1. THE COMINFORM 2. SOVIET SUPPORT OF FOREIGN COMMUNIST MOVEMENTS

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• Document Creation Date: December 21, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 5, 2007
• Sequence Number: 7
• Publication Date: July 5, 1955
• Content Type: REPORT

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1. The Cominform
2. Soviet Support of Foreign
Communist Movements
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1. The Cominform, actually named the Information Bureau of the Communist and
t hoioJ Pc 'too (Informatsionno B o_ Ko maunisticheskikh i Rabochikh
Prtii), is , a' purply polcal organ zat on, linking e Counties
e Soviet orbit, and possibly maintaining liaison with Communist Parties
outside the Soviet sphere.1 It bag no intelligence or counterintelligence'
functions, and no MVD personnel were attached to it; Since the MVD bad its
own "Advisors" in all satellite countries, the. use of Cominform facilties
was quite unnecessary.
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2. Actually, however., the Cominform hats considerable intelligence values The
Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union receiveQ all
information collected by the Cominform in the course of its political
activities. In turn., the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the
Soviet Union uses the Cominform newspaper as an outlet for giving advice 25X1
and instructions t'o.CoJmnunist Parties abroad.
3. Pavel Fedorovich Yudin, former editor of the Cominform newspaper, held-his
post by virtue of his standing as a Communist theoreticians, rather,than by
reason of any organizational affiliationse Although he was under the super"
vision of Mikhail A. Suslov,. Chief of the Foreign Section of the Central
'Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, he probably was not
a member of the Foreign Sectiond2
4+; Another important medium: of information for foreign Communist parties ?iea the.
Party Congress. At the 19th Party Congress in Moscow, at which practically
all Communist Parties *ere represented, a great deal of literature was sold,
and delegates and guests received copies of all speeches and books and various
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other gifts. it is quite certain that the Congress was the occasion for the
issue of various directives, in addition to the decisions and resolutions of
the congress .
Schooling for individual Communists from satellite countries is provided in
the Higher Party School.
In the event of a Communist uprising in a Western country, the Soviet intell-
igence services would assist the Communist Party in placing Communists in key
positions, and-would furnish to the Soviet (:Iovernment information on the
participants and recommendations for their assignments: The revolt would be
supported by Soviet propaganda.
While the extent of Soviet financial aid to foreign Monist movements is
difficult to assess, it is certain that much money 191 spent for this purpose.
It is doubtful that a number of organizations could exist without Mbbeak' s
financial.- suppoi t"o
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