COMMUNIST-SPONSORED CONFERENCE OF SPANISH REPUBLICANS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R013700160006-1
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 3, 2002
• Sequence Number: 6
• Publication Date: September 2, 1952
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
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SECURITY INFORMATION
INFORMATION R RT REPORT NO.
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COUNTRY Uruguay/ Latin America
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DATE DJSTR. 2 Sep .,1952
SUBJECT ComMist.Sponsored Conference of NQ: OF PAGES 2
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4 The Com .st.-controlled Comision Espanola de Pas has been making aet ,
preparations for a conference of Spanish Republicans, reportedly to be
held in Montevideo on 22-21 August 1952. Within, the general purpose of
further advancing the Co3mmmist Pro-Peace campaign, 'the principal aim
of the conference will be to raise the morale and numbers of the local
Pro-Pease workers and supporters? A dominant note . of. the conference is
to-be an attack on the United States' 'warmongering,, oppression and
exploitation" throughout the world, partioularl r in Spain.l
20 Conference workers are sending out a total of 15,1300 invitations,. 500 of
4bieft tire to go'to Spaniards residing in Argentina, - BOIi T3A Brazil, - Chile,
Fria, and. possibly other 'foreign nations. Attendance at several preparatory
it tinge held at the Commtmist Casa de Espana headquarters in no instance
11il.$t nt_Com ist, and one- leader of the Spanish C?mrsmists in.
Uragu; and Luisa C. Peres.
exceeded 80 persons- This is an indication of the limited interest: the
conference has. aroused-among active members of the Uruguayan Comi.st
Party and veteran followers of the Comma st lime.
Spanis Com vnists h .ly active in promoting the conference are as .
fol`I,ows a dose Pergazin, Com = st propagandist and leader of the, local
Spanish Pro-Peace movement, Who is serving as Secretary: Venancio- Lozoe.
Among' other Spaniards active in the unda'rtaking area Maria Albacete
active` Commeni.at; Yolanda Martinez Ferrari; Pab1 Ouro; Ninuel Roth ri guez
Corral, businessman; .lio Sampil, president of the Casa de Espana, for
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c urse; Valerie Alanso, businessman; Anador Bates, landlord; ~o Barancla,
Reyes, maasician; . Manuel Coira, Co asst `propagandist and businessmen;
Sergio Cordero, former officer of the Casa de Espana; Luis Criado, >aili.tant
Cam- 0- 1st and laborer; Pedro Diaz, businessman; - Martin, Font,.-bnsiaessmz
and former member of the Casa. de ftom 1 ecd a; Doxinp
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1950; Maria Luisa Santama.na, concert pianist; Lr+i1io Domingo Sant, business-
man; Jose Seone, militant Communist and-businessman; Carmen Vargas; Luis
Viadero; and Losefa pillar, reportedly connected with.Nosotras, organ of
the Union Femenina.
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Coiment. A recently published announcement of the confer
ence calls
or the participation of all "patrotic" Spaniards in the "defens
their native land, and identifies the United States and the Fran
ment as the main obstacles to world peace* -
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co Govern-
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