FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES OF THE COMMUNIST PARTY OF ARGENTINA ( CPA )

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R002100230007-0
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: November 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 1, 1999
• Sequence Number: 7
• Publication Date: November 26, 1948
• Content Type: REPORT

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le The National Finance Committee of the Communist Pa~ty"~?ot"~rgenta.na { CP,~ ~
v~a5 a ently rPOrganized and is no~- headed by Benito ~4arianett2 (ufp
~, a 'cell-kno?~n Communist leader and lager. At tt~ same time
twenty-four subcamna3.ttees ~rere formed to hand~Le Party finances- 'Lhrou;;hout
the coun'cry, the mere important of these being; located iri }tTie Provinces
of Buenos Aires, Santa Faa.~ntre Fcios= the Chaco Territory, %n the cities
of Cordoba and Mendoza, and i.rz the Federal Capital..
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2? Since funds collected locally are not sufficient to meet a~.l the expensesF
incurred by the CPAs the Central Committee of the Party irsca~i~tes funds
from '~.ontevideo, the actual source of ~:ich is not known. `These funds ?
are brou5ht into Argentina by Communists =who travel ex~ressly~'for that
purpose.
,3a The CPA handles approximately 300,OC4 pesos per month, a sum barely .~u:~p.
ficient to meet all its needs. :It ordinarily receives between,-E~3aOU~J to
80,Q00 pesos monthly from contributions. This sum. is supplcmeta?~d by
special financia]. drives such as the one recently concluded (cfr
which proved fairly successf~il.. Tts success was due ir` lar~~ par a e
fact that the.I'arty arvrkers contacted -all personsq especi"~fiy Jas, ?:~i?4r. 25X1A2g
relatives living in the Soviet Clnion and the satellite nations, in addi-
tion to business fizms and ~realthy individualsp -'
l-tQ Payment to ceii leaders is made in accordance with the size of the con??-
tri.butions raised by each particular cell. Cell leaders, a ~,enfi.s, and
agitators receive their payments from Geronimo Arnedo 4lvare4z, aecretai=~r
General of the Party,
~. Funds arP sent by Argentine Communists to Chiles Bolivia, ~'eru arxd other
i,s.tin timerican countries, -
The CPA expends sizable sums maintaining the Instituto Cultural t-rgentina-
Ituso (Argentine-Russian Cultural Institute). At present the Party is 4pencl?~
ing considerable sums in seektn~; to foment strikes amon4 the 3vorkers of.
packing, houses which have 1ar~;e American and British investments? Their
ultimate aim is to havo the /,rgentine government seize thQ large packir:~;
houses. The Party is also contributinb heavily to the campaign far -re~'orzn
of the Argentine Constitution on the basis of Peran9s pramiae that the i'arty
~ri.ll not be outlawed
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