UNION CHILENA DE MUJERES, CHILEAN COMMUNIST FRONT ORGANIZATION

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A000300100007-0
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
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• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 27, 2001
• Sequence Number: 7
• Publication Date: February 19, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
COUNTRY Chile
CONFIDENTIAL
SECURITY INFORMATION
SUBJECT Union Chilena de Mujeres, Chilean
Communist Front Organization
This Document contains Information affecting the Na-
tional Defense of the United States, within the mean-
ing of Title 18, Sections 793 and 794, of the U.B. Code, as
amended. Its transmission or revelation of its contents
to or receipt by an unauthorized person is prohibited
by law. The reproduction of this form 1d prohibited.
REPORT NO.
DATE DISTR. 19 February 1953
NO. OF PAGES 1
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THE SOURCE EVALUATIONS IN THIS REPORT ARE DEFINITIVE.
THE APPRAISAL OF CONTENT IS TENTATIVE.
(FOR KEY SEE REVERSE)
1. The Union Chilena de Mujeres (UCM), Chilean Communist feminine movement, has
been set up as one of the so-called "mass'B .. o ?ganizttions .of ,thee'.Oammuhist
Party of Chile (PCCh), rather than as an organized`:controlled movement such
as the PCCh itself, the Communist youth movement, or the Frente del Pueblo.
2. The UCM is comprised in reality of a small group of leading Communist activ-
ists who produce Communist propaganda, including an occasional news bulletin,
and arrange and direct periodic meetings of leftist women members. The
current Communist line is transmitted at these meetings. The activist group
includes Gloria RODRIGUEZ, Chela ALVAREZ, Berta VOLOSKY, Sara WEITZMAN, Raquel
WEITZMAN, Erna CUEVAS, Julieta CAMPUSANO, Luisa VICENTTNI, and Elena CAFFARENA
(de $ILES), Chilean Communist women leaders. CAMPUSANO, as a member of the
PCCh Political Commission, transmits instructions from that directive body to
the UCM activist group, and Gloria RODRIGUEZ, feminine correspondent of, l
Sialo, directs the activities of the UCM group itself. None of these women
is?a member of the nominal UCM directorate.l
3. The UCM, meanwhile, has sponsored a. number of gatherings of women at which the
principal themes have been repeal of the Defense of Democracy Law and of the
U.S.-Chilean Military Aid Pact, with emphasis on how both "affect the lives
husbands and sons of ChileQs women." The meetings to date have been of a
passive nature and have involved little organizational procedure, other than
solicitation of contributions, which bring in a total of about 300 pesos per
meeting. The meetings are generally confined to speeches by one or more of
the activists, in which they outline PCCh policy with regard to specific
matters and impart the Party line and instructions. Occasionally these
meetings are on a fairly large,.scale, but they usually consist of small groups
in the various villages or union headquarters, which are visited periodically
by the activist group.
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