MEETING OF THE CHILEAN PARTISANS OF PEACE TO WELCOME THE RETURNING DELEGATES TO THE PEIPING AND VIENNA PEACE CONGRESSES

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• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 2, 2001
• Sequence Number: 3
• Publication Date: February 18, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

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On 25 January 1953 a meeting sponsored by the Partisans of Peace for the purpose
of welcoming the returning delegates to the Peiping and Vienna Peace Congresses
took place at the Teatro Coliseo.
The meeting, which took place in the morning, was attended by'approximately
including some 100 children. Scheduled to begin at 9 a.me, it
1500 persons
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did not get underway until 10 a.m., with the playing of a record of the Chinese
National Anthem and the showing of a film on the Warsaw Peace Congress, The
film lasted one hour, and the next hour and a half was devoted to hearing the
reports and the statments of the ten delegates.
During that hour between the time the theater opened and the time the program
started, the majority in attendance at the meeting had an opportunity to see
the exhibit on bacteriological warfare which was on-display in the lobby.- This
consisted of some six large cardboards on which were mounted photographs taken
at a similar exhibit held during the Peiping Conference, Photos showed the
ravages of the germ warfare on civilians and soldiers, the grasshoppers and
other insects used as germ carriers, U.S. planes and germ-carrying bombs, and
pictures of Korean and U.S. soldiers who, supposedly had admitted participating
in this type of warfare. Also on display were posters bearing inscriptions
such as "We are Conquering Peace for our Children's Happiness," "Investigation
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planned Germ Warfare in the U.S. in 1951," which was accompanied by a photo-
graph of an unnamed U.S. newspaper.
4,e T`he following speakers took place in the programs Col. Alfredo de AM TI, who
repro.sented "Union For 1a Patria" and whose statements regarding the bacterio-
logical warfare had been widely publicised by the Communist press upon his
retrain= Jaime CLSTILW, representative of the Falange Party, who had made
statements not altogether favorable to the Congress or to the Commlanist cause;
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Communist-sponsored activities; Graciela.URI$E, youth leader who married David
BORIZON, also Chilean student leader, in Peiping, while both were attending
the Peiping Congress; Isabel JORQUERA, representative of the textile workers;
Christian CASANOVA, officer of the "Union For la Patria", who attended as a
businessman; Dr. Constartino CHUAJUI, physician and one of the signers of the
statement on the evidence of the germ warfare; Alfredo MOLINA Lavin, Socialist;
and Volodia TEITELBOIM, considered by many the leading figure in the Chilean
Communist Party.
g. All but CASTILLO echoed the statements previously made to the press and at
meetings after their return to the city. They conformed to the usual Communist
line about the peace movement and the rapid strides of progress and achievement
being reached in the Popular Democracies under the inspiration and the guidance
of the Great Socialist Republic. The line also included the usual tirade against
the imperialist countries, the bacteriological war being waged by the U.S. in
Korea, and the stalemate in the peace talks caused by the U.S. They called on
Chile and all of Latin America to demand the cessation of hostilities through
a meeting of the Big Five (U.S., Great Britain, U.S.S.R., China, and France),
the recall of all occupation forces, and the renewal of diplomatic,. commercial,
and cultural exchange with the Popular Democracies. They also asked that
Fascist Spain not be allowed to enter the U.N. but that Nationalist China be
expelled to allow-Popular China to be seated. Bringing their line closer to
home, they again voiced the well-known cry against military pacts between the
Latin American countries and the U.S., called on President IBANEZ to abrogate
the pact at once, and harangued at length on the need for national political
and economic liberation. Specifically, they accused the U.S. of exploiting the
resources of the country, and of maintaining large numbers of military personnel
who enjoyed diplomatic immunity, in the country. They demanded the nationaliza-
tion of their mines and complete independence from imperialist tutelage.
6. Jaime CASTILLO, the Falangist, made the only pro-western statements heard from
the platform. He lamented the fact that the "peiping Congress had'been unilater-
al, representing only the Communist or Soviet-oriented world. He asked that
a real peace congress be called uniting both the western and the Soviet blocs.
CASTILLO also decried the charges against the U.S. regarding the bacteriological
war and emphatically denounced such tactics. Although booed somewhat by the
public and outnumbered among the speakers, he was allowed to express himself
freely and was invited to work as a Falangist in the Peace Movement.
7. Money was raised by means of a raffle at which prize-winning numbers received
gifts brought back from Communist China by the delegates. All contributors of
more than 1000 pesos, however, received a gift. The audience was invited to
place contributions in envelopes that were handed out as they entered the theater.
On the envelope was printed "Keep this envelope - it may give you a pleasant
surprise."
A few pieces of Communist propaganda were distributed or sold. These included
copies of the newspaper Union og la Pa , the same issue that had appeared
days earlier with Colonel de AMESTI's statements on germ warfare; the pamphlet
, written by Cesar GODOY Urrutia; a song
sheet of international and Chilean Communist songs; a small handbill calling for
the defense of Gregorio LOPEZ Raimundo and other Spanish political prisoners;
and, of course, copies of the Communist Party organ, 31 S g?
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