TERRORIST ACTIVITIES IN THE SATELLITES, 21 JUNE - 1 SEPTEMBER 1953

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• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 26, 2011
• Sequence Number: 618
• Publication Date: October 2, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

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CLASSIFICATION itESTRiC'IED
SECURITY INFORMATION
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION FROM
FOREIGN DOCUMENTS OR RADIO BROADCASTS
COUNTRY Albania, Bulgaria, Hungary, Poland
SUBJECT Political - Persecution
HOW
PUBLISHED Daily, weekly newspapers
WHERE
PUBLISHED Athens, Istanbul
DATE
PUBLISHED 21 Jun - 1 Sep 1953
LANGUAGE Greek, Turkish
REPORT
CD NO.
DATE OF
SUPPLEMENT TO
REPORT NO.
TERRORIST ACTIVITIES IN THE SATELLITES,
21 JUNE - 1 SFPTEMBER 1
COMMUNIST PERSECUTION INTENSIFIED IN ALBANIA -- Athens, To Vima, 12 Jul 53
Ioannina -- According to reports of Albanian refugees who recently ar-
rived in Greece, the Albanian military authorities are executing all citizens
who oppose the strict measures imposed upon Greek-speaking inhabitants living
near the Greek-Alb';n'.an frc-itier. The authorities are also executing all ele-
ments opp:.sed to the preB.!at Albanian regime. Recently Nikolnos Mallios, a
southern Albanian inhabitant from Haskove, was executed outside the Moslem
cemetery of Gjiaokaster. Mallios was the manager of the large state farm of
Kalogaraetz, located near the Greek frontier.
TURKISH MINORITY PERSECUTED IN BULGARIA -- Istanbul, Cumhurlyet, 1 Sep 53
Belgrade, 31 August (Turkish News Agency) -- According tc reports, Turks
living in Bulgaria are being subjected to intensified persecution. For ex-
ampl., the treatment of Turks recently sent to labor camps in the Plovdiv,
Ruse, and Vidin areas for failure to join the Communist Party is described as
brutal. Seven Turk: who returned to their villages from the Robotnichesko Delo
and Gornilon camps had lost all their teeth and bore cuts on their faces as
the result of beatings.
Istanbul, Yeni Sabah, i2 Aug 53
Munich, 11 A.t+.gust (Turkish News Agency) -- According to reports from Bul-
garia, the govenesent there is sending hundreds of Turkish ycruths to forced
labor camps for having refused to join the Communist Youth 'Prganization. Many
of the youths .ire concentrated in the Garnilom labor camp near the city of
Belogradchik.
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TERRORISTIC MEASURES AGAINST BULGARIAN CITIZENS -- Athens, Stratiotika Nea,
21 Jun 53
According to recent reports from Sofia, Chervenkov has been taking terror-
istic measures against all auspicious citizens, including clergymen, who do not
follow his orders, and party members who attend Sunday church services. Conse-
quently, many clergymen have been arrested because they refused to become party
organs and cooperate in making up false accusations against innocent citizens.
At the same time, those workers who openly attend church services are watched
by secret party cadres and are made to do extra work until they prove that they
have renounced their religious beliefs. In a recent speech to press reporters,
Chervenkov stated that suspicious reactionary activities take place in Bulgaria
and he asked the journalists, who are secret party agents, to assist him.in cor,-
ducting purges of the enemies of the people.
DEPORTATION COMMITTEES SET UP IN HUNGARY -- Athens, Stratiotika Sea, 5 Jul 53
Special deportation committees have been established in the Hungarian
provinces to carry on deportation activities against Hungarian peasants and la-
borers. Each committee is composed of the local party secretary, the manager
of the producers cooperatives and two members of the local council. Recently,
Budapest has also been the site of many deportations. '
y portations. It has been reported
that in Budapest curfew begin: at 2300 hours each night, and all windows must
be covered so that deportation activities cannot be observes.
BISHOP ARRESTED IN HUNGARY -- Athens, Stratiotika flea, 19 Jul 53
According to information received from the Holy See, Joseph Petery, the
Hungarian Bishop of Vac, was arrested by the Cocstuniets last January; it is not
known where he is detained. The bishop in:_ arrested because he refused to col-
laborate in a "peaceful" measure taken by the Red flengurian priests.
POLISH CONSCRIPTS ASSIGNED TO LABOR CAMPS -- Istanbul., Yen. Saiah, 12 Aug 53
Belgrade, 11 August (Turkish News Agency) -- According `o reports from Po-
land, sons of rich and middle-class Polish families are being conscripted but,
because they are considered unreliable, are being azciyaed to forced labor
camps. It is also reported that ., large part of the officer corps of the Po-
lish art, is not Polish but consistr. ~f Polish-speaking Russ:.ans.
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