SOVIET PENETRATION AND USE OF THE ABN AND CENTRAL EUROPEAN FEDERAL CLUB

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SUBJECT Soviet Penetration and Via of the d3R'
European Federal Club
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In anticipation of a confliet with the . l o-Samn world, the Soviets are
endeaavorirg to prepare for it politioa.Uy in every field, One of the aspects
of this political preparation iaa to create utter confusion with respect to
the iatsrxaa 1 situation of the Cam, Thus, the Soviets as now attaceipting to
give a special importance to the a eparatist movements, and a BD agents
hay boon infiltrated into the leadership of these movements abroad. These
eaissearies are directed by Moscow to m Rke anew aontaets a d, to establish
alroser ties with contacts already established with the Anglo-9a is and to
represent the separatist sovexonts in the USSR as being powerttal? well=organised
and having deep roots In the county'.
Moscow's instructions are based an the following tmotorss
a. Bo n-bc lshavik .esp atiat orgar4satione a put&eularly the Ukrainian and
Caucasian have existed abroad f6r a long tip;
bo These organic do have contacts and support In various ccwnantriea;
o. On the other baM, separatism Is not firely rooted in the various levels
Of the population of the 'fit, and oast achieve a decisive success as
a major political ardent. On the contrary, Sepao tisa is more a to
be considered as an attempt to destroy the State in all its tome n-
cluding the federative),, in the aesent and the f'uturc .
Because of the foregoing, goecow oonstdpra it advisable to turn this
situation to its own met uses, p0 Lin ,arty by maaeuvering in such a
wad that in a future war, as wel as in the paa+liti preparation phase, the
Anglo - oaas will loan not on the opposing forces t roughout Russia, but on
the eepavatist groups.
The Soviet lead believe that if the Axiglo Saxons SM eatoaursged to follow
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error would be used to raise a new wave of pstriotiaa through the USSR, by
pointing up the threat to destroy the State. The last war clear23i' demonstrated
to Ste1int and hie clique that alone a aaava of patriotism (and not internationalist
slogans) is capable of insuring a 8uccaseftl conclusion to a war,
4o Tho Soviets are parleetly a its, that the threat bf an invasion by the capfte2ist
world terrifies nobody, in than USSR, an9 they iimtense majority of Soviet citizens
would live happiEyrer any capitalist;regime% Therefore, and although the
Soviet press continaea to proclaim the denger of capitalist euadre1emeztt, the
veiled aim of this propaganda is to prove Inside the country that the capitalist
sharks are capable of arWthing - even of destroying, Russia as a nation, Outsids
the USA, capitalist slogans and other marxist directives will remain In force,,
One of the manifestations of this preparation activity is the organization in
the three western zones of Gernatrq of the Anti. Bolvhavik Bloc of People (ABN),,
This bibs is the r+ctsult of an alliance between asveral groups, The Ukrainian
nationalist or*g nicstion (designated as OUR): has the loading role within the ABN.
The feeders bf OUN are mainly Galioiens and natives of Western Ukraine, who
have never been part of the Russian aommo alth, In addition to the OtTN, Bielo-
Russian, Caikaadan, Central Asiatio, and even Oossaok groups, adhere to ABN,
This grouping -csreattrs the impression of being a powerful force with vast ramifi?
cations,, Tb reality all these little drganizations are artificial, and with the
exception of ODNp havo.hb partisans on Russian soil.
6. Reochtly ABN : blished id Go a thick volume which baai?s,the title of "Par
25X1 A6the Liberty of Paoplea" V Cbmmontl . Eleerhere it. hes been reported that
this is a month publication o This volume vas published in nine ian.mzages:
English., Georgians, Biol0-'Russian, Lithuanian, Polish, Sorbian; ; Slovaks, Tartar,,
and Ukrainians Some of the articles are Mitten in:English aztd in German. The
author of the edLtorial.bf this work which is entitled "For the Dismemberment
of the Russian Empire through the United Forces of the Peoples", is one Zinovi
Karabovitcha This title is sufficiently rovea1ing in itselfp but within the
article is a phrase ahiC1 appears wort of retention: a principal most
CPYR a e Val n e: is the destruction o Russia in generals, as an s pirapl CPYRGHT
7. It many DP camps Cpartict ly in Bavaria), tracts are distributed. Some of
these are in Russian* but the great majority of ABN literature is in the Ukrainian
language. In certain,carpe there are special ABN representatives. In spite of
their calculated antiveolsiievi)c nature, it is significant that these tracts commence
with the exhorttetion "Comrades" s
8. The officialby%4ord of the ABN to "Anti-Bolshevism", but its aim is to create a,
psychological situation favorable to the Soviets in case of a new world war.
