EFFORTS OF THE COMMUNIST PARTY OF CHILE TO ORGANIZE UNIFIED LABOR 'CENTRAL'

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• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 24, 2002
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• Publication Date: October 14, 1952
• Content Type: REPORT

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INFORMATION REPORT
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Efforts of the Colthnunist Party of Chile to
Organize Unified Labor PICentral"
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I. leaders of the Coptunist Party of 011ie (PCCh) con d the o:-..ganization
of a. unified labor "Centraln in Chile as one of their top pric,rity-
,projects-el - The Communist a,1m- ts to enlist tho 3uppr....r; of all Chij,:ean
white-Collar and labor group,,,, irrespective of
PCCh lea&rs-harbor no 1Iusiens of Comunist control civet' ,r::tch en
organization. On the -contrary,. - they believe that no ?:ine group
will be able t muster suffi,Aent strength to cl gnzation of this
typep and that it Will moot likely be built around aleat'A Condo
Nacional de Obreros y Empleados. The organization -will tte ee%ablisbed
more along the lines -of 44m Junta. Nacie,nal de Emplett4..:013 Chile (JUNECh)
with the presidency or secretazy-generalsh.p rotatIng'-amow the vA,riou,s? ?
member organizations.
2. In the event the above plan fails to materializ,s?, the Inamtunisto would
propose a so-nalled ft.ndependentlf,., such as Clotapio Pleat for the leader
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ship of the organization. Blest they qualify B13 a nresp.,:onsible leader
essentially loyal to the working class".
The Cormaunists do not believe that the ?ocular L')oCialists -will agree to
the plan of various lbahistz leaders to organi.,!,e a F..:r1-1.3'.:41: type labor
'Centralo in Chiles, affiliated with the Argentine CGT. They balieve on
the contrary., that the Popular Socialist adhesion to rbanz.r1, has been Of
.a political nature and that in such instances Uri the organization of a
labor Oentrai they will be Socialists rather than IbaniAtaa. They
qualify Wilfredo Arandas, semi-governmental employees leader,. and Or
, Waiss Bands, leading white-collar workers official, as belonging to this
category.. They argue that the eame holds true for suchlea,d,,,:os of erther
parties who supported Ibanez -ao Guillermo Sanchez A.s, Ti.7.0-prsident of
the Partido Democratic.,o del Pueblo and an ex-director of the OTCh and au.
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4. The Communists further claim that the movement for a single labor "Central"
will have the support of Manuel Ovalle, leader of the Copper Workers'
Confederation. A series of preliminary conferences are being held this week,
designed primarily to obtain the support of Isidore Godoy, Socialist leader
of the Bakers' Union.
5. PCCh leaders have instructed the Party's cells, neanwhile, to -work for the
placement of as many Communists and sympathizers as possible on delegations
to the various conferences and congresses, which will lead up to the final
organization of a unified "Central".
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Comment: reported the concern of PCCh leaders over
movemen ..Amar a "Pereniste inspired labor "Central.
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