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Lr.S. Departmeltt of Justice

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Subject. CROATIAN REVOLUTTONARY COUNCTL

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The enclosed documents were revieured under the Freedom of lnformation/Privacy Acts (FOlpA), Tifle 5,United States Code, Section 552/552a. Deletions have been made to protect information which is exemptirom diiclosure,with the appropriate exemptions noted

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next to the excision. In addition, a deleted page information sheet wasinserted in the file to indicate where pages were withheld entirely. The exemptions used to withhol-d information are markedbelow and explained on the enclosed Form OPCA-16a:

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YI'COSLAV I}TTELLTGE}ICE ACTIVITTNSr}I TIIE UJ{ITID STT\TES

For inf orma tion, the May 26 , 1973 ' meeting \'ra.

sponsored by the United Arnerican Croats,. Chicago Clupter,7",\d i ts l eaCer , Toy'i.ca l{es ic , Ttris meeting was bi IIed a s( an information-mee/tihg on world affairs with particular) pmphasis on the gdtuatlon in Croa'bia. The guest speakers

'- /were Pq. IbralriryFDzini.ggf itiaslringloS, ?'t!*r_ g. , S!.P3-?,

), Uofica-Eag of ltoy'iree l , CTIaca , and TonifbElltlesic.tftfricago .

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Lndependent state of Croatia and the importance of theunification of the bitferent Croatian emigre groups'in theirrespective areas throughout the rvorld. '

The second meeting, held June 2, 197+, wassponsored by tn$ Hrva tska Rei:ubl j.kanska;Stran$d (UnS) (Croa tta

znlpublican irar!*y) and its loba 1 leade{ / tvtca,f,nenav j-c . The

/ speakers at tf/rs meeting were Tihomilfiitlilasr/from Toronto,( Cinada , IIi lanXJ ubinj a li , of Cht ca go , fhd a 1so Ivica ' Penavic 'JTffiirmrygfrrrposeot-tIrismeeting1pastoraisemoney) f or tfre Croa tians curreut ly in j ai 1 in Spaln f or the irI putticipatiou in tl: hijacii.i.ng 91 1 lwgafgl 1{}1"_:T:, I:"

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FtRot'r oTHER RESPONS IBLE CRS pEopLE IN THE U .S . AND CA NADA .

| _ IRECENTLY LEARNED LEAFLETS U'ERE DI STRIBUTED AT THE CROATIA N

CATH0LIC CHURCH IN ToRoNTO, CANADA, JANUqnY NINE LAST ADVISING

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THE FEATURED SPEAKER. THE RALLY RE?ORTEDLY ATTENDED BY :

PPPROXII{ATELY TI'JO THOUSAND IN DI VI DUAI-S , THE FIRST SPEAKER ,

iIAME NoT RECALLED, 1,,AS LEFTIST ORIENTED IN THAT HE ADVOCATED

qIPPORT OF THE CROATIA N STUDENTS I N ZAGREB. . JOSEPH VRB'IC WAS

THE SECOND SPEAKER AND REPORTEDLY MADE NUMEROUS LAUDATORY

REMARKS REGARDING JELI C A.ND DESC RIBED HOIP THE YUGOSLAV COI4MU NIST

PARTY HAD BETRAYED THE CTOATIAN PEOPLE. REPORTEDLY HE URGED

THE CROATI AN. PEOPLE MJST 'TATE ACTION AND STATED THAT MONEY WAS

r{EEDEDFoR THE CRo ATI A N REVoLU TI0N . JEL Iq 'S

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THE SPEECH AND AMOUNTS RANGING UPWARDS TO A QUARTER MILLION

D0LLARS I',ERE REPORTEDLY C0LLECTED FOR THE CAUSE r

STATED HE'HAS NOT HEARD OF THE CROATIAN LIBERATION

F]RONT (CLF ) BEFORE A ND DOES NOT BELI EVE IT FORT'IALLY EXI STS . HE

BELIEVES THE oLF, Ltrg VRBIC'S SPEECH, WAS A SUC9ESSFUL EFFORT

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MAY BE CONSTRUED AS GOOD PROPAGANDA AGAINST THE TITO REGIME BUT

THE CROATIAN EXILES. IN THE U S DO NOT TRUST JELIC AND CONSEQUENTLY

IJILL NOT HAVE ANYTHING TO DO IIITH HIM OB ANY OFGANIZATION HE

IS BEHIND. THE SOURCES POINTED OUT THAT JELIC MAY HAVE HAD SOME

'succgssIN REcRUTTITfG MEmBERs in cAlfADA, BuT THERE rs N0

INDICATION THAT HE RECRUIIED ANYONE FROI'I THE U S.

