GUAYAQUIL LOCAL CONFERENCE OF THE PARTIDO COMUNISTA DEL ECUADOR (PCE)

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• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: May 21, 2002
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• Publication Date: September 10, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTEL.L.IGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
SECRET
SECURITY INFORMATION
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COUNTRY Ecuador
DATE OF INFO.
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PLACE ACQUIRED
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This Document contains information affecting the Na-
tional Defense of the United States. within the oi*sn?
as
Ing of Title 18, Sections 701 and 704. of the U.S. bag.
amended. Its transmission or revelation- of its oodtants
to or receipt by an unauthorised person is prop 1t.d
by law. The reproduction of this form is prohibited.
REPORT NO.
Guayaquil Local Conference of the DATE DISTR. 10 September 1953
Partido Comunista del Ecuador (PCE)
NO. OF PAGES 2
REQUIREMENT NO. RD
THE SOURCE EVALUATIONS IN THIS REPORT ARE DEFINITIVE.
THE APPRAISAL OF CONTENT IS TENTATIVE.
(FOR KEY SEE REVERSE)
1. The Guayaquil Local Conference of the Partido Comunista del Ecuador (PCE) began
at 1:00 p.m. on 8 August 1953 at the home of Fr&iklin PEREZ Castro. Enrique OIL
Gilbert presided over the conference, which was attended by 16 cell delegations
and members from the Guayas Provincial Committee. This preparatory session,
which lasted until 7:00 p.m., was devoted primarily to =agreement upon the agenda.
2. The inaugural session began at 9:00 p.m. the same date, with some 20 delegates
present. A long review of the history of the PCE then ensued, followed by
detailed examination and criticism of the activities of each of the more than
30 cells which should, theoretically, be operating in the city. It was revealed
that only some 6 or 8 of these cells are actually operating at a level justifying
the term UactiveUU and that attendance in these cells is very sporadic. Long and
heated discussion resulted when cell members indulged in exchanges of accusations.
This session lasted until 12:30 a.m., without any definite progress other than
the "airing of dirty linen. ii
3. On 9 August at 8:30 a.m. the next session was held, and the debates continued at
much the same pace as the night before. Cesario VALVERDE, of the Jesus Menendes
cell, was singled out for especially harsh criticism. It was charged that he had
been saying that Franklin PEREZ Castro was "buying" supporters in order to get
their votes and continue in the Provincial Committee. VALVERDE had specifically
named Juan Pio NARVAEZ and Marco Tulio ORAMAS as blind followers of the "dictator"
PEREZ, stating that NARVAEZ was being bought off by being given free meals at
the PEREZ home. VALVERDE was also accused of having stated openly at a meeting
of the Federacion Provincial de Trabajadores del Guavas (FPTG) that Soviet Russia
ordered and carried out the assassination of Leon Trotsky and that the expulsion
of Beriya was unjust. VALVERDE admitted these latter statements and defended
himself by stating that he was not the only one that felt that way, that CRAMS
himself had opened the discussion in the FPTG and made similar statements.
VALVERDE denied having named NARVAEZ and ORAMAS as lackeys of PEREZ, but stated
that if they felt guilty there might be some truth to such rumors.
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Bernardino POVEDA and Abelardo SANTOS were then attacked, along with all those
who belong to the Puerto cell. They were accused of having received 300 sucres
from J. Federico "Tito" INTRIAGO.to give him support in the-elections of 1952,
in return for the support of INTRIAGO in the matter of, an agricultural colony
which the members of the Puerto cell were forming and-for which they needed,
land. POVEDA and SANTOS were accused of having pocketed the 300 sucres. They
did nothing to support INTRIAGO and in turn got no support from him in regard to
the land.
5. Julio Olmedo MUNOZ was then accused of having been campaigning to improve his
political position behind the back of the PCE. He had reportedly told his clients
that they need not pay their bills if they would vote for him to be a member of
the Guayaquil Municipal Council. This heated session finally broke up at 2:00 p.m.,
having been devoted entirely to acrimonious debate.
6. Another session began at L:00 p.m. with the reading of a report on Party finances
and examination of the activities of the financial secretaries of the various
Guayaquilccells, as well as of Alejandro IDROVO Rosales and'Nelly CERECEDA de
PEREZ Castro (responsible on the Provincial level for dues payment and the Second
National Raffle of a House in Salinas), plus Elias MUNOZ Vicuna (responsible for
sales of the newspaper El Pueblo). Only two cells, Joaquin Gallegos Lara and
Pedro Saad, came throug t ii s inquisition with an essentially clean record.
Nomination and voting then took place for the Communist candidates for the Pro-
vincial Council,. the elections to be held in November 1953. Alfonso QUIJANO
Cobos won first place on this ticket, followed by Enrique GIL Gilbert. In the
voting for candidates for the Municipal Council Marco Tulio DRAMAS and Julio
Olmedo MUNOZ headed the ticket.
8. Documents on the Party line and organization were then read and analyzed, and it
was announced that the resolutions made would be passed on to the Party rank and
file in the near future.
9. Elections were then held for the membership of the Guayaquil Local Committee.
Before the voting took place one delegate asked the prbsidum arid -dalegatbs
to analyze the activities of each nominee, so that only those with clean records
might occupy the important positions on the Local Committee. This was approved,
with the result that many nominees were eliminated in further bitter debate.
The Local. Committee was finally elected with the following results.-
Secretary.-General - Guillermo CANARTE Canarte
Secretaries - Juan Pio NARVAEZ
Carlos HASTE Castillo
Lino MONTUFAR
Nelly CERECEDA de PEREZ Castro
Alternates - Jorge MALDONADO Renella
- Fausto PEkAFIEL Murga
Ermel ALVAREZ Fiallo
Miguel HERRERA
- Julio Olmedo MUNOZ
10. The Conference ended immediately after this election.
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