PORTUGUESE COMMUNIST PARTY AND COMINFORM

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R002200580001-7
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: November 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 2, 1999
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: November 28, 1948
• Content Type: REPORT

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1. The third meeting of the Cominforn renrisentative and the- pro-Comr+unist
Portuguese leaders took place on 28 November 1948, and was attended by the
tame neonle. The Cominform representative spoke as follows:
2. "Portuguese conredee, it is with great pleasure that I see that you have nut
aside, temporarily at least, your divergences in order to unite in the
struggle against the conmon enemy. I, I:s a representative of the Cominform,
can solennly promise you that the question of your differences will be pre..
sented, with due regard to the ^'osition of each, to the Cominform by me, and
I feel certain that the orrrnniaation which I renresent here will give it due
attention. Ho'rever, I feel that note satisfactory results would be obtained
if each of the organizations represented here T.-rould send a report to the
Cominform exnressin-clearly and exactly the points at issue to which no
nernanent solution has been found. For my nest I shall pre'a.re things at
the Coninform so that that organization will be ready to receive a renresenta-.
tive of each in case your reports are not sufficient for a solution of your
case.
I can sneak to you more frankly. At the first meeting I nai:i the greatest
attention to the statements of the comrade who a nlrined the financial situ-
ation of your organizations, and on this Joint I can tell you that I have full
powers from the Cominforn to assure you all the financial assistance you need,
and, consequently, I can tell you that the first nrynent fron this subsidy
will be delivered to you here in Lisbon by P. body (entidade) which will be
named at the nroner time. As soon as you have anointed your joint strike
connittee this first amount will be negotiated-between that committee and the
body'referred to.
4. "The Cominforn hns the greatest interest in seeing that the strikes which are
to start in the main Portuguese industries, esnecially the harbors, should be
carried out with the greatest efficiency, because hanneninp:s on P. worldwide
scrle are closely integrated with this movement."
Jose de Sousa CO LHO then $nole as follows:
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"Causal. representative of the Caieixmla", I have closely followed your words,
with rhidk I s? in oasralete accord. Bowyer, to far as I an concerned I mast
iiosm you that my or isation is ntt in a position to rush into a strike
this eoRint Jamm ry, since, as I hsy+s already told you in private, we have to
Interest the socialist organisation in the strikes, and that takes time. then,
we hey, to aroua re the groundwork for the strikes, and that too takes time tmwd
mongr. tts cannot even start without moso. To rrenare for a strike, siro>a-
finds must be spread about, in the foam of manifestoes, eireulars, etc., md
we have not the money to pot -started at this; I believe other organisations.
are in the same sitvation." (There wa* a brief interraetion here, during which
the rearesentatives of the other organisations agreed t#mt their condition was
such.) "I think that, to be in a situation to start strikes, with some bone
of success, we must wit onto the end'of Parch or She early hart of Amii."
7. The others uresent showed eesmlete agreement with the views rn reseed by
COL' A0. Then the Comiaforsn representative spoke eta, as follows:
8. "I have no alternative but to agree With the statenents of Jose de Sousa.
COEL$0, which are, after all, those roved by the rest of the reuresenta..
tives here. We W the grostemt hoods that the strikes could be started in
Jana y, but, in the two of the difficulties which are now a*noarent, and the
ooossibility of failure, we prefer to waits this is owe of our greatest
talents. So, comrades, as soon as I arrive at headouarter$, orders*$or
of the first amount will be sent to yaw; niso a sew way of ooe cation viii
be ,sent, to be used only in case of failure of the one now in use.0
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