THE PRESENT SPANISH COMMUNIST LINE

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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R001000740006-7
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• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: November 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 12, 1999
• Sequence Number: 6
• Publication Date: November 10, 1947
• Content Type: IR

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1. Until fairly recently, matters concerning the military set-upetne the
guerrillas have been the chief preoccupation of the Spanish Commenist
Party. Now, however, the conquest of the Union General de Trabajadores
has become the main objective of the Party.
2. The Communists lack cadres inside Spain, and the resistance groups complain
frequently of the lack of political directives. Nevertheless, the orders
now being given to Party workers are to dedicate all their efforts to
capturing the trade-union organization, And to conduct themselvek as best
as they can in political matters. The subordination of the UGT is a
step on the road to the Party's final objective, the provocation of a
general strike. To this end, an attempt is being made to sot up factory
and shop committees in important factories, to direct the fight end
execute orders. Some important results already have been achieved.
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3. The Communists have ordered the Spaniards who are now in Russia and in
Central &trone. to come to France. (This order was previously reported
in ) The majority of these Spaniards are young peeple who
went to those countries as childree and who have become engineere,
teachers and specialized workers. The plan is to train thea for the
trade-union project and also to use them, if occasion arises, in sabotage
work. These technicians have been qualifying themselves for technical-
industrial and ecuaosic wait in a normal world situation, but at present
they are being compelled to train for purely trade-union tasks. The
General strike of I May in Euzkadi greatly impressed the Communiets.
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4. It must not be concluded from the above that guerrilla and militry
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Casablanca to obtain weapons for the guerrillas. ( reported
Col. Paz' trip to Casablanca.) He has been encountertng some di'ficulty.
In Casablanca greater obstacles than in Prance are presented by he
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authorities. The Communists are attempting to charter small boats to
smuggle the needed arms into Spain.
Gil Teloso, Artillery Cal)tain, makes frequent trips inside Spain and is
in contact with the guerrillas, who recently have not functioned to the
Complete satisfaction of the leaders. It is complained that undesirable
elements have infiltrated them, which give them at times the aspect of
bandit groups. The guerrillas complain, in their turn, that they do not
receive orders. The directorate of the guerrillas is thinking of using
small radio transmitters which until now they have not been able to use
for lack of technical personnel and because of the danger. that the apparatus
would be localized by the Spanish authorities. The Communists are training
the guerrillas not only to fight against Franco, out also for any subsequent
contingency.
6. Recently there has been increased action against the guerrillas by the
Spanish authorities, in the attempt to isolate the various groups and to
reduce their sphere of activity. Indications are that the guerrillas
are preparing to increase the intensity of their activity next siring,
7. The Communists also are in touch with some military men in the Spanish
army. For the moment the oojective is not to incite them to revolt, but
rather to neutralize them and to attempt to convince them tha.4 the Communists
are not as much to be feared as the Regime's Propaganda indicates. Some,
officers and non-commissioned officers are being el.,roached, but the extent
of this activity is not known. The guerrilla activities are carried on
independently of the Propaganda work among the Franco military men.
T locument contains information
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