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ORE Committee on International Communism
Office of Reports and Estimates
Central Intelligence Agency
INTERNATIONAL COMMUNISM MONTHLY
May 1950
The material used in this publication was
reported during the month of April 1950.
WORKING PA ".c R
NOTICE: This document is a working paper, not an
official CIA issuance.. It has been coordinated
within ORE, but not with the IAC Agencies, It
represents current thinking by special-sts in ORE
and is designed for use by others engaged in simi-
lar or overlapping studies... It is intended solely
for the information of the addresbee and not for
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TABLE OF COI-,' 'ENTS
PART I MAJOR DEVELOPMENTS IN WORLD COIZIUNISM DURING APRIL
PART II SURVEY OF SIGNIFICANT TRENDS
1, AREAS OF INCREASING COMMUNIST ACTIVITY
MIDDLE EAST,
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PART I
MAJOR DEVELOPMENTS IN WORLD COMMUNISM
DURING APRIL
During April, Communist activity continued to
increase in areas where party efforts had praviously been
latent or small scale such as in Latin America, Communist
militancy persisted or increased in areas where the parties
are strong, such as in Western Europe and Southeast Asia.
The vigor of these activities is likely to grow during the
forthcoming months despite the partially cuccessiul measures
of some governments to restrain or repress the movement,
The "peace" campaign continues to be one of the
principal. Communist activities with elaborate preparations
underway for its continued promotion on an unprecedented
scale. Highest priority is being given to mobilization of
popular support for outlawing the atomic bomb. Efforts
will be made by the Communists to extend their "peace
organization" in some western countries to agricultural and
religious groups,, formerly not approached because of the
probable difficulty of enlisting their active support. In
this campaign no opportunity is overlooked in impressing
upon all peoples, and especially upon-all those whose loyalty
may be wavering between East and West,, that the Soviet Union
is the 2rl~y powerful nation struggling for peace; while the
USA is No, 1 in the camp of war--mongers.
Recent Comu.nist activities in the Middle East
apparently indicate'. ~n intensified Soviet interest in that
area which may be aimed at greater area-wide coordination of
Communist operations. In pursuit of this objective, the
USSR is now seeking to strengthen the Communist apparatus
in the Middle East. Beirut has again reportedly become the
center for organizing and coordinating Communist activities
in the whole area. In Iran, where economic conditions offer
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fertile grounds for Communist exploitation, Ttzdeh activities
have further increased during April. More Communist activity
was also apparent in Syria and Lebanon. Moreover, the Soviet
reversal of its position on the internationalization of Jeru-
salem was at least partially designed to strengthen the
Communist element in Israel,
However, while the apparent Soviet-Communist
effort in the Middle East is yet in its beginnings and
expected to make slow progress, the USSR has successfully
consolidated its position in the Communist movement in the
Far East. For example, during April, the HO Chi Minh regime,
having definitely taken sides with the USSR in several major
issues, confirmed its Stalinist orientation. In China,
available evidence indicates solidarity among the Party
leaders despite continuous rumors of a split in the leadership.
There has been more evidence that the "chain of
command." for the Far Eastern Communist movement is centered
in Peiping, There are indications that the Burmese Communist
(White Flag) Party has abandoned its traditional ties with
India and now considers Peiping as its link with the inter-
national Communist apparatuso It has also been reported that
the 1 FTU4s Far Eastern Liaison Bureau in Peiping is formulating
a "plan of action" for dis,",heating Pacific and South Asian
shipping in accordance with secret Soviet directives issued
during the VFTU Peiping Conference last November,
Mounting world-wide intensification of Communist
aggressiveness in the past year, however, has stimulated
counter--measures in at least some countries,, The draft of
a bill now before the Australian Parliament to outlaw the
Communist Party, and General MacArthur's remarks which
questioned the party's right to further legal existence, if
implemented, would seriously we._.. en the Communist Party
organizations in these countries,
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These measures appear to be part of.a growing
tendency outside the Soviet orbit toward governmental
suppression of Communist activities, Although the immediate
effect of suppression will., in many instances, increase
Communist use of violence and intensify efforts to infiltrate
and control non-Communist organizations, its net effect, as
in the past, would probably be to reduce Communist strength.
