COMMUNIST LABOR ACTIVITIES IN VENEZUELA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A002700690008-9
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 14, 2001
• Sequence Number: 8
• Publication Date: November 4, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

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y1ENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
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tional Defense of the United States, within the mean-
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COUNTRY Venezuela
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SUBJECT Communist Labor Activities in' DATE DISTR. 4 November 1953
Venezuela
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1. Although the Fourth Congress of the Confederacion de Trabajadores de America
Latina (CTRL) held in Chile in April 1953 strongly advocated labor unity and
opposition to trade-union parallelism, it has been noticed that Rodolfo
QUINTERO and Federico RONDON, Venezuelan labor leaders and directors of the
CTAL, made no immediate effort'to collaborate on labor matters in Venezuela.
On the contrary, the Federacion de Trabajadores del Distrito Federal y Estado
Miranda (FTDFyEM), led by QUINTERO and Rafael BRACCA, continued to be attacked
by the Casa Sindical group led by Federico Rondon.
2. Of late, however, both groups are collaborating in the Comite Sindical Unitario
campaign; this is the first step toward the eventual holding of a Congress of
Venezuelan Workers. The organizing committee is composed of Rodolfo QUINTERO,
Federico RONDON, and Virgilio FERNANDEZ.
3. In':"accord with the new spirit of collaboration, RONDON lent his support to
QUINTERO and to the FTDFyEM in soliciting funds for sending three delegates to
the Congress of the World Federation of Trade Unions (WFTU), held in Vienna
10-21 October 1953. On the other hand, the Casa Sindical group, which is led
by RONDON, held a separate meeting for the purpose of selecting three members 25X1X
of that organization to represent the Casa Sindical at this same congress.
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