UNZER FRAINT, JEWISH COMMUNIST GROUP

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• Document Creation Date: November 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 15, 1999
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• Publication Date: September 19, 1950
• Content Type: REPORT

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L. It het.: been reported that the jewieh organization Unzer Fraint (T17) also known
F4'8 the Movimiento Frogreeo Jadio, one of the most Aotive Communist reclel minority
f,TOAtAQ in "ontevideo, recently sent a delegAte, Leon Kulik, to Chile eed Brazil
to contect the Jewish groups there in an attempt to coordinate ther ectivities
vlth the organization in Montevideo
According to source, Kulik traveled to Chile during the period 1-15 July where
he reportedly attended meetings of the "ovimiento Popular Judion P Jewish
Communist group in Santiago. Kulik relettd to sourceinin Montevideo thet in
Addition to mnking several epeeches in support of the Communist ceese, he also
had taken up A. collection for the Uruguayan group for the purpose )f expanding
the provgande efforts of the orgenizetion in Montevideo, As to eeerell
coordination plans with the Jewish Communiste in Santiegn, Kulik efenitted that he
bad obtained only nertial success in his mission since the group Sentiego wee,
for the most yart, under the dominrtion of the "nonedemocrAtic reeeesentetivee
of iprael', who refused to contribute to the "ontevideo erciep ineeeuch as they
were currently engaged in raising funds for an inteenationel Jewiee refugee
orgenization,
3. Shortly after his return from Chile, Kulik treveled to Rio de Jenero And Sao
Paulo, allegedly te establish liaison with the Jewieh Communist geeups in those
cities, On his return from Brazil, Kulik asserted that coordineten between the
Brazilian and Uruguayan groups would be effected in the neer futuee. Acourding
to Kulik, Braellien Jewish Communists are publicizing their lender, SAlomnn "elina,
ee a martyr to the Communist cause since his imprleonment by Bra tan olice.
4, in 1943 it was reported thnt the Unzez FrnInt orgentzetion was reeelerly receiving
Cemmunipt propaganda from the United Strtes. Until 1949 the Ur cnetinued to
support the local Communist cause, but After the formation of the Jewieln Stote
of Israel, the group assumed A more active part among the Jewish residents In
!!onteviden, A. Jewish Communist youth group, the Federacion de Ineituciones
Juveniles Uruguayes (FTJU), wee formed in 1949 to interest the Jew eh youth in
aiding the Comeuniet cause,* Both of these groups have been actt5e in supporting
11311 financial campaigns, and according to source, PCIJ contribution: from these
Jewish groups have been much higher then from other corresnonding eemmunistefront
groups,
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In Mnrch 19`e), the UF obtained 2,000 signnturet from Jewish sympethizert
demending tYe defeat of the retification of the Urugunynn-US Comeerciel
Trade Tresty Frominent in this propegendn campaign was U7 Secretery-General,
eamuel Betek, who delivered verious speeches ageinst the "impertelietic
policy of the United Stetes.?
Reportee0.,, Jewish Communist leaders strongly urged their labor constituents
to confoee to the resolution adopted at the CAL Conference in mentevIdeo
during Mfrch 152t ** Members of the UF were reminded by their leaders that
Vicente :,ombardo Toledane wns one of the firet labor leaders in the world who
had cal:d for the inderendence of Yelestine. On 1 May the orgeeizetion
attend e n Communiet-rponsored labor demonstrntion which wan hple. simultaneounly
-with a ion-Communiet lebor celebretion,
Accordeng to eource, this'organization reireonded immediately to ene call for
eupport in the Communlet-sponsored *Pro-Payee* campaign by obtaieing numerous
signe.eires in the Jewish community In mnntevideo. In addition, the group
carried out itt 0Pro-Peece* ectivitiee during the weekly radio proprnm
eponeored by the Jewish Communists, "ore recently, the UF heel feithfully
followed the Party tine by obtaining gnatures for the Stockhole *Peeve*
Dec'eration, and is currently attacking the United States ae the eggressor in
8, On -verioue occavione. UF members'hnve been the speeiel guests of the Instituto
Cultural Urugunyao Sovietico (ICU), where Julio Dutrenit and other prominent
Coemuniets heve playa' up the idea thet the USFR has nlwaye been in favor of
eloping the State or isreel. As a reeult of thin attention, the organization
his menifeeted complete sireport of all activities eupported by the ICTT end hes
eonerved all Soviet government holidays..
9, 4ore then 800 persone steended the moat recent meeting of the Un7er Fraint on 17),
August 1950, Alse presen were membere of various Jewish organieltions; namely
Le Atociacion Cultural Irmelite. La Asociacien ropuler Zhitolvske del Barrio
del Goee El Coro Juvenfl. Jan Paendel and LOP Cndoezae de M. Ritcaer.
10, The f011owin individualy are reportedly the most ective leaders In the Jewish
Communint organizetienis in Montevideo:
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Leon KuJlk - Secretary General of Unzer Frnint
V, Feldean - Secretary of Unzer Fraint
Samuel Behak - Secretary General of FIJTi
Carle Gorfain Seceetary of Fropegenda of FIJI(
S. Kiachko -.Assistant Secretary of Yropegnnda of FIJU
Merle" Jelkin - "ember of Unzer Fraint
Sandleris
faecuel Nemirosvki
Varela His?
Mnrcelo Paandel
3eezion Koziol
Adolfo Fabius
ISRAC Ferster
Leon Buke
MHIses Flom
Alfredo Beirreix
Comment. "'he 17JU ie elso active In coordineting the Commteeiet vroeependa
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efferts among the racial minority prnulen In "ontevideo, Such Comnuniet orgeni-
zettonit es the Centro Litueno, Aeociecion Armenie and Centro Thine-re Pre con-
teeted 7eeguler1.y by the FTJIT rerresentretive in. an effort to etimuete
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