KKE FINANCES FOR NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER 1948

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• Publication Date: March 25, 1949
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;CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
SUBJECT KKE Finances for November and December 1948
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The following statements of income and expenditure between 10 November and
31 December 1948, in the area administered by the representatives of the
Politburo in Athens, were submitted on 31 December by Spyros Antipas,
secretary of the Athens Finance Committee.
1 September to
10 November
Drachmae
1.
a.
Brought forward
(not quoted)
b.
Total income
502x900,000
c.
Total expenditure
1,038,150,000
d.
Balance
(715,850,000)
2?
Analysis of Income
as Subscriptions and sale of Party stamps:
1)
Communist organization
of Athens - KOA
2,9000000
2)
Communist organization
of Piraeus - KOP
8,100,000
3)
Communist organization
of Attica - KOAtt
500x000
4)
Regional Committee of
the Aegean
1,000,000
>6
'?ec tonal Committee of Crete
7,000,000
6)
Regional Committee of the
Dodecanese
320009000
Total 27,650x000
CLASSIFICATION
This- document is ereby regraded to
CONFIDENTIAL in a rdance with the
letter of 16 October 978 from the
Director of Central Intel nce to the
715,850,000
4.25, 000,000
929,6009000
211,250,000
22,500,000
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y NO. OF ENCLS.
(LISTED BELOW)
10 November to
31 December
Drachmae'
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c.
Enterprises in the Athens,
Piraeus and Attica areas 32,900,000
Local contributions and
gifts:
25,600,000
1)
Kok
6,000,000
2)
KOP
8,000,000
3)
KOAtt
500,000
1)
Regional Committee of
the Aegean
1,000,000
5)
Regional Committee of
Crete
5,000,000
6)
Regional Committee of
the Dodecanese
2,500,000
Total 28,500,000 23,000,00
do Contributions from abroad:
1) Great Brritaiag: 500 pounds
at 32,000 drachmae to the
pound sent by Professor
Theodores Doganis ( ember of
the Central. Committee Apparat
in London)
2) Western Europe: $800 at
rah! oe to the dollar
sent by Melpo Axiotou (member
of Central Committee Apparat
in Paris)
3) Branches of the Federation
o Greek Seamen's _Ogaati.ons-
OE'O aroa s ,000 at 12.300
drarxunae to the dollar sent
by Demetrios Kolios (former
First Secretary of OENO in
Marseilles)
I) United States: $800 at
1.2, 00 drachmae to the
dollar sent by Demetrios
Christophorides (Editor
of Greek American Tribune
in New Yor -
5) France: 10,000 francs at
O achmae to the franc,
sent by Seraphim Maxims
(member of Central Committee
Apparat in Paris) -
16,000,000
10,000,000
12,500,000
10,000,000
-100,000
Total: bZ ,?50,OOO 48,900,000
eo Publications (from the sale
of stocks) 9,100,000 7,500,000
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f4 Special contribution
from KKE Central Treasury
in the mountains:
1) 500 gold pounds at
220,000 drachmae to
the gold pound
2) 15,000 paper dollars
at 12,500 drachmae to
the dollar
110,000,000
187,500,000
~3t0~ 000, 000
. .~29900 00
297 Soo 0000
0,000
3.
Anal is of Expenditure:
ao
Salaries of officials of the
Apparat and of liaisons of the
Politburo and Central Committee
d
l
t
1 September
10 November
Drachmae
10 November
31 December
Drachmae
bo
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ega
ions in Athens -
Travelling expenses of members
and officials of the Politburo
and Central Committee delegations
2,000,E
3 Us- 000 000
C.
