FORMATION OF PARTISAN BRIGADES IN GORISIA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R000300070005-0
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: November 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 10, 1998
• Sequence Number: 5
• Publication Date: October 1, 1946
• Content Type: IR

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INFO.
KIST. 22 Janmry 1947
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SUPPLEMENT
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE GROUP
INTELLIGENCE REPORT
COUNTRY yugoglavia';I/Italy
SUWECT Formation of Pa tisaa Brigades in
orizio
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ORIGIN
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1, A o partisan brigades have been fern..A recently in Gorisiat and are axpeoted to be
fused &3 an eventual fifth column, The first brigade is under the a* ==Ad of
Albino sr?din, son of Antonio, bore in Gorizia on 10 February 1908 and there rem
siding in Via Rsatelio #14. Be was a major in the Spanish Loyalist Army and is now
as, Colonel t .,A the Yugoc'av General Staff0 He was absent for about 16 years and
s"aturnsd to Gorizia in May 1945. The second brigade is under the oaepmand of
Cirillo Sudihna, who in turn i.a under the ca s.nd of Marvin. Budihna is the
eon of Pietro Budihns and was born in Montaspino on 26 February 1893. Be lives
In Gorizia in Via. Vaaeto S and is a grocer by profession.
2. The total strength of the two brigades should not be more than 250 mane This nus-
bar to expected to increase shortly as ' nuaaerous Yugoslav soldiers, residing in
he t esrisia area, are being dessiobilized and are expected to join these brigdeso
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3 The centers of these brigades are in Mon-tospino, Foglaano, and S. Andrea, In
P'3.. rea there have recently been aceao night disturbances. The non were armed
with either pistols or with guns and sub-machine guns, Their r t-at{rQ s Xatyie
wa.a half way between S. Andreas: and Savonia, along the Iaonso Rivera
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