POLITICAL SITUATION, WESTERN VENEZUELA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R009200450008-7
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: November 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 26, 1999
• Sequence Number: 8
• Publication Date: November 8, 1951
• Content Type: REPORT

' Approved For Release 1999/09/09: CIA-RDP82-00457R009 'NO08-7
GL k..`.iSIK;AHUN Co.LFIDLNTIAL
SEC URTTY TNFOR.I< 4TTe
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY REPORT NO.
FO A J 1 REPORT
COUNTRY Venezuela
~ I Political Situat n,
Westexxt Venezuela
PLACE
ACQUIRED
DATE OF
INFO,
Prior to 20 October 1951
ENCd S.
DO NOT CIRCULATE
SUPPLEMENT TO
REPORT NO.
8 Novaer 1951
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The polit ..ca i 8 tua tior? in VVeste Vt3Y7 ' zueJk a coonti iu tense i d
unsettled although rumors of impending trouble rave $ues :pit d. sl Wbly
during the past eek0 It is uerally believed that govexnan t recur tt
forces have effectiwl 8ta---p d =4 air po ib :,fir of a large-sea
armad uprising in the near futuxe.
2, An arr cache co si.sting of r: les and. monition ; . s disc ered mid
confiscated by local at horiti s on or about 20 Ofut dbee,x The cache
is reported to have .snclaic,.:d Kggh-pam-wed xdMs axe hand gro-nodes
in substaxitial elu? n.t:o ties,
Between the hours of 8 d fo.CD l on 1 October t hp
was heard
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in the Bolivar coastal mr rr a clandeati ne radio b : adc t which atten ated
to persuade pet : ieu markers to go out on strike. The broadcast, ho vs ?.,,
achieved no success. Caber agitation. rinleh has x:adn completely
subordinated tc, the local political e g gas is w;t : at a reasonable
z3 n with no :x di..c atic n that It i i l :U re aso in the near fature,
Tlhoa :o iti.oai and lehor situation in the refining K a of the
P ragusna penin alv. is la,'i iy off:
CLASSIFICATION CONFIDENTIAL
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