Abstract
The chapter deals with the relations between Trieste communists and Czechoslovak communist party from the second half of the 1940s to the middle of 1950s. It analyzes the extent and willingness of Czechoslovak CP to help and support the external communists.
The situation of Trieste communists is emblematic for this period. Free territory of Trieste was a place between East and West, devided in two zones, one occupied by American and British forces, and by Yugoslav army the other.
Local communist party enjoyed considerable support among the population and attract the international attention. Its activity and success were significant subject of international communist propaganda.
Trieste CP was devided in stalinist and titoist wings in consequence of the Cominform resolution. Czechoslovak communists were expected - thanks to Czech traditional contacts with this city and with its Slovene minority - to help broadly the Stalinist wing of the Trieste CP.