ACTIVITIES OF JUNTA NACIONAL DE PARTIDARIOS DE LA PAZ
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November 16, 2016
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February 24, 2000
Sequence Number:
4
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Publication Date:
September 19, 1950
Content Type:
REPORT
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114FORMATION REPORT Cn NO~
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COUNTRY Urupuay
SUBJECT Activities of Junta.Nacional de Partidarios de
la Paz
PLACE 25X1 A
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DATE OF 25X1 A
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DATE DISTR. IJ Sep 50
NO. OF PAGES 2,
NO. OF ENCL.S. 17
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SUPPLEMENTT' TO
REPORT NO.
L. Despite the acc'leerated efforts during August 1950 of the Junta "I'acional
de Partidarios de Is Paz, the Tlruguaygn Communist "peace" organization,
there has been a noticeable l.essering of enthusiasm in the orpa izationes
activities. Although Jose Luis Massera, Secretary-General of t getup,
publicly announced that his organization had collected 75,On' signatures for
the Stockholm Peace 'ledge as of 23 1ugust, conservative estimates derived
from the orpa,nization0s confidential fit-6, indicate that only anoroxi. tely
25,000 signatures have been obtained.
2. As a result of the lack of enthusiasm on the part of the Uruguai ?ans to sign
the "peace" pledge, the Junta is now olanninr to concentrate its: forces
on securi? ' support for the Co--unist-sponsored nlan of nrever_V,'if any
Uruf*uayart aid or assistance to the Inited `-Nations" forces in 'Cor?ea. To
imnl.ement the orf?aniza.tion's campaign against Tlruguayan aid in the Korean
Iar, the following measures were outlined on 26 August by the Junta and
are now in the process of being carried to comple',ions
a. 'jea" lets a.r~ to he published carrying the texts or reepor-ts from
;tashington indicating that the Urupaayan government intends to send
2,111 soldiers and other Military aid to corea.
b. An ad,'itional 59000 leaflets are to be distributed explaining the
implications of the projected Uruplaya,n aid to South Korea. Three
thousand of these leaflets are to be distributed amonr `scion General
de Trabajadores (UGT) syndicates.
c. If sufPicient funds are collected, advertising space is to he obtained
in daily newenaoers requesting that no rrruguayan supoort be given to
South Corea.
d. An audience is to be requested with the "resident of the Pent.hlic
to explain the Juntn's views on the corean situation.
e,. A public demonstration was to be held on 17entember under the indirect
.snonsorship of the Union de T'ujeres Anti Necistas Ssps neles,, a Spanish--
Comnunist '?rommend organization.
CONFIDENTIAL
CLASSIFICATION SET
This document is hereby regraded to
CONFIDENTIAL. in accordance with the
letter of 16 October 1978 from the 11
Director of Central Intelligence to the
Atchivist of the United States.
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C EN3TRAT, IN'tELLIGENC' :.GENCY
3n At a recent m etinp of the Tunta, Julia i"va.lo, honorary nresidrnt of the
organization and 'Jru'uayan' Corirunist Senator, was g*tven the reeoonsibility
of selecting the candidates to represent the Junta at the gorld 'ongress
of Partisans of Peace in Rome during October 1950. Junta leader; adviserl
Irevalo that the delop tes selected to represent both the worker< and the
intellectual factions of the organization should be the members srho were
the most successful in collecting funds for the organization and signatures
for the Stockholm Peace sledge,
Reportedly, \revslo and Tamara Erilianenko, an TTrupuayan of Russ-=an taarentage
who has become active in Party a,f airs, have been unofficially n-.med as Junta
delegates. '_t?rilianenlco, who works it the o rF'ice of Yi tel Levit . hays]
leader of the Communist-Sl.gv movement in Montevideo, is currently one of the
outstanding leaders of the J'aximo Gorki group, a Communist-Slav organization.
5e According to source, if sufficient funds are collected during th~~. drive now
being conducted '-)y the organization, two arilitionil Junta candid:. tes will
also be n`n d to attend the lorld Congress of+ Partisans of Peace in Italy.
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