COMMUNIST PARTICIPATION IN RAILROAD STRIKE

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R002700640009-7
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: November 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 15, 1999
• Sequence Number: 9
• Publication Date: May 11, 1949
• Content Type: REPORT

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CLASSIFICATION . F,Iti TT.L 25X1 A2
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
REPORT NO..
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INFORMATION REPORT CD NO.
COUNTRY El Salvador
SUBJECT Communist Participation in Railroad Strike
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DATE DISTR.
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SUPPLEMENT TO
REPORT NO.
1. Source reports that Communist elements in El Salvador have been active in
the railroad strike which has been In progress since 1 May 1949. The following
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known Communists have been participants : Tu1io Pa ea and Gilberto Marr ,
who have acted as liaison agents between the Union Trabajadores
Ferrocarrileros (U'I?) and the Comite de Reorganizaclon Obrera (CRO); and
Samuel Ramirez, who has been attempting to rally teachers and newsmen to
support the strike.
2. The activities of the Communists in this strike have not been decisive,
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but they along with the supporters of Osmin Aguirre have been capitalizing
on every opportunity to discredit the present government and further their
own ends.
W Comment. The Salvadoran government declared the railroad strike illegal
on 7 May 1949, Thus far there has been no attempt to enforce this decision.,
and the strike continues. There have also been many rumors that the trans-
portation and 'electrical workers would join the UTF in a general strike, but
these rumors are unsubstantiated.
CLASSIFICATION T.
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