YUGOSLAV ORDER OF BATTLE

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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A002700520001-4
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• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 11, 2011
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: October 28, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
This Document contains information affecting the Na-
tional Defense of the United States, within the mean-
ing of Title 18, Sections 793 and 794, of the U.S. Code, as
amended. Its transmission or revelation of its contents
to or receipt by an unauthorized person is prohibited
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COUNTRY Yugoslavia
Yugoslav Order of Battle
REPORTI
DATE DISTR. 28 Oct. 1953
NO. OF PAGES 2
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1. The positions of the 1 Proletarian Division, the 19 Infantry Division and
the 222 Armored Division remain unchanged;
2. The 7 Infantry Division is tentatively held to have completed the move
to the Tolmin, zone, with eventual deployment believed to lie in the
Kobarid-Tolmin-Idrija area (Caporetto-Tolmino-Idria dells Baccia);1
3. The movement of some units of the 17 Infantry Division has begun from
Novo Mesto toward Ljubljana;
4. Some units of the 16 Infantry Division are reported in the Kranjska Gora
area, although its headquarters is still at Maribor;
5. The 6 Proletarian Division has apparently completed its move to the
Sveti Vid-Preval area (San Vito de Vipacco-Prevallo). The headquarters
of this unit has moved from Rijeka to Villa del Nevoso;2 and
The 14 Armored Brigade of the 4 Armored Division is reported in the Nova
Gorica area. The 4 and the 222 Armored Divisions are both elements of
the 4 Armored Corps of Sisak. The headquarters unit of the 4 Armored
Corps has reportedly arrived at Ljubljana.3
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I Pro an LDivision is in the Komen-Sezaaaa area, the 19 Infantry Division
was moving into the Goriea?Tolmin area, the 222 Armored Division is deployed 50X1 -HUM
in the rear of the 1 and the 19 Divisions, and the 17 Division waa in the
Novo Mesto area
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