ACTIVITIES OF DAJEELING AND NEPALESE COMMUNISTS IN CALCUTTA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R002100520001-4
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: November 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 10, 1998
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: December 8, 1948
• Content Type: REPORT

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Cor~rrrlunism is becorrrin a increasingly ~.despread ixi the district aro~jnd Darjeeling,
especially among tk-e ;young, educa':.ed T~epalese o They are extremely a ~ pressive,
and it is reported that -zany of then are cor~in g to Calcutta to ~.ndul;a~e in
Sabotage aCtivi.tlE5 o r:'~any of the r.epal~:se clubs, inns, and teashops in Galc~x~tta
sire paid jo be functioning; as '}information., bureaus" far the ~%om~*lunist party
of :Cndiao Zn these places information is collected from ag,'ents and sassed.
on ~to Comr:-~.~riist leaders,, and recrriits are taught to prepare explosives by
sir~;~le means from cheap and easil;:r obtained mat~:rials such as potassiur7
t~err~nganate and glycerine
~? Among the more pro :~inent ~%om*m:4-~ist,s fro:a Darjeelin are the follopring:
Ratan Lal Brahrninp Comr-:~utist r.~a7ber of the ~'gest '.3enga~. Iegi.slative
Assambl;; sus~.ected of being, connected with recent acts of sabotar~~ i:z
?~a~.cutta and y-3.cinity; Former address: ~~ ~ backer's Lane; at present
underground
Ka:~co SinghQ l`epalese, disciple of Brahmin; presently in fail; former
address: ~,~i.cinity of backer's Lane, ~zhere it is believed many Plepalese
Com.:n~nists az~ now in hiding
wrung; aingh (alias Siren C:andu)? PJepalese who often passes as a klengal:`L~
rlusi.cian; lives with several other r~epalese near Duiferi r Hospital$
Amherst street, Calcutta
~`otilal (fnu), a i~Tepalese; close associate of true proprietress of a
~Jepalese Co~~^nanist 'tieeting p3.ace in Gi.ta Kali :':andir (Arts and ?.'~tsic
riall), 127A Lcrrer Circular Rcad, Calcutta
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