9. In contact with the AB1 to another organization, "The Central i'u ropean Fedoral
Club", which has. a. center in Ramey There are representatives of this group in
Munich. The bond between the ABN and the Central European Federal Club is not
ideological but tactical, with the ABN attempting to use this organa.zationi This
will be difficult because the Ukrainian separatists (Galician) play the pre-
dominant role iii ABN, whereas to all appearances the Poles dominate the Federal.
Club.
10. In Rome the goal of the Federal Club is to. unify the political action of the
representatives of tha. , f ollt .ng peoples: Albanians Bielo~Russian, Croat,
Bulgarian awai isna Czech,, Estonian, Greek, Lithuanian, Latvian, Polish,
Serb, Slovako 3lav6ne, 'CJkiaintan, and Hungarian, The future objective of. such
an entente, achieved through; the emigres of those national groups, in to be the
creation of a "eder l State (Federation of the Peoples between the Two Seas"
Black and Balt c seas) a From the Polish point of view, Pd1and should be the
loader within such..a Federation. This is the continuation of a. Polish ideal
which-existed already before the last war.
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11, The attitude of the leaders of the Federal Club is definitely anti-Comuniat,
It is certain that in this sotivity the Poles have the support of the Vatican,
and the leaders believe that sooner or later they nil have the backing of
the great Anglo-Saxon powers* The week point of the Federal Club is its
rabid Catholicism and aggressive hostility towards Orthodoxy. This gives
Stalin a valuable trump -card particularly in the Orthodox Balkan couutriese
12. The President of the Federal Club in .Rama is 'rtiha iek, former Yugoslav
M tor, and leader of the SXovene`Cathol.ics: Among the leaders are Julius
25X1 A6a PoniatowGki and Dr. Cyril dobotta, - 3 _ According to a report
from ktone, Poniatowskit former Polish Minister of Agriculture, changed his
name to Onury Zawada anhen he was in Rumania, prior to his arrival in the
Li?ddle East In March 1944Q This report also stated that he was Vice President
Of the Central European Federal Club in Rome. Other inn-p~.ormation from Brussels
mentioned a Prince Foniatow8ki, Prime 1inistor under Pi1sudski, as being
President of nlntermaria" (coo commaht at end of report) in Rome, In addition
it has also been stated that Pordatawski vas an i; agents '
23o In addition-,to the Rome club there is the principal Central European Federal
Club in London S,W0 7 at 3.6 Thurlor Street. The aim of this CIub is to
create a Grand Federation of Central F,uropeo The following nationalities
adheres Azfstrian, BieloeRussian, Fstonians, Lithuanians, Latvians, Hungarian,
Polish,, Slovak, Ukrainian, and Coach. Particular attention is currently being
attached to the strengthening of Bielo Russian and Ukrainian representation
vdthin the Club. ThisClub also.ie counting on the support of the G at Powers,
and is anti-Communist, The principles of national culture, Christianity, and
the Great Western Civilisation,, are to be the foundation of this Fedmration,
14.. Among the loaders of the London Club are .~
~-ald I, kskobzone (or Jacobson?),
25X1 A6a President and , Dz Karel Lbchers : and Wladimir Solovy, Secretaries.
Gomraonts This group has also the support of General a rehala and
a orntar Ambassador Stefan Osus]W
15. The Soviet authorities have been lately giving great attention to these two
Clubs-a The Soviet reaction for the moment. is manifested by {ioscoev's spot.
lighting of "Bielo ussimn national privileges". 25X1 X6
information,-the Soviet emissaries have been order to excite the territorial
pretestions of the loaders of the Clubs with respect to Russia", This falls
into the general pattern of Soviet psychological and political pre
25X1 A6a for the next war. fiomprten s mom the foregoing information on then
Central European F?deral Club, its aims and parsons involved, it would appear
that it is identical with or part of "l ntermaria" g an international anti-
Communist organization. It has been stated that the London club of Intermaira
is formed of the "Europoan Fedorationtl. Reference report, however, stated
that the Duchess Catherine of Atholl was Presided' of the London Internoria,
whereas one .&vra1d I, i'akobzono. is reported heroin as president, The Duchess
of Atholl Is also an important ni nbor of the ni igue des froits des PeuplestF,
as representative of the "Loaguca for European FfeQtforn", ,, C t
It seems more than doubtful that the Duchess of Athol i, o en nickn med th 25X1 A6a
nRed" Duches6 should belong to an anti-oonmunist organisation.)
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