OPINIONS OF A YUGOSLAV COMMUNIST ON THE CURRENT INTERNAL SITUATION

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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R006000440003-7
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• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 24, 2007
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• Publication Date: December 16, 1998
• Content Type: REPORT

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COUNTRY Yugoslavia
SUBJECT Opinions of a Yugoslav Communist on the
Current Internal Situation
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to The export of foodstuffs
is causing very serious boa s r ges Yugoslavia.
2. The confidence of Yugoslav Communist Party members.in the Tito regime is
waning;,
3. Although the current drought is partly responsible for the economic collapse
of the coun,.ry, the chief cause is the rampant confusion in Yugoslav industry.
This confus on is the result of mismanagement of the industrialization program
and the recest injudicious implementation of the decentralization program.
4. Large numbers .."" administr?itive personnel in government and industry, including
a high percentage of experienced employees in the 40 to 50 year age groi:p, are
being dismissed in order that the government may cut down payroll expenses and
retrieve special ration cards which entitle the holder to a greater amount of
food and clothing than the ordinary cards. The dismissed employees are forced
to seek work in the mines or on farms. Those workers who are retained are
generally apathetic and demoralized because of the constant fear of dismissal
5. Because of the poor harvest and the excessively high agricultural quota demands,
serious uprisings occurred during July and August in the Lika area.
6. The Serbian mi.ority in the Lika area felt that they were being discriminated
against by the Croatian Communist Party. The recently condemned Communist
Precani Serb leaders Brkic, Zigic, and Opacic protested to the Communist Party
of Croatia against overtaxing the people,especially the Serbs, who were already
laboring under hardships. They also protested against the imposition of
unattainable quota demands. Brkic, 4igic, and Opacic have been replaced by
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inexperienced Serb personnel.
7. The internal situation is now compelling the Yugoslav Government to consider
modifying its unrealistic industrialization program, which is being carried
out at the expense of the people.
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