Rents due for houses used by
members and officials of the
Politburo and Central
14,500,000
16,000,ooo
do
Committee delegations in Athens -
Installation and upkeep expenses
of the Central Underground
Technical Mechanism of the
Politburo and Central Committee
19,100,000
12,0500$,000
ea
delegations in Athens -
Salaries of members of the
Central Underground Technical
Mechanism of the Politburo
and Central Committee
29, 500,000
211,400,000
delegations in Athens -
Feeding and housing expenses
of wanted and "persecuted"
56,85o,ooo
3:?, 800, 000
g?
officials
Special financial contribution
to officials in transit in the
area of the Athens Finance
Committee
8,250,000
)4,000,000
--
6,50o,000
7149 000,000
ha
I.
Other travelling expenses
Purchase of equipment for the
technical and military sections
of the Underground Technical
Mechanism of the Politburo and
Central Committee delegations
78,650,000
62,700,000
in Athens
62,800,ooo
28, 500, ooo
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Purchase of equipment for the
Rebel Ar'my Attica Brigade -
k? Salaries of officials and ex-
penses of the Underground
Technical Mechanism, of the
Rebel Attica Brigade -
le Salaries, overhead, and printing
expenses of the Central En-
lightenment Section -
rn. Expenses of "Agitatsia1? and
intelligence branches of
the politburo and Central
Committee delegations in
Athens -
n. Financial support of families
of high ranking Party
officials -
o? Financial support of detained,
imprisoned or deported high
ranking Party officials -
pn Financial support of families
of Rebel Army officers and men-
q,, Financial support of families
of non-K members of the
Central Committee of Ems[
under detention or in exile--
r4 Salaries of non-k members
of the Central Committee of
F. still functioning -A
am Financial support of non-KBE
members of the Agrarian Party
of Greece - AKE in detention,
under arrest or deported -
t. Financial support of 'non-MM
members of AKE who were still
functioning -
ue Financial support of KKE Trades
Union officials, and expenses
incurred in the spreading of
propaganda among the working
population in the area ad-
ministered by the Politburo
delegation in Athens -
v. Financial support of the
Technical Mechanisms and of
non!-KKE officials in the EAM
Panhellenic Youth Organization -
ETON, "Working Youth" and Demo
cratic Youth" organizations -
614,000,000
36,000,000
31,850,000
20,600,000
141,650'000
28,000,000
21,750,000
16,000,000
26,000,,000
129000,000
91,000,000
66,009000
88,0009000
614,000,000
12,000,000
12,000,000
214,000,000
16,,000,,000
8, 500,000
8, 500,0OO
117,000,000
75,000,000
18,500,000
114,0009000
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w w. Financial support of other
Satellite organizations
(Democratic Clubs, women's
philological and intellectual
organizations) -
x. Special financial support of
KOA,.
Special financial support of
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26,000,000 18,000,000
107,500,000 72,000A000
10,000,000 6,000,000
z. Special financial support to
the Regional Committee of the
Aegean - 25, 000, 000 140,000,000
aa? Expenses of the Party's Central
Vigilance (Security) Section
and of its fractions in the
Greek Army and security forces - 149,750,000 32,000,000
bb. Special financial contribution
to the Greek-Soviet League -? 10,000,000
cc. Miscellaneous expenses - ].i, 5o0 2000 114,000,000
Total 1,038,150,000 929,600,000
1.4. The
following remarks on the above figures were then made by Antipas:
Paragraph 2 (a) Party stamps.
1) Party stamps to the following drachmae value were still to be
for:
Kok
SOP
KOAtt.
Regional Committee of the Aegean
Regional Committee of Crete
Regional Committee of the Dodecanese
600011-0
93,600,000
1314, 000,000
8,700,000
17,1400,000
84,400.9000
141,750,000
379,850,000
2) Party stamps held as a reserve by the
Athens Finance Committee - 1,070,000,000
b, Paragraph 2 (d) Contributions from abroad.
1)? Contributions from Australia and Cyprus had not reached the Athens
Finance Committee in time to be included in the present statement
of accounts.
