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• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
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• Sequence Number: 3
• Publication Date: October 3, 1952
• Content Type: REPORT

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Yugoslavia
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY REPORT
INFORMATION REPORT CD NO.
SUBJECT Naval Infomation
PLACE
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THIS DOCUMENT CONTAINS INFORMATION AFFECTING THE NATIONAL DEFENSE
OF THE UNITED STATES WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE ESPIONAGE ACT 50
U. S C.. 31 AND 32 AS AMENDED. I75 TRANSMISSION OR THE REVELATION
OF ITS CONTENTS IN ANY MANNER TO AN UNAUTHORIZED PERSON IS PRO-
HIBITED BT LAW. REPRODUCTION OF THIS FORM IS PROHIBITED.
Yugoslav naval information.
DATE DISTR. 3 Uctober 1952
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In the harbor there are usually two motorboats 13-15 meters long,
painted dark gray, equipped with searchlights and machine gun. The
vessels go out mostly at night.
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Information on LUSS NI and CHERSO
Military Information
) Commander of the Garrison of LUSSINO: Infantry Major KNEZEVIC.
b) Commander of the coastal defense: A major, whose office is
located in the fort of Mount ASINO, which leads one to suppose that
the headquarters of the entire coastal defense of the Island of LUSSINO
are located in that fort.
c) Total strength of military personnel on the island:
Four majors;
About 50 junior officers;
About 2,000 enlisted men, of which somewhat less than 1,000
are believed to belong to marine units;
- A company of the naval KNOJ with a few motorboats;
- About 200 meters northeast of the inhabited area of OSSERO,
three-story
a small/barracks with inside courtyard (area 25 by 12 meters) has
been built; soon it will house a company of the naval KNOJ;
An undetermined number of militiamen of the Peop] 's Defense
are assigned to guarding the coast and the access roads;
- Some army units are quartered in the small barracks built
at SCOPCIAGNE;
There is a x unit of the army KNOJ at CHERSO.
d) Work in progress:
Important drilling operations are under way at the foot of Mount
BASTON (Prico) on the side toward the sea. From the opposite side, at
a place called PRIVLACA, along the LUSSIMPICCOLO-CHIUSI road, cantonments
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have been noted; these are for quartering labor companies and labor
brigades (civilian) brought from southern SERBIA. Deposits of wood
(logs and boards), cement in bags, and iron rods of various sires have
been noted in the area. Both the area overlooking the sea and the
area in the interior are surrounded by a fence of barbed wire. Opinions
differ as to the nature and purpose of the work in progress, but it
seems that underground depots are being built. Similar work is also
in progress at CIGALE.
The waters around CHERSO and LUSSINO seem to be free of mines,
since vessels of the navy pass by there freely.
2) Miscellaneous
a) As a result of the reorganization of the civilian administration
by the central authorities, the 14 Urban People's Committees on the
islands of CHERSO and LUSSINO have been reduced to three, viz.:
- CHERSO, which includes VALONA, SAN MARTINO, DELI, ORLEC, and
DRAGOCETIC.
- LUSSINO, which includes LUSSIMPICCOLO, SANSEGO, UNIE, XX
SAN PIETRO, and PUNTACROCE.
OSSERO, with NERESINE, BELLEI, and neighboring localities.
b) It is said that Cominformist propaganda placards were found
at the then Urban People's Committee in November 1951.
c) The motor-sailboat TINIA, under construction at the CHERSO
shipyard, is not yet completed.
d) The construction of the CHERSO-LUSSINO acqueduct is continuing.
e) A power plate to utilise water from Lake VRANA has been planned.
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D) - NAVY
a) Moored Vessels
February 1952 Naval vessels in port
vessels import
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observed several wooden vessels
with sailors in uniform zkmxxmlx on board. D a to i (,s are I
b) Naval Industry
February 1952 "3 MAY" Shipyard
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production in the shipyard is proceeding very slowly because of
a great lack of materials. For this reason, a reduction in per
was made recently.
February 1952 "RANKOVIC" Torpedo Factory
production of torpedoes
,4 V- has considerably iiairierhs because of .a shortage of materials.
other hand, work involving repairs, modifications, etc. on marl
engines is proceeding satisfactorily. Details are lacking.
c) Merchant Marine
February 1952 Main Administration of the Merchant Marine FIUME
Located in SPALATO Street at the corner of KERSOVANOV KEJ Street,
in a five-story building as follows:
a)
1st floor: Offices of the
Main A
dministration.
b)
Employees: about 300.
2nd floor: Administration
, Nav
igation Yof the Yugos
lav Linejt^
(DIREKCIJA JUGOSLAVENSKE LINISKE PLOVIDBE).
c)
3rd floor: Adriatic Agen
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d)
Secretary: PEROVIC.
lath floor: Administratio
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(DIREKCIJA JADR&TSKE LINISKE PLOVIDBE).
