The Political bureau of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Yugoslavia under the
presidency of Josip Broz Tito was the highest and most independent leadership circle of the party,
which controlled not only the party but also the state. At its meetings, it discussed organisational,
political and personnel issues of the Party, the state and mass organizations (trade unions, youth,
women, combatants) and ideological education. It directed international relations and created a path
of further social development. Occasionally it met with individual republic or regional party
committees to assess their work. As far as it is known, it met with Slovene leaders only twice in the
years 1945-1954. The first time was in December 1945 and the second in summer of 1947. This paper
includes the minutes from the 1947 meeting. It is kept in the Archive of Yugoslavia underfond number
AJ 507, Central Committee of the Communist Party of Yugoslavia, II SI -K1/18. It describes issues,
pointed out by a special commission, which reviewed the situation of the Party organisation in
Slovenia in its report. The quality of work was assessed as poor.