SCIENTISTS AND SCIENTIFIC DEPARTMENTS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00809A000600050084-4
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 25, 2011
• Sequence Number: 84
• Publication Date: December 17, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

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?CLASSIFICATION r.' r: JAI
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
Scientist, and &:ientific Departmer.+s at the
University of Belgrade
DATE DISTR. /7 .SEC 53
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SUPPLEMENT TO
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THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION
1. The Univerai-, of
A. The 1ahora`ory a. Univer?nity oY BeJg:r?d~ i.r; been severely damaged during WWII
by ?'S bomt.5. 1-, r: irr.i ,ipti o;s,.nately $0%. Duran he winter of
191+1_ C. of Y"Roelaviar scientist etion$ is-, rr; ;?,,.,; ~;... -.rtr?'pticg to
gars inspec-
ThA have rOm the rLihhl _
Lion and rerasz? which began at tb.: Univer5it' iu. early419)6 wascomplete 14~ byntheuc-
eud of the same year; however, fac.lit i*-x for t,k. le.
e laboratory were not d not l available.
=primary sow::.e of supply for "lab" equipment bad been Germany. Students were
admitted to to hnica.l classes durtna the fall eeme?c;re.r of l9V_ but due to lack of
the .-.fore f-j.-,^e3 Y~c~l'tieF :, es:- T~
9 - ;2aEa3'C;(1 as possible. Iab students
coufined their e.'for'.stc rcutine er%lyoir.. Ever in April
1947, the. UniverE,t',;v had not received air uste laboratory equipment; thus greatl ved h
J ^ur`alled. n equipment. had been , en received through through
UNRRA, but not ~uS'fi:ier seount. hree chemistry laboratories at the
University: one for the medical etar_u:t..; one for n-4-re, ^^icnc
technical school. ... ep art in the
The loborator: ili he: -,;r;ical school was the largest. .
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B. In the Lrl' days of the new , r ?i.s a there was very little direct
interference in, tc_,...i _al ducal , _r.. ai. ,J,: of, B^1 red
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chemical. et'., have been made rt
now L,953] has a chairman o -nr
made a separate department 91),! ,:. ?.. .
Technology.
"High Techni;:el School" has ila own
c
the sor.ial - yr na.: veil rc-'rho pr ,o p, political
within epi s scienc.
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science,
felt the dir _t impact of the, --, ,i-, ;n 11, tors above dis-
ciplines had served with`hito's forces anrr ^,a0 been Communists prior to the war.
Consequently, it was easy to place tt-n,) at the University in teaching positions.
Whereas with reference to the technical t?9s,the new government had very few
followers who were top flight sc:e,ti;-tn;.ar'a result, the technical departments
were not exposed to immediate and di'?c1 tterference. The indirect method em-
ployed by the government resulted in tl:7 frr!it9.tion of, student groups (Communist),.
These groups evolved into a str nnn rtn.,oni Ccrnmuniss-t ortatiization at the Univer
sity. This organization made st iy v:; -,f1 1 ~It for non-Communist students,
particularly those who were not it ?yr~z,at y with the new regime. Its power
developed +h such a stage that ves cold request the faculty, to
dismiss either students or instr t.r,; i,, +he- opinion of the students' organ-
izations weze opposed to She Tit They attempted to induce'' the
faculty :;c trcvide -our-m..:
',i on to the general technical
c urrl.cui arch -
C. Under a new University constituti,-,
C. rari.a of
In 191+8 the head of the Soh: cl. ~t
.t tr. 191!7. the technical faculty and
University and made an individ-
/Visoka Tehnichka Skolaa. The
The. former technical branches such
,:ir-errinr, :nrchanical engineering,
r'r - tu! Each of these departments
>p:ra ced a ,art of the Faculty of
man si4; 1 r:!rcrn +_;r.r 19,,7) the Physical Chemistry
}tmzrst rac? li.vi ed.'{f+.o {v^ nc~c+ ;: ,,,r- pnysi:a' chemistry and elertro-
chemititr?y, PuL;hin reme!-red a Dc c .:nl Chetr stry Department. Dr.
Panta Tut''lydzirh +at rude Dian ?f EJ
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D. The frorev,:ct P -+ r.i t: i ] tizo la'J.la is P&v.le 2?Si1anic.
1215 -e c. n_ interest was '_tll ,~z ---the
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-cncepti.cne of elect.t?i-~!.t .
mot
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E. Pav1e rpilienic. had two top Rssf +er* . n 1';17. One of these. Miodrao_
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F, D44t.ar. G wa& ai c: s t.,T assistant to .Pav1e Mil
G Dr., George Dlm{ ,riiev+~h, Profesaru of Chemical Engineer iz,g, was chairman of
that bran-Jkl cf science at the Universit
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grade a ft Al9
see espri 1.47
D mitrx ~evich educaticn
in Ge." uany_ -y the time WWII beg: r. ProfaFan
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3 :me r,''t.,7 a :Eparate re;+ea.rch and develcpment center was treat"d at t e
Ur; :!:i 7.i Belgrade, Pants. Tatundzich headed this cle,?tion when it waa
fi_et
?.~r;;u;:i.~ed The rascrerch end develo :Went, centPo was pry:;ded with apar~e and 6
lalrtatnry at the Hygirac Zavod
.inter ir_ 1'J v the hi~f pr,JHCt aeeigned to th.s
47 ai reaear.h inn _ aucen .c s.
GvncI ENrIAL/