PCC SUPPORT OF 'PEACE' CONGRESSES

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R002700720009-8
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: November 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 18, 1999
• Sequence Number: 9
• Publication Date: April 1, 1949
• Content Type: REPORT

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DATE DISTR. 23 MAY. 1949
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The Conmenists in Colonbia, strongly in favor of the Peace and Democracy
congreeses which are being held fron time to time, are urging the creation
of such a novenent or orpanization in aolombia. The Partido aomunista de
aolombia (PCC) recently issued a directive to its.mesbers which contains
the following points:
At the tine of the V National Communist Congreas in July 1947, the Party
believe' that although world inperialisn was not in a position to begin a
new world war inneaietely, it was ereparing for military aggression against
the democratic peoples at a future date. Now, however, the situati n has
radically changed and the danger of a war is so great that it can be con-
sidered inninent. This is the result of the atlantic Pact, which is the
culmination of Yankee imperialist efforts to organize an aggressive military
alliance against the Soviet Unio-. The Yankee imperialists have become more
ane more desperate as the effects of the aperoaching economic crisis become
felt in the United States and other capitalist countries, while they see the
successes achieved in the Soviet "Inion and the other people's denocraciee0
a rhe imperialists are making military as well as political preparations for
:ear, and hav- established army, navy and air bases in all the capitalistic
countries. The political preparations include the indictment against the twelve
leaders of the Communist Party in the United atates, trials against French
Compunist leaders, the anti-Communist declaration or the Bogota Conference,
arid the outlawing of the Communist Parties in Chile, 71razil, and Peru. With
the siening of the atlantic Pact, war nay begin at any moment. The govern-
ments of Latin America, through the signing of the pacts of Rio de Janeiro and
Botote, are obliasa to aid the Yankees. In Colombia there is a U. S. military
mission which has imposed standardization of errs and oven uniforms; the
Unite.' States holds military bases throughout the country and is building
secret air bases; on the pretext of studying the Atrato Canal nroject,
preparations are being made for U. S. military occupation of the Department
of the Choco; and Cartagena has been visited by five thousand Yankee sailors
as a prelude to what will cone in the future..
Despite all these preparations by the imperialists, war can be averted if the
Communists are able to nobilize those who wish peace. The question of fighting
for peace ,must occupy the most prominent place in the Communist program, which
must be carried to the masses. Tae fight for peace must be closely linked with
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