ACTIVITIES OF THE GORIZIA FEDERATION OF THE ITALIAN COMMUNIST PARTY

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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R009400400010-7
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: November 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 15, 1999
• Sequence Number: 10
• Publication Date: December 5, 1951
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY REPORT NO.
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ua3,3ECT Activities of the Garixia
Federation of the Italian
Communist Party
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Comunista Italiano (PCI9 Italian Cox nist Party) Federation were di-
xeoved towards making a success of the various Foote de 4 r t , held
in the Province, The financial result was considered to be excellent,
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0 During September all the activities of the leaders of the Partito
mainly in the Slovene areas or the Goriaia Province, were not held
because the Communist Party of the Free Territory of Trieste would
not supply the personnel.. The Federation did not regret this change
as the Foote de j?, were a heavy financial burden.
3. The Federation has recently ret,ceived directives from the PCI to give
impetus to the collection of signatures for the Berlin Appeal and to
the formation of peace committees, In their directive the PCI at-
tached great importance to the inclusion of "elements foreign to the
Party" in the peace committees so that they will be able to represent
the; nselves as independent of the PCI or the Italian: Socialist Party?
4, On 17 September 1951 a meeting of the Partisans of Peace was held at
Padua. at which delegatiofis of the whole of the Veneto Region partici-
ated., Giacomo Pollegrini., Giancarlo Pajetta, and Mario Geromot
representing Gorizia) were present. New directives for the collec-
tion of signatures were drafted. Now, the collector must be convin-
ced that the prospective signee has fully understood the significance
and the importance of hie signature before he signs.
2, Contrary to previous years the Feste do L, which took place
5. Pajetta asked the Gorizia delegation why the collection of signatures
in their Province was progressing so slowly. Geromet answered that
the population of the Province did not appreciate the danger that
they would be the first to be attacked in the event of war, as they
did not believe in Tito&s participation in the Atlantic Pact.
6, Propaganda was discussed at a Gorizia provincial congress of the
Partisans of Peace on 23 September 1951 u presided over by Antonio
Taxnbarin, The committee had compiled a leaflet which cost 20,000
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'e for 7,000 copies, This leaflet was to be given only to those
!& sh d interest in the contents, Themes for future leaflets will
ludo such items as the building of bunkers at Solkan, Nova Goriea,
a t d the training of Para-military f oroes in Yugoslavia. The Fedora-
wished to touch on the c .testion of Trieste but was not clear
,,it attitude should be adopted concer'ningthis territory for fear of
s .,jetting the Slav minority in the Gorizia Province.
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