very top of Europe referrred to Macedonians as "A Cancer" and as "A Rot" that needed to be eliminated.
And to think that the Macedonian government behaves as though its survival depends on the goodwill and benevolence of Europe. What a joke.
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