CHANGE OF ADMINISTRATION IN THE INSTITUTO DE INTERCAMBIO CULTURAL COLOMBO-SOVIETICO (COLOMBIAN-SOVIET INSTITUTE OF CULTURAL EXCHANGE)

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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R000800800009-0
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: November 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 4, 1999
• Sequence Number: 9
• Publication Date: September 4, 1947
• Content Type: IR

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RAL INTELLIGENCE GROUP
E TELLtG :NCE REPORT
Cju?y Colombia G'TDENTI,A.r, iTE: 25X1 A
INFO.
SUBJ CT Change of Adminiai; ?atiof in the Institut+, de Inter- 4
ca,mbio Cultural Gc,l.ombo-Sovletico (Colombian-Soviet ?IST. P Sep m"i ? 1947
Institute of Cultural Exchange) PAGES
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This document Is t sre y trFgreded SUPPLE '
DEP`'?At.. in accordance with the
I. The Instituto de l 7tercamb o Cultural Col orbo-Soviet co (Colo)mbian-So-; i !t Institute
of Cultural Fiche'i!e), sometimes kmmn as the Instituto Cultural Colo? .)-Sovietico
(Colombian-Soviet ,:ultural lnstituto) a a Soviet front organisation op - ti in
Colombia, recently underwent a change of administration when Renato k go,
Secretary Gee eral_ ~f the orgVmizritior?, was replaced by Luie Carlos Fe. ,..:. Renato
Arango had ocerpisl this nos;Y:tion since January l9l'1,
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Arango was removed becauBn the Russians had In t uid
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. ,,. Brace
In him? and hecsm ,is he al leg ^dly spoke too freely about the activities: i : f the
Institute. He is reported to have taken his dismissal with poor grace;, and re-
fused to leave the Institute until he was fore' evicted at the poiu of a gun
by employee of the Im : ?,itu e.
In retaliation. A:1^:atago threatened to publish a list of charges against :.he Insti-
tute unless he we .? ~ coma-oensa.ted in the sum of ores thousand Colombian jn>i-os (ap-
proximately 9,571?"00 U.S. } . Perez is reported to have stated that 'tie
Is inclined to ms this p?synent to Arango in order to avoid any es baw> : saing
scandal that mi. ht arise. as a result of Ax anF;o's charges.
3. Luis Canoe Perez, the new Secreta.r7~, General; is known as a supporter Dr. Jorge
Eliecer Gaitan'a ft wing Liberal Party element. He is the husband c: t1lde
Espinosa. the National President of the A.l.ianza Famenina., a Ca>w mist-6` misted
fominist organiza'i.4on.,
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Class. Ci
TS S C
DD_?4 tier' 77
Auth; Data Y
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This document contains info-ration
affecting the national defens of the
United States within the mean1l.::ig of
the Espionage Act 50, U.S.C. ;3 and
32 as amended. Its transmission or
the revelation of its content$ in any
manner to an unauthorized person is
prohibited by law.
CON IDEN21i
Approved For Release 1999/09/24: CIA-RDP82-00457R0008000800009-0