COMMUNIST AND ANTI-COMMUNIST ACTIVITIES

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• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 30, 2000
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: September 20, 1951
• Content Type: REPORT

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"he leaders or the Communist Party of Ouatemala are fighting with every means
et the-:x desposal to have the Party eegistered as a legal entity. They are
1-e3 workieg feverishly to unify all the revolutionary political parties.
Teeever, in spite of the help they have been receiving from certain highly
)laced peblic efficials? they have not succeeded in gaining legal status as
eet.
ee a reeelt of the clandestine fight carried out by the Party from 1947 un-
ell 19 Jena 1951, when the Party came out into the open with the direct help
ei the goverruent of Dr. Juan Joss Arevelo and with the indirect help of
fvelic officials of the present regime, the Communieta have made tremendous
erogrees? In particular, the Gammunist deputies, ?hose activities are not
eeehed
by them or by the other deputies, among whom are the moderate leftists,
ere those of the Center as mell as Rightists, and in spite of the knowledge
ehich toe eovernment itself has of this organization, they have been permitted
.o ik seporeaat political, as well as socia2 and economic, positions.
Ln epiJe of the illegal statue of the Party the legislative authorities sit
1:e and watch the "illegal? organization penetrate high places, since the Com-
rnist is tireless in its efforts to obtain for its members the
eey politions of the government. The Party is bettering its position every
flP7,, ever, to the victory at the polls whereby the Communist deputies are now
leeesiatirep'telerated by the three highest powers in the State, the legis-
letIve, eudicial, and the executive branches of the government.
71-J:s puelf,c, participation with the Communist Party by the most outstanding
nmbers of the government of Colonel jacole Arbenz, in such affairs as the
ne,F.Itins held by the Pro-Peace Committee, and the anniversary celebration of
Comeanistepaper Octubre, As well as the reception that MUS given to the
eiehest leader3 of frigEinonai Communism at the recent Transportation
Clengrese, at welch the president of the legislative branch, the judiciary, and
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ee e clear demonstration of the fact that the Deatemalan authorities were not
;.i.ver8e to the T activities and the progress made by the leaders of the Guatemalan
Comunist Parte.
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? ,;cntrast to the government attitude toward Communism, there are now growing
signs of eociel and political groups preparing to fight against Communism in
heatemala, Even in the case of the official political parties such as the
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Feente Fepular Libertador (FPL), the Partido Renovacion Nacional (PRN), he
Tlartido Accion Revolucionaria (PAR), and the Partido Integridad Nacional (Fir),
although many of their meMbers are taking part in the meetings organized by
Cqemunist leaders to promote the Prente Damocratico Nacional, there are eeme
(ntbers ftcm each of these organizations who are moderate Leftists, Rightists,
som ;ho will proclaim themselves anti-Communist. However, it is still
tz!Le that the Communist group appears to have more chance of being successful
iA. its plan for a united front.
Ceurrunist infiltration has been manifested particularly in the labor organiza-
rAs., as 1:e1l as in the educational organizations of nuatenala city and
tayboat the country. Also, in spite of the denials by the leaders of the
and the police that there is Communist infiltration in their services,
oi these men remain discreetly silent concerning their sympathies, In
G:cer to ruk,ala their jobs under a regime which is continuing to favor Cm-
tkf lam.
ie1t1J- groups of students have banded together to fight against the Com,
zast Lxoups in the colleges and schools. The same thing is happening in the
mater ae labor group, the Sindicato de Accion y Mejoramiento Ferrocarrilero
(SA7T), where anti-Communist groups are growing stronger. The same anti-
CnNlnist trend is being noticed in the Escuela Normal Central. de Varonee, and
ammg the organized labor unions in Puerto Barrios. the
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spread in nuatemala. A hopeful sign is that many of the radio broadcasting
sections like the Continental, Ciros, and Voz de las Americas are constantly
taeadcastine slogans such as, "Let is fight against Communism; to combat it is
patriotdem, to practice it or publicize it is a crime."
ALfrdo Geerra Borges, a member of the Guatemalan Comtminist Party, who imports
meeh Party propaganda from rexico, as said that the Guatemalan Communist
Party was doing all in its power to establish a workers/ library in Guatemala
reetT such as they have in nexico City, where all workers and farm labores could
cow tc oo.min Communist literature.
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