Because the Communists realize that the loss of legal
existence denies them important channels of influence, they
will make a concerted effort to postpone or defeat any
contemplated action to outlaw them,
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PART II
SURVEY OF SIGNIFICANT TRENDS
This survey of significant trends
in the international Communist movement
which have become apparent during the
month of April, contains only those de-
velopments which are believed to have an
important effect on the potential of
world Communism,
l 9 AREAS OF INCREASING MUNIST- ACTIVITY
MIDDLE EAST
a. General
Recent events in and reports from the Middle
East indicate that there is an intensification of Soviet
interest and activities in that area, notably in those
countries in which Communist activities may flourish with
least interference--Lebanon, Syria, and Israel. Together
with the reinvigorated Communist campaign in Iran, this
regrouping of Communist strength and the acceleration of
subversive activities may be Lcl.ried at a greater area-wide
coordinLAtion of Communist operations.
Communist activity during the past two months
seems to confirm the varying reports that an important
meeting of some Middle East Communist leaders, including
pro-Soviet Kurds, was held in February in Beirut. Accord-
ing to reports, the chief purpose of this organization is
to tighten the links between various Arab Communist parties
and the Israeli Communist Party, to centralize intelligence
activities, and to serve as a distributing agency for the
dissemination of Communist propaganda.
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b. Iran
There are indications that the resurgent Tudeh
Parts, which has hitherto confined its public activity
largely to wall-scrawling and the publication of its
clandestine newspapers and pamphlets, is now turning to
more active forms of agitation. The Iranian authorities
charge that Tudeh has not only taken advantage of rural
distress to encourage the flight of peasants to the cities
but has also figured in a number of demonstrations which
have recently taken place, protesting against the admittedly
had conditions existing in various parts of the country.
In the vital oil-producing southwest, armed mobs, believed
to be Communist-inspired, have recently been roaming
through the Abadan refinery compound, necessitating the
reinforcement of compaw-q security units with Iranian Navy
detachments. The chief of the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company
security forces estimates that the Abadan area now contains
1,000 Communists, many of them newly arrived Azerbaijanis
who are trained saboteurs and who would presumably operate
against the oil fields and. the refinery in case of war
between the USSR and the Western powers. Two recent
student strikes at the University of Tehran Medical School
and at the University of Meshed, probably also bear the
marks of Tudeh influence though observers state that the
universities were open to legitimate criticism? A Tudeh-
youth organization, centered in the University of Tehran,
has reportedly been set up under a leader specially trained
in the Soviet Union. Meanwhile, there have been fragmentary
reports that a violent strike has just taken place at Shahi,
an important industrial city on the northern branch of the
Trans-Iranian Railway; the strike, which the Shah and Prince
Abdor Reza personally went to investigate, has been officially
ascribed to Tudeh agitation.
Of a less alarming but still significant nature
has been the Tudeh'a growing influence in the press and in
established political circles. Reports from Meshed, principal
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city of the "open" northeast, indicate that individuals
either previously members of the Tudeh Party or otherwise
known to be pro-Soviet have made astonishing inroads into
the Iran Party (which at one time collaborated with Tudeh)
and have secured positions with papers published by its
supporters. Infiltration of government bureaus is also
going on--alroady several individuals have been exposed
and discharged- -:vhile a new leftist party, which will be
able to serve Tudoh interests without bearing the onus of
the party label, is being organized.
In the maze of rumor and unconfirmed reports
which emanate from Iran today it is impossible to delineate
to what extent student strikers, armed mobs and migrant
peasants are inspired by Tudeh and to what extent they are
spontaneously motivated by legitimate grievances. Because
of the wide gulf which exists between the few privileged
and the many underprivileged, there is undoubtedly great
demand for extensive social and economic change. Although
actual need has probably precipitated most of the disturbances
thus far, the growing mood of hostility toward the govern-
ments creates a situation whit'; Tudoh, as the only group
in Iran which can successfully appeal to mass discontent,
may well be able to use more directly in the future,,
Counter-Tudeh efforts by the government including pene-
tration of the underground cellular-structure of Tudeh
has resulted in the arrest of some cell. leaders but has
not managed to offset the gains achieved by Tudeh. While
a "revolutionary situation" does not yet exist in Iran,
the increased skill of Tudeh operations, coupled with
increasing popular discontent, suggests that a dangerous
situation may be in the making,
cr, The Lab- Stabs
Continued repressive measures against Communist
activity in Iraq and Egypt make party operations exceedingly,
difficult in those two Arab countries. In Syria and Lebanon,
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however, government repression is less stringent in deal-
ing with illicit Communist operations, Recent increases
in Communist and Soviet activity a;ithin Syria and Lebanon
sng,rest that the decisions of the February meeting apparently
may be beginning to be implemented in these areas, which
provide a favorable focal point for Communist reorganization
as well as a possible staging area for more widespread activity.
