ELECTIONS TO CONSTITUTIONAL PARLIAMENT OF THE SLOVENE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC

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CENTRAL! INTELLIGENCE GROUP
INTELLIGENCE REPORT
COUNTRY Yugoslavia
SUBJECT Elections to Constitutional Parliament
of the Slovene People's Republic
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SUPPLEMENT
In local meetings of voters in the various electoral districts held prior to
elections a candidate was proposed and invariably was nominated without opposis-
tion, due to public fear of OZNA. The local OF (Liberation Front) Committees werre
not consulted nor their opinions sought in connection with the appointment of
candidates. Only Communists and CP sympathizers were nominated. In most
Parliament reveals the following:
cases, the Secretary of the OF Committee is also the Secretary of the local
Communist Party cell. Thus, the Liberation Front is made totally a tool
of the Communist Party.
2s Slovenia is comprised of 120 electoral districts, and each district was
authorized to elect one deputy. In 110 districts there existed a choice of
two candidates, but neither candidate could be classified as "opposition," as the
nomination of all candidates was cgntrolled by the Communist Party either directly
or through the OF secretaries. Boris Kidrich and Edvard Kardel j, both in ik ea of
the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Slovenia and ministers in the
Central Government at Belgrade, were each candidates in three electoral districts;
and Miha Marinko, President of the Slovene Federal Government and member of the
Central Committee of the Communist Party of Slovenia and of the Communist Party
of Yugoslavia, was a candidate in two electoral districts. In each case no
"opposing" candidate was nominated, and the election of these three officials
gave the Communist Party eight more seats in Parliament.
3. An analysis of the political composition of the newly-elected members of
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Confirmed members of the Communist Party:
Liu. Tana Cwt District,
This document is hereby regraded ;
CONFIDENTIAL n accordance with t:._
letter of iv C`o4~er 9973 from t:
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(1)
Edvard Kardelj
Archivist of the United States.
(2)
Boris Eidrich
Next Redrew Date' 2008
(3)
Miha Marinko
(1&)
Angela Ocepek, President of Central Committee of Anti-Fascist
Women's Front
(5)
Boris Kraiger, Slovene Minister of Interior
(6)
Dr. Marijan Brecelj, Slovene Vice-President
(7)
Franc Kimovec, Chief of Personnel Section of Slovene Government
(8)
Lt. Gen. Jaka Avsichs Yugoslav Army
(9)
Mira Tomsich
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Mote: All together in the Ljubljana City District
tIre en deputies were elected, of which only
Edvard Kocbek and Dr. Anton Melik are known not
to be CP members, although they also support the
Party,,
Celje District
(1) Boris Kidrich
(2) Miha Markinko
(3) Franc Leskosek, Minister of Industry and Mining in Slovenia
(4) Col.Peter Stante, Yugoslav Army
(5) Joze Brilej, Chief of Political Section in Ministry of Foreign
Affairs at Belgrade
(() Olga Vrabich, Medical Student, Ljubljana
(7) Stane Kovac, Section Chief of Government
(8) Pavle Balohs Secretary of District Commnittee of Liberation
Front in Smarje near Jelse
(9) Dr. lsiha Kambich, Minister of Slovene Government
(10) `Milan Venisniks Lawyer, Ceije
(11) Sergej Kraiger, President of Slovene Planning Commission
(12) Alojz Ribich, Miner, Trbovlje
(13) Lidja Sentjurc, Professor, Ljubljana
(14) Janec Vipotnik, Ljubljana
Note: Al]. together in the Celje District twenty-two
c`1epu$ies s were elected, of which fourteen are knoan
members of the Communist Party.
L ubana District
Leopold Macek
Lt.Col. Matija Malezich
Vlado Kozak, Editor of Kmecki alas
Franc Mojskerc
Maj.Gen. Ivan Macek, Vice-President of Slovene Goverment
Boris Ziherle, Editor
Stane Kaucich
Lt.Col. Rudolf Hribnik
Dr. Joze Russ Vice-President of Parliament at Belgrade
Mara Beaters Student
No Svetina, Assit Slovene Minister of Interior
Tomo Brejc,, Slovene Minister of Labor
Tone Fajfar, Slovene Minister of Commerce and Supply
Anton Krizisnik, Slovene Minister for Social Assistance
Maks Knuelj, Farmer, Hotovije
Ivan Trojar, Worker, 0jstri Vrh
Lt.Col. Janko Rudolf, Yugoslav Army
Piaj.Gen. Rado Pehacek, Yugoslav Army
Dr. Bozidar Lavrich, University Professor
Edvard Karde13
Note: Of twenty-nine deputies elected, twenty are members
oie Communist Party.
