REORGANIZATION OF ECUADORAN COMMUNIST PARTY

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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R002200750004-5
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• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: November 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 25, 1999
• Sequence Number: 4
• Publication Date: December 12, 1948
• Content Type: REPORT

FORM NO.51.4A
SEPT.1948
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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY REPORT NO.
INFORMATION REPORT CD NO.
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DATE DISTR. 1-9 Tai--'- 1949
SUBJECT Reorganization of Ecuadoran C,p amunist Party ,.~A \ NO. OF PAGES 2
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1. The recent dtreotiv6' to the Ecuadoran Communist- Party_ outliniing a reorgani-a
national prograq,produced the following results in the Guayaquil h of 'the
Party:
a. A reorganization and purification of labor syndicates will begin immediately
in the cells throughout the country in accordance with the instructions
of the directive.
b. Sabotage training will begin soon at the Ancon oil fields. Members have
already been chosen at Ancon to carry out this work. The latter group will
receive technical courses in sabotage under the direction of Franklin
Perez Castro and Ana Moreno, both prominent Party leaders.
c. The reorganization suggested in the circular practically assures the
elevation to power of the followers of Enrique Gil Gilbert and the demotion
of Pedro Saad, Secretary General of the Party. As a result of the directive,
Saad is contemplating a trip to Czechoslovakia for further Communist
instructions and indoctrination.
2. A discussion ensued over the directive?s instructions that incompetent leaders
should submit themselves to the Sanctions Committee for any mistakes committed.
Saad admitted that he had made errors, but at the time they had been made in
good faith. He implied that, although he had never personally gained any
special favors from the Party, others had. The Gil Gilb t faction present at
the meeting immediately proa tided to ma a thorough criti em of Saad's
conduct of the Party., p tm ly in tho matter of handling the organization of
labor syndicates. Saad was accused of giving excessive importance to the
organization of the syndicate movement, wtt}out imposing Party adherence on
labor members. This action weakened the Party and depleted its organizational
strength and was one of the reasons why the Party had been instructed to
reorganize,
3. The Gil faction further accused Saad of having neglected to detebop the
syndicates as a political force. If he had obliged all syndicate members to
join, the Party, these organizations would now be valuable auxiliaries. Since
the Socialists have the majority in many of the labor unions, the Gil Gilbert
group stated that it is necessary for the Party to insist that all Communist
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controlled union members enroll.in the Party or be expelled. Where syndicates
are not Communist controlled, unrest with the present leaders should be
initiated. A reorganization should be effected, and Communist membership
should become compulsory. A majority of the assembled leaders were in favor
of Gil Gilbert's ideas in handling the syndicate organization and as a result
a eowlesion was formed to take care of the work. Although Saad asked per-
mission to be a member of the commission, he was overruled.
4.. The instructions have created a feeling of unrest and surprise among the
Communist leaders. The Sanctions Commission, composed of Cesar Endara and
Primitivo Barreto, will determine who will head the new organization of the Party.
The "strong" men are expected to be Gil Gilbert, Manuel Medina, Manuel Arenas,
and Alberto Ordenana.
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