The increase of Communist activity in Syria and
Lebanon subsequent to the February meeting is apparently
being carried out under direct Soviet supervision, while
the Soviet Legation is also accelerating and reorganiziyl
its activities within both countries, The reported February
meeting of Middle East Commune leaders is said to have been
held in the Beirut home of a member of the Soviet Legation,
Tracts distributed by the LCP originated from a Soviet
source. The purging of certain persons from within the
LOP also seems to have had the sanction of the Soviet Ixga-
tion, In ,Syria,, the Soviet Legation is reported to have
increased its subsidies to the local press, and has also
shown a marked interest in the collection of economic and
statistical data.
Recent Moscow broadcasts appear to reflect this
increased interest in economic data and have stressed grow-
ing unemployment conditions in Arab countries. That the
USSR is placing increasing stress on its broadcasts to the
Middle East is indicated by the recent arrival in Mtoscovr
of Farajallah Hillu, member of the LOP Central Committee,
to assist in /.rabie language problems. Meanwhile, a new
Soviet minister, Ilya & Tavadzo, formerly First Secretary
in Paris, is scheduled to arrive in Beirut in the very near
future. This shift in top Soviet diplomatic representation
in Syria and Lebanon, and also Egypt,, at this time might be
significant.
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INDIA
Previous indications that the Communist Party
of India (CPI) is in the process of a change of strategy
from "militancy" to more peaceful methods of attaining
Party aims are not substantiated by Cornnunist activities
during the past month. It is believed, however, that this
simply means that the new policy is more difficult to
implement than to dictate. In recent weeks, Communist activity
has increased in South India to such an extent that local
officials have urged the Government of India to take steps
to protect the populace of Andhra districts and Hyderabad
against growing Communist violence,, which is considered
to have passed the stage of local disorders and to have
assumed the proportions and potency of guerrilla warfare
against the State, The Hyderabad State Congress has called
for an "all-out" effort to eradicate "the Communist menace
in the State." Definite indications of a change in Commu-
nist tactics may yet be forthcoming, however, as Party
members become apprised of and conditioned to what is believed
to be the new strategy.
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P[ KISTC N
There are indications that Communism may be
making gains among three groups in Pakistan, heretofore
considered largely free of Communist influence,
ao -Peasants - A Communist-inspired meeting
was held in the Punjab in late February, allegedly attended
by 3.500 kisans (peasants), at which the genuine grievances
of the kisans against the zamindaris (landlords) were aired?
A similar meeting was held in ;.,,d in early March and there
are reports that the Communist Sind Hari (peasant) Committee
is gaining rapidly in strength among the peasants of that
province. If the government does not follow through in
its avowed purpose of correcting the zamindari systems
abuses, there will remain grave economic problems on which
the Communists can be exnoctod to capitalize.
b0 Labor Groups - Recent reports indicate
that a probable outcome of tie annual conference at Lahore
of the extreme left-wing Pakistan Trade Union Foderation
will be its merger with the Trade' Union Federation Pakistan,
an East Pakistan group comprising, in part, /x,000 members
of the East Pakistan Seamen's League, Chittagong. The
Pakistan bade Union Federation is heavily infiltrated
with Communists and maintains liaison with the World Federa-
tion of Trade Unions, If the merger of those.two trade
unions occurs it may be expected that the minority of
Communist membevs will strive to achieve control of the
organization or at least attempt to induce it to follow a
pro-Soviet line,
c. Cultural Groups - The Pakistan Civil
Liberties Union, until now an organization in which
Communists and non-Communists participated on equal teri,, is
well organized only in the Punjab. Some of its recent state-
ments against the "Public Safety" Acts have been issued
jointly \vith the Progressive Writers? Association and have
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sought to identify the Acts with "western imperialism".
Reports indicate the Pakistan Communist Party is currently
concentrating on taking over control of the Union and making
it an effective Communist front organization. Increased
activity is also reported in the Pakistan-Soviet Cultural
Association which ho decided to open ten branches in
Pakistan, one of which will be in East Pakistan.
MALAYA
A review of terror i~. 3 operations during March
reveals the fact that the scale of terrorist operations
launched during that month, presumably for the purpose of
countering the effects of the-British-sponsored tnti-Bandit-
Month 26 February to 3 Aprils were greater than those of
any preceeding month during the two year emergency. Observers
have also reporteda slight but definite-improvement in
terrorist planning., training and tactics, particularly in
the use of demolitions. Furthermore, terrorist casualties
did not increase~in proportion to their total activity
during the month, and two harassing incidents were reported
occurring in Singapore for the first time in almost two
years. The scale of the offensive and the improved technique
apparent during these operations tend to suplDort further
the conclusion that trained Chinese Communist agents, pre-,
viously reported to have infiltrated Malaya in early March,
are actively engaged within the terrorist movement.