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(1) Dr. Marijan Ahcin, Slovene Minister of Public Health
(2) Andrej Vibich, Secretary of District Committee of Liberation
Front (OOF) in Dolnja Lendava
(3) Ignac Litrop, Farmer
(14) Franc Lubej, Teacher, Secretary of Presidium of Slovene Parliament
(5) Ivan Fajdiga, Secretary of District Committee of Liberation
Front (OOF) in Ljutomer
(6) Maj. Martin Grajf, Yugoslav Army
(7) Zoran Polich, Slovene Finance Minister
(8) Vinko Sumrada, Secretary of City Committee of Liberation
Front (NDOF) in Maribor
(9) Dr.. Stanko Stor, Government employee
(10) Edo Zorko, Farmer
(11) Dr. Ferdo Kozak, Slovene Minister of Education
(12) Milan Kosmel, Chief of Section in Ministry of Interior, Maribor
(13) Joze Siftar, Farmer
(i1) Lt.Col. Janko Sakirnik, Yugoslav Army
(15) Joze Jurac
(16) Maj.Gen. Dusan Kvedar, Yugoslav Army
(17) Ivan Bratko, Chief Editor of Ljudska Pravica
(18) Franc Somoncich
(19) Dr. Joze Potrc, physician
(20) Heli Motich, Vice-President of Supreme Court in Ljubljana
(21) Ivan Nemec, Section Chief of Slovene Ministry of Agriculture
(22) Col. Alojz Vrhovec, Yugoslav Army
(23.) Edvard Kardelj
Note: Of thirty-six deputies elected, twenty-three
axe members of the Communist Party,,
(1) Niko Belopavlovich
(2) Col. Stane Semich-Daki, Yugoslav Army
(3) Col. Janes. Hribar,,Yugoslav Army and Minister of Slovene Government
(4) Ing. Joze Levisnik, Member of Slovene Control Commission
(5) Col. Stane Potocnik, Yugoslav Army
(6) Vida Tomsich, President of Slovene Control Commission
~7j Lt.Col.Franc Tavcar,Yugoslav Army
Bogdan Osolnik, Secretary of District Committee of Liberation
Front (OOOF) in Novo iesto
(9) Karel Strukel, Secretary of District Committee of Liberation
Front (OOOF) in Trebinje
(10) Maj. Nace Majcan, Yugoslav Army
(11) Boris Kidrich
Note: Of twenty deputies elected, eleven are members of
Me-Communist Party.
B., Believed to be members of Communist Party:
(1) Oton Zupancich, Author, Ljubljana
(2) Josip Vidmar, Author, and President of Presidium of Slovene
Parliament (SNOS)
(3) Joze Petejan, Member of District Committee of Liberation
Front (OOOF) In Maribor
(4) Anton Alich, Miner, Trbovlje
(5) Alojz Lesnik, Chief of Naproze, Laslo
(6) Franc Furlan, Farmer, Verd
(7) Dr. Miha Potocnik, Director of "Kranjska Industrijska Druzba"
(KID), Jesenice
(8) Anton Igolich, Author, Maribor
(9) Simon Jdkovicich,Presiddeen~t of District ExecutiveCoimnittee in Novo Yesto
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3, Of a total of 120 deputies, the Communist Party has seventy-seven
who are confirmed Party members, plus eleven who are believed to
be members or are, at least, strong sympathizers of the Party.
Thus, the Communists control a solid block of eighty-eight votes.
Source believes an even larger number may actually be Communists.,
although accurate information was not available.
Voting was heavy due to coercion on the part of the Government.,
which threatened to punish failure to vote by imprisonment.,
requisitioning of property, and loss of ration cards.
?. opposition candidates Deere allowed only theoretically. In Kamnik
and. deseni.ce a group of farmers who were snspeeted of preparing
a list of real opposition candidates was arrested by the Government.
Since all newspapers and printing establistents are under Government
control,, m printed opposition propaganda appeared.
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