IRREGULARITIES IN ZONE B, FTT ELECTIONS OF 16 APRIL 1950

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R005000210011-5
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: November 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 25, 1999
• Sequence Number: 11
• Publication Date: June 6, 1950
• Content Type: REPORT

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COUNTRY Vme Territory of Trt sate/ ors f o ;T a triu,4 DATE DISTII, 6 {.UN 50
SUBJECT Irregularities in Zone B. T" 1 ect .cans
of 16 April 19,50
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.i. All Communist Par"-.y members cL F :Vemberg* and surrounding villages were
waled together f,jr a specW meeting a few days before the zone B eleetione
of 16 April 1.950. These m ,ora -ere told that they were to vote in the
Zone B elections :,,.n order to insure a large Yugoslav -vote therm
Each member was g.:r4ven a slip aJ paper on which ' fin t ?ten a name and an
adds sss in Isola or rano, ;ores 3. They were told to memorize their
respective names a,.nd address rss, as listed on the slips of paper, for
regi.atration purgaoaes in voti n.,a
In the early morn`: ng of elect. ton day 45 Communist Party members from the
Rifembeng party so,ction met 1,1 Rifemberg and board a buZ' for Zone B,
The members had i (formed their families and friends that they were going
to Posto jna on a t? )ur of the ;nearby c avess n
. 4o Before crossing into Zone B, the ?dentity cards of all members were
c ol.l,ected.b The We delivered approximately half the group to Isola, and
the remainder to Firzno in Zone B_. *here they all voted for the People's
Party ticket,)
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Rife.:i )erg it; not in Zone B but in Yugoslavia proper.
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