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Secretary: AVRAMOVIC.
This Administration also includes the former Administration
of Free Adriatic Navigation (SLOBODNA JADRANSKA PLOVIDBA).
e) 5th floor: Administration for Supplying Ships (DIREKCIJA ZA
OPSKRBU BRODOVA).
Secretary: FRLAN.
The administration has its own warehouse located in the
immediate vicinity of the Administration of Ports. Sugar, potatoes,
etc* are stored there. Another small warehouse, located in the city
opposite the theater, contains flour, edible paste products, fats, etc.
Director General of the Merchant Marine: KESIC
February 1952 Administration of Ports of the Northern FIUME
Adriatic (DIREKCIJA LUKA SEVERNOG JADRANA)
Located in a four-story building on the corner of KERSOVANOV KEJ
Street.
Director: ANICIC, Mijo.
The administration has the following sections:
Technical section (TEHNICKO ODELENJE).
Accounting section (RACUNOVODSKO ODELENJE).
Commercial section (KOMERCIALNO ODELENJE).
Purchases and sales section (NABAVNO=-DISPOZICISKO ODELENJE).
People's Militia port section (ODELENJE LUCKE NARODNE MILICIJE).
Firefighting section (VATROGASNO ODELENJE).
Warehouse section.
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The warehouse section has the following installations:
a) Warehouse No 1: A one-story building about 200 meters long,
opposite the silo. A part of it is used for storage of imported
products: coconut oil, lard, lubricants, etc. The other part of the
warehouse is used for storage of material to be exported, consisting
of nonferrous ores. Overflow material is stored in open depots near
the warehouse, surrounded by barbed wire.
b) Warehouse No 3: This is a one-story building immediately
adjacent to the administration building. It contains lead and copper
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in ingots, for export j Additional material of the same king
is stored in open depots surrounded by barbed wire, at various places
in gq the port.
c) Warehouse No 7: Located in a group of depots behind the
building of the administration. It contains lubricants, steel wire,
and various imported iron and steel products. Warehouse No 8, belonging
to the "ISTRAVINO" Enterprise, is located in the same group of depots;
large quantities of wine and alcohol for export are stored there.
d) Warehouses 18-19: These consist of two one-story buildings,
each about 150-200 meters long, on the "ZAGREB" Embankment (formerly
"NAPOLI" Mole). They contain the following imported material: cotton,
wool, rags in bales, crude rubber in quintal blocks (several thousand
tons). Fresh fruit for export is also stored in these warehouses.
e) Warehouses 20-21: These consist of two buildings, each about
150-200 meters long, located behind Warehouses 18-19 and giving the
appearance of a single building. In addition to the materials mentioned
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above, these warehouses contain sugar beets and caustic soda.
f) Warehouses 22-23-24: These consist of three one-story
buildings, immediately adjacent to the preceding ones. Details
are lacking.
g) Silo: This is a three-story building in the immediate
vicinity of the "LOLA RIBAR" (formerly "GENOVA") Mole. It is served
by its own railroad siding. Railroad cars are unloaded by special
elevators while the ships are loaded by special tubes.
It is not possible to determine the number of workers employed by
the Administration; the number is constantly diminishing because of
poor economic treatment and the hard work.
d) Miscellaneous
February 1952 Maritime Agency (POMORSKA AGENCIJA) . FIUME
Located in KERSOVANOV KEJ Street, on the first floor of the same
building which houses the Administration of the Merchant Marine. This
agency handles all business matters for Yugoslav and foreign ships.
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February 1952 "JUGO IONTROL" (SOCIETE SURVEILLANCE, GENEVE, FIUME
BELGRADE Agency)
This is a branch office located in DOSITEJ Street No 1. The
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Director of the branch office: Dr JOVANOVIC, Rade.
Deputy director: TEODOROVIC, Viado Sic; V1ado ].
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Emplovees: 2 in the office and 10 in the Vie.
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In the last three months the branch office has arranged4the export
of corn and sugar beets in
import of cotton in two
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a) UDBa
February 1952 UDBa for the city
Located in a building on the'form-er ROMA Street.
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Chief: Lieutenant Colonel KOSUTIC, recently transferred to SARAJEVO.
Details lacking.
February 1952 UDBa of the Main Administration of the FIUME
Merchant Marine
Located on the first floor of the same building as the Main
Administration.
Chief: JURIC, Ljubo, nicknamed "Pasca"; rank unknown.
The UDBa does not have its own prison but uses the one in the
former ROMA Street.
Details lacking.
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NOVI SAD - 1951
This is the base for various "MOTOR CAMAC" (motorboats) assigned
to guarding this stretch of river.
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There is a naval barracks along the river about 500 meters north
of the iron bridge across the DANUBE. At the barracks, which is about
100 meters from the river bank, there are about 20 men assigned to.
the river navigation guard service. Their boats are about 15 meters
long and are equipped with machine guns.
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