RELATIONS OF THE CONSELL NACIONAL DE LA DEMOCRACIA CATALANA WITH THE ANFD OF CATALONIA AND THE GENERALITAT IN EXILE

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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R000200430005-1
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: November 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 21, 1998
• Sequence Number: 5
• Publication Date: January 7, 1947
• Content Type: IR

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE GROUP
INTELLIGENCE REPORT
COUNM Spain
SUBJECT Rolatjons of the Consell Naoional de la
Democracia Catalana with the A FI) of
Catalonia and the Generalitat in. Exile
ORIGIN
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According to information of late November 1946, the Conaael.i Na?.ionaal de
l.a Demo craaoiaa Catalaana (National Council of Catalan Democracy,` for some
time had been trying to reach an agreement with the Alianza 'aacional de
Fuerzas Democraatieas of Catalonia for the fusion of the two orf anizationa.'
Considerable progress had been made and the Connell was about to change
ito name and ednit the A'-D., whoxa the members of the ANFD distributed
-soma leaflets r.ioh were very centralist in toned This action caused the
negotiations to be suspended, although they were not broken o "f altogether.
20 Source. states that if a union of the two resistance or anlsa't;ioua now
existing in Catalonia is affected, all the Catalan opposition forces
will be united, with the exception of the Communists? who do not form a
part of either of the two groups.
S. Under date of 16 October 1946, the President of the Connell sent a letter,
which was read by source, to Josep Irlaa, the President of the Catalan
Oaverxx axr.t-tn ilea It reads substantially as follows.
Dy unan:. sus agreement of the Consell Naacional d?r Is De ooraaoia
Cataalana, the President of thin organization addreesaea himself to
the President of the Govenimen ; of the Oezierelitat to explain to him
i xxe resolutions unanimously adopted by the Consello 25X1A6a
DATE.
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MST. `X January 1947
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Comments Acoording to a leaflet dated 1I. September 19446,,
which was distributed by the Car Bell in Catalonia, but edited in
Per~pi ~xamn by Mtani Rovira i. lriigili of the Esquerra Republicana do
Catalonia, the following orga>airation.s form part, of the Consells
Aooio Cataalaan.aa, Esquerra Republioaxia de Catalwiya, Estat Catala, Unto
a cretica de Cata~luuya, Moviment Socialieta de Caataal unya, Unto deg
Rabaassaires, Front Nanional de Cataalu yaa, i'ar,tii Republicaaa d'Esquerra,
Unio Catalanista, Partit Naoionslista Catula, and Lliga Cetalen.a,
The 7 December issue of the pro~'government CNT periodical,, Es
aarn& Libre,
oontaiue a manifesto of the ANA of Catalonia signed by the of o'wing
groupp; the Con.foderacion Nacionaal del Trabajo y Movimiento Libertario,
the Union General do Trabajadores, the Paar ti t Obrer d' Uinifioucio
Marxiste and the Partido Sociaalista abrero Espanol. 25X1 A9a
CLASStFICAT$ON
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The Connell wishes to establish, for the heat interests of
Catalonia, the closest relations with the uovernraent of the Generw-,
alitat in Exile.
a. The link of union will be the President of the Government
abroad and the President of the Conseil in the Interior ,5
bs The Government, with the greatest urn elfishness and in the
certainty of thus serving the beat interests of Catalonia,,
maintains a legalist position. The Conseil, equally desirous
of serving Catalonia? takes its bearings from the tripartite
note of March 1946. Each organization, while maintaining
the best relations, can pursue its own course, since the
interests of Catalonia demand that all roads which might
lead to the solution of the Spanish problem be followed.
oa Although it is not indispensable, it is desirable that the
forces organized in the interior be represented in the
Government-in-Exile.
4 Irla had not answered the letter by the end of Noveiiber.
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