COMMUNIST-SPONSORED MOVEMENT DIRECTED AGAINST THE GOVERNMENT

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• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R002800760006-6
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• Document Creation Date: November 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 10, 2000
• Sequence Number: 6
• Publication Date: June 21, 1949
• Content Type: REPORT

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1, The Directorate of the Communist Party of Chile (h h) is studying methods
for organizing a clandestine movement the purpose of which will be "to save
the country". This particular movement will be entirely secret in nature
and will involve no meetings in public places and no gatherings.
1, An attempt will be made to rally all political elements which are discon-
tented with the present regime, and members for the movement will be re-
cruited from non-Communist groups, including ex Nazis and ultra-conservative
elements,, as well as among the Communists.
3.a The platform of this movement will emphasize difficulties in the current
i3ituation in Chile:
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a, The political situation is chaotic, with underground warfare existing
Within the Radical Party, which is becoming tired of its alliance with
the Liberals. All Chilean political parties are divided and are having
internal struggles, which, according to the Communists, were provoked
by Gabriel Gonzalez Videla in his effort to strengthen the position of
his own follo-tvera.
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h? The economic situation is growing worse each day. The Communists will
stress the paralysis of the factories, the lack of exchange, and the
government's fiscal policy, which is designed exclusively to balance
the budget and which gives no consideration to the interests of the
people.
c. The international policy of Gonzalez Videla was formed on the, expecta-
tion that war would break out between the USSR and the Wes tern Powers?
The Communists point out that war will not come, and that the triumph
of the "democratic" front in China is creating a new atmosphere in the
world, wi h will cause a complete change in world policy.
One of the aims of the propaganda campaign of the now movement will be to
present Gonzalez Videla to the whole world as a nia:i dictator,, An effort
will be made to show what repression exists in Chile, and to point out that
the policies of the president are directed against the working classes and
In favor of American imperialism.
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5o PCCh machinery will be utilized-in spreading this propaganda, and Party
militants will be charged with carrying out an antense campaign of "mural
propaganda", of distributing fliers, of sending letters, printing poems,
and proclamations which will all contain the new propaganda. It is hoped
that the government will be forced to relax its restrictions of Communist
activities, and at the same time that the masses will be moved to action
which may lead to full political liberty for Chile,,
6. In the supreme command of this movement will be the following:
Carlos Vicuna Fuente, attorney and Vice-.President of the Frente
Nacional Democratico '(FND);
Santiago 11?ilson, Vice-President of the FND and Director of the
Partido Democratico del Pueblo;
Armando Rodriguez Ca, Secretary General of the FND and a recently
defeated candidate for deputy;
Santiago Labarca, President of the Communist-front organization
Comite de Solidaridad; and
Jorge Giles, top Communist Party attorney and Party leader,
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