PCCH CRITICISM OF ITS CELL'S ACTIVITY

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R006000030008-8
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: November 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 2, 2000
• Sequence Number: 8
• Publication Date: October 11, 1950
• Content Type: REPORT

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OBJECT PCCh Criticism of Its Cells' Activity
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1:, The leaders of the Communir t. Party of Chile (PCCh) are reportedly extremely
disappointed in the failure of the Party's cells to carry out instructions
received during the past fete months. Particularly disturbing to PCCh leaders
is the failure to effect stvveet propaganda,
2, iioreover, regional and local cells have been criticized by the Santiago
Regional. Committee for lack- of initiative by their Party militants. The
Santiago Committed noted flat work for the Party has decreased about 80 in
the past few months. The tiegional Committee is also reported as having stated
that "had it not been fo-.? the publication of propaganda pamphlets and of the
Communist newspaper Deno foe, , , it could almost be said that the Communist
Party did not exist duri~t that period".
3. The Communist leaders hale also found that the campaign to train the members
politically and in the tYteories of Communism has not lived up to previous
expectationq. The mili;intsr endeavor to win over non'.Communists, particularly
factory workers, to Corermism has not been successful. Furthermore, the
Communist leaders conpi:; in that there have been few instances of pro-Communist
pronouncements at the m, etings of the Industrial Federations, which is con-
sidered caused by lack of activity of the industrial cells. The Party's
recommendations that sr?;;ll groups neet and study together the articles appear-
ing in P%m6cMc have iot been carried out,,
4.. Party loaders are also not pleased with the outcome of their previous instrue-
Lions that nilitants r iould observe closely the activities of anti-Communist
al?ients operating ?ncag the workers in the capacity of "stool pigeons" and
spies on behalf of thi employers and of the police. These spies must exist,
the Communists reason. since otherwise the police would not always obtain ad-
vance notice of s--nd!.cal meetings. The leaders have therefore reiterated their
previous instructioia;;tat ever~r effort must be made to identify those anti-
Con unist infonaers.;
STATE VI
inactivity in roceit months. On the contrary., although perhaps to a lesser
degree than the Co-umunists had anticipated, the Party has continued to increase
its activities tuitiin labor, political and cultural circles and particularly in
the Pro-Poace l~ove~,ant.
ere is no evidenc;~ to substantiate the statements regarding the Party's
This document Is hereby regraded to
CONFIDENTIAL in accordance with the
letter of 16 October 1978 from the
Director of Central Intelligence to the
Archivist of the United States.
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