GENERAL INFORMATION ON KNOJ UNITS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R007100240001-0
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: November 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 16, 1999
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: February 5, 1951
• Content Type: REPORT

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l;, All }"'0J units i+,; Yugoslati- is : "re ?rac'or the co---and of Lieutenant
General Otr.ar {r aaac-ic in early ':ovemr or 1750. Tz c'c endent of the
_..ili.tax? a.,.tl,ority of cor-eanC, th~~ "inister of the interior exercises
t,e rid t of -..;suing lirectivos in the i ndivid..al reVul tics
Of t, e a oc'cral state _ *
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2. The fc J units - :nsuod are--y uni.fnrr s with lig' t -blue service
color a.~'tor the outbreak of the conflict with the Cor;;inforrno tit',"
color e:. s ,-.orn on collar ..atchns, blouses overcoats ( ), ort
the ribbons of service cars, on the piing of c; a,~lots, sleeves "a"rs
of t- o.: tiers . An oval cockade wit - a Soviet star and ~.,ndor -t the
Yu oslav national colors, was worn r.n the caps a
3. During the ::inter the Kt'iOJ units er'-loyed along the eastern and south-.
caste]n frontiers of the country r-'?ro released and, wit':drat~n itiro the
interior. To replace t'.ere .;OJ units, all the guards- unit frc~
relgrade, among others, were transferred to the hordor.
. A f''.:.1 regiment with the cover n:xnher 9988 was quartered at the i nter--
section of u10 Cet' nska and ula 29 1 ovember in :1elt.rade. The unit
was 1uipped with arnored cars
5. On 23 .:ove : er, tie border in the Kunp ct ur-::W!Y 2/.' '8) was guarded by
Xa;OJ troops. Captain Djoka Crncic was tho co.rrandin, officer of tie
ttalion he-;dquarters located in Kur ota
25X1A osnr^Rnt. According to confirred press and radio reports,
re. iac c ? chief of the rain Political l do i.nistration of the Yu{ oslr v
Arned Forcec until recently. Tii.s appoint ent as co gander.-in c' icf
of all "'CJ units, if true, EMU iriply that he has ,-7 ven up his
assignrr~ nt, since the !C OJ units, which arc not connected with the
ar ed forces, are assigned to tr,e ".'ini -tny of the Interior.
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