SUMMARY OF PARTY LETTER NO. 4, COMMUNIST PARTY OF INDIA

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July 24, 2002
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May 25, 1953
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REPORT
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Approved For Release 2003/01/29 : CIA-RDP80-0081OA001300240005-6 CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY INFORMATION REPORT CONFIDENTIAL COUNTRY India SUBJECT Summary of Party Letter No. 4, Communist Party of India. 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 is prohibited. REPORT NO. DATE DISTR. 25X1A NO. OF PAGES REQUIREMENT NO. RD REFERENCES 25X1 25 May 1953 25X1A THE SOURCE EVALUATIONS IN THIS REPORT ARE DEFINITIVE. THE APPRAISAL OF CONTENT IS TENTATIVE. (FOR KEY SEE REVERSE) SOURCE: 25X1X 1. The following is a summary of Party Letter No. 4 dated 11 April 1953, and published by the Cmumiunist Party of India (CPI).1 This Party Letter Was painted by Jayant.Bh tt at the New Age Printing Press, 190-B, Khetwadi Main Road, Bombay 4.2.-3 2. The first section deals with Party fund collections in Krishna District (Andhra). The collection quota is Rs. 160, 400. 3. The next section is an extract from the resolution of the Extended Plenum of the Uttar Pradesh Provincial Committee on Party Organization. It in- cludes a list of administrative duties for the various provincial, district, and local committees. This section also discusses the "scrutinization of Party members.," Party education, sale of Party literature, Party dues, levy, and collections. The following table shows a graduated levy according to monthly income: Mont hl y Income S ingle with Fami ly Up t o Rs. 50/- 1 % Exe mpted Rs. 51/- to Rs- . 75/- 2 % 1 % Rs.1 76/_ to Rs. l00/.. 4 % 1 % RE,. 101/- to Rs. 12.5/? 6 % 2% Rs. , 126/- to Rs. l50/- 7 2,% Rs. 151/- to Rs_. 200/- 10 % 3 % Rs . 201/.- to Rd,, 25O/. 12 4 % Abov e Re. 250/- 154 5% CONFIDENTIAL STATEyI #x I ARMY EY NAVY (Note: Washington Distribution Indicated By "X"; Field Distribution By "#".) Approved For Release 2003/01/29 : CIA-RDP80-0081OA001300240005-6 FBI AEC 25X1 Approved For Release 2003/01/29: CIA-RDP80-0081OA001300240005-6 25X1A C?NFIDEI MA:O 25X1A 3e Commente The printing of. Party Letters has been shifted from ?yew Delhi, Bombay for security reasons. in New Delhi some copies were g etting to Government officials. The New Age Printing Press was 25)(1A considered more secure 25X1A 25X1A Comment This section is apparently based on the CPT Draft esolu t. n oa,"Pax ty Organization,, Comnenta. This Letter earlier stated. that the CPI polled the s;es s, nge number of votes among the workers of the Delhi Cloth :ills 25X1 25X1 Approved For Release 2003/01/29: CIA-RDP80-0081OA001300240005-6