YUGOSLAV REPATRIATES TO YUGOSLAVIA ON THE SS PARTISANKA

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May 5, 1948
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CLASSIFICATION "At; NTRY Argentina/Urvgt /wtils/xuaoalavJ.a CoN l UE1 Y rI eATE DIST.R5 25X1 SUBJECT ~ Atriates to Yugoslavia on the NO. OF PAGES 3 ACQUIRED DATc ^R Approved For Rele she IO ; WWWROO1500 RT8NO INFOR ` *PORT Iwo low $O1MpT *0 TAIaf $N/1$AH4M Aglahrl 1r1 014 Mi. strtktt M UK ailing Burn wl"Itr trt lu.i ll i- Tq1 UlS$J aa1 ACT 11 0. $ N.. tome U. M Attav"*. I T1 T1ArW-t1NIl 01 *t I*v$ ATT6r tM~ayM~ "won . I( 0Oret a ifs POll is Atiior SUZ* . $O - 110 *a0*1*tp1 a al- 1MIAtNt1 to Nir at NI! 1003 RAt ITIUZt0 M X10 IIChf n 111$ tt111MIUq 11CT. 25X1 25X1 25X1 25X1 NO. OF ENCIS. (LIST O BELOW 19411' SUPPLEMENT TO 25X1 REPORT NO. THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION FOR THE RESEARCH USE OF TRAINED INTELLIGENCE ANALYSTS 25X1 0 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 25X1 atternoan or the same day. The Partisanka carried b50 Yugoslav repatriates 25X1 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- 25X1 dnstlra7,isatiam. 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 This document IS her.,,. cc d or Letter of 1 " attea with the WARNING NOTICE: THIS DISTRIBUTION LISTING MUST BE 6 October 1978 from the Dlr&etnr .,t -....~, ?~v,ityence to the -,mriup L Archivist oft D BEFOEI LIC RE ~~' 1YT iISRB ~ R3ST'~?_ ~ t Next Review y 08~.- i ONFIDENTIAL a LIMAS; by Fain,. S 13 ale 2003/08E/'0 - A-RDP82-00457R001500230006-8 25X1 Approved For Release 2003/0$[08 . (AA_RDDT 82-00457 R001500230006-8 25X1 25X1 25X11 aEM NEB l T IA L 25X1 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. 25X1 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. OONFIDEN re A L Approved For Release 2005E 08 3OP82-00457R001500230006-8 25X1 25X1 25X1 CJ'?NTR1kL INTF.LI.IGENCi AGE MY Approved For. Release 2003/0tf:f MPAC006-8 -3- 25X1 25X1 the Tu1o93.a`r Consul in *tontrevideo ori inall re t d g g ques e Viaittn. privil4fes for 200 persons to visit the Partiaaank* during the time 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. omment: An artici. Jbic n appeared in the anti-CONVaNiat newspaper, ~ t d ..~..?? * eyi eo on 8 April 19 8, indicated that considerable interest 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 ti-? CONFIDE TIC S. SE RET Approved For Release 2003/08/ 8 : CIA-RDP82-00457 R001500230006-8