ECONOMIC, INDUSTRIAL, MILITARY AND POLITICAL INFORMATION ON YUGOSLAVIA

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• Publication Date: June 20, 1949
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CLASSIFICATION SECRET--ONTROL - U. S. OFFICIALS 0
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY REPORT
INFORMATION REPORT
COUNTRY Yugoslavia
SUBJECT
ACQUIRED
DATE OF ITS
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Economic, Industrial, Military and
Political nforRation on Yugoslavia
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reports on Yugoslavia
on Yugoslavia.
political information.
- Yugoslav Troops.
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Yugoslav Armed Forces.
DATE DISTR. 20 June 194,50X1-HUM
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SUPPLEMENT TO
REPORT NO.
THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMkTTON
Economic, Industrial,
- Yugoslav Merchant Marine and Ports.
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sorb of naval academy is flmctioning at Split. Several former sailors
have been attached as instructors and have now been
raised to officer grade.
Along with the Academy for officer dndidatea, there is also a
school for seamen where they are trained as machinists, ordnance men,
.gunnery crews, carpenters and metalsmdtha.
Split is the largest naval center of present-day Yugoslavia. Sere
is the headquarters of the Adriatic High Command, which is held by~Yice-
Admiral Manolgl, a Tito supporter.
fortifications
In the Babinopolje zone, casements and metal lined trenches are being
built. For this work, considerable quantities of cement and iron are
being transported into the vicinity. In the sm01 port are five blue-gray
lighters with square mounts and equipped with 75-mm antiaircraft gams.
Fortifications in an advanced state of construction are to be observed
at Crazola-Bass and j.esina. Armored cupolas can be seen on the heights
that cover the principal parts of the i,/,nds .
Marshal\Tito apparently intends to transform Lagosta into one of the
most important supporting bases on the Adriatic. Five forts, which are
interconnected by cemented passages and provided with considerable artillery,
have already been constructed.
At Lissa, the fortifications were completed eom time ago and provided
with the largest caliber weapons in the Zone.
Fortifications are being built also at Veglia. The Fiuoe and Zara
military district probably has its headquarters on this island.
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are to be observed.
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At Fiume, the heights of St. Catrine and of Tersatta have been forties
Pied, and civilians are forbidden to enter this area.
fiends
The fields of Pontisella and Vergoralla, near Pola, and ;qt Crobuico
di Fiume have been put back into service.
Other air fields have been observed on the islands of Veglia at
Arce, Lesina, Brazza, Cruzola, and, along the Otacec MAn-Split coast.
The seaplane base at Cattaro has been put back into service.
At Gravosa, there are four former Italian torpedo boats which are
unserviceable because of damage. There are a few German pocket-type
Submarines, almost unserviceable, at Iissa, and three deep-w ter sub,-
marines are at Cattaro.
The patrolling of the Adriatic is performed by two squadrons of
corvettes and by some PT boats, mostly Italian type.
-Reference has been made that at F1=9 thea+eare, in addition, 20
radio-controlled torpedoes of Russian origin.
Zany Amunition
the Yugoslav are y^ is supposed to be very short
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in amenmi.tion for T-34 tanks. It is wll I that large quantities of
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these tanks were received from Russia two years ago. The various requests
to Russia for amtramition have had no results.
JIM organization (Corns for the Nate g Defennse of YneQg a)
It has already been pointed out may times that the KNOJ is a type of
German SS. Apparently, it is not distinguished from the other formations
of the army except by the collar insignias in the shape of black rhombs.
However, it is actually a true political military police. The leaiars and the
rank and file are chosen from among the most fanatical supporters of
the dictatorship and for this reason are condidered as the "Iron Gammd"
of the Camtmist party.
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"hof the Corps is not over 10,000 men. The tasks are
multiform but are primarily mi,litary,'and the power of the members is
enormous. A simple non-commissioned officer mW have high-ranking officers
of the other armed forces arrested.
Some frontier sectors are imder the Corps, in order
to prevent desertions and to exercisers, more active control.
OZNA (Secret Police)
The influx of foreign elements into the internal and external branches
of this organization has been increasing for some time.
