The paper deals with the endeavours by the Slovene People's Party (SPP), the leading
political party in Slovenia at the time, to resolve the question of the status of Slovenia in the
event of an attack on Yugoslavia which was expected to result in its collapse. The SPP relied
most on its liaison with the Croat Peasant Party, with the founding of a Slovene-Croat state
in view. This was considered the most desirable alternative, even more than an autonomous
Slovene state under German auspices, as in the case of Slovakia. In the long run, the SPP
strove for the restoration of a federally arranged Yugoslav state.