UNION DEMOCRATICA NACIONAL

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R008500060006-0
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: November 17, 2016
• Document Release Date: May 26, 2000
• Sequence Number: 6
• Publication Date: August 29, 1951
• Content Type: REPORT

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L, The question. of F'lectoznl repres-ntation of the illegal Partido 7angaarda
opuiar in the comir'y; elections has long been a leading topic ofdiscussion
by thy, r rtber? of the political Corm mjnsion of the Communist Party accent
tt zs intercepted by Costa tican authorities have revealed conferences
betwetun I"rand: cc C lderon, Guardia and other high "Calderonista" leaders,
with =2,odolfc Cuzmax ae tint acs liaison for the Political Commission of the
Costa .i.can Uommnnjst Party, The succession of press reports and flysheets
that ha-m-- foll.ovrd 1-as confirmed that the plans discussed in the letters had been
put into action immediately. In the opinion of sources sufficient progress
has been made to warrant an analysis of possibilities from the Communist point
of view.
2. As stated in a letter written by cdolfo Guzman from ;.exico City, dated 16 July
1951, the politic.tl.. objective of the Vanguardia is to aasist Francisco Calderon
Guardia -,nd a group of " Calderonista" leaders in planning and exeeutinC a
program of unific tion arxi reintegration of the scattered followers of Jr. Rafael
,W,el Calderon suar'caa, former President of Costa ??ica. The former President
is to s'apport thi.i movement by utilizing his powerful and numerous political
contacts, but the party is to be headed by a more savory
program supported by Calderon Guardia is to be "modified on paper" in -,u The
that his, party would appear to be receiving, the voting strength march a r:ay
without being, pol~.tic united. ~ x?enti7 of in
of the CgPr.~urists
a1Iy united. in short, the Political, Coxaumt^sion of the
Vani;uardia preparod a rnuber of points for this
proGrai, C?ilderonluarc:i3..at i brother,, rancisco (Paco), through Guzman. t c ' in turn,
was to modify the.- points in presentin., them to his brother for approval,
i? A chronologicn . sequence- of events indicates a fairly rapid or ;ani...ati on on
the part of the Cortwni sts.. ?uric tho early part of July, ::ania 2l ors ~ alvr,ri e ,
president of he Van ardia, sent a letter by courier to 1'rancisco ('..aderon
Guardia containin ; -tile e ssontiall point:., of a. party unification pro_:r.xr 0 (Al
10 x 111Rrr :x'uasrai requested specific points for the pro-;r?_.:- from tiro Political
Cow :i s: icri, Taxi rTMe ce~.ved them within seven dayo. 'wring this pF:riou a pw phlet
ra~: circulated !,; the Corr,?-1n:i.st Party in the f ox ii of a n.i-rifc to callin for
rti on E:??ocratica r :Zcicna1," which conforms to thr, Cal: erorz7 uta-Corr urd st
.strate;.- of not rdtix ; the unification arrangeraent