Agtt-TiTito Wig, aatio
Zagreb is probably the greatest center of anti-Tito resistance.
In addition to the well-known "Krizari" ("Crusaders"), the "Bjela Zvedza"
("White Star") organization is said to'haie sprang up.
The greeting of the Croatians is said to be "Bog sivi" ("God Lives").
These organizations limit their activities to acts of sabotage and
plundering, particularly in the economic field. They lack means and complain
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A carefully guarded munitions depot is located in an isolated house.,
near the road which rune from Croce Bianca to Pirano.
There is said to be a school for OZNA candidates in a villa of Stru
guano, situated on the road f'rom.Strugnano to Isola. The enrollment of
the school is small.
zMarla.
Two officer-candidate schools for infantry and artillery are in full
operation here. About the middle of August, 300 candidates who had' finished
their course left Zara by mail steamer for Fiume. These were immediately
replaced by others.
The headquarters of the military district is in Zara. In a war materiel
depot near the city, medium and large' caliber-cannew have been observed.
Some time ago, two vessels of the yacht-type and belonging to the naval
school visited the harbor. Traffic is rare; only small coasting ships and
mail boats from Fiume to Split:. are see*.
At Punta Mica, a battery of four 47-mm guns has been observed. 50X1-HUM
The work of widening and straightening the Fiume-Pula. road. is, in pro-
gress. Almost all of the curves are to be eliminated by the construction
of long sections of new road. The work. *n question is most advanced in
the NoscbienatBersezio stretch.
The lack of gasoline is'becoming steadily more acute in both Fiume
and Zara. According to a recently received report, only fifty percent
of the automotive vehicles in Fiume haft received their gasoline ration.
At Mara, Wfishing boats are forced to remain in port.
Prior to the rupture with the Cominform, Russian steamers, rally
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regularly in the port of Fiume. They took a return',. cargo of plum brandy
and other things. At present Russian steamers -are ver
-rarely seen in th
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loaded with rolled iron and industrial products, used to arrive rather
harbor.
There is still a scarcity of raw material in the shipyards. The floating
drydock has not yet been repaired. Apparently, the repeated requests
to Russia for material have been fruitless. In the semee way, the -mission
of a Croatian engineer last December to acquire metals 50X1-HUM
and other material has apparently been unsuccessful.
The o it activity at the teroede faeteiv_ nn to the TwwA mt - ham Iwin
The Five-Year Plan provides for the construction of 500 completely new
torpedoes a year. This quota has been reduced to 300, but so far not a
single new torpedo has been built. A few months ago, a Russian commis-
sion made a minute inspection of the torpedo plant and carried off all
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of the E::::~lue prints.
Since the break between Yugoslavia and Albania, the Romsa refinery
has operated spassoodically; since Albania has ceased to supply raw material.
The average number of working days per week now is not over three or four.
The working man has had very few restriction imposed on his religious mm
worship. On the other hand, the religious practices of pepple in the
public eye are rigorously controlled. Special sections of the police force
control all activities of the clergy and of the various religious insti-
tutions.
The schools are quite mate and attendance through the sixth'grade
is compulsory: TecdevI subjects and p6litical material am given
special importance.
Housing is regulated by a housing office. Overcrowding is frequent.
the overhauling of torpedoes
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Every factory has a factory.-chief, every street a street-chief, every
quarter a quarter-chief whose task is to check all the inhabitants to
see whether they attend meetings, whether they listen to foreign broad-
casts, whom they receive, and whether they live beyond their known means.
There is a tendency to BA t imports as mach as possible and to make
the city self-sufficient. JA present, food of all kinds. is lacking as
well as clothing; liquid fuel, and coal.
For the moot part, the working class is not happy, frequently com-
pare the present with the past, and would l leave if it were possible.
