COMMUNICATIONS WITH ANIBAL MACHADO AND JORGE AMADO WITH BRAZILIAN COMMUNISTS

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Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 
CIA-RDP82-00457R002200100003-7
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RIPPUB
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S
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1
Document Creation Date: 
November 9, 2016
Document Release Date: 
December 21, 1998
Sequence Number: 
3
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Publication Date: 
November 27, 1948
Content Type: 
REPORT
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CLASSIFICATION coNTROL u FF 25X1A2 Approved For ReI~ ~,~R19999N( ~/O E CIA RDA ~-0045 0 0 AGENCY REPORT N INFORMATION REPORT CD NO. COUNTRY Brazil SUBJECT PLACE ACQUIRE Communications with Anibal Machado and Jorge Amado with Brazilian Communists 25X1A6a 25X1A2g DATE DISTR. 27 Dec 1948 NO. OF PAGES 1 1. It is believed that the diplomatic pouches of various Soviet satellite nations having missions in Brazil are being used by Anibal Machado and Jorge Amado for transmission to Brazilian Communists of messages from Europe. 2. Machado, a prominent member of the Communist Party of Brazil (PCB) and a well- known figure in scientific and literary circles, went to Poland in 1947 to attend conferences and to contact Party officials for instructions. At present he allegedly maintains contact with newspapers in Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo through pouches of the satellite countries. His communications are thought to contain instructions regarding the line to be followed by Brazilian intellectuals. They are said to stress the "defense of national interests against intervention by the United States" and the "enormous military and economic power of the U.S.S.R." 3. Source states that the Russians have detailed Jorge Amado, former PCB Federal Deputy from the State of Sao Paulo, who sailed for Europe in January 1948, to oexr7y out a propaganda program in Brazil. Amado is thought to use the pouch of the Polish Legation in Rio as his principal means of contact with Brazilian Communists.