Terrorist attacks in Malaya have shown a marked
increase in intensity and in number since. October 1949.
However, those attacks reported during March represent a
high point in their current offensive and were accomplished
despite the fact that British security forces (about 100,000)
were augmented during March by over 400,000 temporary
volunteers.
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The re-entry of the Communists into Greece's
political and economic life has been gathering momentum
since the 1Mj4arch elections, Two new organizations., just
appeared, the "united front" and the anti-Fascist Youth
Union, bear a suspicious resemblance to the outlawed EAM
and Ei'ON, former front organization of the KKE (Communist
Party of Greece). KIT, proclamations appealing to special
groups (war victims, minorities, labor and youth) are being
circulated in various areas,, In Athens the illegal Corulunist
newspaper, Rizos_pastis, has reappeared after two years of
silence. Voices sympathetic to some of the immediate
Communist objectives (such as a general political amnesty)
have been found among the eighteen leftist Parliamentary
deputies, in the new leftist Solonika newspaper, and in
the growing group of former Communists or fellow-travellers
now hovering on the fringes of the political world.
In their attempts to gain ground politically,
however, the Communists continue to face a number of handi-
cans. Internally, the party appears to be still hampered
by organizational weaknesses, inadequate leadership, faulty
discipline, and rank-and-file fear of police action. In
addition, the Communists still bear the stigma of having
sponsored the three-year guerrilla war, advocated the
territorial dismemberment of Greece, and identified them-
selves with the hated Slavs, The reluctance of non-Commu-
nist leftists to cooperate openly with KKE is currently
evident in the trade unions, where they are ostensibly
steering independent courses in their efforts to capitalize
on the recent labor trend, away from the right,.. A similar
development (about which the K-,' seeris seriously concerned)
is the effort being made by several groups, probably with
Ti.to's secret encouragement, to foster a nationalist anti-
Coriinform Communist movement in Greece.
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PEACE CAMPAIGN
GENERAL
The Communist-directed "peace campaign" reached
unprecedented proportions during April as the major inter-
national front organizations sought world-wide support for
the "atomic appeal" adopted by the recent World Peace Partisans?
Congress in Stockholm, This appeal, for which signatures are
being collected in almost every country, calls for unconditional
prohibition of the atomic bomb and punishment, as a "war crim-
inal;" of the government first using it, The scope of the
efforts which the Communists are making to win support for
this drive is indicated by: (a) the Cominform Journal's
statement that collection of signatures for the Stockholm
appeal is the "central task in the struggle for peace;"
(b) Czechoslovakia's presentation to the UN and UN member
nations of a "peace resolution" adopted by the Czech National
Assembly in which priority is given to the demand for prohi-
bition of atomic weapons and reduction in armaments; (c) peace
partisan efforts to obtain signatures from French Army con--
scripts prior to their induction; (d) the Italian Communist
youth movoment1s claim of half a million signatures for a
similar "peace petition;" (a) the adoption by "peace con-
ferences" in Norway and Australia of their own version of
the Stockholm appeal; (f) the establishment of a Norwegian
Peace Committee which held its first conference and instituted
a sizeable administration to implement the peace campaign in
Norway,,
These efforts of the Peace Partisans to win the
widest possible support for the Stockholm appeal appear to
be aimed at putting the United States on the defensive on
the atomic issue and stimulating popular war fears to the
point of forcing a change in the position of the Western
Governments on the control of nuclear energy. The actions
of the Peace Partisans will also probably be utilized by the
USSR in the 1950 UN General Assembly in support of its
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proposals for prohibition of the atomic bomb., if the Soviet
boycott over Chinese representatives has ended. While such
efforts may increase the apprehensions of atom war already
felt by Western peoples, it is probable that they will
generally continue to resist the attempt to turn them
against their "wara.mongerning" governments and will recognize,
like the Norwegian Socialists, that the real aim of such.
peace movements is "disarmament of the democratic countries
and rearmament of the totalitarian stateso"
In Guatemala there has been an increasing
flood of Communist-stimulated anti-US propaganda since
the affiliation of Pinto Usaga's FSG (Federacian Sindical
Guatemala) with the Confoderacion de Trabajadores de la
Lmerica Latina; and the acceptance of labor support by
Lt, Col? Lrbenz, leftist presidential candidate. The
Communist-inspired "peace" propaganda is being faithfully
echoed, with a particularly militant tone emphasizing
the "fight for peace', In ad.. : ion to the usual
denaa,ciations of "Yankee imperialism" and foreign companies,
there are also denunciations of the atlantic and Rio
pacts, the atomic bomb, ibe Marshall Plan, the Truman Plan
(Point Four), and the Let of Chapultepec as "instruments
of imperialist aggression" and ''schemes to aid anti-demo-
cratic governments", Although most of this propaganda
emanates from unofficial sources, it is obvious that the
administration not only tolerates, but also cooperates
with anti.-US, pro.-Communist agitators.
