ACTIVITIES OF LUIS LUKSIC IN BUENOS AIRES

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R002100220009-9
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: November 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 7, 1998
• Sequence Number: 9
• Publication Date: November 29, 1948
• Content Type: REPORT

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-DATE DISTR. 29 November 192,8
~t'T3JECT Activities of i.uis Luksic in Buenas Aires N0. OF PAGES 1
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hEPORT N0.
lq Luis Luksic, official of the Bali~an F'ar~Cldo -lZquierda Revolucionaria
('-'YR), xh.ose trip was reported in ~, has been in Buenos Aires
~;iv3,ng ~an exhibition of his paintings. Until the conclusion of his ex~
hibition on 2~ October, Luksic avoided a].l contact with Argentine Cora--
mur~i.sts, After that date, howsver,~ he made no effort to conceal his
Communist sympathies, He made several visits to the office of the Com-
munist newspaper, La Hora, and according to source, was treated there as
a ~+f.riend and man o co idence~re He had a long; interview with Rodolfo
Ghialdi, one of the leaders of the Communist Party of f rgentina (CPA ),
and he furnished Ghioldi wi~~h several of his poems. One of these poems$
entitled "Gamonales", openly attacked the United Stsates, and it was sub+~
sequently published in the nfficial CPA organ, Orientation.
2. Luksit was overheard declaring his allebiance to Communism when he tra.s
visiting 3n the offices of Ls Hora.
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