POSSIBLE REORIENTATION OF NUESTRO TIEMPO, CHILEAN COMMUNIST PUBLICATION

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R012400210004-1
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 26, 2001
• Sequence Number: 4
• Publication Date: June 19, 1952
• Content Type: REPORT

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rv141 .v. 51-W
FEB 1952
CONFIDENTIAL
SECURITY INFORMATION
INFORMATION REPORT REPORT NO.
CD NO.
COUNTRY
SUBJECT
DATE OF
INFO.
25X1A
DATE DISTR. 19 June 1952
Possible Reorient.:aticn N, tr=e~ ' ?rm a NO. OF PAGES
Chilean Comnrunlr_t. Puh:a
NO.OF ENCLS.
(LISTED BELOW)
25X1 C
PLACE
SUPPLEMENT TO
ACQUIRED
REPORT NO.
25X1X
2.
25X1A
Salwa,dor O ;arnpio PaF,t ,nes., Chilean Corimiuni.st Senator9 and. Juan Vargas Puebla,,
CoTww.uii_ st labor .leader W ha," been attempting to reorient Nu'ester o Tiem o a
Chilean Commmnunisi, rut, ~ t c ir_:a .~ on a more "national" basis, as opposed to
t; present mrrternat.!_ora:. s, a Ater o They hope that in the future Nue
`t'~err Will d R its c l ns to matters concern-l.ng Chile (ir ectly9 with
particular errrphasis on. the ,..ountr " e -lonomicg financial., and labor problems.
Occamp : and Vargas belie' t. spat such a shift in emphasis will increase the
,-appeal of t sae magazine to the Chilean laboring masses, to whom it is di-
r?ected.o The magazine ' have defended its international character
on the ba-jis that, _tther?e a:aa wealth of such material available to the
Chilean Comriun :.dots whe ri2 simt .ar? items of a local nature would require
originality and a great deal more effort n
The Political. Connnisei.on of the Communist Party has been undertaking to
ensure the continuatio=n o.f the mmagaziine9 which has had considerable fi-
nancial difficulty. Its ,ado ctnistr?ation has been also severely criticized
try Party leaders. Victor U"u:xerrer o9 longtime Chilean Communist youth
leader, arid: now a me ber of 7,he Political Commission, has assumed the role
of business m a iger :c'ca? Nu t ro ' .em o The inclusion on the staff of
such a Party leader as Ce, a' Gc oy Urrutia is believed still another indi-
cation of t}..I~. inarea;3ed importance attached to the magazine by the Party's
lea er a
~Ccr.lxmmenmt`n , Although
... .~~ E rzi t tend n tee$
that it is still .folio rixmg the international line. The major part of the
in?o: .tion contained tl.iere:nn is of foreign origin and is slanted inter
nationall: 0 It, is believed that ghat Ocampo and Vargas actually plan is
to localize the appeal of Nfiestr+~ Tiemn rather than its content,, to make
it of interest to the Chilean worker,
the impression of possible
in the debate over a national as opposed to an
international orientat:. on9 ,he contents of the May 1952 issue indicate
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