COMMUNIST LABOR AND CTAL ACTIVITIES

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R008500570008-2
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: November 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 24, 2000
• Sequence Number: 8
• Publication Date: September 28, 1951
• Content Type: REPORT

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DATE U#'^TR. 28 SEP 51,-
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SUPPLEMENT TO
25X1 X REPORT NO.
1, Thom 'ol loi;-a a Ii literal .r~ E E: 1,at a.on of a letter fro.. I'_o lol.#`o (unman,.
ae T.raba e adores de i%:; 3r ea Latina (C.TAL
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Poli. is si'' ~c m~i: ors of the Maxi?-uardia. Popular (rConimu nisi,) P rty in Costa
-ca 7~1 `'Lrst part -,f t1e letter discusses a labor report On the Vienna
meetin; oa' the poderxcion LA-nd.call. : undial (FL ), (,,orld Federation of
Trade :n.ioiE, ''I-M)) 'it e second mart - concoxned a th a criticism of a
report on the ~bsta :icon Tai.: er cove ent thich Guz:.an asked for previous-
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"I x-: oncios i n, he=re the resolutions of the recent r:. etin' of the "lixecutive
bureau of tl :~ : ;: , hold in '.. ienna.. In an extrusive ;. eetint ? of our Secretariat,
Lcn b ?rt'o ; aia e a lengthy explanation of the discussions as they took place in
V110 bureau at Vienna concerning problems of tactics confronting
unaf d J.+ L ':,o or ;an i nations and unor, 'anized labor I consider the discussion
b; ? .Lo,.21,artlo a,7, very important aiKI therefore rJate the. io]_l oc ng points:
"The d.Lv i.,3 .or,:y t directors of We CIO acid A F of L in the United States have
dovclopod a alai; tending to present the world syndicate :.novom nt as divided
in t. rr ca;:p the : 77',GLI $ Cons:wLiSt p , aid thense P_vcs as ti the i .frc;e syndic ate
t,~ova ent?, i ae FLT. has studied the means of destroying such an idea, such a
ca;apa:ipa, 'w'! the ; eetir ?s of the L;xocutive bureau of the Fly., have been decli.--
cated to .;Ih:,~.3 ;,stud;; in udajx;,t,, I ucharest, ari now Viensia.. In Budapest the
strugr le vats initiated for the unity of syndicate action n o ,. only one sy dl-
cate in each branch of lab or, only one national con?tor, only one continental
centc z . and i.n the case of Latin Arrnrica only one ' r ld center. In Bucharest,
the s:-_';cxaj'ic;a in certain countries was investic?ated, especially in La's
Anerica, F.it!a the assistance of 1 ho Central Cornmitt.eo of the CTAL, From this
neetinx s esr'.to r~Jh1 ; caul : ; Of
t11,'.(' fl,?ot''La1 aU i n die xvid f`at . :(;'ie oiit and in each t'c}duiir,/rr 7Z%:
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ac onp.izhed " stop #orv.,axJJ, in P. tactics of unity of
cr. I ~ cons csto ,!f ,. otrll;rr lc for t.}:2.s unity not only in the r?an.I, and
i lw" a V if? dircc tc)r'a u,.., of orjanlza uona t that a: ao ' in the
#a F )ll i; r1i^tif t? of ti}1Lr pnhrlt Of Vit:': q' i. l . '.io+? utivc' 3u oau ..Q+?+,r',_n~:
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''1 :in . iiani and to the Intornac.1.'unat Gristirniay )roj)O~7T1:' tr'..i?
t "LOi:I of the t}lt'i c int e'ri:i# ocie c4' ntr:L1 v: It contained Cone 3'., be
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."7:j.'' and t:Yeattli,UCte of 1,_1(7,11' 01,T1 C'e11'[ C'tOrU ieln _'/
l a 'ia opo : their '1'O :osal cr; i nity ci 7.{:4,ioi1 %r th Wie intc.'r'nacion i _. arilla,
even o LSi? point. Of zt.th i iL. director.^ to nako a pact of e1 1}io unit:r,
.rE" in ,.:h1'rl eOii-^.e:icnco of it,_'i affiliates, their true position in tho
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1:Iar4 ;end ronch la:--or ::oveL:1on1?3 1 rirc provided rich o; eric nco in
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recon't Vl ct.ox-j of our art j' in r::lice. 3 C)T1E' of
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1'JZ,: ax K:) the `cbru[''Ic in uuni.' ', of acLim,, for the eoncret,: dC:anCta of
1.1! ..L >r t" ..ao'Li T,'U;' r .tcv occurred in Ital.;' :'. -1i our !tarty and the allied
n,. u :';ee .L2+. a . rr :iosu::' n i o l i:CC? "tr: tO,~.C l raiioe an(J I Ln1;j dif icult o 3 ';e o
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a of concentration t' ' -u r dirne'tor's upon tal..
prob? r: '41-Li of actions upon the 1xino `'f ance of ux. tj 111..th U -w laborers of
1?"s aiti :e' ' ~'7iE e Ii("; or 1Yi 1.Zatiori iy and upon. the of haVinL to "e;{)nic tu.th
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t 1ai:, 't;:: ti'_', :..Ovoi :c1its of Ax?op? ;:k" xch in the xen ua1'd (Al" wiit,r of a.ction y wn
t::iFdt t.:.,.`' ;::Ct"v'Cl cote of 12at.il1 a ad ui,ay h the '+L `w1 uLfr a3 G '.CC" ir.LUYl :JS`
111 `.. t}1C1'1.1"! ch. Luiil'est It, io' i-(.'.aT,cst. nll;cr o f sectarian} tr'21 CL. an id.
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It iz cons..W r?-:~t1 t. at t_lYe unity of action ul o u1c Lc cricctcd upon n u:a(',
of 'irricii filll:(li3 .c T1 t: i r)oin,:;., or of onto joint in each case concrete,
b ?r. ia.:, ); ,? ; L11 mac, :1:J Lhay have. resalizod tm_i_ ty of action., o.'1t,en? ..:1cc,
t37) t.)s:lst. o . Only x`)11' po.irit - L7a?'.o incrcaa.^?ec 1 ^t ,Ie of i "1r C. t w
C: '>Cra>'}:u :t. one +s1 V IC. :or:-Yw of strut,., 1c i1a''itinst ','nlry sinco tio :';io :ln-?
'crca,,,^.: t is t,.k :"-11 ,.mx i'ilCjtl is o ut if Vic i11]:L t j of action :ic1Ui een ~)I'O %o ed
with 'I.:?:_ `a.1c`A"n om of t:li: crty oi' it,, !'ass! ar? upon LIho Dacc to strucjo
a;rnd.c bob ;)os:)iuly it :7C)l tr.i n t ::idle been rna1:i(.ZC'(i~
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i.ar eac(x ai/u tiien I(.cai;e in tic cwt,t ? ua or ac'Livit1k,:u: (-:i- ,:..li;