1. 476 KMOJ BORDER GUARD BATTALION 2. 85 KNOJ BORDER GUARD BATTALION

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R013100270005-6
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 19, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 30, 2006
• Sequence Number: 5
• Publication Date: July 25, 1952
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL. I NTELL I GENCE AGENCY
CLASSIFICATION CONFIDENTIAL
SECURITY INFORMATION
INFORMATION REPORT REPORT NO.
DATE OF
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476 KNOJ Border Guard Battalion.
THIS IS. UNEVALUATED INFORMATION
14 The headquarters of the 176 KNOJ Border Guard Battalion is located in
Skopljeo The Battalion is composed-of nine companies9 four of which have
headquarters in Bitolj., DJevdjelijaj, Debar and Konopiste0 The Command-
ing Officer~of the Battalion is Colonel Marko Srdioa the Political
Commissar is Lieutenant Colonel Dusan Pilipovio and the Chief of Staff
is a certain Major Zerica,
85 KI OJ Border Ward Battalion
2 The headquarters of the 85 KNOJ Border Guard Battalion is located in
Konopisteo The following units are assigned to the Battalion;
ao 11 Company9 with headquarters in Majdena
b o 12 Company, with headquarters in Rud.nik,, commanded by a
certain Captain Jovanovioe
co 13 Company., with headquarters in Huma, oor .anded by Captain
Milan Gakovie o The Political eommiesar is First Lieutenant Vlado
Vujaciccp and
do A macchine-g^un company, attached to the Battalion headquarters. This
company is composed of 40 men divided into two platoons.. The commanding
officer is First Lieutenant Dragutin Zecevic o The company has the
following annamenta
(1) Six Ge an 7o9 m Sohartz machine guns9
(2) Seven Russian 7.62-mm Spagin submachine guns and
(3) Twenty-seven German 7a9 Mauser rifles.
CLASSI FICATION
.COUNTRY Yugoslavia
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SUBJECT 1 476 KNOJ Border
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The staff officers of the 85 j Border Guard Battalion are as followsa
a. Major Ciri1 deca Commanding Cfficer9
b. Major Milos Maslovaraa Political Commissar?
c. Captain Milenko Rado j cic a Chief of the KOS.Section . A certain
First Lieutenant Mandic and Warrant Officer Drago Kujundjic are
also assigned to the KOS Section? and
da A certain Warrant officer Obrena Chief of the Communications Section.
The men of the Battalion receive ahoit 800 grams of bread per day and
about 50 grams of meat per meal four times each week. The soldiers
receive 90 dinars per month.
5. The headquarters of the Battalion operates a school for telephone and
telegraph operators. The school has 12 students who receive instruction
eight hours per day. The course lasts 11 months. The commander of the
school is Second Lieutenant Padovan Nikolicf, whose assistant is Warrant
Officer 2ivota. Nestorovica
6a The pressure on the soldiers to join the Communist Party has increased
since the fall of 1951. Approximately 2Cf per cent of the soldiers of the
Battalion are members of the Communist Party. February 1952, the trial
period of 6 to 18 months required of Communist Pater candidates was abolished
for candidates serving with the KNOJ0 At that time, all of than candidates
whowere' ser g. in the 85 KN0J, Border 'Guard Battalion became Communist
Party members a.
During, the period from 27 ptember? 1951 to 10 April 19529 only two persons
were caught attempting to escape into Greece in the sector patrolled by the
Battalion. The two persons had escaped from the prison at Kavadar and were
captured in early April at. Klinske Livade.
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