Čak i sad, Zagreb nije u potpunosti odredi svoj stav po pitanju njega, a sam Andrić je bio sklon reći da ga hrvatska prijestolnica nije nikad dobro primila -- vjerovatno zbog toga što se dodvoravao Beogradu.
Even now, Zagreb has not fully determined its position on him, and Andric himself was prone to say that the Croatian capital never received him well -- likely due to his courting of Belgrade.