BULGARIAN COMMUNISTS IN ARGENTINA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R000600090009-1
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: November 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 1, 1999
• Sequence Number: 9
• Publication Date: May 19, 1947
• Content Type: IR

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE 'GROUP
INTELLIGENCE REPORT
COUKW Argentina 'WA: ?
INFO. r aroh-April 19.49
SUBJECT Bulgarian C;rxnmuuists in Argentina
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1. In anticipation of possible suppression of open Connaunist activities by the
Argentine authorities, the Bulgarian Corrnunist leaders have made preparations
for going underground in case of necessity.. Tomas i:avidov, who has been r'recti-
dent of the Central Ccr.ittee of the Bulgaria Libre, recently resigned his
position, named his successor, and supervised a reorganization in anticipation
of the possibility that he may have to leave. the country. Although the now
President of Bulgaria Libre, L:inko Leneff? is titular head, Lavidov retains his
previous influence over both Bulgaria Libre and the Slav Union. Consequently,
his resignation is. considered as a precautions:ry measure resulting from his
wife's fear that he may be arrested. 25X1X
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t.'ission, whose members have occasionally adr itted receipt of cefinitely non-
commercial directives from the Comintern. Although the acknowledged purpose of
the Bulgarian Commercial I..iteior, is to purchase leather and hides, it is reported
to use this merely as a cover for political activities.
the "secret police" organisation, o(mpos,ed of fanatically
loyal Bulgarian Ucranunists who act as spies in Argentina for the reporting of
dissenters in Slav-Communist groups, also underW'e3nt a recent reorgto.niration. In
the event that Lavidov is forced to flea the country, the lez;.dership of this
police force is to be taken by Gheorgi Kasaudjioeff, the head of the Bulgarian
Commercial Mission which arrived in 1srgentina during October, 1916,. This is
reported to be another confirmation of the political nature of the Commercial
3. Kasandjieff recently concluded an inspection trip into the interior. He paid
particular attention to the Bulgr:rion groups in Comodoro Rivad?avia, Territory
of Chabut, and in Las Brenas, Territory of Chaco,. His purpose was to establish
direct contact with the scattered Bulgarian secret police. The Chaco Territory
is currently considered important in the Slav movement,, as the majority of the
various Slav groups there are rarldly coming under Communist domination.
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