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BIA Director hands over archive material to Serbian Archives
Belgrade,
27 June 2005
Security and Intelligence Agency (BIA) Director Rade Bulatovic handed over archive material to Serbian Archives Director Vjera Mitrovic. The material mostly refers to the period of the Communist Information Bureau (the Cominform) and prisoners from the Goli Otok prison.
Documents from the Cominform, the former advisory and coordinating body of nine European communist countries and workers’ parties, which was dissolved in 1956, dominate the archive material, which consists of approximately 150,000 pages dating back to the period from 1948 to 1956.
On the occasion, Bulatovic said that the BIA has now handed over more pages than had been done in the period between 1945 and 2005, and announced that a further 100,000 pages will be handed over by the year’s end.
According to him, complete lists of prisoners from the period in question have been given to the Serbian Archives, among which are files on prisoners from Goli Otok and other penal institutions, a complete Gestapo file on Serbian citizens, as well as files on the Skenderbeg Division and the Yugoslav national movement "Zbor".
Bulatovic stressed that the archives are fully available without any kind of censorship. He recalled that the Agency and the Serbian government consider that all files and archives of strictly political character should be handed over to the Serbian Archives.
On receiving the archive material, Serbian Archives Director Vjera Mitrovic pointed out that she was not surprised with the handover because in the former Yugoslav republics and other European countries, their security and intelligence agencies have already given documentation to state archives, she explained.
She said that the handover of archive material is extremely important, adding that the material will be used for scientific purposes.
On the occasion, Bulatovic said that the BIA has now handed over more pages than had been done in the period between 1945 and 2005, and announced that a further 100,000 pages will be handed over by the year’s end.
According to him, complete lists of prisoners from the period in question have been given to the Serbian Archives, among which are files on prisoners from Goli Otok and other penal institutions, a complete Gestapo file on Serbian citizens, as well as files on the Skenderbeg Division and the Yugoslav national movement "Zbor".
Bulatovic stressed that the archives are fully available without any kind of censorship. He recalled that the Agency and the Serbian government consider that all files and archives of strictly political character should be handed over to the Serbian Archives.
On receiving the archive material, Serbian Archives Director Vjera Mitrovic pointed out that she was not surprised with the handover because in the former Yugoslav republics and other European countries, their security and intelligence agencies have already given documentation to state archives, she explained.
She said that the handover of archive material is extremely important, adding that the material will be used for scientific purposes.
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