STATEMENT BY MINISTER OF INTERIOR OF INTENTION TO INVOKE SECURITY LAWS AGAINST COMMUNIST ACTIVITY IN THE COUNTRYSIDE

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• Case Number: F-2016-01845
• Publication Date: February 16, 1966

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/STATEMENT BY MINISTER OF INTERIOR OF INTENTION;\
TO INVOKE SECURITY LAWS AGAINST COMMUNIST
ACTIVITY IN THE COUNTRYSIDE
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1. BERNARDO LEIGH IN GUZMAN, MINISTER OF INTERIOR, SAID
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THAT ON THE
FOLLOWING WEEK HE PLANS TO APPLY THE LAW CONCERNING INTERNAL
SECURITY OF THE STATE AGAINST COMMUNISTS WORKING AMONG THE
FARM LABORERS ON LANDED ESTATES (CAMPESINOS)., HE SAID THAT
SEVERAL COMMUNISTS WILL BE ARRESTED ALL OVER THE COUNTRY WHE
THEY ARE AGITATING FOR THE TAKEOVER OF PROPERTY.
2. LEIGHTON SAID THAT UNCOOPERATIVE PROPERTY OWNERS WHO ARE
CAUSING VIOLENCE BY THEIR INTRANSIGENCE WILL ALS
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COMMENT: AGITATION AMONG THE CAMPESINOS HAS BEEN
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CAMPESINOS IN FAVOR OF AGRARIAN REFORM, BEGINNING IN JANUARY.
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