document count: 38

 

After escaping to South America on the Ratline, poglavnik Ante Pavelic quickly regrouped the scattered Ustase fugitives from the Independent State of Croatia into a new organization. For a general overview of the successor Ustase organizations, please see The Poglavnik's Family Tree: Unraveling the Ustase Successor Organizations.

Founding Declaration of the Croatian Liberation Movement
June 8, 1956: English translation of the founding document of Pavelic's Croatian Liberation Movement (HOP), signed by Pavelic and 12 former Ustase ministers in exile in Buenos Aires

News: Pro-Nazi is Hunted
April 26, 1957: News report on the Argentine authorities' decision to revoke Ante Pavelic's asylum after the attempt on his life

CIA File: Request for Info, SETAF Verona
April 13, 1959: American intelligence in Verona's request for all documents relating to Krunoslav Draganovic

CIA File: CIC Reply to SETAF Verona
April 16, 1959: The CIC responds with an extensive description of Draganovic's Nazi-smuggling activities. Verona never mentions it again.

CIA File: The Re-Recruitment of Krunoslav Draganovic
May 2, 1959: US Army intelligence makes contact once again with Father Krunoslav Draganovic

CIA File: Report by Senior Agent "SARDI"
May 29, 1959: A senior agent, codenamed SARDI, finds glaring holes in Draganovic's story in this report

CIA File: Krunoslav Draganovic's Pay Records from US Intelligence, 1959-1960
May 1959-July 1960: Expense sheets from American asset DYNAMO, aka Father Krunoslav Draganovic

CIA File: The Doctor Fabiano Statement
July 8, 1959: Signed statement by Krunoslav Draganovic to sign for all money with a code-name

CIA File: Dottore DYNAMO
c. July 8, 1959: Linked with the "Doctor Fabiano statement," reveals another Draganovic alias in negotiations with American agents

CIA File: SETAF 41 Bona Fides for Krunoslav Draganovic
ca. September 1959: Instructions for agents on methods to establish contact with Krunoslav Draganovic

News: Ante Pavelic Dies in Madrid at 70
December 29, 1959: Obituary on Ante Pavelic from the New York Times

CIA File: Termination Files of Krunoslav Draganovic
February 7, 1962: Files under Krunoslav Draganovic's three codenames, detailing reasons for his termination from US intelligence

News: Priest, Termed War Criminal, Back in Yugoslavia
November 11, 1967: First confirmation in the press of Draganovic's defection back to Yugoslavia

News Excerpt: Australian Police Raid Office Of the Nation's Secret Service
March 16, 1973: Account of Australian police raid to uncover documents relating to Croatian terrorist movements from the Australian secret service, and a plot to bomb the motorcade of Britain's Prince Philip

Appeal of Angelo Maric (Australia)
August 8, 1978: Decision by the High Court of Australia on the conviction of Odpor member Angelo Maric for several 1972 Sydney bombings

News: Two Odpor Agents Convicted of Terrorism
December 1, 1978: Two Odpor agents are found guilty on federal charges following a bungled raid on the Yugoslav consulate in Chicago

Otpor Bombing in California
June 23, 1980: Report from the US Secret Service on an retaliatory OTPOR bombing in California against two Croatian-owned businesses

FBI Tracing Report on the Murder Weapon Used to Kill Anthony Cikoja
September 28, 1981: Copy of the FBI tracing report on one of the two murders of Croatian immigrants in the United States which Odpor was convicted of carrying out

News: Canadian Among Croatian Group Charged with Violent Criminal Operation
February 19, 1982: UPI article laying out the prosecution's opening argument in the Second Otpor RICO Trial in New York City

10 Croatians on Trial on Racketeering Charges
1982: New York Times article on the Second Otpor RICO Trial in New York City

Otpor Bombing in New York
July 6. 1982: Report from the US Secret Service on two retaliatory OTPOR bombings in New York City, after the sentencing of the six terrorists convicted in the Second Otpor RICO Trial in New York

Judicial Decision: The Second Otpor RICO Trial in New York City
April 14, 1983: 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals Summarizes the Case and Denies Appeal of Original Convictions under the RICO Act

Judicial Decision: The Second Otpor RICO Trial in New York City (Excerpt)
April 14, 1983: Miro Baresic named an "unindicted co-racketeer" charged with extorting and conspiring to kill Croatian opponents of the Ustase in the United States

Judicial Decision: The First Otpor RICO Trial in New York City
January 25, 1983: 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals decision reaffirming all but one charge against four Otpor members, including conspiracy to kill a prominent Croatian-American leader while he walked his daughter to school

FBI File: Croatian Terrorism Investigation
April 19, 1983: Heavily redacted FBI file outlining a new Odpor bomb threat and new recruiting efforts for bomb-makers

FBI File: Rumored Arrests in Germany
February 7, 1984: Report from an FBI field office on reported arrests of Odpor activists in Germany in connection with the 1984 Sarajevo Winter Olympics

News Excerpt: Escaped Terrorist Captured
April 18, 1987: UPI news report on the recapture of Zvonko Busic

News Excerpt: Hijacker Recaptured After Prison Escape
April 19, 1987: News excerpt on Odpor hijacker Zvonko Busic's escape from prison

Diplomatic Cable: Baresic Paroled from Prison
June 1987: Unclassified telegram from the US Embassy, Stockholm

Diplomatic Cable: Baresic Deported from Sweden
December 1987: Unclassified telegram from the US Embassy, Stockholm

Diplomatic Cable: Baresic Arrives in Paraguay
December 1987: "Limited Use" telegram from the US Embassy, Asuncion

FBI File: An Interview with Miro Baresic
Februay 17, 1988: Translated interview with freed Odpor terrorist Miro Baresic and a Chicago radio station

The Ustase Croatian Liberation Movement
1997: English translation of Croatian Liberation Movement (HOP) tract describing the movement's history

News Excerpt: Protest Sent to the Hague
June 23, 1998: "The US Government was asked to drop the charges against Zvonko Busic and Ante Ljubas..."

Judicial Decision: State of IL vs. Aleman (Extract)
March 21, 2000: More on Ljubas' Mafia Hitman, Louis Almeida

News Excerpt: Unofficial Diplomat
May 14, 2000: The Ustase Attacks on the Croatian Fraternal Union

Announcement Dissolving the Croatian Revolutionary Brotherhood
September 15, 2000: Unverified communique issued by "main revolutionary hq" dissolving the Croatian Revolutionary Brotherhood

US Congress: H.Res 235 IH
May 14, 2003: A resolution introduced in the US House of Representatives "urging the Government of Argentina to build upon the steps it has taken to shed light on the relocation to Argentina of Nazis and other war criminals" - including, by name, Ante Pavelic

 

Book: Two Bullets for Pavelic
The Story of Blagoje Jovovic

Essay: The Return of the Golden Priest
The Verona Reports and the Second Recruitment of Krunoslav Draganovic, 1959.

Essay: The Poglavnik's Family Tree
Unraveling the Ustase Successor Organizations

 

Who Will Take a Monument to Take a Piss?
Reprint of an award-winning Feral Tribun article on the monument to Baresic and the resettlement of his accomplices in Croatia