GROUP SOUMVA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R001000380005-8
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: November 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: May 18, 2000
• Sequence Number: 5
• Publication Date: October 23, 1947
• Content Type: IR

Approved For Release 2000/06/06 : CIA-RDP82-00457R00100
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CENTRAL IG R
INTELLIGENCE REPORT
COUNTRY Belgium
SUBJECT Group $O &tVA.
ORIGIN
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INFO
DIST. ?7 October 1947
PAGES
SUPPLEMENT
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1. The Office of Social Service of the Comsmi.ie:t Party, or "Grow 2O1 't' O,
nt
Is allegedly the fund collecting agency of the Belgian CP and the "Fro
de 2' Indepe .ence" for the International Brigades i.a Greece. Recru ti.n ;
of Belgian voluntearre, for the International Brigades is also carried out
by means of a propagsix da campaign conducted by this Group.,? ,; t,-a->i
2,- It is reported that cuiy the most devoted and diecraet GP wad FI members
compose "Group SO , "., ceded by Jacques: G:R.IPPA! S .nato:t? Joan FONfl YNE,
Aa drib ADAM. Jules VABDERi NI)EN and a Jew named SCRt (sic).
Outwardly,, the I3 Tuxati s are collected for the cause of the Belg?an C?,
are transmitted through raealar channels to dire Tretusurar of the. C trai
Committee and eventually go to "Group SOZ A11 Thore in.. at paresent, no
available estimate of the a:ao nt of thisi collection, but it is obtaianed
by measw of gift donations, subscriptions and taoney-raising fetes held
by the CP
It is also reported that volunteers who h,.ve signed up t2 oug a nG oup
SOUMVA" are members oy the OP or *aire aotiv+ in the resistance movewntp
"Partisans Armes", Before his departure from Belgie;sae each, volunteer:
received 250 francs par rseok am. pert payment. When he 18 abroad, hie
family will receive a s amount equal to that paid the volioteer by hit
former employer.
This document conta1ris information affec
the national defense of the U it in
~-- the meaning of the Es , 4 r U.S .C. 31
on 2 as am st trinnsmission or the
Document- No of its contents in any manner to an
authorized person is prohibited by law.
letter of 16 Octo from the
CONFIDENTIAL in accordan
This document is hereby regraded
Director of Intelligence to the
Ar ' . the United States.
ext Revi eve Date: 2008
Approved For Release 2000/06/06 : CIA-RD 80005-8