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t',As HELD IN T0R0NT0 r BUT T0 THE BEST 0F SOUROES KNOWLEDGE N0

" ONE FR0M IHE U S ATTENDED. ALSO; A PUBLIC RALLY IIJAS HELD IN

TORONTO ON AN UNKNOII,N DATE WITH ABOUT IHREE THOUSAND INDIVIDUALS

IN ATTENDANCE AS IJAS A PUBLIC RALLY HELD ON AN UNKNOIJN DATE IN

VANC0UVER, B C. r [{ITH ABoUT oNE .THOUSAND TO TUO THOUSAND

INDIVIDUALS IN ATIEIIDANCE.

MONIES SOI.ICIIED AT THESE RALLIES,TOIAL.ED BETIIEEN FIFIY

THOUSAND DOLLARS AND OI.IE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS UHICH JELIC

REPORTEDLY t',AS PERSONALLY CARRYING U'ITH HI M. ON HI5 .RETURN IO.

IIESI GERIIA NY FOR THE PURPOSE OF CARRYING OUT ANTI- TITO .

ACI IVI T I ES I II EUBOPE. SOURCES STATED THAT THENE HAS BEE.II NO

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ACTIVIIES AGAINSI ANY OF IHE YUGOSLAV ESTABLISHMENIS OR

PERSoNNEL EIIHER It{.CANADA 0R IHE U S. REP0RTEDLY, HE IS VERY

I'IUCH IN FAVOR OF HOSTILE ACTIUITIES BEING CEIITERED IN EUROPE

AS OPPOSED TO THE U S OR CANADAE

ACCoRDINq T0 THESE SoURCES, THERE IS N0 ACTIVITY PRESENTLY

TAKIT'IG PLACE IN THE NY AREA IN SUPPORT OF THE CRC OR DR. JELIC

AND THERE HAS BEEN NO REQUEST MADE OF ANY CRoAIIAN.EMISRES FoR

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SOURCES ADVISED IHAT THE LAIEST IIIFO AVAILABLE REFLECTED THAT

JELIC AS 0F JAN. Iu,o oNE LAST tAS IN VANCoUVER, B C AND UNABLE I0

LEAVE FOR EUROPE BESAUSE OF IHE G ROUN D COIITROLLERS STRI KE iU

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COMMIT ACTS OF TERRORISII IN YUGOSLAVIA AGAI I{ST THE IITO

SOURCES STATED IHAT IHE ORGAIII?ATION IN IENDS TO RECRUIT

CANADIAN CROATS TO TRAVEL TO ETIXOPE FOR THE PURPOSES OF

COI'IMITTING HOSTI LE ACIIVI TIES AGAINST THE YUGOSLAVS.

IHESE SOI'RCES ADVISED IHAT THERE IS NO COUNTERPART OF IHIS

NEI,I ORGANIZATION IN T^HE U S AND THAT IHE CROATIAN EMIG'RES IN

THE U S HAVE MADE AN OPEN TiSCIERAIION OF HAVING NOTHING TO DO

|JITH THE CRC, REP0RIEDLY, REPRESENTAIIVES 0F IHE CHICAG0 GRoUP

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INIERESTED'IN JOINING FORCES T'ITH EITHER THE NET{ ORGANIZATION

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SOURCES ADVISED THAT THE DECLARAIION OF HAVING NOTHING TO

D0 trlITH THE cRc I S BASED oN Tt,O F.ACTORS;

ONE. I'IOSI OF THE EI|IIGRES IN THE IT S ARE NOI SYIIPATHIC. u,ITH

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THE SOVIETS

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