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Paskal Mitrevski and His Time (1912-1978) Paskal Mitrevski and his Time (1912-1978) By Tashko Mamurovski (Translated from Macedonian to English and edited by Risto Stefov) Paskal Mitrevski and his Time (1912-1978) Published by: Risto Stefov Publications [email protected] Toronto, Canada All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording or by any information storage and retrieval system without written consent from the author, except for the inclusion of brief and documented quotations in a review. Copyright 2016 by Tashko Mamurovski & Risto Stefov e-book edition ****** March 5, 2016 ****** 2 Table of Contents Foreword ............................................................................................7 PART ONE .................................................................................10 Chapter One ...............................................................................10 Paskal Mitrevski’s political affiliation.............................................10 German attack on Greece and Greece’s capitulation .......................13 Macedonian fighters in ELAS..........................................................15 Chapter Two...............................................................................20 Paskal Mitrevski leader of SNOF in Kostur Region........................20 Macedonian Kostur Region reserve units in the ELAS composition ..........................................................................................................31 SNOF’s dissolution and resulting consequences .............................32 Chapter Three ............................................................................39 The Macedonian partisan battalion “Goche” in the ELAS composition......................................................................................39 Military actions performed by the “Goche Battalion” .....................44 A glorious rally ................................................................................46 The “Goche” Macedonian Battalion’s secession from the ELAS composition......................................................................................47 Paskal Mitrevski – Political Committee Secretary for Greek occupied Macedonia ........................................................................54 Chapter Four ..............................................................................57 A terrorist regime working against the Macedonian population......57 NOF’s emergence in Aegean (Greek occupied) Macedonia............62 NOF’s goals and objectives .............................................................65 Reactions to NOF’s formation .........................................................66 The CPG’s attitude towards NOF ....................................................70 NOF’s organizational structure........................................................74 Chapter Five ...............................................................................78 Reasons for bad relations between NOF and the CPG and EAM....78 NOF-CPG unification ......................................................................81 Chapter Six .................................................................................90 United Nations Inquiry Commission visits Greece..........................90 NOF’s active body ...........................................................................93 NOF’s first Congress .......................................................................96 Decisions made during the NOF Central Council First Plenum....102 NOF’s Second Congress ................................................................109 Tasks adopted during NOF’s Second Congress.............................113 Chapter Seven ..........................................................................122 3 The CPG’s devastating activities against NOF after the Informburo Resolution ......................................................................................122 The “KOEM Resolution”...............................................................125 NOF leadership arrests and trial.....................................................132 The NOF leadership’s fate after the trials in the USSR.................145 NOF’s dissolution ..........................................................................149 Instead of a conclusion.............................................................157 REVIEW AND REFERENCES .............................................158 PART TWO ..............................................................................170 Paskal Mitrevski’s contributions to NOB in Aegean Macedonia and to the Greek Civil War (selection) .................................................170 2.1 - Notes on the contents of the articles ......................................170 2.2 - April 15, 1944, Report on SNOF’s political and organizational activities and situation in Kostur Region, written by Paskal Mitrevski, SNOF District Committee Secretary for Kostur Region ........................................................................................................172 2.3 - The letter, dated December 6, 1944, was sent from the Political Commission of Macedonia under Greece (Paskal Mitrevski) to the CPM Central Committee to inform the CPM of a decision made for the First Aegean Brigade to participate in the struggle against the British military intervention on the side of ELAS .........................178 2.4 - Paskal Mitrevski’s report here, dated September 1945, describes the CPG’s attitude towards NOF and the Macedonian people behind it..............................................................................181 2.5 - November 14, 1945, report by Paskal Mitrevski regarding NOF’s organizational activities and political situation in Lerin Region ............................................................................................185 2.6 - NOF Main Board Leadership Report (Paskal Mitrevski), dated January 12, 1946, regarding NOF’s organizational structure and activities in the Aegean part of Macedonia....................................190 2.7 - NOF Main Board Leadership Report (Paskal Mitrevski), February 1946, regarding NOF’s political situation and activities in Aegean Macedonia.........................................................................210 2.8 - NOF Main Board Leadership Report (Paskal Mitrevski), February 9, 1946, regarding NOF’s organizational structure in Aegean (Greek occupied) Macedonia............................................220 2.9 - NOF Main Board Leadership Report (Paskal Mitrevski), February 9, 1946, regarding NOF’s situation in Lerin and Voden Districts ..........................................................................................225 4 2.10 - NOF Main Board Leadership Report (Paskal Mitrevski), February 16, 1946, regarding the military and political situation in Aegean (Greek occupied) Macedonia............................................233 2.11 - NOF Main Board Leadership Report (Paskal Mitrevski), March 7, 1946, regarding the general political situation in Greece and in Aegean (Greek occupied) Macedonia.................................236 2.12 - NOF Main Board Leadership Report (Paskal Mitrevski), March 1946, regarding the political and military situation and NOF’s activities in Aegean (Greek occupied) Macedonia ............247 2.13 - NOF Main Board Leadership Report (Paskal Mitrevski), May 1946, regarding the political and military situation in Aegean (Greek occupied) Macedonia and NOF’s relations with the CPG.............258 2.14 - NOF Main Board Leadership Report (Paskal Mitrevski), September 13, 1946, regarding the negotiations between NOF and the CPG for the unification of the Macedonian and Greek partisans, the failure of some party solutions as well as the general political situation in Greece after the referendum........................................262 2.15 - Report from Paskal Mitrevski, dated April 19, 1947, regarding relations between NOF and the CPG and regarding the means by which the unification agreement was implemented.......269 2.16 - The following letter was sent from Paskal Mitrevski to Ioannis Ioannidis, CPG Central Committee Secretary, on April 2, 1948 to inform him of the views taken by members of the NOF Secretariat regarding the mobilization schedule of personnel in DAG ........................................................................................................281 2.17 - The following report, on NOF’s activities for April 1948, dated May 9, 1938, was written by Paskal Mitrevski and sent to the CPG Central Committee Politburo ................................................286 2.18 - The following is a letter from Paskal Mitrevski to Miltiadis Porfirogenis, CPG Central Committee member and Minister of the Interim Government of Greece, dated May 28, 1948 ....................295 2.19 - The following is a letter from Paskal Mitrevski to Nikos Zahariadis, dated November 3, 1948 in Kos, and is based on statements made by Giorgi Petrichevski regarding the unhealthy Greek attitude towards the Macedonian fighters and NOF cadres 298 2.20 - The following is a letter from Paskal Mitrevski to Nikos Zahariadis, dated November 20, 1948, familiarizing him with some cruel acts committed by DAG’s 14th Brigade fighters in the Macedonian villages in Koreshtata ................................................302 5 2.21 - This letter was written by Paskal Mitrevski, NOF Secretariat member and Minister
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