PEDRO SAAD'S LETTER TO ECUADORAN VICE PRESIDENT

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CIA-RDP82-00457R002500680010-3
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RIPPUB
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C
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1
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November 9, 2016
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December 14, 1998
Sequence Number: 
10
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Publication Date: 
April 4, 1949
Content Type: 
REPORT
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er INFORM T CD NO. COUNTRY Ecuador . DATE DISTR. 4 APR 1949 SUBJECT Pedro Sand's Letter to Ecuadoran Vioe President NO. OF PAGES 1 25X1 A2g 25X1A6a PLACE ACQUIRED DATE OF I NO. OF ENCLS. (USTED BELOW) SUPPLEMENT TO REPORT NO. 3. In writing to the Executive Cooriittee of the PCE fn ' zito asking one of its members to deliver the letter to the Vice President, Saad also made mention of the Committee's request of 7 Mareh'1949 that he, the Acting Secretary General, abide by the statutes of the Party and 'Live in Quito.* Sad did not commit himself in any way but replied that he would discuss the subject with the Committee upon his return to Quito in the middle of March. Of 25X1A2g 25X1 A2g Sanitized - AppMVp1 ..FigTl @ : p B,DP82-O 9W0 r 25X1X6 1. On 9 March 1949 Pedro Sand, Acting Secretary General of the Partido Comunista del Ecuador (POE - Communist Party of Ecuador), sent a letter to Vice President Manuel Sotomayor y Luna, protesting President Galo Plaza *,asso's remarks that the CoriTM mists were partially to blame for the critical labor situation in Ecuador. Saad declarod that,if Plaza wished to avoid an outbreak of vandalism in :1cuador, he ha;a better continue his former policy of friendliness toward the Communists as the latter were in a better position to check the masses than any other group in the country. 2. The letter was deliverer by a member of the Executive Committee of the POE to the Vice President. There has been no reaction on Sotomayor's part as yet. It is known that he is very much concerned over the possibility of nationwide uprisings and that he has been courting Saad's friendship in order to avoid friction with the Communists. Next Review Date: 2008 JjVIjj JWL-1 Is 01 Sanitized - Approved For e e! ase : CIA-RDP82-00457R002500680010-3