YUGOSLAV REPATRIATES TO YUGOSLAVIA ON THE SS PARTISANKA
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1. The SS Partiaanta sailed from Montevideo for Split, Yugoslavia, on 6 April
1948 at !0:30 p.m., after having arrived from Buenos Aires at 3a30 in the
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from Argentina and about 3.00 from . The second voyage of this ship
is scheduled for May 19148, at which time it is expected that 800 Yugoslav
youths will be repatriated from Argentina.
2. The Committee for the Reconstruction of Yugoslavia, a section of the Conaejo
Central 2ugoelavq directed the propaganda campaign for volunteer repatriates
from Argentina. Before the arrival of the ship, this co aittee announced
that an berth* had been reserved for the first and second voyages and that
expenses would be paid for those repatriates who could not afford the normal
cost of the voyage.
3. Two weeks before the arrival of the Partiaanka it was reported that only 100
Tugoslava in Argentina had preventedtiemse-1 s for repatriation, and that
the vast majority of them were of a very low cultural, educational, and pro-
fessional level. The Yugoslav legation was disconcerted by this situation,
and iamrdiately initiated an intensified propaganda campaign. Officials of
the Legation simultaneously began an intensified search for candidates among
skilled mechanics, metallurgists, and allied industry workers.
it. Yugoslav Idnietor Franc Piro recently called on President Peron at the latter's
request, at which time Form astaed why so amp Yugoslavs were leaving Argentina.
Piro is reported to have replied that Yugoslavia is now undergoing the same
type of industrial transformation that Argentina is, and that skilled workers
an badly needed in Yugoslavia to insure a successful completion of the in-
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It is reported that V. Casanteff (possibly Nlkola xasandjtjev), Ca?unist
leader from Qi 41s s, had a lengthy interview with a group of Argentine Cam-
> sts before departing. Among those present at the meeting were victor
;Iarelde, lore Pstar-, and Pedro lidiolo, all webers at the secretariat of
the Provincial Ccoittee of the Ccsamunist Party of Buenos Aires. In addi-
tion, Jose de la Fuente, head of the Spanish Communists in Argentina, was
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It is believed that the Tvgoslav Come4uniets in Argentina are takinr, advantage
111 of the repatriates to send large quantities of money to Yt4ooslavia. No
Doris, who was for two years head of the Tuoelav Section of the Polish Bank
in 11-to nom Aires. is re orte taking with hiss a sum estimaterlat 200,000 U.S.
dollars. the repatriates from Buenos Aires included ap-
praociaate7y 60 former YUoslav residents at Chile, and the.Yuboslav legation
is at present nerotiatin? with the Chilean government for the release of
several more from Chiles in+cludir those who bad been arrested in that country.
A report from Santiago, Chile, that Drago laontic we asong the out-bound
pass or. of the Partizanka na confirmed by sources in Argentina.
7. The fcllawiM information has been obtained on the captain of the Partizanka,
Andre Radic. Shortly after the arrival of the ship, Radic'had a secret meet-
iqg with an old friend, Nikoo Dabinovic, a former sea captain from Kotor
13e1matis. RAcic told Dabinovic that current conditions in Yugoslavia are very
bad, and that police terrorism is increasing daily. In recounting his own
experiences, Aacic stated that he had been forced to be a member of a "peopleas
oourtn and to sentence marW people with severe penalties. He further pointed
out that as captain of the ship, he has no actual control over the 191 members
of the a s crew, and that the is .*rely the navigational director of
the ship. s ted that there are six armed guards aboard the ship who main-
tain a 24-hour deck watch, three at a time, and that he has no control over
their activities.
8. In spite of the rigid control imposed by the Argentine police and their orders
that none of the crew wan to be allowed ashore, source indicated that one crew
4emeeber escaped by going ashore from an Argentine ship which was tied up along-
side the Pertfsanks. This deserter, believed to be a former member of Macek's
Peasant Par" rt, ire idiately made contact with Argentine anti-Co nuniet Croats.
The latter, however, are reported to be skeptical of his motives, not yet be-
ing certain whether he is a sincere colleaa-us or a Cam unist penetration
went.
9. In view of the feeling in Uruguay, as expressed in many newspapers there*,
that the repatriation of may well-established Yugoslavs on the SS Partizanka
is suspicious, information on some of the individuals who are leaving ruguay
is presented. In the list of those persons returning to Tu ;oslavia are found
the name of some of the outstanding Yugoslav Co munie is in Uruguay.
&,natantino (1beta) Lutkic, who sailed with the group, was the organizer of
the repatriation movement which was carried on under the auspices of the
Club Tu oeelava, Calle Treinta y Tree 11476. Lutkic was the leader of the
Yugoslav Coasamnists in Uru uay.
10. The following repatriates were m m3bers of Asociacion Republicans Y ,oeslava
"Fraternidad" (Rratetvo), a Yugoslav Communist organization in tfontevideo:
Alago Blasevich, 'Partin Grguric (Gregurych ), Janko Juratovac, Ivan Medanic
(Medinieh), Filip Papic, ',tariJa Papic, 31argarita Peci, Juan Radivoj, Stjepan
Senkovic, Ana Senkovic, Josip Vidakovic, and Janko Zivoder (Zhivoder).
21. Ivan Papic Janko Juratovac, Stanko Nordic, Stevan Papp, Filip Papic, are re-
ported to be mes*rers of the Union galava.
12. Those reported to be Communists area Jura3 Banjo, ttarko farcot, Valent
Cizmesi , Petar Cubranic, Ni.kole Ciril Gaijenic, Nikola Ivanac, Sire Kozulic,
Luke Salinaric (rolinaric ), Anton ?dihalic, Sebacti jan Orlin, Ivan -ladivo j,
Aoso Segaric, Lenka Sudar, and Ivan Spiclin.
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13. along with the Yugoslavs who departed from Montevideo,,
there was a young man and a young woman (possibly his wife who were travel-
ing with Soviet passports. Kosta Lutkic
acquired two first class ti , ana Han d keep their
identity secret. it is believed that they are travelin,; to the Soviet Union
via Yugoslavia.
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it wss in Mfmtevideo. This number was restricted, r, by the Port
Authorities, and acme of the persons who bad applied for permission did not
visit the ship becauuie of the strict police control which was maintained.
An those who asked to be allowed to visit the ship was Frencisea Chiribao de
Oasrs, We of I:u1pnio Gasses, the head of the Cpisamist Party of Uruguay.
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ate auriositry havabeen aroused by this repatriation moveesent, since it in-
volved 'swgr Tugoslave who have resided from twenty to twenty-five years in
a' uay and whose families have been born and reared in this country. This
item pointed out that NNW of these Tugoelavs were well established in busi-
ness and that aiaost an at them were doing won in Uruguay. In spite of
this fact, they nave sold all of their possessions in Uruguay and are return-
ing, to a country which is laboring under great financial difficulties. In
response to infoisation solicited by reporters from E1 Dia concerning the
reasoen for the repatriation, members Of this group indicated that they
are rsturnin because of requests made by members of their families in
Yugoslavia. This article in El Dia also indicated that individuals in this
drovp who were questioned were very reticent about ,giving arW sort of infor-
sation, and refused to disclose their own identity. The item further ported
out that this repatriation sins somewhat similar to a repatriation move made
by 0ermaay before World War II, in order to prepare espionage agents for Latin
AaeriCan cotnttries. It was indicated that Germans who were repatriated in a
sisdlar warner nearly all returned to Latin America within a short period of
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