After his return to Belgrade he managed to obtain a visa to go abroad and around Christmas 1945 he travelled to Bari, from where he sent a telegram to his wife Nina: "Left Tito's paradise forever".
Nakon povratka u Beograd radi na dobijanju vize za odlazak u inozemstvo i oko Božića 1945. godine odlazi za Bari, odakle šalje brzojav ženi Nini: "Zauvijek izišao iz Titova raja".