ACTIVITIES OF THE NATIONALIST PARTY

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• Collection: General CIA Records
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• Document Creation Date: November 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 3, 2000
• Sequence Number: 8
• Publication Date: June 2, 1949
• Content Type: REPORT

CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY REPORT NO.
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On 23 April 1949a 26 leaders or the Chilean Nationalist Party met at their
'"antiago headquarters to discuss further the possible merging of the party
with the Agrarian Labor Party.* Jorge Gallardo Rodriguez presided ovor the
meeting.
?o During this meeting, the Nationalist Party suffered another blow :hex rep-
resentatives of the party from San Bernardo and Vina del Mar presented the
resignation of the groups from those districts. Both of these groups de-
clared that they wt ntt d to join the more powerful agrarian Labor Party, and
stated that they considered the Nationalist Party of Chile to be a hopeless
fail.
3. Another meeting was held on 27 April at Calde Coquimbo 1242, Santiago. Fourteen
councilmen or members of the National Board of Directors were prevent. Hodilberto
Bizarca Henna was also present, and contrary to his previously announced decision,
presided over this meeting. Ile explained that he had voluntarily resumed his
position as leader of the party because of the gravity of the situations,
4. At this time, Vicente ilermosilla, Nationalist leader from Pan Bernardo, requested
that the resignation previously submitted by the Nationalists from that locality
be withdraw;m a Ile accused his fellow member from ~'an Bernardo, Nationalist leader
Oscar Jimenez, of being a political adve.iturer0 It was decided to accept the
withdrawal of the resignation of the flan 'Bernardo group.,
5 Bizama d-brina criticized harshly the activities of the man. rs from Vina del Har,
and claimed that their resignation from the Ira t iontalis t Party was a result of the
activities of Luis Calling Federico Mu jir a Canals,, Gaston 1le j?andr o Acuna Nci en,
Enrique ?`oto Bascunan, and others, According; to Bizama '.brino, these individuals
are in favor of the revolutionary and anti-Chilean plans of Argentina Nationalist
leader Lrsilio Gutierrez Iiorrero n It was his opinion that they wore hot-headed
revolutionists whose activities would probably seriously enbarrass the Nationalist
cause both in Chile and in other countries.
6. At a meeting on 3 Hay, at which Bizsma ;amino also presided, Victor lidalgo Ylaarra
and Pedro Contreras Vega reported on their trip to Valparaiso and their interview
with Jose Nobledo Mendez, member of the Nationalist Council of that city. Robledo
COUNTRY
Chile/Argentina
SUBJECT Activities of the Nationalist Party
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Tb zdez alleecU.y told therm that the Valparaiso :Nation Merino and other N e 4ior l3 sts opposed ~ed to VA s idea intain that the o r-
pennns of Calli.s 9 trip will be paid by Nestor Lima ('raintana, Argentine Cultural
Attache in F,!antiaf,,m.***
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pa or Calli.s c' trip, since It is k owrn that Gutierrez Herrero is a political
opponent of President Peron. It seems improbable that Lima Quintana is not
aware that Federico T:ujica Cannlee and Luis Callis are closely asseacia Acid with
Gutierrez Herrero. However, Tlujiea Canales has collaborated closely with Lien
Quintana in gathering material for the latter$s history and activities of the
Chilean Cormun fist Part-.
There is also the possibility that the present Argentine rg vernnent consider,'
that the Nationalist and anti-.Peron acti-Tv tiee of Guti erne . I e ro ara, In ?tchor
selves of little importance, but considers any outbreak of violence in Chile as
favoring Argentine policy in regard to that country.
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