ORGANIZATION OF THE COMMUNIST PARTY OF VENEZUELA
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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
SECRET
SECURITY INFORMATION
COUNTRY Venezuela
This Document contains Information affecting the Na-
tional Defense of the United States, within the mean-
ing of Title 18, Sections 793 and 794, of the U.B. Code, as
amended. Its transmission or revelation of its contents
to or receipt by an unauthorized person is prohibited
by law. The reproduction of this form is prohibited.
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Organization of the Communist Party DATE DISTR. 28 may 1953
of Venezuela
DATE OF INFO.
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1. In accordance with the arovisionsmf Article No. 27 of the Statutes of the
Communist. Party of Venezuela (PCV),,ratified at the Second Congress of the
PCV, held in Caracas in August 19!.8, the organization and members of the
high executive bodies of the Party were the following; l
A. CENTRAL COWITTEE:
This executive body is considered one of the'most important divisions of the
Party. It is normally composed of 27 members; however, during the past year and
a ,half there have been many changes, and the present list cannot be considered
accurate. In 1952 the names of Juan Bautista FUENMAYOR and Eduardo MACHADO
Morales were deleted, along with the names of two unidentified women, and
others, like Carlos DSL VECCHIO, have been incorporated. The members of the
Central Committee, as presently known, are the following:
1 Jesus FARIA In prison
2 Porgpeyo MARQUEZ Ezequiel
3 Gustavo MACHADO Morales In exile
4 Alohso OJEDA Olaeohea In hiding
5 Eloy Felix TORRES
6 Luis Emiro ARRIETA In hiding
7 main 10 RAMIREZ In exile
8 Humberto J` ARRIATTI Reported to be in hiding
in the State of Falcon, Venezuela
(9) Natalie CASTILLO
redo GUTIERREZ
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Max GARCIA Reported to have been released from
prison and presently out of Venezuela.
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(12)
Israel LUGO
(13)
-acundo LOPEZ
Reported to be in prison
in the State of Anzoategui,
Venezuela
(14)
Jose MARTINEZ Pozo
Reported to be in.-prison
in Ciudad Bolivar,,
Venezuela
(15).
Mmuel Isidro MOLINA
(16)
tsar MILLAN
(17)
Carlos DEL VECCHIO Bottaro
Reported to be in
Bucharest, Rumania
.(18)
Luis MORENO
(19)
Fortirio MARVAL
(20)
Motor MARTINEZ
(21)
Jose RODRIGUEZ
(22)
Gustavo VILLAPAREDES
Reported to be in-prison
in Ciudad Bolivar,
Venezuela
-POLITICAL BUREAU:
The...executive body known-as the Political .Bureau of the PCV is normally
composed of nine members, who are elected by and from the members of the
Central Committee. At the present time there are seven members, as follows-2
(1
Jesus FARIA
In prison
(2)
Pompeyo MARQUEZ Ezequiel
Operating clandestinely in
Venezuela
3)' Gustavo MACHADO Morales,,:
'
Exiled in Mexico
4) Alonso
OJEDA Olaechea
Reported ta' be .in hiding
in Venezuela'
(5)
Eloy Felix TORRES
Operating clandestinely
in Venezuela
(6)
Luis Emiro ARRIETA
Reported to be in hiding
in the State of Miranda,
'
Venezuela
(7)
Martin J.
RRA,MIREZ
Exiled in Mexico
C. SECRETARIAT OF THE PARTY (PCV)t
The Secretariat of the Party ie composed of three members who are elected by
and from the members of the Political Bureau:
(1)
Jesus FARIA - Secretary General of the PCV, reported to be in
prison at' San Juan de los Morros,
Venezuela;
(2)
P'ompeyo MARQUEZ Ezequiel, alias Santos YORME - Secretary (actin
Secretary General) reported to be operating
clandestinely in the Federal District,
Venezuela;
(3),
Eloy Felix TORRES
- Alternate member replacing GustavoMACHADO Morales,
who is exiled in Mexico. It is reported that
TORRES is at present operating clandestinely
in the Federal District, Venezuela.
In general practice the following known committees and sections come under the
jurisdictions of the Central Committees
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NATIONAL EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF COMMUNIST YOUTH:
Composed of the following known members:
(1) Carlos.DEL VECCHIO Bottaro
(2) Rafael Angel BARRETO Castillo
3) Guillermo GARCIA Ponce
Angel R. GARCIA
() Juvenal HERRERA
M Jonas MILLAN
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B. -NATIONAL : E71 ECUT IVE COMMITTEE OF ' COMMUNIST WOMEN:
C.
Composed of the following known members:
(1) #speranza VERA
(2) Velia-Mb BOSCH Roman
REGIONAL SECRETARIAT FOR THE FEDERAL DISTRICT (Venezuela):
Elm Felix TORRES
D, REGIONAL SECRETARIATS FOR THE INTERIOR:
Each of tbetwenty (2O Mates and Territories of the Republic of Venezuela
is argpresented by a egional Secretariats, Only three of those Secretariats
are'known at the present time:
1 Humberto J. ARRIETTI State of Faloon
2) Manuel Isidro MOLINA State of Trujillo
3) Fac~axlda:,. ( State of Anzoategui
Within the organization of,the Secretariat of the Federal District and the
8ecretariatsof the Interiors there are the following sub-divirionee
a*'ro-Pease Movement
b. abor Union Movement
Commen r The information in this report probably refers to the
commonly known executives structure or "piper" organization of the PCV,
which is used in normal times but has been superseded by an underground
organization composed; of lesser-known Party members. The majority of
the names oontained in this report are PCV members of long standing.
Comment reported that until the summer of 192 the
o We eau of the was composed of nine membgre but that two,
Eduardo MACHADO Morales and Juan Bautista FUENMAYOR, had been expelled.
~Comment+ It.is not certain that MATOS is a member of the Communist
ICOMM Coomm'Tsaion?
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