POSITION OF BORIS KIDRIC

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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R013700150007-1
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• Document Creation Date: December 19, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 3, 2006
• Sequence Number: 7
• Publication Date: August 28, 1952
• Content Type: REPORT

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INFORMATION REPORT REPORT
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COUNTRY Yugoslavia
SUBJECT Position of Boris Kidric
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There has been a good deal of speculation lately among government officials
as to why Boris Yidric has recently befome the subject of rather scathing
attacks in the Party controlled press. The reason usually given is that.
the results of his economic development policy for the Vojvodina and Serbia
have failed to satisfy the Central Committee of the Communist Party; As
President of the Federal Planning Commission he was responsible for the
economic plans of these two areas.
2. The first Five Year plan for.the Vojvodina and Serbia overestimated the
arable land by 300,000 acres. As a result not only did members of collective
farms and private cooperatives have to band over the Whole of their produce
at compulsory sale without profit, but they had to buy cereals in the open
market to fulfill the excessive quotas assessed them, This caused unrest
and absenteeism which was countered by confiscation of the goods of private
individuals involva.and imprisonment for those members of collective farms
who had no private property.
3. Investment of the public money gained from the agricultural plan for Serbia
and the Vojvodina has also been the subject of much adverse comment. One
of the projects financed by this money was the collection of buildings
known as New Belgrade. Most of this project has had to be left half built
because of the bad site chosen (the swamps of the Sava river) and poor con-
straction of foundations.
4. In the second economic plan the same over assessment of grain producing
areas happened with corresponding loss of expected capital for investment.
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5. Recent criticism of Ridric's part in these operations has pointed out
the difference &teen per capita investment in Slovenia and Croatia,
and in Serbia and the .Vojvodina., Re-investment has been 1,600 dinars per
capita in Slovenia and 1,500 in Croatia, while in Serbia and the Vojvodina,
which contain the richest farm land in the country and this might be
expected to show the greatest profit, the rate has been only 600 dinars
per capita annually.
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It is rumored that Major General Svetozar Vukmanovic is to replace
Kidric on Vukmanoviceb return from a three month tour of the U. S. where
he is surveying aspects of the American economic system.2
Comment: Vukma iovic e s visit in the U. S. was from 8 February
to 21 March.1952. Although it is now more than five months later the
developments speculated on, in this report have not occurred, It might
be-noted however that Vukmanovic was appointed by the Central Committee
of the Party- t o a -.ammideion to draft amendments and changes in the
statutes of the Yugoslav Communist Party for the Sixth Congress to be held
19 October 1952. Also another government agency reported 2 June 1952 that
a twcs?morith long discussion in the Yugoslav Economic Council had terminated
in victory for a faction headed by Fukmanovic which favors liberalization;
one Yugoslav Official attributed this towAmerican influence".
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