INCREASED SECURITY MEASURES ALONG YUGOSLAV-AUSTRIAN BORDER

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R006200330005-6
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 20, 2000
• Sequence Number: 5
• Publication Date: November 13, 1950
• Content Type: REPORT

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'R .AL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY 2 OFT NO. 10
COUNTRY Yugoslavia
SUBJECT Increased Security Measures along
' gosiav-Austrian. Border
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As a result of Increased border crossings and the desertion, in June 1950,
spec slav Army officers and enlisted men who
of an t 'f .ed'number of fu o
?ped to , .stria,, the activities of Yugoslav Army border troops have
ceased in the bravo ad, Maribor, and Sloven Gradec sector. All points
al=g the Y oslav-Aus fan border and on both sides of the Drava River
secured 1J troops.
The establishment of a security zone some 15 kilometers deep and. the
additional security precautions have been explained to the native
tion as consisting of movements in the nature of "maneuvers."
In addition to Yugoslav Army and KNOJ units local Militia units are
etWed in rec1 n all trains on the Preva?Je 7lravograd-I1ar bor and
Bravograd_aistar -Sloven Gradec-Celje lines. All other means of trans-
portation are also carefully checked and the passengers subjected to a
thorough search of their persons and their possessions.
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