OPERATIONAL PROCEDURES OF THE COMMUNIST PARTY OF CHILE

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R002400630001-9
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: November 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 22, 1999
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: March 10, 1949
• Content Type: REPORT

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REPORT N4.
?!r psiuu~Os ooresrd !~ a P;rerS.otir report# on flee vpe~tiansl 8irsotiws of the
Codea~2uist P~et~y at t~jle (P~3Ch ~ Piave be~2 ampitfiod in the tb17,a~dng report:
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1. The CommgeQiet Pang bale a'i~te~:a~~~C.?d to ~cEend i~ inf'l.~uea2ew+ by wot~tiz2g with other
y~rolstaris~a groups s3~nce ?itre ~,$~e it ceased bei~pg an axolwsiv+sly c]Bndeatiae
gam. It first ~rorlwd Frith ~" tlnian de ~isestroa (Tsschers Uaiam~ and then
with the Frente Efaoicna9. ~3e la '~'iviendQ (pational Housing PY~s2t}, end now is
sseisting with o.~~atio~! of Com3.tes de Poblsdores ~Citisena' Cor~.ttees}
t~ tba oo~t~r. `t`he P~Gh also intends to work with Comities cIe Pr~sc
ysra 3+oe ORsret+os (Gamrlittoea for t~tox~ers Progress) w~ah ate to ba set up is
tows thrae2gtwut the aaun?~ry~ The Prograrl n1~2ned by these aosaaittees aa11s far
dvia improvennents shah aua paw, Potable water, sets3,ge control.
~. "i2sos the nilitsnts of ire F'sr ere morally laborrerg or worloers with very
little pclitiasl preparation, i~ze Faoeautive r~earetar"lat of the Central Comsi tee
2eoost autliaoe po3.icie-e to ~tham detail. Therefore e4a~ item which Party
3~es~ers oonsic~er inPortdnt is ra~ntios~d sp0af.ficelly is inetruatiozs3 they issue.
~ Fagor cf Pe+~
3. Tlee continuing P~ ;P is olnsely linloed to the fist
against lhmeriam2 i,mperin3. gm. At pres0at p]Bns are being fos~m2let~. for th
pe ~ta~in thie~aa~smi t be~]s~t si t waive ~ proP~asora, stud~ta,
~s clubs, maztual b~~wfi societies, aac# s3rlilar groups. Party leaders be-
]lsve tYs~t cnah a car~.zi.ttQ4 wi3,. appeal to a wide variety of persona wha are not
Party IDeetb@2's. The Far'L~r ho`Pe+l ti~at it can use tha aoa~f.ttee ae a Ie~;a2 #"rame-~
work in which it can ca~~~' out ~.ts work without endangering its ~.33tants.
t!1 se~+ i~~~i~ OT . PSrtiy ~~i~ ,~SZ43'i~ri~w' t ~"1A't,2, r, f' h'~ mw aw Part:v i i~l~fY-?
l~. B'ilBe 021 each CCa~i.Bt uzili-t era ustix~tai2yed hq' the Party, and Zlt j'frElB@Iit
are in the ~c~pixig oP G:~lo Caries. The files contain extree~a3~ .3et,~xiled inr?
fonmtioa on each rt~her = arbc3 ~nalude .his name, reside~noe, age,, emplo;~raent or
profession, studies c.`m~~?~w ~~ ~ ''=data of saroL't~ent, and ,the 2]E3t3lB of the aerson
Dae~ent 1~0. ,,,,,,,~? GSd~
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'~.'~,~"b1`1" ~,/~j, II+T1.'Et.L~1wCF ICY
wtro spoasosed him. t-?a,y^ ep?~al. s3. abilities ere emuaarated, for eoc~p2o, driving
a car, flying a plsix~, ~-a~3d1'~; speo3zil. lYrearm~a snob as field attillexy,
machine guns as'd~ a~o~~, ' d~r~ting telegraphic or radf.o telephonic euip>~nt.
