ACTIVITIES OF USTASHA AND CROATIAN PEASANT PARTY REPRESENTATIVES IN LONDON

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R000300390005-5
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: November 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 19, 1999
• Sequence Number: 5
• Publication Date: November 1, 1946
• Content Type: IR

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been able to keep in contact with the following:in Spain:
Dr. Branko Benzon, former Ustashi Minister at Budapest and.
Berlin, at present in Madrid; Srecko Dragicevich, fora r Counsollor
of Pavelich's legation at Madrid; Josip Pejacevich, formor Pavolioh
Minister at Madrid; in Argentinat. Dr. Zlatko Freismmn (Salkovich);
Ante Valenta; Petar Ciklioh, a priest who recently arrived from
Paris; Dr. Mate Jeli.cich, former press attache at the Pavelich
legation in Madrid; in Brazilt Edo and Toxnislav Bulat, who have
considerable sums of money derived from private and Ustasha sources,
Jelich himself receives financial aid from Croat groups ,Broad to
enable him to carry on his activities as well as to support himselfb
Juraj Krnjevich on the other hand is carrying on his work through
directives from Pfaoek L -a Paris and maintains many contacts in London,
For examples he works very closely with Seton-1 atson. He 1 salsa
in touch with Croat groups in the United States and South America.
Tie is a frequent contributor to the American Croatian Herald
in Chicago, flinois, and other Croa tan newspapers in e United
States which serve as a mouthpiece for the Croat political er.s
seeking to align the power of the United States behind their causes.
Krnjevich, who works very closely with MMaceic on CPP policy, has recently
been active in assisting the latter in his attempt to fors", a Central.
mid Eastern European Peasant Party Opposition group. Then the draft
of the declaration of the Peasant Pasty Opposition movement eras being
drawn up :4 eviahg s suggestions were incorporated Into the final
version (s Formation of the Peasant Party Opposition Group,
30 December 19 . It was owing to his inf tuenoe with week that
Instructions were sent to CPP representatives in Italy advising, them to
promote Close and cordial relations with the Sews, and on the other hand
to do everything possible to effect a reconcilation between the CPP
and the Ustaaha movement in order to uni.;y their activity at home and
abroad. However, in a recent letter to Dr. t'runoslav Draganovich,
who is in contact with Branimir Jelich in London and one of the leading
Croats in Italy protecting Ustashi members, Krnjevioh asked Draganovich
not to take it amiss if he were fored from time to time to use the word
"Yugoslavian since this was only a blind and that he bras not and never
would be in favor of a -.z ted Yugoslavia.
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