COMMUNITY OF VIDOVICE

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R010700110001-4
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 19, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 8, 2006
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: February 25, 1952
• Content Type: REPORT

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CLASSIFICATION CONFIDENTIAL
TECLURTTY P!?7)WVATTO?`I
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
FORMATION REPORT
COUNTRY Yugoslavia
SU B, ECT Cccnmunity of Vidovi ce
PLACE
ACQUIRED
DATE OF
INFO.
THIS DUCUNENT CONTA11i8 INFD NATION AFFECTING THE NATIONAL DEFENSE
OF THE UNITED STATE8. RTITHIII THE IIIANIN0 OF TITLE IN. $NOTIONS 783
AND 704. OF THE U. 8, CODE. t.$ AN ENDED. ITS TRANSVISSIOA OR RAVEL^
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IS FROIIIDITED DY LAW TND OAPAODUCTION OF THIS FORE IS tROHIDITED.
.REPORT
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DATE DISTR. 25 February 1952
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THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION
L The ccaw-ianity of Vidovice, located in the Broko district of Bosnia, comprises the
villages of Vidovice, Sopanica and Ucelovac (sic). The most prr rent Coexuniets
in the coxmrnu tty of Vidovice aree Tunjo M c,, Nedeljko Petrovic, Panto Lotic
and Belic. The chairman of the collective in the cota?nunit%v of Vidovnce is
Nedeljko Petrovic.
., A col: ec .ive was established in the community of Vidovice during 19b9, but since
manberehip at that time was not compulsory, only about 20 poor families joined
it. During 1950 and 19515, local authorities in the community with the assistance
of Brc:ko district authorities, tried to force the free farmers to join the
collective by increasing quotas of products for free farmers to surrender to
the Gover went and by establishing high tax rates. During early 1951, Mari. ja.
Orsol c, a free fanner i_ri Vido vice was arrested by UDB officials on the charge
of refusing to surrender 300 kilograms of meat to the Government. Eleven others
were rawsted at the same time for failure to surrender various products to the
Govern Wert. The following are some of the farmers who were arrested and
sentenced to the prison in Tuzla,, for failure to comply with Gove anent d . ass
a. MvriZ.a Orsolic, as stated previously, who received a sentence of tiro-years
i. apri,.aon i exit;
b. Niko Matanovic,, who vas sentenced to prison for six years;
c f Sinto M isle, who was given a sentence of two years imprisomnent;
d. Xztto Babic,, who was sentenced to prison for two years;
e. Mato Marcic, who was sentenced to prison for two years; and
f. Jovo Simic, who was sentenced to prison for two years.
3,, Early in 1951, Marko Mil itdnavic, the Catholic priest in the corununity of
Vidovice, was arrested on the charge of advising peasants to refuse to let
their daughters work in the Volunteer Youth Brigades outside the village.
Milutinot c received a tam of five-year& imprisonment.
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