The clerks and professional men feel the: same waybut are much more,re.
ticent in expressing their opinions, since they are closely watched. The
people who had fled have been replaced by elements brought in 50X1 -H U M
from the interior. These are unsuited for the exigencies f* the commer?
cial and industrial life of the city. Production has drppped off in all
fields. Fiume has taken an the appearance of a smallutoun without lifer
Soviet regimentation dominated completely the pattern of life in
Yugoslavia - there is absolutely no difference. For this reason, the
Garrity of the people ask themselves what was the reason for the Tito-
Stalin rupture, and they fail to discover any explanation. Most people
conclude that it is a diabolic Soviet manoeuvre and are awaiting its
maleficent results. Others judge that the brew was due to the exploita-
tion and mastery of Yugoslavia organized by the Russians, who had struck
a snag in Tito's nationalistic spirit and ambition.
Because of the slaughters committed during the liberation, a feeling
of hate against Tito is also bed to appear in Yugoslavia. An esti-
mated 180,000 persons lost their lives. Full information, at one time
unknown, about the atrocities is now being ciuculated and is fomenting the
campaIgn against Tito.
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T,ee large cra ea ham en erected on,"the BeXXrade ^ fin
the harbor of Fiume=
Three modern, 5-ton cranes have been erected at established sites
on the Belgrade wharf for loading ores, coal, and other cargo (the mcom-
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paiying photograph was take from the Fiume newspapers:1La Vase del Popolo")
These mobile cranes are mounted on tracks and have a range of
-action. The erection of these cranes has increased the loading potential
of the port by 46 percent.
Cranes, with considerably greater 1 capacities than the old cranes,
are now in operation on the 10 September wharf. The old cranes are being
modernized.
Two of the three cranes which are to be erected on the Generale
Drapsin wharf have been finished and operating for several days. The buil-
ding of the cab, the installation of the electrical equipment, and the
assembly of the third creme are being performed at present. The three
cranes have a combined capacity of nine tons. The cranes have 18-meter-
long jibe.
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TOLD to Stalin from -golonel General Bazidar Ian c,
Preaide*t of the Pan-3lav Coiittee
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Colonel General Bosidar Maslario) President of the Pan-Slav Com-
mittee, sent to Generalissimo of the Soviet. Union, Joseph Vissariono-
vich Stalin, the following telegram (5 November 19498):
"In the name of the Pan-Slav Committee, I extend to ypu and to all
Slavic people best wished on the thirty -first anniversary of the Great
October Revolution. The Slavic nations join the great holiday of the
Soviet nation in heart and in spirit, because the Soviet revolution
has also made possible their liberation in the Second World War.
Today, the Slavic nations align themselves with the Soviet cation
is the struggle for & just and lasting peace, freedom and.independenoe
of action, the victory of people's democracies and socialism, and against
the instigators of a new war. Today, these relations are still mox*_
empavt than in the Second World War. Their brotherhood and union
have been sealed in the ages, through the fight against a common foe,
and there is no existing force in the world sufficiently powerful to shat-
ter the unity of the S]ic nations."
New pt of theY? Railroads
The teal production seems to be continually decreasing. This is pri-
marily due to the insufficiency of rolling stock, standard- and mArrow-
gauge, which makes the transport of coal from the mines or in the vici-
laity >M of the pits impossible.
he trains are running more slowly because of the poor quality and
iasufffiaient quantity of coal. Since they have to wait to get up steam,
the trains are delayed in stations and on the road.
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Other factors contributing to the delay of trains are deficient
organization, negligence on the part of the personnel, deficient tech-
nical preparation, uncooperativenees So the clerieal staff, and lack of
supervision. On the Belgrade -Vinkovci line, freight trains have re-
maimed in stations because the crews, which had not been provided with
food, left the trains to cross the Sava River and buy meat, flour, and
other things at their own expense.
Extra Meeting of the Yugoelav Peoples Skupstite at Belgrade
On the basis of Article 74 of the Constitution of Jugoslavia, the
presidium of the People's Skupatina of Jugoslavia has issued the decree
for the convening of the People's Skupatiaa for the thud extra session.
The Skupstiaa win begin its work on 27 November 1948.
The- new Politburo of the Communist party of Bosnia and Her-
Sefket Naga a jie }
Members: Milevau Prpiey(Pasaga Madzic'(Rasan
Ilija Doaemj- and Audi Kola
lgiko Juri~?ajI ~,
cep.
