POLITICAL SITUATION IN VENEZUELA GROWING MORE TENSE

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R002100100012-8
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: November 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 17, 2000
• Sequence Number: 12
• Publication Date: November 23, 1948
• Content Type: REPORT

Approved For Release 2000/05/16 : CIA-RDP82-00457R002100100012-8
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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY REPORT NO
INFORMATION REPORT
COUNTRY Venezuela DATE DISTR. 23 November 1C4g
SUBJECT Political Situation in Venezuela Growing; Fore NO. OF PAGES 1
Tense
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1. The allege; agreement reached on 20 NNovember_ 194F between President Romulo
Gallegos and the dissatisfied Arny clique is not considered a final or
satisfactory settlement of the issues by the Army. The latter group :continue..
on an alert basis with extraordinary guard measures being to cen at their b.trra.&cs
and other strategic points near then.
2. All available information i.ndic'tes that the :army is anti-Coorunist and se", al
reports elai- that they have been urging the outlaying of the Corr-mnist Party.
3. as a result of ta.l'cs with eleven officers i?, one Caracas
barracks on 22 Novenber, that the :army is persistent in its demands and is
bitter toward President Gallegos and Romulo 3otancourt, President of the Accicn
Demooratiea Party, as well as considering Carlos Delgado Chalbaud, 1-1nister
of National. Defense, it traitor to the Army. The off Icers also claim to have
plans for the assassination of Lt. Colonel Jesus I-anue? Gazmez Arll ano, Chief
of the :aracayyy (-arrison, in the event he orders troops to support the Government.
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4. 1 report of that police are preventing traffic in the area
of the central poli^.e station and, the Capitol, and that the Irmry is withholdding
traffic around the Pr:~sidential Palace. Gallegos allegedly has t&cen refute in
his own private rosidienoe.
The situation is extremely delicate and uncertain and one which
ray result in a neneral strike initiated by ?.eeion Denocratica and CoT?runist-
controll.eedi labor groups ? It may also result in the use - of arms by these two
political parties .and subsequent bloodshed.)
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