~lotatims is made if tie has =.. '~owledge of elae:tricity or of navlgtttioa ar it'
he owaaaa aqq? fir^earr~at. T'he fi.~_es also oan?tQia n:~unes of the ffilitaat~ s rsla'tiv~e$,
names of hi#a ir~timnt~ #`ri~eblt~ ~. addreosee which may be used in senain~ letters
or eeeasageat, a list Qt ~'CCtx ~arnxpathts~srs with whom he is aagt>atianted, and notations
at' that Control Oommittce e:ara~a ~ his special aesig~ats or at~g breaobas of ciiecipline,
The Caantrol Co~ti.ttee ~:~see tbr~se daas~a3.erH to classify the militants. This Caa~ittee
is constantly regtesstir~ tYe cells or local oaamaittees tv tl~uraissh information co>r-
oerniag t2ye condexc~ crf Per~~~?? ~ernbere of doubtt'ul loyalty. Control fs also m~.intai.nec
over dessgates to the ~ art.?- ^~angresaes, because only those may attend wha :~v~e bean
ra~i3.itsnts For mots that, thr~~? years and who have been sympathisers far at Least two
5. To acquire the titl.s a~' mi.:~.it~ynt, a rner~beras rsaorc! rtnxst be presented for approval
tc> the bureau at Aagia~~l Co>~:ml after the oi~iet of his cell and the aearotary
of trot hoasl oaa~ittae beta ~ cu~ansnlted. yor a member to be e3.igible for a
dir+eotive poet, tat nrtaaat, ~~?~ had at least five y~ass of active militaas~y. P~bers
of the Control C~^m~itts~e a~~ .required to have sei~v~ed ten y+eare as "exemplarg
reiLitantat", havita.g ne~rar h~a~:' ~:~ dieagreertent with ttre Party line tend Party iaetruo-~
tiaFne. From amcog tt~oua ~~:~v~r serered can the Central Coa~eitl+es ark choaeea the
? ixaspeatora ar reorgaeuie~r-s ~;h:~ are avant by the Directorate to a province to tabs
charge of Fatty atfaix~ . f~w~ :~or3ty of regional aeeoretaries are not designated
fay the local orgsniaeet3ons, trot are appointed '6q- the Central Ca?mittae, and are
designated in the P~ati~nal ~Crnreseet~ oP the Party. floaasion~elly the Regional
Cangr~eeses eleBt !~earst.~.rio~.
I~i~a ~d.th lbs~airtn Cc~~. Uoeratin~z in ChiZo
Genere~3,2y foreign Coa~tunis-~ gr:'oupe in Chile operate Within the PCCh, with the em-
oeption of the 3p^sriitxh Cornr~u~:.sts. The mat~ority of the .~paniards have base
espelLed+~* Yrcmm the native pd-x~ty and ar? noting, in a separate grasp tided try
Julian ~:vasada Alotrao. 4t'n?r .foreign Coa~r~tnist groups do not usually oporate ae
d^istinot entities, alt~aough r~cent~y groups of French, Gern,an$, and Yugoslavs
have been formed.
l~lormsats in Other Pole,, ,~
7. The PCCh has obtaineta 1.n#'or~,:~~~~,ion an the plans oP the Radical party, but not
atteaapted to follow the aa':i.tl.ties of tt~e Conseroatives and Liberals There were
same Corrm~ists in the "on:~.r~~,et party, but through lack of direction their
opportunity to seaur~t i.n~'?~:-~, io~a waa lost.
8. Communist intelli~+noa ~~a~-~1 ~ gov~er~snt oirolea ie maush better dirc3cted and more
effective. Ther!- are r~r~z5ei.~tii~te in Iavestiga?ciaanes, the Carabiagros, the various
regirneats, the native. e~ir ~.1xua, the P~tinistrq of Foreigt- Relations, the ;4inistry of
the Interior, the Treasszry }artmsnat, and is the Commissariat. All of these Party
members give infora~tic~n ~ .sir oel,]. leaders nun the activities of t;he governeat
depaz~tmeate and oa the nvi~.t,~~u industry. The Party has aympatb,isers on tt~e police
force who inform wo,ist msa~bere when orders ar0 being Prepared fbr their arrest.
9. The PCCh dons not, ha~*3r, brave any or~~nisation which coatro].s or Qentretizes the
gathering of intormr~tion, ?:Tin the Central Committee wishes to obtain speoific~
intormatian, tY~ Yaa~.~:I. ?>~r'c~fiare is for a confidential secretary of the Cornrrittee
to visit Party me~t~r4 F.,~~:a ;:~~ in strate~3c positions and interrogate thee.
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~.0. Formerly, PCCh ;+ab~re ,,~.~~,.:~ ~~>-r~ ;F~ut alr~st ~t will, but G~lo Conx~.e
h~ r+eaantl,~ iasuec~ fr~~Y^, wi~-~ _ s.?o=rind; ci~,n~~es of re?idences. 'i'2fe ps~ca-
t'e~ione;l lead~eac~a ts`na s~ s~~ ~ >~~~ro~ rare moved f''rom one psr~ninoe to ana~jlt~r
bg ardar of the ain~ o;~ ~~ r . .
~.1. ~ There is an outata~i~ ox~:,,~r ~?a~?; Car.~isto react oonstsntly chance r+eeidc~naes
aad etrea thEair placaa a' ,~P..~~~>~,~ ~~ Coraaa~iat.~ fract ~at7tia~a barns been sent
to Valparaiso ar Ccx~cop~3: ~ nc; ~ ~ tl~y ~ stay snd ~?ork wntil they becozae wa7;.1
ka~wa~. t3acs3 they Y~3tra 'aee~ ;~c~~r~~':.f'~.c~d r3s Cc~mtuti.st milftan~ts they must ~:~
their loasL3.4n ~apar~ ort?Qr ~':~ ~ t~ntral dires~tcaratea
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