OPINIONS OF MINOR OFFICIALS IN MACEDONIA CONCERNING COLLECTIVIZATION AND AMERICAN AID

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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R009500180001-1
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 18, 2000
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: November 29, 1951
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTR 16VTICIGENCE AGENCY REPORT NO.
INFORMATION REPORT CD NO.
COUNTRY Yug&.ilavia
SUBJECT Opinions of Minor Officials in Macedonia
Cone-:rning Collectivization and American
Aid
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1. Toward: the end of April 1951, Elate Pilioev, Organizational Secretary of the
Yugoslav Camntunist Party in Strumica, allegedly made a speech on the collectiv-
ization policy of the Yugoslav Government, in which he purportedly made state-
ments to the effect that:
a. The Americans and the British are not coming to Yugoslavia to free the
people from Communism;
b. The Yugoslav Govermmerr~ has no intention of changing its policy, consequently,
the present system of collectivization will not be altered. Yugoslavia
lost 1,700,000 lives during World War II in defense of her ideals, and the
Yugoslav Comm mist Party will fight to the last man in order to preserve
its achievements.
c. Yugoslavia merely maintains trade relations with American imperialists,
relations which are profitable to Yugoslavia.
d? All of the peasants in Yugoslavia are being forced to join the collectives
because the Government aspires to complete socialization of the country.
Peasants who leave the collectives will not be able to obtain employment
anywhere in Yugoslavia. It would be useless for peasants to flee to
other countries owing to the fact that C unism will soon be doQninaxru
throughout the world.
2. During the mmths of January and February 1951, following various speeches and
interviews by Fiarshal Tito on the subject of relations between Yugoslavia and
the Western nations, the people in the Strumica area of Macedonia reportedly
hoped for some change in the policy of the Yugoslav regime. With this goal
in view, the people of the area addressed petitions to authorities in Skoplje
and Belgrade, in Which they complained about the inefficient management of the
collectives and the brutality of local officials, and asked that the eollectivee.
be abolished. E7hen no attention was paid to these petitions, the district
committees sent representatives to the various villages to explain that the
speeches of Marshal Tito and high level Party officials were intended only to
create a favorable impression abroad, and that there was no intention of
modifying the existing internal policy in Yugoslavia.
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8. Peasants of the village of Banica who had written to the Govern ent In order
to deseand that the collectives be abolished, were allegedly arrested by the
tJDB, it released five days inter.
4. :Dobro Imev, Chairmn of the, Planning C oiseicn of the Struudtiea Tin People's
Council and former Secretary; of the village Workers' Cattle Cooperative, was
repcrtedly sent to the village of Banica to explain that the Tito regime had
no inttenbion of changing the existing internal policy in Yugoslavia. He
has exprdased the opinion that he does not believe the Soviet Union will ever
attack Yugoslavia.
In connection with the subject of American aide Yugoslav Goverment and
Cesraist Party personnel have reportedly been instructed to say that the
Yugoblav ucamnumist Party is not opposed to this aid, but the Party hac no
intention of altering its policies and intends to proceed with the socialization
and ccw 4misation of the country. This explanation was gives' publicly by the
Gnat Party District. Committee at meetings in Strumica and the village
of Boail jevo.
8. Accorditig to informants, it has been rumored in Strumica that Alexander
BankciviC, Minister of the Interiors, was opposed to accepting any aid from
14capitalist'" aces because he fared they might interfere in Ylagos avia's
int ernal . affairs.
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Ccppent: Your attention is called to earlier disawinationa;
for additional
Information concerning community organization and collectives in the Strumioa
district of Macedonia.
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