ORGANIZATION AND REORGANIZATION OF THE POLISH COMMUNIST PARTY IN BRAZIL

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• Publication Date: February 3, 1949
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COUNTRY Brazil
SUBJECT Organization and Reorp # Op
Polish Communist Party in Brazil
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1. The Comitet Wyzwolenia(Committee of Liberation.-'tW--PolishCommmist Party in"""
Brazil) was o
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Communist Party of Brazil Wnowish This order aroused a great deal of
resentment among the Pole to dissolve their party or to join
forces with the Brazilians at the exuense, in their opinion, of losing the
support of the present government in Poland. Jan Wdowiac, a member of the
Polish Legation staff and the official K4 representative in Brazil, protested
the order. He based his protest on the grounds that such action would disunite
the .iarsaw Polish colony in Brazil. dammi~ Cca,nant
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with the Polish Minister, Wojcieoh Wrzoaek, and is ready to op-ose as many of
the latter's orders as he dares.)
2. after the KW was ordered dissolved, a group of Polish Communists who did not
with to comply formed a separate group called the "Progressistas" (Progressives).
This group was led by Mieczyslaw Jakobskind, an active Warsaw Pole in Rio.
3. An internal dispute over leadership caused a rift within the "Progressistas",
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Eusebio Dworkin, believed to be the UB representative in the Polish Legation,
cooperated with both Gruber and Jakobs'tind in order to acquaint himself with
the sittqtion and detemine the plans of both groups. On 20 December 1948,
however, he called both of them to his office and informed them that' the
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Polish Communist Party in Brazil, and the name "Propressistae" was completely
dropped. One faction assumed the name of KW, under the leadership of Mauryay
Gruber, who was the representative of the Polish colony in Brazil to Poland
from February to September 1947. C .ems. Gruber attended rd graduated
f'r'om a special course held at the n s r3r of Foreign Affairs in Ward The
training he received there reportedly prepared him for his present acvi.ties.)
The other fiction uses the Polish Communist Party name
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have to follow his orders and dissolve. their groups, or suffer the consequences.
He added that he had the power to enforce the order and that they were not to
question the decision.
5. Again on 24 December 1948, he called Gruber and Jakobskind to his office and
informed them that the "one and only Party"-must unite in the struggle for the
protection of the rights of Polish immigrants in Brazil. He added, "The
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eo panization must be united. If yon nlaytnr with yrnzr differ-=noes
I have the n(Y?rcr and the nossibi?.ities with which to destroy you both
econonically and rora.? 1.y. Do not think you are safe just heca.u a you are in
3r':zi?."
G. The results of the neetin- were irr"?ef?iately visible. On 37. Decrrber
ap?~roxirately thirty-two persons, including Gruber and Ja'_obs'cind, attended
a r!eetinr at the hone of Philip Poreyko, an active Polish Convitulntst in :3razil.
ifter cons idernble discussion, the Party was untried, and Gru )er was elected
nt.. Ja'cobs'cindl ., resigned his position and membership in the Farty.
25X1A6a Cornt e . Jazcobskind is presently at tfenpting to Ingratiate himself 'kith
the London Poles in Rio de Janeiro, stating that he wants no connections with
a governrient that tells a nan r,xactly what to do. The jondon group does not
trust hin, and is not ,7ivinf- hire any info:rrmation concerning its activ_i rims.
7. On 2 January 1949, Gruber and several me--h-ir; of the Party visited Duor'cin
a" his rosir1ence. C .w er . No official none has been gIvin the group
25X1A6a as yet.; Dwor'cin spoke to then for forty-five minutes and con. r^!t_tlatzd then
on ,heir wi sdorr and good' sense in cooperating with the Party. He said that
the organization in ira.zil is necessary but not all-powerful, adding th?it they
25X1A6a sho' l.^ all a in the propaganda cer.!naign against the reactionary
elenents. om-2n . Dwor'cin informed the %rroup that more than three
tons of propaganda raterial had arrived in Brazil through the .,egation and
the Polish Res? Gross during :ovartbe and December 19!.,8. ibout thirty per cent
of the i aterial was ?olish taro-.ktroaw information, and he rerrainaer was
Go- t- twist r aterial in Polish, tr minian, Lithuanian, and Russian.)
,. Amonp those resent at the meeting wan Konrad Borowioz, who was not 'mown to
any mer:bers of the group. He was described by Dworkin as a visitor from
Poland. 3orowioz did not snea.'c durinr,*the meeting, but ma' e notes occasionally
and whisp cred to i)wor'ci.n several tines. Dworkin treated 3-orowicz with narked
rea-sect, and it was r.tr:orod within the Lera.tion itself that he was a special
delegate who was designated as contact nan bet:reen the Party leaders in South
America and Poland.
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