COMINFORM MEETING IN PRAGUE

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R002400230002-2
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: November 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 15, 1999
• Sequence Number: 2
• Publication Date: February 18, 1949
• Content Type: REPORT

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EN T R4L' INT LLIGENCE AGENCY REPORT NO.
ICI FORMATION R R?RT CD NO.
COUNTRY Czechoslovakia
SUBJECT Comir4orm Meeting ixi,l'rague~ :., -,
PLACE
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DATE DISTR. 18 F,bt?ua r 1949
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A Cominform meeting is now being held in Prague. Belgium and France
are represented at the meeting by Edgar Lalmand, Secretary General
of the Belgian Communist Party, and Arthur Ramette, member of the
Political Bureau of the French Communist Party.
Comment. Rumors of an impending Cominform meeting have
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been unusua ly numerous since January 1949 The first indication,
however, that the Cominform may actuall session
in Prague was noted when Edgar Lalmand appliec25X1 A2g
for a transit permit for travel through the zone of Germany,; and
loft Brussels by air for Prague on 7 February 1949, 1600 hours.
Lalmand, who stated that his current trip was a "study tour," was
also absent from Brussels during the period 16 June 1948 to
27 June 1948 when the June 1948 meeting of the Cominform was held,
and it is probable that he attended this meeting at which the
resolution against Tito was made.
In addition to Edgar Lalmand, several other Communist leaders w__
reported to have arrived in Prague in February 1949;
a. Ibarruri, Dolores, Secretary General, CP Spain. In
Prague on 8 February 1949.
Uribe, Vicente, Politburo, CP Spain. In Prague on
8 February 199:9.
Pena, Lazaro, Executive Committee, CP Cuba (I'SP). in
Prague on 9 February 1949.
Ocampo Pastene, Salvador, Central Committee, CP Chile.
In Prague on 9 February 1949.
The presenoez'b-f'. t,~e following .leading Communists in Czechoslova
has been alleged by various newspaper sources:
a. A. Vishinsky, Deputy Foreign Minister, USSR.
Borman, Jakob, Politburo, United Polish Workers Party.
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Reported in Prague 11 February 1949. Reported
till. in Warsaw on 12 February.
o. Zawadaki,, Alekaandr,, Politburo,, United Polish
Workers Party. Reported in Prague 11 February
1949. Reported "absent from Warsaw". for reasons
of health for past two weeks.
d. Togliatti,, Palmiro, Secretary General, CP Italy.
Believed to have left Rome.
e. Secchia,, Pietro. Secretariat, CP Italy. Believed
to have left Rome.
f. Saillant, Louis, Secretary General, WFTU. Pro-
Communist. Arrived Prah ue .15 February 1949o
no Reale,, Eugenio, Central Committee, CP Italy.
Reported in Warsaw 13 February 1949.
b. Farkas, Mihaly,, Secretary, Hungarian Workers
Party. Left Budapest for Moscow 28 January 19490
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