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It HQ Land Forces GREECE COMBINED :.ONTKLY INTELLIGENCE REVIEW No.10._,-- CONTENTS Part Part II GENERAL OPERATIONAL INTELLIGENCE (a) ALBANIA (b) JUGOSLAVIA • --(c) BULGARIA Part III MILITARY (a) (b) (c) (d) (e) SECURITY and COUNTER - INTELLIGENCE General German Intelligence Services Collaborators Wall Criminals KEE Intellience Activities Part IV (f) NO2 Espionae Activities in GREECE (g) Albanian Es:Dionage Net •(h) Yugoslav - 3ulgarian Espionage Activities in GREECE (i) Port Security - PIRAEUS CIVIL SECURITY (a) C-encral (b) Armed I3andr (c) Autonorlist Activities (a) Left-wLng _otivities (e) Right-win Act,ivtio Org) Part V• POLITICAL IJITELLiG',,L, (a) The Guvornrant (b) The Aosamby (c) Interna:l. (a) Economic .i:”.tciligence (e) RJ .S tl'Ons Part VI MISCELLAPT3OUS Loc;:tic]: L. . 3-2tions , • Lt-Col„ 0-3 Cr ': (Int), Distribution as for CILDIC) isTo„ P (-_Thr Col HICKS) Copy No 54. 0/0 . 55 Area cbgi Copy No 540
I GENERAL PART I Juno was an uneventful month in all aspects of Greek, affairs except that of law and Order. No improvement was noted on the bad record, of May despite more widespread action by the Gendarmerie, assistedp. on a small scale, by the Greek'Army,' Attacks.on Gendarmerie stations continued, and armed band, activity showed an increase.. in THESSALY. The p eaceful atmosphere of the PELOPONNESE has been most noticeable and must be attributed, at least in part, to the arrest of the Right-wing bandit chief, MANGAN4S,. on 22 May. The activity: of autonomist bands in Western .MACEDONIA . has boon watched with interest as ' the degree of liaison between thorn and. KKE . became 41earer. Interrogation of captured bandits has revealed in greater detail the degree of direction exorcised on autonomist bands from MONASTIR and SKOPLJE, and secret pronouncements by the Secretary General of the Greek Communist Party, ZACHARIADES, have shown that KEE is now in agreement with KKM, the Communist party of EACEDONIA, at least over the policy to be followed In order to create the greatest possible state of disorder in Western MACEDONIA. Elsewhere in GREECE, with the exception of THESSALY, KKE considers the time not yet ripe for an all-out .bandit offensive egainst the Greek State authorities. That action has boon decided on in THESSALY is, howeVer, fully apparent. There is no prospect of an improvement in the general state of law and order during the next few weeks, except in so far as military measures initiated by the Government, and the application of the special security measures pas e ed in the Assembly on 18 June prove successful. . The return of the DODECANESE to GRECE Was naturally an occasion for rejoicing, although at the same time it gave rise to renewed talk on the subject of CYPRUS. On 30 June a delegation to put forward 7P.EECE's national claims left for LONDON and PARIS, headed by TSALDARIS himself. Theru is little to report on economic matters. Labour dissatisfaction, despite Communist attempts toEir it up by calling a p olitical general strike on 18 June, a strike which failed, has not bean unduly apparent. The likeliest effect of the strike in question will be to strorgthanMAKRIS' nationalist labour group. Meanwhile KATI has begun endeavours to engineer a strike of Civil Servants in protest against the Government's intention to reduce the strength of that body. The Plebiscite .has, naturally, boon a topic of interest throughout the month. Attention has boon focussed on the formula to be adopted at the polls. The Gcvernment has strongly maintained that the vote should be for or against the return of King George II while the opposition desres the alternatives to be Monarchy or Republic. June was notable for the quantity of reports received from all four of GREECE's immediate neighbours on the actiVitY of Soviet troops in 'the southern BALKANS. It was reported, and indeed confirmed, that much movement had boon taking place in BULGARIA and the net result has been a further reduction in Soviet armed strength. What was in fact a phase in the withdrawal of Russian troops from that country wr:s completed by 21 June, and it is unlikely that more than 100,000 men now remain there. The principal concentration areas are now SOFIA and PLOVDIV.' Reports of movement in Southern JUGOSLVIA and in ALBANIA were, however, greatly exaggerated. The arrival of smell numbers of men to assist in, it is believed, the /2
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