Date of Information: Current
Date Acquired: November 1948
Date of Report: 2 December 1948
2. PAVELIC traveled under an unidentified assumed name, as an engineer, on International Red Cross documents. On board, he was disguised by a heavy beard and a moustache. Upon arrival in Buenos Aires, he is said to have shaved both beard and moustache.
3. Ivica PEROVIC, Vjekoslav VRANCIC and Jezo [? - HRANCIC?] had been secretly advised by Father Stjepan [?] from Rome that PAVELIC was sailing for Argentina on the SS SESTIERE.
4. For a few months prior to his departure from Italy, PAVELIC stayed at a monastery by Castel Gandolfo near Rome, the Pope's summer home. With Father DRAGANOVIC's help, subject made his way to Genoa from whence he came to Argentina.
5. Shortly after his arrival in Buenos Aires, PAVELIC held two long conferences with [?], in which the latter, speaking in the name of the Argentine government, extended full help and cooperation. Later, subject received VRANCIC, [?], [? - Tutzia?], Father Vlado [? - Bilobnik?], [?] SUSIC and the two editors of the bi-weekly newspaper "Croatia", Ivan SEVISTIC and Vinko NIKOLIC.
6. In his first meeting with his followers in Argentina, PAVELIC urged the Ustashi to stand together and work for the restoration of the "Independent State of Croatia". He added that there is [? - possibly "no", but probably "an"] assurance that Dr. Vlatko MACEK will work for a free Croatia.
7. After several days in Buenos Aires, subject, accompanied by VRANCIC, left for the interior. Some say that they went to Cordoba, but source is of the opinion that Pavelic may be in Vandil in the Province of Buenos Aires, [? - 330?] kilometers south of the City of Buenos Aires. This belief is supported by the fact that a staunch follower of PAVELIC, [? - COLLUSSI?], a Croat engineer, suddenly left Buenos Aires for Vandil.
8. PAVELIC's first steps upon arrival in Argentina indicate that he plans to become politically active. If such is the case, source believes he will exercise considerable influence over local Jugoslav immigrants, especially the Croats and Ustashi. Source states that PAVELIC is convinced that he has a mission to perform, and that he and his followers still regard him as the "Poglavnik" or chief of state.