2) The contribution from France represented a special collection from
French Communist students on behalf of Communist students in Greece,
c. Paragraph 3 (h). This covered the expenses of ICS members and officials
travelling between Party organizations under the control of the Politburo
delegation in Athens, and of members and sympathizers joining the Rebel
Army in the mountains.
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d. Paragraph 3 (i). This covered expenses for the purchase of arras,
ammunition and explosives for the Party's underground pars military
organizations.
e.' Paragraph 3 (j) and (k). This covered the expenses of the Attica.
Brigade since its inception on 15 November. The Brigade's expenditure
had been fixed at up to 50,000,000 drachmae per month.
f. Paragraph 3 (m). This included the salaries of non-KKE members of
satellite organizations acting as KKE salaried officials, and the money
spent on agents providing information to the Party.
g. Paragraph 3 (aa). This included the expenses of the Communist organization
of the Army and Security Forces - KOSSA and of KKE"fractions"infiltrated
into Greek security and political organizations, Ministries and other
government departments.
h. Paragraph 3 (cc). This included expenses incurred in connection with
the thirtieth anniversary of KKE and the second anniversary of the
Rebel Junta.
5. Roula Rodi (member of the Athens Finance Committee) is reported to have
said that, as a result of the arrests in Piraeus among the members of the
professionals' and shopkeepers' Communist organizations of the Base -- KOB's,
the Party had lost ten regular contributors. All ten had each contributed
one gold pound per month and five, who were restaurant owners, had given
three to five free meals a day to Party members. It was estimated that
their arrest would represent a loss to the Party of about 7,850,000 drachmae
per month. Rodi is also reported to have been told by Antipas to take charge
of the following articles of clothing which had been sent to Greece by
Party organizations and sympathizers abroad.
9 new American overcoats
12 second-hand American overcoats
20 second-hand American men's suits
5 new Italian felt hats
2 parcels second-hand underwear (women's)
1 parcel second-hand dresses
24 pairs shoes (women's)
10 pairs shoes (men's)
6. These had been received on 31 December from the SS MARINE CARP and
SS NEA ELLAS, and were taken by Rodi to a certain Golias (fnu), owner of
a clothes shop in Korai Square, Piraeus. However, prices offered by Golias
were considered to be insufficient, and the clothes were sent for dis-
tribution among deportees on Khios and Lemnos.
7. It is also reported that Zisis Zographos (KKE Central Security official)
was responsible for the collection of funds brought in from abroad by un-
specified members of OENO serving in the crews of merchant and passenger
ships. The money received was given by Zographos to Stratos Nikolaou, a
stockbroker in charge of the Athens Finance Committee's "Yiafka", who con-
verted the foreign currency into drachmae which he then handed over to
Antipas.
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1. At the end of each financial period (i.e. every two months) the Athens
Finance committee assessed their approximate expenditure for the next
period and after comparing this with their anticipated revenue from
subscriptions and routine contributions plus the existing balance in
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hand, they submitted to the Central Treasury in the mountains their
estimated requirements to enable them to balance their budget.
2. Reference Paragraph 3 (g). Between 10 November and 31 December five
officials (members of the Central Committees of the Peloponnesus,
Macedonia and Thrace) visited or passed through Athens and were each given
2,000,000 drachmae for expenses. In addition sixty-four Party members
left to join the Rebel Army in the mountains and were given 1,000,000
drachmae each before they left.
3. Reference paragraph 3 (o) and (q). KKE considered that considerable sums
of money should be spent towards the support of the families of non-
Communist senior officials of EAM solely in order to keep such officials
well-disposed toward the Party. In the case of detained senior KKE
officials, the Party considered that, as Communists, they and their
families should be prepared to put up with some hardship and that con-
sequently less expenditure was necessary to keep alive their Party faith.
4. From 15 September 1948, the rate of exchange has been 32,000 drachmae
to the pound. Expenditure for the period September to November was there-
fore approximately 31,200 pounds and for the period 10 November to 31
December was approximately 27,900 pounds.
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