Oa 5 November 1948, the meeting of the newly elected Central
Committee of the Communist Party of Bosnia and Hercegovina was hold
at Sarajevo and the following Politburo was nominated:
Ducar-Stari_J,
Seerit - General: (D j#.ro
Secretaries: Cori jetia Yiiatovice 'Avdo H e ~Tgl jesa Danilovi ; and
s o s Hungarians ians a B s
enter Yugoslavia
On 25 September 1948, the Ministry of the Interior issued a commu-
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nique4to the influx of Albanian, Hungarian, Rumanian, and Bulgarian citi-
seas into Yugoslavia. Up to that date, a total of 243 Rumanii,ans, 177
Albanians, 54 Bulgarians, and 33 Hungarians had entered Yugoslavia.
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On the basis of later data relative to the entry of citizens of the
above sntioned countries into Yugoslavia, the ministry of the Interior
of Iugoslavia issues the following:
1. Is the period from 25 September to 25 October, 237 Rumanian
citizens have entered Yugoslavia. This Rumanian contingent consists of
52 laborers, 23 peasants, 39 clerks, 38 intellectuals, 4 soldiers, 27
members of the -11boral-?poofessions, 25 students, and 29 persons CC
various trades.
2. In the period from 25 September to 25 October, 229 Albanian
citizens have entered Yugoslavia. These are divided: 7 laborers, 139
peasants, 4 clerks, 3 intellectuals, 6 soldiers, 7 students, 42 chil-
dren, 11 members of the professions, and 10 persons of various
trades. Among these Llbabiaas are 26 families, amounting to 98 per-
sons, who fb d to Yugoslavia with all *OM members and a part of their
possessions.
3. In the period from 25 September to 25 October, 104 Bul-
garian citizens have entered Yugoslavia. These are divided: 34 labor-
ers, 28 peasants, 7 clerks, 14 intellectuals, 3 soldiers, 6 students,
3 members of the # 4kbe 1 professions, and 9 persons of various trades.
4. In the period from 25 September to 25 October, 64 Hungarian
citizens have entered Yugoslavia. These are divided: 24 laborers, 19
peasa ts, 4 elerks, 2 soldiers, 9 members of the professions,
and. 6 persons of various trades.
Among the fugitives from all these gauntries, there are 26 who
belong to national minorities.
An examination of all the oases, which have been reviewed up to now,
reveals that many of the refugees are members of the Communist party of
their repective countries and they have had to leave their countries for
pflitical reasons.
Al]. the refugees have offered their services to the organs of the
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Yugoslav government with the request that they may bb granted, in Yugo-
slavia, a free existence and an occupation in keeping with their abilities.
These exiles have all been assured the living conditions which -had
--been granted to their fellow nationals who 9:ed preceded then, an published
in the communique of the Ministry of the Interior of Yugoslavia on 25
September 1948.
The new ffovvEgM body of the ted Y Delay Labor II
At the Sight Plenum of the Central Coaitteed of the Amalgamated
Labor Unions of Yugoslavia at Belgrade, which ended on 28 October,
the new governing body was elected. This is composed of:
President:;' Djuro Salaj
Vise-President: Lana Stefanovic
Secretary-general: Ivan Bozicevic;
Secretaries: Visa Pavieevic), ,Grga. Jankez
Membersso Dusan Petrovis-
_-.___.,.....,..San , Sava Medak/, (Fepisa Lardel3,
,'Tama Breic, (Lazar Plavlsie,, (Nikola Vilanoviei, (Pirika
Siber,Vi1an Slanip,' Milan Jaksic,' Mari jan Vivodh,
Y jekoalav Janie # Adam Hatis+ i Slobodan Cirie, 4 Milica
Mijuskovie,) [laden Beg*
savl,evie~ Pirko Vanic.
23 November 1948
Carlo Era c named Y s v bassad to VZM
On the basis of Article 4, Section 10, of the Constitution of
Yugoslavia, upon the proposal of the Yagaslav Government, the Presidium
of the Yugoslav Pepple'a Skupstina has ordered that arlo Mrazovi he
relieved of his duty as Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
of Jugoslavia to the Hungarian People's Republic and that he be named
Yugoslav Ambassador to USSR.
