COMMUNIST AND ANTI-COMMUNIST MEMBERS OF THE PETROLEUM DEFENSE CAMPAIGN IN PORTO ALEGRO

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R002300330003-1
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: November 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 15, 1998
• Sequence Number: 3
• Publication Date: February 3, 1949
• Content Type: REPORT

FORM NO. 81-4A
SEPT. 1948
Approved Fo ReleraseA1~`9~
C~MC'RAL IN
COUNTRY Brazil
SUBJECT Cnur,~i.st 'and Anti-Communist .Members ofI?
? ~r~~ ~~~~~~e ~~,mpagn in Porto Alegre
PLACE
ACQUIREd
.DATE OF IN
N0. OF ENCLS.
(LISTE6 BELOW)
SUPPLEMENT TO
REPC?~T NO.
~'~-Cau~,~t z~eml~ers of the Petr9l~um Defense Campaign in :Porto Alegre:
,~,~.~ have f ormed a faction in opbositian to the Communists in -the
drg~:niza~~.on. ~ Solon-Macedonia.. Snares, one of the leading figures in the-
t3empa~.gn is also the leader of -the anti-Communistfactioa, i'he anti-Communists
reset the fait that the Communists us? the campaign to further many causes
which are in.ncr way associated with petroleum. Snares and his-group are
B~eGted to make a public denunciation of Communist participation in the
movement and to form a new group from which Communists will. be excludes.
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