POLITICAL CONDITIONS IN BOSNIA AND MONTENEGRO

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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R009500080005-8
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• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 19, 2001
• Sequence Number: 5
• Publication Date: November 30, 1951
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTR (N1' LL(Ot;PiOE AGENCY REPORT NO.
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COUNTRY Yugoslavia
SUBJECT Political Conditions in Bosnia mid
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DATE D'ISTR 30 November 1951
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1? Recently the entire People's Cormittee of Pljevla, in Bosnia, were arrested
on the charge, of Cominformism. The investigation was conducted by Joko
l~nezevic who was sent from Bel trade. The chief of the UDB in that area is
Isilosav Lacmaaaa, while the delegate to the Central Comr.ittee of the Yugoslav
Communist Party is Vladimir Stjepovic..
2 , A great deal of military activity has been observed in Bosnia. This has been
evidenced by the arrival of entire regiments which have been placed under the
command of Jovo Kaapa, an agent of Minister of the Interior Alexandar Fnkovic,
for the purpose of combatting the increase in activities of the nationalist
rebels. The nationalist rebels are headed by Bozo Bjelica, Vlada Sipcic and
11i.lija Vojnovic. On 24 July 1950 a group of these rebels assasinated the most
prominent Conriun.ists in Kovi Pazar, among whom were I4arinko Golubovic, a
.Deputy to Parliament in Belgrade and a "hero of the people"; his son; and .
Jovan Jaksic, Secretary of the District Committee of the Yugoslav Communist
Party.
.3 According to source, some students have had to escape from Yugoslavia because
they are liable to arrest for participation in a nationalist organization at
the University of Belgrade.
4., 7ith regard to American aid, the source reports that food had been distributed
to the people of Bosnia on only one occasion. The rations distributed at that
time included 400 grams of butter; 400 grams of powdered "eggs; and 900 grains of
powdered milk per person. During the month of August 1951 the same rations
wore distributed to workers, students and officers only.
E'>,. A :cording to.. souirce, the Coninform movement is widespread in 11ontenegro. tklsny
bominformists have been imprisoned and of these, a great number allegedly have
boen murdered without trial. Surmn..ry executions have been justified by the
allegation that those prisoners attempted to escape. The Cominformists have
organized several. units; however, these clandestine formations, being unsupported
by the people, have tended to be confined to the Albanian frontier from where
they receive supplies.
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6. A short time ago a new commander was appointed to the South Adriatic region.
He is Colonel Nikola Popovic, the son of a Montenegran separatist, a certain
General Popovic,
?, In source's opinion, any attack whatever on Yugoslavia will provoke an
insurrection among the people and the members of armed forces, who in such
an event, would liquidate all of their leaders without regard for the
consequences. The Serbs and Croats might fight against the Russians, but
only if the Allies assume command,
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