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At present, there are 13 restaurants and 23 factory kitchens in
the city of Fiume; this number is still insufficient for the needs of
of the workers. During November, four more restaurants will be opened,
and an additional nine in December.
Hew do the restaurants and factory ]ESUM kitchens operate?
A worker who has a RI B ration card is entit]s d to 22.50 kilograms of
broad a month. When he eats at a restaurant, the allotment will be in-
creased by 7.5 kilograms of flour, which is a supplement for providing
sake. In a like manner, in addition to the 12 kilograms of flour from
R-3 ration cards, there is a supplement of 9 kilograms. The same pro-
sedure is followed for all goods whose provision is assured by card;
there is an automatic increase through proportional supplements.
However, in order to provide the supplement immediately, the
Supply Commission must be informed every five days about the cone. tions
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in the India restaurants. For this reason, the restaurants must
send to the Supply .Commission, within this period, information on the
and
amount of salaries, the number of consumers, the ingredients used,/the
price of all individual meals. The same information must also be forwarded
in a monthly summary. Often the restaurants do net relay this infor-
mation on time, and as a result, the distribution of the supplements
is delayed and the meals served to the workers suffer. The 3 May
Shipyard, the Luka Ebterparise, the Rade Supis Factory, the Rankovis
Plant, and the Railroad Station are especially tardy in sending these
reports. The restaurants which are operated satisfastorally include
the three restaurants of the "KolektiT" and that of the "Ron", which
are noted far the quality of th+ood and the cleanliness of the premises.
All at then restaurants have taken step to provide the necessary
table linen and place settingsand a good arrangement of the various
rooms. In contrast to theaq,there are some restaurants which have
nothing and the workmen are forced to bring their own cups, dishes and
other things.
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Def$eiencies are especially notileable in the Rankovic Plant, which)
although it had been notified on 1 October that it was to convert its
factory kitchen into a restaurant, nevertheless began only 10 days
ago to enlarge its quarters and to set up the kitchen. In this plant,
there are numerous eases of carelessness; for example, although the
kitchen has an electric stove which could serve admirably to bake sakes,
it can not be used simply because an electric line has not been brought
in. Consequently, the flour,which could be used for cakes, is made
into common dough. Moreover, this kitchen also has an electric potato-
peeler, which, although it has been repaired in the factory, still is
not operative.
The restaurants of the locomotive depot, the railroad station,
and the repair station show good organization and are able to provide the
prescribed 3,500 calories to their own employees every day. Indeed,
in the period from 1 to 6 November, the daily diet in the locomotive
depot amounted to 4,582 calories. This was not the case in the Rankovic
factory and 3 May shipyard, where the workmen should receive from 4,000
to 4,500 calories per day in two meals. Usually, the calories did not
exceed 3,500 per day. According to the statistics for the period from
1 to 6 November, in the 3 1Lay shipyard the noon meal amounted to 1,161
calories and the evening meal to 2,070 calories - a total of 3,231
calories; in the Rankovic plant, the soon meal had 1,856 calories and
the evening meal 1,702 calories - a total of 3,558 calories.
Special reference must be made to the Rade Supia factory, which,
although it is a woodworking enterprise, has not yet fbmad the materi-
necessary to build tables for its restaurant.
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there is lack of direct liaison
between the enterprises and the Supply Commission. This week, for ciaaple,
the restaurant of the R. Bencie factory received from the municipal
abattoir the meat ration for its own factory kitchen in horse meat
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instead of beef; although the Supply Commission/the fall ration to
the-various enterprises in beef.
This is a short sketch of the present condition of the restaurants
and factory kitchens in the city of Fiume.
Swa Kosaaovic, the Yugoslav Ambassador in Washington, has returned
to Yugoslavia
The well known Yugoslav Ambassador in Washington, ava Kosanovic,
was recently reealled "urgently" to Yugoslavia, and, obediently, he
returned to Belgrade by aircraft a day or two ago.
