LABOR ACTIVITIES IN THE BANANA ZONE

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R007100130011-1
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: November 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 7, 2000
• Sequence Number: 11
• Publication Date: March 24, 1951
• Content Type: REPORT

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;~.~, ~'raaz~ R? Sealis R~ s mho ~s elected president of the new D3~ective e;outle~il cat'
t~xe ~'c-+deracioa de Traba~~~dores Ra.z~.aera (F'EETRA.BA~ on l January 1~351g ~Jac~
~'.aaa`~ FET'RAU:1 bad requested to be incorporated into the ltr,texes~.:tional
t~onf`ederation of Fre? '"reds Unions (xCFTU)~ ?n instxurtians ~~~n ;e:~~.?i~~
~?c^~atvale~.i~ according to snt~.rcar the banana avorltars ha~'e bral{en priJx~ the
C~c~nf?ederacion Costs,rioense de T'rabe.3adorQS (CGT Rertma ~~ovart~a) ~ The m~atic~xz~
;~tts~orxced by aI3. delegmtioas at the s~etixtg~ ~.a rnade ~~Y the Qttepos syndicate
e,~, the extraordir3ar~r General Aa~sembly of FF"~RAF3A$ echic~i cortr?e~ed in Col~':i~~o
ran l~' Dc~etaber 1950, The Rerum No~arum ~.s cr~.ticised for rla~.ad~tinis''~ret:ion,
a.nd for retaining Futhcr Ben~anaino Ntanez ova the NataonR~. Directory Cox~nsem ~a
;~?~3.te of his lack of ra.~onsib.~l3ty in thQ sranagcKnr~nt of aff3.13ated synr_'ticate~;a
:~~:aording to 5oli.s, tho separation from the Rertun No~art~m ~s to be condn~;~~wd
as to attracst as little attention as possible,, Frith onl~r a short- s.r~muncem~nt
th? ne~spapers~
~., ~"he other meffibes?s of the; necv D:~.roctive Coustc~:.i. of F~Ii~~ ~s2?e~ l~.sted ~.u :t'o~.:lo~ncsa
Y~.ce President
Secretax~r
Su`~~ecretax~r
fis?easurar
Se+~reta of C~rgtinizatioa
Secretary of Propaganda and
:'x~~alic Rolatioas
Luis Perez l"ads?iz
Al~`redo Actin B6
~'c~al io Sdal'~e ^de B@
'ianuel Chavez Sala,s
~'tario Ro;ja$ A?
CartrtAn &,~orgca Go
Although F~TR.AaA. wishes to be considered an anti-Commtna3at orgonizat3cn~ '%he~?o
??~,y regard of Caa~ex~ Dojorge Guzm~.n's ha~ring been a me~?~ex~ of thc~ Co~~3.st'arty
a~?otax~d 194~~ Source believes thaat this spay mean that ~'~~T,Rt~.~ ha+; been pence
=~~ted in its directorate by at least oas Comm~atist~
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