COMMUNIST REACTION TO THE ROSENBERG EXECUTION

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• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 19, 2002
• Sequence Number: 5
• Publication Date: August 24, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
COUNTRY Uruguay
SUBJECT
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Communist Reaction to the Rosenberg
Execution
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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.S. 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.
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1. A new facet of local Communist propaganda on the Rosenberg theme developed
recently, with the revelation by El Pais, a strongly anti-Communist and
pro-United States newspaper, that a certain teacher in the public schools
of Montevideo had used her position to disseminate among her young students
anti-United States propaganda. The actual incident in question was the
teacher's use in class of an acrostic poem which spelled.out the words
"Norbea=ricanos asesinoslt (North American assassins).
2. The general reaction to this injection of propaganda by a public school
teacher has been strong, and the teacher concerned is currently suspended
on half pay, pending a more thorough investigation by the educational
authorities. It would appear that this incident has aroused popular
indignation against such Communist tactics and has also aroused considerable
editorial comment adverse to the interest of the local Communists. It has
also focused public opinion on the activities of Communists in the public
school system and may result in closer scrutiny of the political ideologies
of those involved in public education. On the other hand, the Uruguayan
Communist Party (PCU) has begun its attempt to cloud the issue by invoking,
among other things, the possible threat against academic freedom that may
materialize from this incident.
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25X1A 1. Comment. The once strong PCU propaganda on the Rosenbergs
continues despite their execution.
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