(SANITIZED)AN APPRAISAL OF THE DJILAS AFFAIR(SANITIZED)

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00047R000400660009-5
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 17, 2009
• Sequence Number: 9
• Publication Date: August 16, 1954
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
COUNTRY Yugoslavia
SUBJECT An Appraisal of
the Djilas Affair
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1. The Djilas Affair
a. The Dpilas purge has not (in my estimation) served the Communist hier-
archy c ' Yugoslavia to a good advantage. The population
has long desired less ' rigid Communist control; elimination of 25X1
}rty 'favoritism and partiality; as well as fulfillment of the promises
which ? iie government ii de in 191.x. and 1946.
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b. In reality Djilas was speaking for the countless Yugoslavs
who,, like myself., were bitter and disillusion
and large considered him to be our champion.
with the statements which he made.
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in full accord
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c. When Dji.las first questioned the policies of the Communist administration
of Yugoslavia, many opinions (mixed reactions) were expressed.
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Some reasoned that the Communist Party intended to relax its
stringent controls
Others stated that D jilsa ? statements reflected the typical self
criticism which is often employed by the party in order to point
up the fact that it is not infallible and is subject to human
error.
The more idealistic ones felt that Tito was concerned with the
welfare of the total population of Yugoslavia. .
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ghat he.hed transcended the limits of-party flexibility.
pathy of *!ew top men'who deserted him when it was realized
'%e acting either independently or that his expressions might
represent the viewpoint of a few top i?xists who placed the
ountry, e s welfare above party lines. D j i,las may have had the sym- 25X1
(4) Conversely* segments of the population had a feeling that Djilas
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have been left in a_state of-animated suspension for they have
been accustomed to, seeing self criticism in the Communist bureau-
bcracy of the USSR.
(5) Commuhist officials.:of the nl areas.,
appeared to be in conformity with Djllas; owever?, once
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Djiias was purged the same officials followed the Belgrade pat-
tern and quickly condemned him.
mid-1954,, the whereabouts of Djilas was
unascertained It was be-
lieved that he was either dead or in solitary confinement. There
were rumors that he had escaped into Western Europe,
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