CELEBRATION IN BUENOS AIRES OF YUGOSLAVIA'S LIBERATION

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R009900260006-3
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 22, 2003
• Sequence Number: 6
• Publication Date: January 30, 1952
• Content Type: REPORT

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Approved For 2 04/01/28: CIA-RDP82-00 57ROb 900260006-
REPORT NO.
INFORMATIONREPORT CD NO.
COUNTRY Argentina
SUBJECT Celebration in Buenos Aires of Yugoslavia's
Liberation
PLACE
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DATE OF
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.HIBITED BY LAW '.REPRODUCTION OF THIS FORM IS PROHIBITED.
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:DATE DISTR.,30 JAN 52
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SUPPLEMENT TO
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1. syear!s celebration in Buenos
Tres on 25 November 1951 of Tito's 1 eration of Yugoslavia was by far the
poorest in comparison with preceding years. Approximately 160 persons
gathered in the El Nacional Theater for the event; the greater portion of
this number included the staff of the Yugoslav Legation and their families
and the members of the Argentine Yugoslav cultural and commercial societies.
The celebration began one half hour late because there were not enough
people present at the scheduled hour.
2. No Sazunic*, on behalf of the Yugoslav colony, delivered'a speech in
Spanish. He was followed by Hinko Raspor**, Charge d'Affaires of the
Yugoslav Legation, who gave his speech in Serbo-Croat. Both speakers were
very careful in their references to the Soviet Union, Sazunic alluded to
it only by saying that the Soviet Union did not want to see a really inde-
pendent country. Raspor referred to the Soviet Government as an entity
that did not want an independent Yugoslavia,
3. Both speakers spoke at length concerning Tito's war activities, and
Raspor particularly stressed Tito's fight against Pavelic, Nedic, and
Mihajlovie. Raspor also said that before Tito came to power, Yugoslavia
was a semi-colonial country which was dominated for centuries by the
Turks or by the western powers. Today that situation no longer exists.
There was very slight applause from the audience whenever Tito's name was
mentioned. in the speeches.***
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ber 1951. Sazunic is now publishing a report of his trip to Yugoslavia
in the Yugoslav Legation's newspaper, V esn k. His main theme is that the
Tito regime is.really Socialist, not Communist, and that it will continue
to follow this policy.
reviously reported that
o is one or e most por an i.-oist agents, is an Argentine
citizen and mechanic who returned to Argentina from Yugoslavia in Novem-
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T'ne ugos av Legation in Buenos Aires.
reported Raspor's activities at
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_ugos av immigrants have deserted Tito and are now on the side of the
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