regarding the terror over the Montenegrins and the growth of anti-Yugoslav irredentist rhetoric, Veljko responded that a calm attitude must be pertained above all else, as he is planning to open the question of the status of the Montenegrin national minority in the Socialist People's Republic of Albania. He died on 19 October 2004 in Herceg Novi, Serbia and Montenegro. References 1921 births 2004 deaths Anti-fascists Yugoslav Partisans members Presidents of Montenegro League of Communists of Montenegro politicians Montenegrin communists Recipients of the Order of the People's Hero Recipients of the Order of the Hero of Socialist Labour