PCU PROPAGANDA ACTIVITIES

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A001800120005-4
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 14, 2001
• Sequence Number: 5
• Publication Date: July 20, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
SF+~C RET
SECURITY INFORMATION
This Document contains informwoi ;_ r 7ec.ting the Na-
tional Defense of the United States, v' thin the mean-
ing of Title It, Sections 793 and 794, of the U.S. Code, as
amended. Its t;t,r, ntsrtion or rsveiB:.ton of its contents
to or receipt by an unauthorized person is prohibited
by law. ,"he reproduction of this form is prohibited.
COUNTRY Uruguay
SUBJECT PCU Propaganda Activities
REPORT NO.
DATE DISTR.
20 July 1953
NO. OF PAGES
2
25X1HQUIREMENT NO. RD
REFERENCES
Jesualdo S03A, the well-known Communist intellectual, began about 1 May 1953
the publication of a semimonthly intellectual and cultural newspaper entitled
La Gaceta Ursa. a a, Among other intellectuals who contribute to this
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ca on are the f allowing s. Enrique AMc IN, well-known member of the Uruguayan
Communist Party (Pcu) A Anhelo HERNANDEZ, PCU member; and Julio E. SUAREZ., aka
IIJ-031i, prominent Uruguayan cartoonist with pro-Communist views, The adminis-
trator of List Gaceta uaya is one Carlos MORADOR, and the editorial offices
are located at the residence of SOSA, Calle Juan Benito Blanco 1207.9 Montevideo.
2. La Gaceta Lsema_ shows considerable technical and writing skill and quite
apparenti 1..s an important step taken by the PCU to gain or regain the support
of Uruguayan intellectuals. The subject matter consists of a wide variety of
cultural material, such as theatre and book reviews, and discussions of both
Uruguayan and foreign art and sculpture. On an overt level., the Communist
character of this periodical is not revealed, and in a false atmosphere of
objectivity the artistic work of such dependable PCU members as Carmen GARAYAIDE
de MABSERA and Amalia POLLERI de VIANA has been adversely criticized. To the
discerning reader, however, the Communist character of the publication is evi-
dent from the handling given such matters as the Communist Continental Cultural
Congress held recently in Chile, notices of activities of other PCU fronts, and
attitudes and omissions. in the articles themselves. Considered in the Marxian
and strongly liberal intellectual atmosphere prevalent in Montevideo, La Gaceta
Uruguaya appears at this time to be a shrewd PCU propaganda effort.
3. It should be noted that the appearance of La Gaceta Urluguaya forms part of a
major Communist effort to increase the number of readers of its press. This
general attempt at improvement commenced with the move of Justicia, the former
Vey, and Nosotras, publication of the Union Femenina del guay., into joint
and more expensive offices roughly a year ago, and the ensuing substitution of
Justicia for the inferior Verdad.l Subsequent to these two events there has
been a strong campaign, to attain a wider group of readers,, particularly for
Justicia,2
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Another recent PCU press event was the publication of a book by Eugenio
QCMEZ Carreno, secretary-general of the PCU, bearing the title "The Communists
Fight for Peace, Democracy, and National Independence." This volume, which is
largely a reiteration of PCU slogans uttered and reported elsewhere, has had a
limited distribution, principally in PCU circles.
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