Sava' a brother,l, Lieutenant General; Kosanovic,) is commander of the
VCK air bases of the Yugoslav Armed Forces (VOK: Vojno Okruzna &manda -
Command of the Military District of the Air Force). Carmen, the wife
of General Kosanovic, is a well-known official of AFZ (Amtifasistiehe
Zone - Yugoslav Antifascist Women) and a member of JUTC~5 (Jugoalaven-
ska Tajna Obavestajna Slusba - Foreign Information Service of Yugoslavia).
It appears that Ambassador Kosanovic may have fallen from grace;
but he did not know this, or he would not have returned to Yugoslavia.
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Ids o ical Educatirnu of the, Sign" Communists_
The Slovenian Communist Party has organized clubs, courses,
and schools in order to educate its enrolled members. At Lju-
bljana, bookstores sell only Communist books, there are no novels, no
pulp; and no translations of foreign literature unless Communist.
In 1947, the Communist clubs had an enrollment of 35,46 Slo-
venian Communists; in the first nine months of this year, 28,810.
The evening discussion groups for party leaders were attended by
1,055 Communists. The three-month party school has graduated 224
Communists (from the "Liberation" to the present), and 200 Communists
have completed the one-year course for the main directors of the
ply,
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The last Congress of the Iugosla;owounist Party at Belgrade
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was attendedby 2,345 Communist delegates, each of Thom was the
representative of the 200 members of his cell (there are also
cells which have memberships of over or under 200 persons).
that the present Yugoslav Communist Party 50X1-HUM
nusberm about 450,000 regi metered members, and the SKOJ (Society
of Communist Youth of Yugoslavia) has about 550,000 members.
If the population of Yugoslavia at 15 million, according to
the latest census; the one million Communists wczld represent six
to seven percent of the total population.
The Popular Front of Zane "A" of the Free Unit= of
Tri eats .
Branko Babic, President cC the OF in Zone "A" of the Free
Territory of Trieste, has recently been elected Secretary of the C
Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Free Territory
of Trieste.
The Critical Position of the .Albanian Communist Par
the Albanian
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Communist Party is apparently in a very writical position because
of the demands of a strong group. These Titoists wish the
Central Committee of t4lbanian Communist Party to break with
the Comimform immediately; since the Cominform is "too distant,
while Jugoslavia is too near."
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ferences W-Trieste (August of this year), the Yugoslav lines
become part of the Trieste Tariff Union (Austria and Trieste -
Czechoslovakia). The Poatumia - Maribor (formerly Suedhn T0,20
and also the Piedicolle Villaco (Transalpine) lines will. share
the international service between Trieste and the interior, along
with the Monfalcone-Tarviaio (Pontebbana) line. The final agree-
ments will be reached in a few days at the meeting of the delegates
of the interested managements.
ers of the "Vicko Kratu-
Uv_Ug esters for the J&b
lovic" S3Atrsard of Split
The construction of living quarters for the laborers of the
IVicko Krstulovie" Shipyard of Split has recently been finished.
The project consists of five buildings with a total of 90 three-
room units, and 30 one-room appartments and bachelor quarters.
The construction was done by the Split Municipal Construction
Company.
A New School for Fiume Workers; Classes Start an
November, at the Workman a a Technical Institute.
In a few days, the new Workman's Technical Institute of
Fiume will begin its regular courses, one in public works and one
in architecture. The institute has been created by a decision
of the Ministry of Constructions, based on th c egulatione .* c-c
workman's technical institutes, and"will be A 09 Op
mil under thekdirection of the Technical Institute of Public
Works of Fiume.
This institute has its own special plan and a program of very
detailed inatniction. The teaching staff will be from the Tech-
nical Institute of Public Works. Analogous institutes have also
been founded during the year at all the other Technical Institutes
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of Public Works in Croatia (Zagreb, Split, and Osijek).
Inst*uotion will be given for three years, but classes will be
held only in winter and will end on 15 April. During the period of
instruction, the pupils will continue their regular professions
and will work in their offices and factories. Classes will be
given only in the afternoon, when the pupils will be free from
their regular work in the various inetallativm. However, with
the approval of the Unistry of Constructions, individual enter-
prises may reduce, during the scholastic year the working hours of
the pupils who attend the Institute.
The Workman's Technical Institute win award a secondary-
abhool certificate upon the completion. of the three-year course.
