INTERNAL POLITICS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R000200720002-2
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• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: November 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 15, 1998
• Sequence Number: 2
• Publication Date: January 16, 1947
• Content Type: IR

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Socialist-Counist rivalry and hatred are
greater than ever. The Communist Party has lost ground as a
consequence of USSR international concessions; the Socialists
?e making every effort to take full advantage of this through
e opportunity offered by the present government in order to
regain tie favor of the working masses*' Courtade. has admitted,
that the Socialists have destroyed all.Croizat's
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Blum is opposed,.. Mayer f*vorable,
and Mo et hostile to a renewal of the present governt. Blum
reportedly secretly desires a continuation:. of he policy of the
present gover anent, which would be possible if the Premier were
a Socialist. In this event, Auriol id out as President.
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rumor that to have Aurlol as President_.
Bidault as Premier and Foreign Minister with a Socialist Vice-
Premier, is another solution considered by the Scoialists?
However, - In the event of such a line-up the Communists have
stated their intontion of demanding the Vice-Premiership, The
Socialists, in view of Bidault''s frequent absences from the
country for conferences, consider this highly undesirable.
Therefore, many Socialists favor the following: Uerriot,
President; Auriol, Premier; liidault, Foreign Minister; Du.clos,
President of the Assembly. This line-up is said to be satisfactory
to the Coiaunists also. In such a line-up they would obtain the
Ministry of Industrial Production and the Ministry of Labor
without opposition and would insist on the Ministry of Agriculture
only. The SFa:0 would insist on the Ministries of Interior,
National Education, and National Defense.
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4. There have been no official Bidault-CP negotiations but
Communist leaders hope that I3idault will be Premier as
they fear his Russian policy less than one of an Anglo-
phile Socialist.
5. As to intra-CP matters, Thorez and Duclos have regained
all their old influence, source continues. The majority
of the Central Committee supports their recorm endation
that an attempt to secure the Ministry of National Defense
be abandoned and that a concentrated effort be made to
obtain only the cabinet posts formerly held. Liauvais and
Marty who opposed this policy now admit their error and
all CP members are said to realize the disastrous
consequences of non-participation of the CP in a future
government as has been demonstratod by the current
Socialist government.
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6. recently the Central Committee
vote on t e zorez po cy concessions and compromise
versus the Marty activity. Result of the vote was 13 votes
for Thorez, 5 against, and 7 abstentions. This, source
continues, is considered a fairly serious threat against
Thorez position and policy.
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a stormy pro-Christmas session of
the Communist Party Politburo etween Marty and Thorez camps.
After the session Marty is said to have declared it .
impossible to allow Thorez to continue as head of the Party
as he is too compromised.
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8. Casanova's influence in the Communist Party is apparently
weakened, . He is said' to have sent four
Co mists on a mission to Spain without the clearance of
the Central Committee.
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