SECRECY SHROUDS AIM OF RIO RED CONGRESS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP65B00383R000200040126-9
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 20, 2001
• Sequence Number: 126
• Content Type: NSPR

L76- 43-0717.9
The so-called "Juliao list" of
sponsors, according to Gov. La-
cerda's Department of Public
Security, includes the names
of me Pelicaani president
of the National Federation of
Industrial Workers, and Al-
mino Afonso, Minister of La-
bor in President Goulart's cab-
inet and leader of Goulart's
Brazilian Labor Party In the
federal chamber.
The second, or "Gen. Leite
By Julian Hartt
r~ a Froo Lo WlasaiM Tlmou - _ f
pixd ntrituitlat-inspilred Con- i$ ry functionary and chief of
tinental Congress of Solidarity Labor's General Strike Com-
with Cuba is scheduled ,to be mand; Mario Sheinberg, a well
convened here March 28. known Sao Paulo physicist,
The-flat' such Congress, and Roberto Morena, who, ac-
two years. ago in Mexico City, cording to Lacerda, served as
is widely regarded as having a political commissar with
brought about violent efforts Communist forces in the Span-
to subvert the governments of ish civil war.
Venezuela and Peru, and with Speculation on the Corn'
organising leftist agitation In gress's goals has centered
Panama and Puerto Rico. mainly on documents accomp.
anying the two lists of spon-
Just what the delegates hope sors.
Ito accomplish in the three-day The Juliao list was accomp-
meeting this year has become anied by a letter that thun-
the subject of broad specula- ders: "Once more Cuba is
tion among security officials threatened with armed inva-
and political observers in Rio. sion." Papers taken along with
Most ? of the experts are the other list are much milder
keeping their guesses to them- in tone, proposing a program
selves, however, chiefly be. covering:
cause the current Sino-Soviet 1. Self-determination a n d
ideological schism makes it non-intervention.
difficult to forecast events in 2. Solidarity with the Cuban
the Communist world. people.
A possible reflection of this 3. National sovereignty and
rift is the fact that leaders of emancipation.
the Rio Congress have drawn 4. Imperialism's policy of
up two lists of purported spon- world domination.
These documents promised
sore. Participation in the Congress
Cart Governor the anti- by labor unions, women's
Communt t of Gua- groups, cultural, youth and
nabara state, of which this con- political organizations, but
vention city is the capital. He
hopes the Congress will em- held out no promise of funds
barrass the administration of for delegates' travel, no promise food or
lodging.
President Joao Goulart. Some obsegrrvvers hopefully
It was Lacerda's State De- expect a violent split between
partment of Public Security the Peking-oriented and Mos.
cow-oriented came into possession of cow-oriented factions.
the two sponsor lists, which
were made available to this
reporter.
These lists were taken from
the luggage of Luis los _Qa IPr es secretary general of
he outlawed Brazilian Com-
munist Party, as he departed
recently on a trip to Havana,
Prague and Moscow. (While
the Party is barred from tak-
inglitaicnsactive role in Brazilian
(po, membership in the
Warty is not a crime.)
The lists show some dupli-
!cation, but the principal name
on both appears to be that of
CPn. iz Ggnzaeaie..S)liveita
Leite, president of the Brazil-
tan Association of Reserve Of-
ficers. His name appears first
on one list and second on what
appears to be the original in-
vitation, after that of F-
ciseo Juliao, a federal deputy
Ind founder-president of the
Castroist Peasants League in
the economically depressed
1
northeast.
Bath Juliao and the Com-1
munist functionary Prestes,
atements from Havana re-'
y.: Juliao, following the
Useelaid ,down in Peking, has
that violence and,
lruggle against demo
a'xnments must be
tl nist> course, Pres-