ACTIVITIES OF COMMUNIST-FRONT POPULAR BLOC

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R007100290010-5
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: November 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: May 3, 1999
• Sequence Number: 10
• Publication Date: March 19, 1951
• Content Type: REPORT

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COUNTRY Chile
SUBJECT Activities of Communist Front Ponu].a.x Bloc
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lA The following, information has been obtained on the organization of the Chilean
Coraeztirist.-front group, Bloaue de Partidos Ponulares or Bloque Popular (Popular
Bloc, through which the Communist Party hones to be able to onerate more or
less orronly in the r.olitica.l field in snite of the anti-Comm mist laws which
forbid such activity:
Founded: 10 October 1950
Menber Parties: "Dernocratico del Pueblo" Party
Doctrinary Radical Party
National " ro-I.La:anez Movement
Communist Party (which is referred to as
"nonular forces" to avoid rer+ression under
the Law of Defense of Denocracy).
Directorate: Representatives of each member rf:rt-t,, rho
can be replaced at any time by the order
of the directorate ci' the a; =Tror>riate
party, The presidency rotates each month
among the members. The present Directorate,
,which remains in office until March 1951,
is com,'oosed of the followring:
President: Santiago Wilson (Democratico del
Ptieb? o )
This document is hereby rerrnded to
CONFIF.Ni T IAL in accordance with the
to to of 1.3 Octo!,tir 1978 from fora
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Secretary General: Rene Frias Ojeda (Communist)
Secretary of organization: Orlando Budnevic
(Doctrinary Radical)
Treasurer: Severe, Sana.niego (Democratico del
Pueblo)
Political. Secretary: } mtberto Hartonez (Democr .-
tico del Pueblo)
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CENTRAL IPTTELLIGI! NCE AGENCY
Coordination. Committee: This corrlittee will meet In March 1951 to elect
the new Directorate. The Coordination Com-
mittee is comnaosed of representatives of all
the parties belonging to the Popular Bloc:
Communist, Rene Frias Ojeda, Flies Lafert-te
Gavino, Salvador Ocamno Pastenes and Enrique
Kirberg; Domocratico del Pueblo Party, Santiago
Wilson, Htvnberto Martones, and Severo Sarna-
niego; Doctrinary Radical Party.. Armando
Holzanhel, Rudecindo Ortega Mason, and
Orlamio Dud.nevic; Ibanez M vement, Aristides
Novae, Pedro Diaz and Ceara oe Ferrer.
Labor Matters: The heads of the syndicate dersrtmenta of each
member together form the Ponrlar Blocs
Syndicate Directorate,
Meetings: Normally on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 9:30 n,,m.
at the Doctrinary Radical Tlt).rty7s headquarters
at the corner of hgu:tina , and Arturo
Alessandri streets, Santiago.
2K The objectives of the ?'ovular Bloc are listed below:
a) To encoure.we the unification of all authentically leftist parties.,
b) To fight against the renressive laws end to seek the liberation of
tolitieal figures and labor leaders rresently immrisoned by the
goverYment. This rrogrsm is under the control of Santiago L abarca,
rresjdent of the Communist Committee for the Defense of Public Liberties..
c) To develon a nonular campaign in onroeition to the rise in the cost of
living?
d) To con-bat the "Ross Plan", a financial recovery and anti-inflrtionary
rropram by ex-Finance Minister Gustave Ross, for which the government
has shown considerable interest. I'udeeindo Ortega has been made
responsible for carrying out the anti-Ross eemnaign, tr:.zrting; with
a sr~eech made at the Il February Popular Bloc-Socialist Front
manifestation at the Caurnnlicsn Theater in Santiago,
e) To demrnd that Chilean inderendence of action be maintained in snite of
current international events, such ca the Korean War and the comin,r
Foreign Ministers' Conference in tieslnington.
f) To defend Chilean co--ner from Imerican ynnerie.listic fir_:rs.. Salvador
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Ocarrr.no Pastenes, Comrrcunist Senator, rlanned to make a speech in this
connection in the Senate, a nonu.lariza.tion of an earlier one made by
Salvador Allende, Popular Socialist Senator.
The first joint public meeting of the Ponular Di oc and the
Socialist Fror_t, held on 11 February- 1951, indicr ted t'_ at the differences between
the two groups had not been settled. According to press accounts, the Socialists,
narticule.rly those belonging to the Socialist Party of Chile, denounced Communist
international polity, and caused dissension between Communists and socialists
present at the meeting.
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