INFORMATION REPORTS

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• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 06643867
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• Document Creation Date: July 13, 2023
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• Publication Date: February 15, 1957

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
WASHINGTON 25, D.C.
FEB. 15, 1957
TO; Director
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Attention: Ur. S.J. Pupich
FROM: Deputy Director, Plane
SUBJECT: Information Reports
1. Attached for� your information are copies of. field reports
concerning the following subjects:.
2. The information contained in these reports, which have been
furnished to your representative in Mexico City, is from
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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
This material contains Information affecting the National Defense of the Untied States within the meaning of the &Waage Laws. Title
18. U.8.C. Seca. 793 and 794, the transmission or revelation of which In any manner to an unauthorized person iJI prohibited by 'law.
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PLACE &
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SOURCE:
Xavier GUERRERO Saucedo,-Mexlcan
Painter, and His Wife, Clara Porset
daERRERO, Both Conaluni:sT,5 NO. PAGES 3 .
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REFERENCES CS-3,303,053
4 February 1957
Xavier GUERRERO Sauced�, well-known Mexican painter, and his wife, Clara Porset
de GUERRERO, interior decorator and furniture designer, are active Communists
and contaCts of an intelligence Officer of the Soviet Embassy in Mexico City.
Following is information concerning their contacts, activities, and affiliations
from September to November 1956.
1. General Activities
a. GUERRERO continued his profession as a painter, contacting fellow-artists
regarding exhibitions, paintings, and matters relating to the arts, as well
as activities of many Communist-front organizations,
b. Clara Porset de GUERRERO was occupied with her many interior decorating
projects, as well as with activities of Communist-front organizations.
Expressing her feelings regarding Mexico, she said that she is looking for
a way to leave Mexico, to go to a country where the people are less
hypocritical and do not use the word "friend" for personal gain. She
wondered where she could go and how she could earn a living. She said she
would like to go to Cuba, even though the people are thieves, gossips, and
intriguers, but at least they do not have dual personalities. She would
like to rid herself of all these things in Mexico, because every day she
becomes more bitter.
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a. Soviet Embassy. During November Yuri Paporov,Cultural Attache and an
intelligence officer of the Soviet Embassy, was in frequent touch with
Clara Porset de GUERRERO concerning his search for an apartment. Paporov
finally rented an apartment, and Clara was to help him with the interior
decoration, During September Clara was also in touch with Vera Kubischikova,
a Russian interpreter who attended the Twentieth International Geological
Congress in Mexico City in September 1956. Clara had met Kubischikova in
Moscow.
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b. Czech Legation
On 20 September Ignacio MARQUES Rodiles, a member of the Frente Nacional de
Plasticas (FNAP), advised GUERRatO that the Czech Minister to Mexico would
be at the FNAP headquarters for an interview.
Activities and Affiliations
a. Partido Comunista Mexican� (PCM)
During this period both GUE2tRE10 and his wife appeared to be active in the PCM.
They met with J.- Encarnacion VALDEZ Ochoa, J. Encarnadion PEREZ Gaytan,
Heriberto SAUCED�, and Dionisio ENCINA, all PCM leaders, as well as other PCM
members.
b. Frente Nacional de Artes Plasticas (FNAP)
GUDZHERO continued to be an active leader of the FNAP, PCM-controlled group,
during this period. He was in 'contact with its members and attended meetings.
Clara Porset de GUERRERO was also active in this group, helping to collect
funds and urging members to attend meetings.
C. Movimiento Mexicano por la Paz (MMP - Mexican Peace Movement)
Clara Porset de GUERRERO was very active in the MMP during this period. She
was in contact with Juan Pablo SAINZ, Dr. Enrique CAHRERA, Dr. Guillermo
MOMNO Islas, Ignacio MARUEZ, 3ergio BELTRAN, and other MMF members. She
urged members to attend meetings.
d. Sociedad Mexicana de Amistad con China Popular (SMAGP)
The GUEAREROs continued as active supporters of the S!!:ACP during this period.
In early November GUENRCRO informed Paula GOflEZ.Alonso, SW,CP president, that
the SMACF should take definite action in order to get permission for the China
Opera to appear in Mexico. GUERRERO met with Lie, Benito Coquet Lagunos, of
the Subsecretaria of the Presidencia, in an effort ts persuade the Mexican
Government to allow the China Opera to appear there.' He also complained to
Coquet. that thb Secretaria de Gobernacion (Interior) had been holding two
movies for two years, refusing to release them to the SMACP.
e. Circulo de Estudios Mexicanos (CEM)
GUERRERO continued his activities in the CEM during this period.3
f. Contacts with Cubans �
Clara Porset de GUERRERO and Jose Gumersindo MORERA Perez continued continued their
contacts and meetings during this period.
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Elena and Ricardo PORRO, a Cuban couple, visited the GUERREROs in September.
Clara Porset de GU' 'ZERO was in touch with Dr. Mario SALAZAR Mallen5 and
Manuel 4ESA Andraca concerning the entry into Mexico of Nicolas GUILLEN
Batista in spite of the fact that the Mexican Government had revoked a visa
given to GUILLEN in Paris.
Other Contacts
The GUERREROS were in touch with Miguel Angel VASQUEZ,8 of the Fondo de Cultura
Popular, an outlet for Communist propaganda.
The GUERRMOS continued their friendship and contacts with the group reported '
previously as GUERRERO contacts.
Comment. the Soviet Embassy and
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the -rela-tiOnship'between Clara Porse.t de GUERRERO and Yuri Nikolayevich Paporov,
Cultural Attache of the Soviet Embassy, might possibly be for this purpose.
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.2. Comment. whieh reported that the Mexican Government
would deny visas to the members of the Peking Opera Company which was touring
South America.
3, Comment. 0n 22 November 1956 El Universal, Mexico City daily newspaper,
carried an article in protest to the Catholic Church's entrance into politics.
This article was signed by members of the CEM, includin GUERRERO, and also by
members of other Communist-front organizations.
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MORERA, a Cuban national,.is.a member of.the'executive committee of the Confederacio
de Trabajadores de America Latina (CTAL).
5. SALAZAR is an active member of the Mexican Peace Movement.
6. MESA, a well-known Mexican agronomist, is considered a sincere Marxist and admirer
of the Soviet Union,
7. GUILLEN, a member of the World Peace Council and a Cuban Communist poet, was
attempting to obtain permission to enter Mexico in the spring of 1956. During
late October 1956 GUILLEN asked his friends in Mexico to discontinue their
efforts on his behalf, as he was planning.to go to India. (CS-110640).
8. VASQUEZ is a Salvadoran Communist lawyer who has resided in Mexico for many years.
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