J (Type in plaintext of code) REGISTERED MATL _ | _ DiREcTOR, ‘EI. i —_ - ‘SAC, NEWARK - “0s. oo” oe | SUBJECT 3‘ “POLITICAL ‘WATTERS IN YUGOSLAVIA eel] i-W 0 Va Lee tee : f ene Noo Enclosed for the Bureau are a copies of amt “ dated and captioned as above. os yo a \e sf - Source mentioned in attached is NK[222I-s, who Se if “aepartec “the U.Sigor Yugoslavia on 7/16/67 and returned on - ae i 8/24/67 NK [222 said that he briefly visited [friends in 32 — ris, France, prior to proceeding on to Yugoslavia. He  - S ‘said t on his “day~of-arrival..in. Belgrade, Yugoslavia, on > "7a eee reported 3 esénce in that country to officials: Nh i eS yr GT 10 0b0 — 4. - we Bees said he was warmly 4g ey, pyran: no | { Yugoslavia, particularly by the varioud aS ¢ officials”: ‘he had met, as/' mentioned in attached, It will be. recalled" ; t] RADA GLUSAC, rahe VEOCIC, and ISMET. REDZIC were wil oo forner Yugoslav pr ig ned in the U. ¢ ae oF cy erican..Embassy. tae ard . ~ Fore Ne Ata! | epee ne) i. Song Be2its said that while. ‘conversing wit Llowing persons (Mee ai ty be tiee GLE we OUR Ws G - Bureau (RM)* 5) _ .3 =- Newark |. Oe _WE: (134-1172A)\cny Ni vill fey ‘z fp. HO: jan oy _ REQ. RES © _ a 66) “pate PONT /ISIEL HOW, ALOR v,. Na | | poser he was asked t xtend best regards from ‘to the fo s irae ned Ph HB 6 fe ati "sina oy i -UNCLASSI vag IG FPecial Agent in Charge 70606. Page! 2
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. : : ‘ , ‘ oe FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION - Newark, New Jersey oe ty fein Please c Refer to” - CLASSIFIED BY See ofits, > “/47 bse “POLITICAL MATTERS IN YUGOSLAVIA “only tales “ INTERNAL SECURITY.- YUGOSLAVIA _- Fa oe ean a tS oe me eo ee a ' A source of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (BI), “who has furnished reliable information in the past, recently. returned from/a visit to Yugoslayia. The following are_the © -results of contacts he had with moment Secontact who refs : 2 : [gonnected with the Yugoslav Governmen§,”contacts with other «05 *.+) 3. op Yugoslavs including family membersf®hhid observations of his ae /--of the thinking of the Yugoslav people he encountered cyring this visit,with some emphasis on their political views (BA ae ; This ource advised that shortly after his arrival .. & Belgrade, Yug pisavia, he visited with a friend since boyhood, — Lis Radomir\Urosevic,. presently a Supreme Court Justice.of.. Serbia, mérily.a Deputy in UDBa after ‘World War II; under ON “he recently déposed_ ‘Yugoslav Vice-President A Leksanday. RADKOVAG -.\\Phis source said that the wife of Urosevic, Dusanka,. i not “‘og Communist Party member and joked about thé“fHét she does not . vagree 1 her husband's. political philosophy. Shejis a medical Y | doctor , Mu Pe as This : ‘gource: said that later in the evening, | Bomeito\ Dragoic, who reportedly was a high-ranking officialg— ‘with tKe e Secretary. of "oreign Affairs, and a friend of (Wn) .' Urosévic, appeared at” “their home, Dragoic, who had just . 7 yvetuxned from Moscow, USSR, brought gifts and Vodka to — f/-. Urosevic,. This source had never before met Dragdc, put was _ + introduced to him by Urosevic as: mwa friend: ‘of OUrS » " aot 08060; Se ere
~ vos ' ~ . eo : wd sae ‘ . ? * : . ® : . 7 x" , . ' + wee wy x . . ” af . . ? . * . . . . . . : . In reply y to the ental as to current conditions oy oan ioscows Dragoic made some general statements. He said 7 ‘that the Muscovites were greatly aroused by the Mid-East _erisis, however, added\ that the/ Soviet Union” definitely does not want a war. He said, he heard that when. the American fleet. . was in the Mediterranean Sea, /both the American and Soviet fleets were playing 'checkers/' with one another. He said that > within the area were many Soviet submarines who were present Bey to challenge any undesireaple, steps taken by the United. ge ot! Dragoic said it’ was the feeling that all action in the Mid-East was under. the direction of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). He related there is, suspicion that all of the —— Jewish businessmen who’ travel the world, businesswise, are =; contacts. of the CIA and report: their impressions to that agency. oe Dragoic paid: that after | the visit of the Soviet. Minister to Egypt / the Soviets dispatched many. military instructors to Egypt. that the Mid-East problem will- evolve as another Vistnan (HAC po Bi ee KocaYPopovic, former” Fisoslav-Vice-President an presently-a-t ¥Yanking Yugoslav official, traveled to Egypt Be * to confer with Egyptian President\ Nasser. It was the concensus ee that the Arabs were surprised that |the war terminated as wie quickly as it did; however, when he Egyptians recuperate, ‘they wild again become. act NS ri rae is /. Concerning | € e@ question as to whéther the Israeli ‘victory was a set “back for the Soviets, it. was felt that because of this crisis and Soviet commitment to the Arabs, Le they now have a green light to openly support the Arab nations... . Further, the Soviets are in a better position to display some. .control over ‘the Mediterranean Sea and the Suez Canal Area — since when the American fieet departed the area, the Soviet: fleet. moved into a better position. (/ — } "nes ; Source questicned as to why Yugoslavia ot a / supported” the Arab nations when Yugoslavia continually refers.” we! vk to itselz as a honalignes qd nation and ¢ one who desires peace. U ower se yas 8 2, ~ ent toe Sy et et eats ye