3, 1 NTI_4TDi2 Cl'MPl IGN
During the month, the events involving the
French and Italian Communist Parties which commanded the
most publicity were the unloading of the first MDAP ship-
ments at Cherbourg and Naples. The fact that the govern-
ments were able TaccesefuIly to unload the arms was a
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defeat for the PCF and PCI. However, both parties were
quick to point out to the pu,'_ic that the Governments felt
compelled to use large detachments of police and troops in
order to unload over the objections of the "peace-loving"
neoples, It is probable that the Communists realized that
any interference would meet with failure and therefore
did not attempt to force a showdown,
In Italy, the PCI will base its main attack
on P.4DAP and NATO. The stringent security measures taken
by the government, reduce the opportunities for sabotage
by the PCI during transshipment?
In Franco, the PCT' does not have as fertile
ground for future mass action, however, they will make
every effort to explost the peoplets present scepticism
towards MDAP
NORWAY
Despite fairly extensive plans and vociferous
threats of action by NKP groups against I1DAP shipments,
the first shipment arrived in Oslo and was calmly unloaded,
to the accompaniment of only a few leaflets. Failure of
the NKP to organize even a good-sized demonstration is-
evidence of ito weakness in the Norwegian trade unions,.,
and unloading of subsequent shipments will probably be
unhampered.,
4. STRATEGIC 001.2.4UNIST USE nF LABOR
PACIFIC ASIA
Developments subsequent to the Peiping
Conference of the World Federation of Trade Unions
indicate that the WFTU Asian Liaison Bureau, established
at that conference, may be preparing a "plan of action"
for dislocation of shipping in Pacific, Australian and
South Asian ports. It has been reliably reported that
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the orders for such dislocation, designed to prevent the
flow of military equipment from the Western countries,
were given by Soviet officials in secret meetings he).d
with picked Communist trade unionists during the Peiping
conference, Under these orders, port and transport workers
are directed to concentrate initially on tieing up "war"
convoys in Calcutta, Saigon, Brisbane, Hong Kong and
Singapore. To organize worker support sufficient to
make the--e orders effective, independent strike committees
are to be appointed, with instructions to devise anti-
war slogans and build a revolutionary trade union move-
ment. Funds to subsidize the Peiping Bureau's "plan of
action" according to the report will be available in
the Soviet Legation in Bangkok, and possibly, through
Indian banks and "trusttwaorth,," representatives in
Hong Kong,
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The Socialist-dominated Trade Union Congress
(Burma) (TUCK) has again demonstrated its deep sympathy
for the Communist cause. At a May Day celebration the
TUCB leadership rammed through resolutions calling for
affiliation with the WFTU and condemning the Burmah
Oil Company as a "challenger of the Government, trans-
gressor of the law and enemy of the peace," It also
sent "fraternal greetings" to the USSR, WFTU and the
All-China Fod.eration of Icbor, While the TUCB has but
a small dues-paying membership and is more an instrument
for agitation than a genuine labor movement, its activities
clearly show the affinity for Communism among elements
now supporting the Burmese Government which can be
easily exploited by international Communism.
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LATIN AMERICA
A resolution to impede the shipment of
essential materials to the US was reportedly made at a
secret session of the CTAL meeting in Montevideo. Some
activity among port workers in Brazil suggests possible
Communist attempts to implement this reeolitionln many
of the principal ports,, there are Communist-influenced
transport workers who could instigate or prolong strikes
as labor grievances arise, although the Communists do
not now have the capability of carrying out a coordinated
strike in a number of Latin American ports at a given time.
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rTTEIiPTS AT COM11UNIST CONSOLIDATION
CHINA
While a showdown is reported to be developing
between the Stalinist leadership and "netionaltr elements
of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), it is doubtful
that any purge will extend to the CCP Politburo,
It has been alleged often that there is a
split in the CCP Politburo, in which three principal
factions are said to be represented: (1) the Stalinist,
led by "Party theoretician" LIU Shao-ch'i; (2) the pro-
Soviet but non-Stalinist, led by Chairman MAO Tse-tung;
and (3) the anti-Stalinist and pro-Western; led by Premier
and Foreign Minister CHOU En-iai0 However, MAO has-pro-
claimed himself to be, and h