Intelligence-gathering activities Dobroslav Jevđević

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according central intelligence agency (cia), jevđević lived in rome under aliases giovanni st. angelo , enrico serrao . spent of time , money quarrelling émigré yugoslav politicians, trying prove collaboration italians necessary in order protect population of bosnia , herzegovina partisans , germans. became member of association of free journalists of central-eastern europe, , served informant italian intelligence services between 1946 , 1947. during period, published confidential periodical called royal yugoslav intelligence bulletin shared italians. jevđević contributed number of newspapers, including serb nationalist srbobran. in 1946, helped form serbian national committee in rome and, achille marazza, published pan-serb , anti-croat newspaper, srpske novine, in eboli. established contacts italian neo-fascist groups , anti-communist group called committee of nations oppressed russia.

disagreement on lead 10,000 chetnik exiles in italy escalated feud between jevđević, Đujić , general miodrag damjanović in mid-1947. damjanović had been appointed mihailović in march 1945 lead chetniks northwestern italy. jevđević , Đujić refused accept , claimed mihailović s successors leaders of chetnik movement.

by 1949, cia claimed jevđević s intelligence material being used italian ministry of interior, united states counterintelligence corps, british forensic science service in trieste, , french intelligence services in rome , paris. intelligence correspondents included Đujić, disseminated intelligence reports cia, konstantin fotić, former yugoslav ambassador united states, , miro didek, croat politician vladko maček s self-styled intelligence representative in rome. intelligence reports collected refugees fleeing yugoslavia , arriving in italy via trieste , émigré groups in italy , greece. 1949, jevđević claimed have formed large network of anti-communist propagandists in italy , intelligence collection centres in albania, bulgaria , greece. cia believed these claims exaggerated, if not entirely fictitious. in 1951, jevđević began printing anti-communist, pro-chetnik publication unidentified religious institution in italy. issues regularly mailed yugoslav exiles , former chetniks living in united states, canada, australia , various european countries.

in may , june 1952, jevđević visited canada , addressed congress of serbian national defense (srpska narodna odbrana) in niagara falls regarding developments within italy s serb émigré community. following year, , Đujić issued proclamation in chicago declaring intention organize chetnik groups against damjanović, had since emigrated germany. jevđević later received threatening letters warning him not go through such plan fear of disuniting yugoslav diaspora. little known of activities after 1953. continued live in rome until death in october 1962.