This is exactly the same procedure as in the Technica 1 Institute
of Public Works. Admission to the Institute is open to qualified
workmen who possess scholastic ability.
Pupils in the Workman's Technical Institute must have the
following scholastic qualifications: 1) grammar school or gymna-
sium ors "piccola matura'r
2) lower trade
school with final examination and a year's practical experience
his own field.
The candidates who do not have these regmirementsmust take
an entrance examination in matters of general culture (
history, gepgrapby, mathmatics, physics, and chemistry) such
as is given to the upper classes of the grammar schools.
The applicants who have not had sufficient schooling to take
such an entrance examination will attend a preparatory course at
the Workman's Technical Institute in order to be able to pass the
examination. The hegiatratien for the Workman's Technical Insti-
tute will be held on 20 November from 9 to 12 at the registrar's
Office.
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At the time of registration, the following documents must
be presented:
1. Certificate authenticating the-position of the pupil as m.
guilified workman
2.. Written recommendation from the branch of the labor union
3. Certificate of education
4. Recommendation from the management of the installation
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Entrance examinations will be held on 22 and 23 November.
Regular instruction will start on 24 November 1948. 50X1-HUM
Mgt- Ant matic Tele phme is a the ndu a S ctions
of the "Bade Koncar" Factors of Zagreb.
On 10 November, after extensive work,,the first automatic
telephone (of Iugoslavia) was made by the telephone unit of the
Rade Kyncar Factory. A series of 50 automatic telephones was made
for experim mtal purposes. In view of the favorable results of
the tests, the production of a larger series of automatic tele-
phones will begin in a few days.
The secretary of the Communist Party cell at the Rade Konear
Factory is Vjekoslav Stradia; Dragica Lisac has been nominated as
the political commissar of the factory. 50X1-HUM
The T-uAustrian Dpi agreement over the Drava River.
The Iugoslav government has protested to the A*titt ian gov
ernmeut because the international agreements on the use of water
of the Drava River have not Ken respected by Austria.
Daring the war, the Germans built two hydroelectric power
plants on the Drava, Zvabek and Labod, for industrial needs only.
However, these plants are still collecting and storing water at
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the time when the Yugoslav hydroelectric power plants1Dravograd
and FalaI are working under a heavier load. The Drava is an
Alpine river with a high water level in'ummer. From August
1945 to October 1947, the Yugoslav electrical industry lost 28.7
million kilowatt hours per year from the activity of the Austrian
plants, and moreover, the Yugoslav hydroelectric power plants
were damaged by the abnormal fluctuations of the water level.
Probably Austria is now planning to construct other installa-
tions of the Drava River which would harm still more the interests
of Yugoslav economy. In particular, the Austrians are intent
an diverting all the tributaries of the Drava and leading the
water through a tunnel under the Hobe Tavern to the Salsach
River, in order to reinforce the present Karon hydroelectric
power plant in this valley by 360 million kilowatt hours per
year. This would mean a lose to the Yugoslav economy of 52.5
million kilowatt hours per year.
The Yugoslav government es its protest on international
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law dealing with the division of water, on the resolution of the
Inhtitute for International Law f~ 20 April 1911 at Madrid, on
the Treaty of St. Germain, and on the Yugoslav-Austrian agreement
of 23 September 1925, which stated-that the interested countries
(Yugoslavia and AustriaO may not construct installations on the
Drava River that would injure the country through the river flows
in its lower course.
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The Jugoslav troops, which normally change positions and
go on aaneuvres periodically and alarm foreign espionage
services by these movements, have been on the eastern frontier
for some timetas though there might be danger of an eventual
invasion in these regions.
There is considerable talk in military circles about a
secret meeting in the vicinity of Zamun, near Belgrade, during
the first ten days of September, between Soviet military dole-
gates and a delegation of the Yugoslav General ff. The
ability of Yugoslavia to meet an eventual attack from outside
was studied at this meeting, along with the question of whether
Yugoslavia should change its foreign policy to one of neutrality,
and whether it should clarify its relations with the Western
Powers.
This meeting at Zen=, or apparently Brioni, has been the
subject of such conversation throughout Yugoslavia.
There are no f:*ther details.
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