jhe curerarebegye or ceeeipene Gragoic replied tHat they did not take any positive action, but reflected support to the Arabs because they felt that . the Arabs were victims of an aggressive Israel, which is a branch of Wall Street; and secondly that they did not want - to lese endly relationship Yugoslavia enjoys with the Arab work Je a ; ‘Dragoic condemned Israel for being impatient and not. allowing the United Nations to find the solution to this >Mid=East problem. He said that the action taken by Nasser was primarly to protect all of the Egyptian interests, He said that Israel is attempting to enslave the Arabs and that’; if Israel does. not return territory confiscated during this. oe conflict, there w exist a constant war between the Arabs ae and the Israe lis Be Dragoic said the Israelis were fortunate to have conquered the Arabs with such rapidity since crackzarmed Algerian forces were on. their way to lend support to the , Arabs. He said the Syrians were considered - to be poor soldiers Dragoic repeated that the CIA worked for the Israelis’ ’ ‘Since the Israeli forcesknew all of the positions of Ara troops and equipment at the time the conflict commenced JG Dragoic said the Soviets feel that their greatest ‘eneny is Red China. He said the Soviets are prepared for 5 any conflict with China although they are taking all ‘measures - -of precaution so as not to initiate any aggression, He said ° it is felt that the Chinese would ngt fight, but would merely surround the USSR with manpower, ) ; Dragoic asked source | why President Johnsen: and the United States are supplying support and arms to a nation (South Vietnam) which is completely corrupt from top to bottom. | Source merely mentioned that he does not know how the Tgoslave wild interpret the Vietnam situation, but indicated that most of | ‘the people of the United States support this cause, this, . aa - he said, being especially noticeable when he kas witness Long . lines near ‘United States Army Recruitment Ome
. PONE RIES PLY 2 PA) . : : . . . < nce SDT EI cust A BETIS PINTER NRE ETA LER OT ETRE RNS SHIMON ATT AAA It was “‘concéded that among: the Yugoslav officials, — «president Johnson is not very popular, mainly because of the 1, Vietnam situation. The source was, surprised to learn that - -/.a number of Yugoslavs questiond as—to whether President Johnson: ‘was behind the assassination of the late President John fF, my » Kennedy, According. to source, Kennedy was ‘extremely popular |: ‘with the Yugoslavs and that many ae were on tears at — | gh the pews ¢ of his assassination. (// Sime os Veocic, both with the o2fice oz the petgee “Secretary of Forehgn Affairs, This SQUrCe, | -who knew these = = - individuals in the United States, sgid they discussed the bombings of the Yug oslav establishmehts in thé United States ‘and Canada during January, 1967,/and appeared to have all of » the ;repoxts on these. bombings. He said Veocic related it — was’ their impression that the/American authorities responded . ». very quickly when these: bombings occurred, Veocic mentioned oF .'the names of a few. Yugosla\ immigrants in the. United States; ‘known also to source, who pore. highly suspected. €or> involvement in these bombings. They agreed they have always enjoyed xcellent cooperation with American police authorities particularly | e when President Tito visited the United States in the past ‘This source said he again met with these individuals ae on the following day for a luncheoh engagement, He said ee as they drove in/Belgrade, . they pointed out: the "famous UDBa « puilding"™, which is near . the Secretary of Foreign Affirs - a, building. Source said they had a general conversation, with Bea emphasis placed. on Yugoslav immigrants \in ‘the United States Oman ‘Source said on ‘the following day, he traveled to his thee of birth, Negotin, Yugoslavia, where | he visited with Source’ ‘said on the first day, he was: obligated .- foo his: xelatives, foo. ‘to report to the Chief. ‘62 UDBa in Negotin, Since it isar / ..¢<sthat all visitors must so reports: ‘Source said no problems ( Ko a arose from this visit<S). | 2 source advised. that at was his opinion, ‘from talking |