GEMETO ASSISTANCE COMMITTEE FOR POLITICAL PRISONERS IN BULGARIA

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CIA-RDP83-00415R010100020001-5
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RIPPUB
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S
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2
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December 22, 2016
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June 4, 2012
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1
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Publication Date: 
December 19, 1951
Content Type: 
REPORT
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Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/06/04: CIA-RDP83-00415R010100020001-5 jonjjjqv~ CLASSIFICATION EC1 Tf C0iJ'.t1 L - U.S. OFFICIALS parr CENTRAL IN LLINCE AGENCY REPORT INFO MATkO i REPORT CD NO. COUNTRY Yugoslavia/Bulgaria SUBJECT Gemeto Assistance Committee for Political Prisoners in Bulgaria DATE DISTR.. NO. OF PAGES 50X1-HUM 19 December 1 NO, OF ENCLS. 50X1-HUM BUSTED BELOW) THIS DOCUMENT CONTAINS INFORMATION AFFECTING THE NATIONAL DRIVNVE OF THE DNITSD STATES, WITHIN THE MEANING OF TITLE 18. SECTIONS 79S AND IBA. OF THE U. S. COWS. AS AMENDED. ITS TRANSMISSION OR REVML- ATIOW OF ITS CONTENTS TO OU RECEIPT HT AN UNAUTHORIZED PERSON IS PROHIBITED BY LAW THU REPRODUCTION OP TNIS FORM 15 PROHIBITED. THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION 50X1-HUM ld In the Spring of 1951, the Gemeto Assistance Committeel, which is described as an unauthorized and illegal Committee, was organized in Belgrade. This Committee is composed of former members of the Bulgarian Agrarian Party and devotes its efforts to sending food packages to political internees in Bulgarian concentration camps. It is supported by voluntary contributions from sympathizers. Recipients of the food packages who have ample money are requested to donate 5,O00 lava. to the fund. 2. The headquarters for the Bulgarian branch of the Committee is located in a small room in a house on Dondukov Street, Sofia. One of the directors of former candidate for Parliament, CCommepts The word Gemeto derives from a contraction of the name of Georgi M. Dimitrov. Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/06/04: CIA-RDP83-00415R010100020001-5 50X1-HUM Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/06/04: CIA-RDP83-00415R010100020001-5 Next 1 Page(s) In Document Denied Iq Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/06/04: CIA-RDP83-00415R010100020001-5