COMMUNIST PURGES

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R001600030002-3
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 29, 2001
• Sequence Number: 2
• Publication Date: June 8, 1948
• Content Type: REPORT

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CLASSIF{CATION S
CENTRAL,. INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
COUNTRY Mavis
SUBJECT Oaam mist Purges
PLACE
ACQUIRED
REPORT NO.
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DATE DISTR. 8 June 19148
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1. Amm i thou Yugoslav CaIAuni.at Partr members who have been tried and ez-
e0uted in the recent piargsas WW Were reported to be "aschau Communists"s
the old line Communist elite. Theme has been strong rivalry between
Uds and many Coaelowrd.sts trho are now holding official positions in
2. The tower group is disliked because they know the role of the Tito govern-
amt in oanaing the deaths of praainent'Yhgoslav nationalists who were in-
terned at Dachau during the war. A Slovenian Casaeunist in Dachau directly
or indirsctly caused the death of T1i*o Ate, the former governor of
Slovetda, and Puaa]Js the former atzd eter and president of the Slovene
Red Gross, while interned at Dachau.
25X1A Comments Pro" reports ghn Yugoslavia state that certain
s r"r on at ocntry, chile interned at Dachau, occupied
'official" positions in the Internees, admird.strative "stem.)
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CONFIDENTIALly ABLE
CLASSIFICATION
CLASSIFICATION
STATE 1/ X NAVY .
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This document is hereby regraded to
CONFIDENTIAL in accordance with the
letter of 13 October 1978 from the
Director of Central inteiiigence to the
Archivist of the United States.
Next Review Date: 2008
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