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rions- if du.ring che process of gachering informarion in his region he gor infor-
marion for or.hcr regions - he shouJd rcporced i c- bue, be had co remcmher tbat
chis was nor his main rask. He was advised co find and use ageors who were resi-
denc in che area so as ro ensure cominuiry in gathering incelligencc; the informa-
don had co be gathered nor only once, bur over severa! days. Any units appearing
wich new numbers sbould be reported. The area rhat che leader Gotsè Mezj-
dourechki for gathering inrelligcnce was: che villages Baldja an d Ajvarovo and sourh-
wards; che area of Thessaloniki also had ro be warched - whar kind of rroops
were srarioned chere on every si.ngle day and in whi.ch dirccrion chey marched.
Similar che casks wcre given co che orhcr poinrs for gathering informatico.
For ex ampie che poi ne arche village or Petrovo o n 22nd February 1916 was given
che rask of organizing thorough inrelligence in order ro a.ccerrain the posidons of
che 16th, 17th, and 18rh Greek regimenrs; which regimenr was stationed on che
border ro che easr of che Rivcr Srrouma, whicb cegimenr che troops in Dragorin
Chiflik were from and how many there we.re, whecher they had aoy a.rrillery, whar
kind, and how mucb, wharnumbers and which units were srauoned in Dolna Djou-
maya, Demirhiss.ar, Roupel and Lacarovo: che group had ro fo.llow che movemenrs
of the Greek dcrachmenrs and ro reporr how maoy men d1ere were, when and whcre
it passed and tbc names of irs supporrers.
A lot of che servicemen in che parcisan demchmenr could speak foreign lan-
guages and rhar was a prem.ise for widening che range of cheir ass.ignmenrs. Por
example, senior non-commissioned offìcier V assi! Dimiuov was given a special cel-
ephone and a cable in ordcr ro rap d1c conversations of che Prench staffs.
The informacion thac was receivcd by che staff of d1e Parrisan Derachmeor
was usua.lly se n t ro the staff of che li th [nfanrry Division, a copy was also senr
m che sraff of 2nd Arrny, che larcer facr explains rh e signifìcaoce rhar chey ba d for
che Army. Some of the tnforma.tion was also senc ro the staffs of che unirs, ahead
of which che inrelligencc groups were accing. So the leader of che poinr in rhe vil-
lage Petrovo was ordercd ro reporc to che unirs che information connected wirh
moving of rroops rowards the border, wich the explanarion thar ''th.is is necessacy
so rbar these rroops ca n prepare themselves an d rake suitable measures·· <lll>_
Therc is no need w give here.aoy details of the information, {epresemed by
che agenrs. Ir is c;nough only ro m.encion thar the partisan Decachmenr had agenrs
working for ir io mosr of che villages. Because of che high degree of secrecy, che
names of the agents were noc writcen on the documents.
As on example only, bere is a descriprion of ho w an assìgnment was carri ed
aut. O ne of che agents, w ho was sent in che area of che villagcs "Ramna, Moravcha
and Alle>ria, ali of chem near Koukoush, reporred char there were Eoglish rroops
in tbe area, and as an evidence h e sem che Englisb soldier·s hat wbich bad his unir's
symbol on it. In arder co verify this informacion - twO experienced scouts were
senr - one non-commissioned offìcer, and one privare from the 403rd 9th Rover
company from che Germany army, accompanied by an agenc - a muslim from