</s>104-1036-10022 2025 RELEASE UNDER THE PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY ASSASSINATION RECORDS ACT OF 1992 SECRET MIFNO. 97-9265318 SENSID: REYAT SECRET PAGE: 1 PRR- CONF: CE/BOGYA INFO: CE /BOGA, CE/BOGB, CEBOG, CEBCORECORD, DCC/BOC, DCE/BA, LIMITED, MSDSX. STAFF ODDD, RYBAT, FILE, C/C, CBE, CB/BOG, CBBOGST, CB, BOGSIS, CED/CIC (7/P) 97 9265318 ASP PAGE 001 TOT: 301610Z SEP 97 DIRECTOR 522218 S. SECRET STAPF 301610Z DIRECTOR S22218 TO: PRIORITY BELGRADE. 301610z DIRECTOR 522218 FROM: LIMITED DISSEM CE/BIOGA INFO CE/BCOGS, CE / BOGIS, CE./BOGS. CED /CIC, DCC/BA SLUGS: WINNTEL RYBAT SUBJECT: TRACE RESPONSE NIKOLA KAVAVAJA REF: BELGRATE 202520 97 9106046 TEXT: 1. ACTION REQUIRED: NONE, FYI ONLY. 2. PER REP: HOS HAS CONFORMED THAT NIKOJA (KAVAVJA) IS THE SUBJUCT: BELGRAVE RESPONED THAT EXCEPTS FROM THE EXTENSIVE NVTAG SOURCE REPORTING COMPILED THAT KAVAJA OVER THE YEARS: BASED ON OUR REVIEW, PROVIDED THAT NO EXCEPCENTS FROM THE HAS EVER BEEN IN OUR REVEAL, THERE ARE NO ON KAVAZA OVER A INFORMATION BASED IN OUR Review, THERE IS NO INDICATIONS PARTS REF. BELOW 3. A. POLLING IS DRAWN FROM DIRECTOR 64248 PARA 5 FEB 17 FEB 8:4: 3. NIKOKAVA (KAVAVA) WAS BORN ON OCTOBER 1933 IN ISTINIC, YUGUGSLAVIA, NIKOVIA) WAS GRADUATED FROM THE YUGOSLAVA, MILITARY ACADEMY, BETWEEN 1947 AND 1952, HE SERVED AS A FIGHTER PILOT WITH THE YOGOSLAY AIR SCHOOL FOR GRADUCED FROM THE YOUGSLAV MILITARY AGENCY, BETWEEN 1957 AND 1952. He SERVED A FIGHTER OF BEING A YOGUSLAVIA AIR AIR FOR HIS COURT MARTIALED, HE BECAME DISHANCEMENTED OF BEINING THE COMMITTANT REGIME OF THE COMMISSIONER TO OVERWROTHING THE COMMUNIST REGIME AND WAS ACCUSED <loc_751><loc_755><loc_763><loc_99><loc_770>YUGOSLAVA, AND WAS ALSO CHARGED WITH THE ASSASSINTATION OF THREE

Summary  
The document contains classified communications from 1997 regarding Nikola Kavaja, a Yugoslavian national with military background who resided in the United States during the early 1960s. Kavaja was born in Istincic, Yugoslavia, in October 1933, and graduated from the Yugoslav Military Academy between 1947 and 1952. He served as a fighter pilot with the Yugoslav Air School until his court-martial in 1957 for alleged disloyalty to the communist regime. After leaving Yugoslavia, Kavaja moved to Australia in 1961 and later resided in the U.S., working part-time as a painter in New Jersey from November 1962 to early 1963. In Chicago, he joined the Serbian National Defense Council (SND), where he provided security for emigre groups. The document notes his alleged anti-communist activities, including possession of a firearm and claims of planning actions against communist officials. It also references an Australian liaison’s request for information on Kavaja as a potential terrorist threat and mentions assessments by U.S. agencies regarding his presence in Washington, D.C., and connections to the SND.  

Key People  
- Nikola Kavaja (Yugoslavian national, born October 1933)  
- Marie-Mosche (Kavaja’s wife, separated from him in 1959)  
- Serbian National Defense Council (SND) members and associates  
- Australian liaison officials  

Key Locations  
- Istincic, Yugoslavia  
- New Jersey, United States  
- Chicago, United States  
- Australia  
- Washington, D.C., United States  

Key Events  
- Kavaja’s court-martial in 1957 for disloyalty to the Yugoslav communist regime  
- His employment as a painter in New Jersey (November 1962–early 1963)  
- Kavaja’s association with the SND in Chicago, providing security for emigre groups  
- Alleged possession of a .45 caliber pistol and planning against communist officials  
- Australian liaison’s request for information on Kavaja as a potential terrorist threat  
- U.S. agency assessments of Kavaja’s activities and connections to Washington, D.C.  

Key Organizations  
- Serbian National Defense Council (SND)  
- Yugoslav Military Academy  
- United States intelligence agencies (implied through references to NVAG and liaison requests)  
- Australian government (liaison operations)

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