REMARKS OF ANTONIO GARCIA MORENO ON A) DIVERGENCE OF WFTU/SOVIET AND CUBAN VIEWS REGARDING PUERTO RICAN INDEPENDENCE MOVEMENT B) COOPERTATION BETWEEN STOKELY CARMICHAEL AND JUAN MARI BRAS, LEADER OF THE MOVEMENT FOR INDEPENDENCE OF PUERTO RICO

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• Case Number: F-2022-01045
• Publication Date: September 8, 1967

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SuBJECT Remars of Antcnio .]az-fLt 1.4enenc on DATE DISTR.
o) Divergence of WYTU/Liiet and Cuban
Views Regarding Puerto Rican Independence NO. PAGES
Movement
b) Cooperation Between Stokely CarmichaelEVERENCES
and Juan Mari Bras, Leader of the Movement
for IndepeEd-ince of Pueria Rico
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'NFO. Late June 1967
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FIELD REPORT NO.
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1. Antonio Garcia Moreno, Latin American representative for the
World Federation of Trade Unions (WFTU), during a-conversation in
late June 1967 cn the question of the then approaching plebiscite
in Puerto Rico, remarked that the ideas of the adherents of the
.:IFTU/Soviet line cla.shed with those of the Cubans on implementation
of the struggle for 'the complete indepenhehce of Puerto Rico. The
Cubans insistcd on il.x.sd revolution but the Soviets, while basically
concurring in T.:4e need for violent means; believed that condition
had to be favorable for such action before it could be undertaken.
The Soviets urged reorganization of the Puerto Rican Labor Movement
under the aegis of the Confederation of Independent Puerto Rican Labor
Unions to serve as the base for any future struggle.
2, Garcia Merano, however, also remarked that WYTU/Soviet circles
did approve ss,, aspects f r.s. current Cuban tactics, namely the
unity of action betAqeen J3 leader Stokely Carmichael, described as
the president of the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee,-
and Juan Mari. Bras, leader of the Movement for
Independence of Puerto Rico (MFIPR). He said such activity served
to point up areas where united, international action could be
undertaken in favor of Puerto Rican independence.
It Lo drui.nown whether Garcia Moreno vas
aware Lnat Can�nao car not held this position for some time.
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