YUGOSLAV ECONOMIC PENETRATION IN TRIESTE

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R000600200004-3
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
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• Document Creation Date: November 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 22, 1998
• Sequence Number: 4
• Publication Date: May 23, 1947
• Content Type: IR

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name. It is supposed to perform union and welfare activities among
local businessman. The following categories have been asked to joins
Businessmen of all kind, grocery woners, small food dealers, bakers,
innkeepers,, coal dealers, artisans, carpenters, fishdealers,and In-
dustrialists,
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There are 14 new contractor firms which are either owned or controlled
by lugoa..ava, these firma nave been especially active in the recon-
struction of villages of the.Trieste area, under the AMG Public Works
reconstruction program. Now they are trying to infiltrate the Trieste
market but with little success, up to now,, since the Italian contractors
have better means, equipment and experience.
7? The local Prefecture authorities have been extremely careful in granting
permissions to new Slovene firms., This difficulty is now being overcome
by the Slovene firms,, bb using the name of an Italian as fictitious owner,,
while the Yugoslav elements have the functions of general managers or di-
rectors.
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The UIVOD (Uvozni Izvozni Zavod) has recently been importing into Trieste
goods originating in foreign countries, without paying the required cus-
toms. This was done by importing the goods into Zone "D" and then into
Zone "A",. thus making them appear as goods originating in Zone wB", and
therefore customs free. As an example, large quantities of dry fruits
were recently sent from Czechoslovakia to Capodiatria, and later imported
into Zone "A" custom free,, as a Zone "B" product. The UIVOD is also fi-
nancing the buying of real estate by Yugoslavs. On 15 March the UX'OI)
changed into a corporation. Its president is Mr. Mario Kociancic, of
Italian nationality, but of Slovene origin,, while the general manager is
Mr. Giovanni Pretnat, a Yugoslav national., Another manager is Mrs Feriancie,
a leading figure of the local UAIS.
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Another rather suspicious firm recently formed in Trieste (12 February 1947)
I an . the FRO? concerned with Import and export from and to all countries
Administrator of said firm is Mr,, Arduino Schoen, while the administrators
are Ira Ivan Cok, Eng. Ivan Gorchie, and Dr. Vladimir Turina, A great deal
of activity has been noticea in the office of said firm, but no 'business
transactions have as yet been concluded.
10, Lim,
The financing of the activities of most of the Slovene firms in Trieste is
being handled by the Banca d'America ed Italia : bank vaguely connected
with the Giannini ( A.P. Giannini not to be confused with Giannini of Uomo
Qualunque) interest,t . Directors of said bank are Mr. Vincenzo Richieri,
from Genoa, and Mrs Francesco Koneany, formerly director of the Zivnostenske
Banta, who Is suspected of being connected closely with the local Yugoslav
interests,,
131, Another source of income is the clearing with Tugoslavia, which Is being
handled by the Banca d'Italia, Somehow funds manage to be utilized for
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local political purposes probably with the complicity of some func-
tionaries of the bankv
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The buying of real estate by the Yugoslavs continues even though it
has considerably decreased in the last two months. In this field
also Italian cover names are being used in order to avoid opposition
from the local Italians. It is estimated that Italian real estate
property amounting to one billion lire has been bought by Yugoslave
in Trieste. Some Italian elements are he#ng these transactions,,
among whom Avva Moscolin, who handled the sealing of the building
located in Via Battisti Nos 2, where a branch office of the Belgrade
National Bank will open shortly. In the same street Yugoslavs are
trying to buy the Fenice Theater, the third largest in town, which
would be used as a Slovene theater and for propaganda purposes a Among
the other Italians who are favoring these transactions, are Dr. Mario
Trausin, and the notaries Sandrin, Iviani, and Sandrinellin
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34419
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34462
RASICA Mario
Via Ghega., 3
34480
ADRIA DESSERT - Antonio Vidic
34599
KUZN i Nada
Monfalcone Via Cosiil.ic; , 23
34629
Via D. Bramante, 10
34630
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Piazzale N. Gianni, 8
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Via Bellosguardo, 9
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34889
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Corso Garibaldi, 8
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35447
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Via Palestrina,
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Aarlsina Cave, 51
35566
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Via Molino a' vapors, 6
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Piazza Ponterosso, 6
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