CTC ATTEMPT TO FORM A MILITARY FORCE

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R002100750003-7
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: November 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 1, 1999
• Sequence Number: 3
• Publication Date: December 22, 1948
• Content Type: REPORT

CLASSIFICATION 89!I`" AL
Approved For ReleasitIR~W&9/MI:E 2 R 002100758 KT N0.
INFORMATION REPORT
COUNTRY Colombia
SUBJECT CTC Attempt to Form a Military Force
DECLASSIFIi_
1. Carlos Arturo Aguirre and Pedro J. Abella, members of the Central Executive
Committee of the Communist Party of Colombia (PCC) and of the Colombian
Workers' Confederation (CTC), have been attempting to organize a union which
would be known as Asociacion de Ex-Agentes de la Policia National. The group
would be composed of approximately four thousand fouier members of the National
Police who were discharged as a result of the 9 April 1948 uprising. An applica-
tion for "legal personality" was made to the Ministry of Labor, and the union
was planning to affiliate with the CTC immediately after receiving legal recognition.
2. The Ministry of Labor refused the application stating that such an association did
not fulfill the requirements for a labor union as established by law and that its
purpose was not clearly established. Acosta Lafurie, Secretary of the Ministry of
Labor, stated 'that it would be a serious error. to permit the affiliation of a
semi-military organization to the CTC since it would constitute a force capable
of interfering in labor activities and prejudice national security. He added that
the privileges granted the CTC by law were intended to protect the rights of the
laborers, and not to provide cover for semi-political or semi military organizations.
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DATE DISTR.,
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C'.jAG:D TtO: TS S C
DDA 77
Auth: DDA R._77/1763
Date :1 2 MAY 1978 By: _ 2#