DISINTEGRATION OF UNION REVOLUCIONARIA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R005600390009-3
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: November 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 15, 1999
• Sequence Number: 9
• Publication Date: August 31, 1950
• Content Type: REPORT

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25X1X i.. d.'ne Peruvian union Revolueionariaa (tfR) has virtually ceased to function as
as s l itic. l -arty since to time of the .trequip6 civilian uprisinC of aid-
June which prompted the arrest of leaders of the Opposition to tldriaa. Jlftor
UN loader Luis Gilberto Flores was arrested at that tiise, other party leaders
rlttc..pted to carry on claandestinoly and tried unsuoccssfully to foment a
;erioral strike. f'heir activities ver?o nullified by increased government
vir aaaco -which included the cloasinr; of the UR headquarters in Line and in
sane 5iepur3...ionts of the interior.;
Flores,, oho Is 3.11, has not taken any action to try to reopen the UR
hesdquar tors or to reor1^anize tho party, ulthou-h he has state..i that h-
Ov"rat,ea?ally hopes to do so. Although not outlawed as a
po:iit;ical party, the
'0'R actually has no more freedom of action than either the outlawed Apra stags or
Co>aa:uris s, It is believed that Flores c:,.nn.ot roor ganizo the party until he
receives permission from the govern lent to reopen party headquarters,.
a, "..ith kloro:s irautivo, the individuals trying, to hold the party to other are
Dr., xilberto Ferrandiz, Joao tiarco Pena, Cosair CaaLalloro, and Franeicco Sotil,
they favor nekin;; peace ,yith the Odri.aa governr:.ent and have sweated to Flores
tl- t he should call on Odria and seek a recor:ciliat-ion in order to prevent
further disintegration of the party.
4,, Barco has also su ;.sated to Flores that such a ;:hove on his ;art might cause
Odri a to pernit Pedro :..orario, who vv s s deported to Argentina, to return to Peru.
Flores is said to prefer to visit for future deveiopuaonts before making an approach
to Odria,
5., The flit is believed to race one of the severest crises in its tur;:ulont history,
aanc4 even DR suppcrtors and sympathizers are doubtful that the party will ever
az s jn regain its former infl,jo;nee and strength,, Floras is acid to realize
that the rank and file of the party is merel f apathetic toward the Odria government
and are in no mood to carry on .. subversive clandestine struk,~ ,r-lea One reason
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for this attitude is tit the Oda is government is just as 'Stron~;ly ant_3..-APIRA
as is the tSR and there is actually nr reason for the average Ui? member to oppose
Odria.
6. Flares has been evc,rnod by Dr? ;Xa Ad A;;uilar Cornejo:. who split with Flores
and joined Odriaa, that the r;overaaraent will not to i orate s ?:bversive activities
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on the port of the UR. Not only are UR hoadquerters closed dotian but the
party's press he been suppres"ca, :in.d ~,t least one Ui~ youth group, known
as t'oc,lardo Solis, has been tiirtu:,lly dissolved by the arrest of its leaders.
This f'im attitude of the government has caused UR mor:i:,ors to fear taut; the
pail, .sa?.y be placed in the sane positia.,n as .l i'Rii and the Peruvian Go.: unist
Party if L.ny clandestine resistance is attempted.
7 ~wea while, the dissident UIt faction knovin as the Comite de liner ;encia, led
by Isaac Castro Bulnes, is taking steps to form a new Uilk party. The Comite
de E er ;enciu , as such, hor:;vor,, has been declared dissolved, and an
assemoly has been called for 22 t-u,;ust to form the new party. Castro I3ulnes,
elected a :;oputy to coia';res on Odria is slatf,., is still secretary-r;aneral of the
dissidents but he is on lea re o absence because of his con-7ressional duties,
end the sub-secretary I''rarcisco Rozniero Gareycaohee, is acting in his steads..
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