These files include all documents which eventually wound up in the possession of the Central Intelligence Agency, including those which were in the agency's possession from the Rome Counter-Intelligence Corps mission which tracked Ustase fugitives in Italy from 1945-1948. They also include several documents which were originally the possession of the Office of Strategic Services' Overseas Branch, a group which worked sometimes in tandem but often at odds with Allied military intelligence (as the Allied armies were then an occupation force in Italy and Austria) and particularly the Counter-Intelligence Corps (CIC), based in Rome. Ante Pavelic's CIA files from his exile in Argentina and Spain have never been located or released.

For a general overview of the US Army files, including files from the '45-'48 CIC mission, see Top Secret: The Pavelic Army File. Most of the files dating from 1959-1960 are from a dossier referred to as the "Verona Reports"; they are summarized in The Return of the Golden Priest: The Verona Reports and the Second Recruitment of Krunoslav Draganovic, 1959.

CIA File: Organization of the Ustase Abroad
October 1946: Intelligence report listing names of Ustase cells throughout Italy and Austria with their area of expertise

US Treasury: The Bigelow Memo
October 21, 1946: Report from Emerson Bigelow on the fate of the wartime Ustase treasury

CIA File: Background Report on Krunoslav Draganovic
February 12, 1947: Agent Robert Clayton Mudd's report on Draganovic's past and present activity vis-a-vis the Ustase and Pavelic

CIA File: The Do Marius Report
May 6, 1947: A bizarre tale of a meeting with the Poglavnik

CIA File: American Agents in the Krizari Campaign
July 3, 1947: Profiles of two Krizari operatives who claim Allied-American support

CIA File: Documentary Evidence of Krunoslav Draganovic's Ustase Activity
September 5, 1947: CIC Agent Mudd's report citing evidence of Draganovic's role in the Ratline, sent without results to his superiors

CIA File: The "Alter Ego" of Ante Pavelic
November 26, 1947: Intelligence report on Fr. Krunoslav Draganovic

CIA File: The Croatian Resistance Movement (I)
June 14, 1948: CIA report on the organization and internal dynamics of the Krizari

CIA File: The Croatian Resistance Movement (II)
c. 1948: CIA report on leaders of the Croatian Resistance Movement, including the missing leader of the terror unit Crna Legija or Black Legion, Rafael Boban

CIA File: Reported Arrival of Ante Pavelic in Argentina
December 2, 1948: Appears to be a microfilm document with information on the arrival of Pavelic and other Ustase in Argentina

CIA File: Franjo Cvijic and the Ustase Treasury
June 17, 1949: Report on movements of NDH bank president Franjo Cvijic and his expected emigration to Argentina

CIA File: CIA Internal Memo
October 16, 1950: Mentions Krunoslav Draganovic's relations with Pavelic, Macek and other Croatian leaders

CIA File: Notes from the Foreign Language Press
November 8, 1950: Newspaper reports on Krunoslav Draganovic and Dragutin Kamber's wartime record

CIA File: "An Uncompromising and Dangerous Extremist"
July 24, 1952: Overview of Fr. Krunoslav Draganovic's activity from 1943 to 1952

CIA File: Irregular Activity of Krunoslav Draganovic
October 1, 1953: Report, possibly intercepted, of Krunoslav Draganovic's alleged corruption

CIA File: Attempt to Penetrate US Guard Companies
December 10, 1954: Summary of report detailing attempts by Krunoslav Draganovic to infiltrate US guard companies in Central Europe

CIA File: Dismissal of Krunoslav Draganovic from San Girolamo
November 19, 1958: Document outlining circumstances behind Draganovic's departure from the former nerve center of the Ratline

CIA File: Summary of Activities of the SILC
November 20, 1958: Summary of the unidentified SILC, with reference to Krunoslav Draganovic's activities in Italy in 1944

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

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

CIA File: State Department File on Krunoslav Draganovic
January 9, 1968: Summary of Draganovic's public 'career' a few months after his defection to Yugoslavia

CIA File: DOJ/OSI Investigation of Klaus Barbie
1983: First admission of the existence of the Ratline and Krunoslav Draganovic's role as a 'prime mover'

 

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

Exhibition: Top Secret
A Guide to Ante Pavelic's Army File

 

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