DISPOSITION OF PROPERTY OF EL SIGLO, COMMUNIST NEWSPAPER

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R001801030007-5
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: November 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 27, 1999
• Sequence Number: 7
• Publication Date: September 15, 1948
• Content Type: REPORT

";;~~`tw:~i? ~C~~'ti~ICtV iiiii
Approved For R~1~~1 ~~19~9~(~Q~1~,~82-0045~~~0
~~A~~~~~
`.~l)I~JECT Disaosition of Prog~erty of I11 Si~tos
3ecrspaper
DATE DISTR. I5 Ss~~tertbsr? IC9E.~">
CotR ?~un.ist Nd. OF PAGES 2
CONFaDT~~i~,
this document is he: e'?,v :Eg ~, ,.,: NQ
ct~~s,
COt~;";;:~ -< ~ ;AL in awcr~ d ?.e ~_~'.~ t~..~.
le~ter of ~S Qc'aue~ ,: ~ ern t'ae
girector o r'e:~i;ai (tie ? ;,:R"; ~ ~ ~!
Archivist of the t3nited ::;~t?.~':~. REI
t7F EPlCI..S.
sa a~t.ow~
A A V^
rat r-u r~~-r Tra ~~I ? ~~~~I ~~ ^
25X1X
~.. ;:~mbeMs of the par?.io~nentary G*rou~a a# the Chilean Comr?unist Party recently
.net :~t the -home of the Comr^unist rvon~res?man Oscar Haeza ?ierrera to study
the econortl.c situation of ~? o"i~lc~, the affieiaZ news osr'~~.rs of the Party. It
is taelieve:? that B~~.e~aa will. act as financial Zic~~xf..Iator of the det"unct
Carx~tu~ist nec~r~psper.
~. The President of Chile could 1e~,lly confiscate the e~tzre property of
i'1 Sit~Za under the terns of the Lc~~r de ~efensa. however, aecor~3in~ to Il~amberto
?barca Cabrera, a1.so a Communist .Gon~ress+nart, the ~ovor~x~l.ly by so-aroe at ;~r~nraxi~^atsly
I.O~O?O,OOfl pesos, ~Ithou~h it was ~,urc?used ts?reZve ye~.rs o.~o at 1,QOO,OOO
pesos. The press, valued a.t GOQ,?}OO pesos, was TJtx~?~?Z~.~~R?d from ' far
2t~O,OOO pesos.
3. I`he Chi? can Governr~antr s interest in tlis .sale of this pra~,erty is evi~?erxoed
in vl.ew of heavy debts incurre:3 by El. Si,~,lo~,. Thesia :3eb?~s inc? u~le:
6OO,t:~O pesos ~- Ca3a ~ac:ional de Ahorros. ''ote ove:~?c?ue and nIa^ed in
court for calZectic~.
3OOA56~ pesos ~- JuclCrtents granted to personnels, ITot ts.I~en to oc~-art for
calleetion as yet.
lE~?P,~70O pesos v Jud~rtents ~oai~ed far ,?roric of nex?so~af~el.
3QO,OO6 pesos ~- Jud~ent ~r=xn~~ecl hector Lscrib~,r `?a~zdiola for in ju~,p
and ca'tur~xy,
CONFIDENT
/~,. It is relxorte~' that Jaime 3~srrain Garcia. i?oreno hate r"~~~dc~ a raid for thc~ Aurc'ns.se
af" -the buil~'i.sz~? r~xd printing press at ~iO()flsC)0() pesos, but no action on t?~is
bid is ':norm to have been ?.~a.?cen br rho Cortnunists. It is also repartc~d that
the #e.ther-in~lata cif Presicl.ent Gonna?.e~ 7Ji~?e3a,'s ~.su~?htsr is forr~n?~ a, _
corporation .for the nurch~.se of ~:1. Sie7l_o~ buYldin~ in ardor to convert 9.t
into axx agartr~ent hotxso. However, by virtue of the ~ d~ I?efe~tsa, the
Pxesiclent of the ~RFpublic i.s authhri~ed to control. the sale of this property,
and therefore all Lr~nsactic~ns r~u:st re~eiti?e his approval.. So~.xrce f.i1;?fo:xted
tlxat the Presi~?.ent is disposed t? approme th_e_ x~? e~a?xse of I;1 S by the
CLA.i~lr=.lCAT 3ON n
STAYS `~ t~lAVY~ fVSRt3.___,~~
DtST1Tl$UTIC.IN ~ ~~ ~~~
ARMY j ~ AIR - _~
25X1A
Cla ~ HAN .~ T~ S g
Approved For Release 1999/09/08 :CIA-RDP8~,~Q~, ~` e~ d~~ ~~17 5
~ate:,~4,(sJ7'8 sy: ~1 d9
 Approved For Release 1999/09/08 :CIA-RDP82-004578001801030007-5
IDENTYAL
+~7~E-'`1";'L~, p?Y't~?'~ ?F''.17.Ct1 '~^."i '=~P,G?1. ^: '.G'].'t~?lt~'" '.~S'?~~11?'e '''.':~'3.L1!? ttl? ~."~^~'~'~ ?'^`~.T' to
?'~ `_L?"B `.'1QL1 ~'Lri? 1.~"?!~ to ?]..1~3- 1.51 t c, 'T:,E'~;._;' (3Z'.'Q ~.~._
54 i~te o.~ficee of ~~ "-;;~ :' *. ~~, ~ ? ?~~ ~ ~ t ~ c7-i ~ ~
':~~~~~tG'':?~ O, j'.tiln C?'~''??"! Qf ti~1(' :`1"G'7'ttE' ,''].C7.07? tel. :.@!'1O^.'?'^t].CO p n~,y th?:~ ~;~ :Y?`:'z?'~C'.O
~o`'~?"~.~''lr'~ 1I2G'u`3,f~~. 1IYl'''"3Y '~'i~2Ga' ~Z?l~i,~~Clr?'~"i;P of t~1G~ : r7.' ~~..`"-,~,e2' O`n ~Y?tCP1pP ~^..?1f~ ,"i:1~7~f E3Ct
to ce~~~ors'~i~~o ~h~ s per.:i.oc?.~c~.?. i~ Sao? ievn~' t*~ 'ae ^..r_ or~n off' the Go-~?~u~~iU.s,
~~??tie ~5 per cent of ?the t~~ente ''~,cia?zaa.le-iocrryt-?co is -~~.-"e ~.~n of ~o:-r?k?~i_^t
~'~rt;r ::e=~'~er: o .
~w
h ~
Approved For Release 1999/09/08 :CIA-RDP82-004578001801030007-5