SPANISH REPUBLICANS IN BOLIVIA

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• Document Creation Date: November 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 24, 1998
• Sequence Number: 7
• Publication Date: February 11, 1949
• Content Type: REPORT

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The foilotrin informtion has been received on the outstanding .'panieh Republicans
at present in Doliviai
1. , a career diplcnat, arrived in La Paz around 1932, as
Third Secretary in the Spanish Legation. 23artinez became Marc* d'Affaires
ad Wal when the -.iinister Plenipotentiary Rafael do Trina y Blasco went to
Madrid on leave in 1935. When the :Vanish Civil Uar began in 1936, Trina escaped
from Spain qnd resigned his poet, notifying the Spanish colony in La Pan by cable
from Biarritz* .?krtines oontinued in charge of the Legation, undecided at first
which side to support, but eventually embracing the Republican cause then forced
to make a decision.
2. Hartine;z care under the influence of Vicente Burgaleta y Pares do la Dord s,
rVanish republican leader In La Pas, who had become his brother-in-law when
tiartines married Dora Contreras, the sister of Durgaletats second wife. tlartine$
attempted to influence the members of the Spanish oolong toward the Republican
side, and in addition to his normal salary, he received substantial ewe from
Madrid for propaganda purposes.
3. At the end of the Spanish Civil War, i rtinez was transferred to Rio do Janeiro,
being replaced in Ls Pas by Lucas Parrs. Since that time he has alternated
between Brazil and Argentina, but be returned to La Pas in June 1948. He is
reported to have left my debts in Buenos Aires, and to have committed a breach
of Drasilian 2&w in the sale of an apartment which be had there. lie claims to
be a journalist and artist, but is not active in either field. The Franco
eynpmthisers in Le Paz consider that he is not dangerous, and that he is not a
Coemunist at heart, but that his diplomtie career is finished.
4. J_ gge 11gr3aJAU& is a shirt manufacturer who acquired Bolivian citizenship several.
years ago, exercising the privileges of duel nationality as suited his convenience.
At the outbreak of the Civil War, be declared himself a Nationalist. Hs said that
four of his sisters bad been murdered by the Reds, and he publicized the details
of the crime in Bolivia. A short time later, however, he espoused the Republican
cause, without giving any explanation of his motives. He now states that he is a
rlonarohist. It is reported that be fraudulently acquired .xt r thoueand bolivianos
and is prospering in a now business which he started with this am. The Franco
orlony does not consider him dangerous politically.
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5. ZM,M is a businessman of long standing, who arrived in La Paz at the
bo! inning of the century, acquiring Bolivian citizenship about the year 1932.
-le is a brother.in-law of the republican chief Durgaleta and of Martinez Feduchy.
He is anti-Franco, are .a nenber of the Republican group in Ia Paz.
6. kin_ Pans',' a teacher, arrived in La Par from Argentina at the beginning of the
Spanish Civil War. Ile declared himself a Ilationaliet and took part in the activitie
of the Spanish Fa3ange as head of the cultural section. Ile was also a teacher in
the American Institute. ile mi ldertly renounced his parish nationality., bocame a
naturalised Bolivian, and declared hiflseif for the Republicans. It Is alleged that
he took these steps in order to be ablo to teach in Bolivia and maize use of the
influence of Burgaleta in the University.
7. Pori, r QDiez arrived in La Paz in 1936 from Chile. life stated at the time that
he was a nationalist, but some days later went over to the Republicans, and became
actively anti-Franco.
J or e l chef Q n in a woodworker by profession and a long time resident of La Pazo
le .;_a not men educated, but likes to discuss politics. He used to sign articles
which bad been written by Burga3 eta. Since the end of the war, he has becomes
friendly with the Nationalist group.
9. Jose vas is a carpentry supervisor who went to La Paz in 1935 under contract
to the firm tlaestranza American Peralta y Cia. Later he was in char,-,e of the
carpenter shop at the 1211man1 Orphans School, and subsequently in the drayage
business. He was a member of the Republican group, but is politically inactive.
10. Aelio Vivian is a laborer who leads a nomadic life,, sometimes working in the
minas and sometimes living in La Paz. During the Civil War, articles written by
Burgaleta were published over his siature. The Franco group considers him very
ignorant, and therefore hartless.
11. Jesus Rnrionas has been in Bolivia for more than thirty years, working in the
hotel and restaurant business. Ile is an ardent defender of Coruunisn, although
it is stated that he is merely a theorizer.
12. Alfredo Leon I io is a refugee who was formerly a lieutenant in the Assault
Guard of the police in Spain, and also a major in the rpanish Republican army.
In La Paz, he was the author of a series of articles which traced the history of
the Civil Liar from the conflict in &friea to the times of General Prim de Rivera,
Information reached Bolivia which implicated him in the famous murder of Don Jose
Calvo ro telo. Ile has made a financial success of several ill businesses con-
nected with books, and in Franco circles it is stated that his leftist fervor has
subsided as his econonic status Improved.
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