COMMUNIST PARTY ACTIVITIES IN PANAMA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A000900150009-7
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 10, 2001
• Sequence Number: 9
• Publication Date: April 20, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

Approved For Release 2001/11/21 : CIA-RDP80-0081OA000900150009-7
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
SECRET
SECURITY INFORMATION
This Document contains information affecting the Na-
tional Defense of the United States, within the mean-
ing of Title 18, Sections 793 and 794, of the U.S. Code, as
amended. Its transmission or revelation of its contents
to or receipt by an unauthorized person is prohibited
by law. The reproduction of this form Is prohibited.
COUNTRY Panama REPORT NO. 25X1 A
SUBJECT Communist Party Activities in Panama DATE DISTR. 20 April 1953
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DATE OF INFO. REQUIREMENT NO. RD
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to Carlos Augusto CAJAL, Partido del Pueblo (PDP, People's Party - Communist)
lawyer, stated on 27 February 1953'that he was extremely disgusted with the
whole matter of the imprisonment of Carlos FranQiseo CHANG Marin, Cleto Manuel
SOUZA, and Carlos Guillermo DE BELLO Pedreschi. CAJAL stated that the *1,OO0
fine imposed on each of these persons is illegal and that he would take action
on that basis.
2. On 2 March 1953 Ruben Dario SOUZA, Secretary General of the PDP, stated that
his family had been unable to raise sufficient funds to pay his brother's fine,
He stated that even efforts to mortgage their home were to no avail.
3.
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