REMARKS BY CGT LEADERS CONCERNING THE COMING REVOLUTION IN FRANCE

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R002100790009-7
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: November 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 16, 1998
• Sequence Number: 9
• Publication Date: December 22, 1948
• Content Type: REPORT

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INFORMATION REPORT 25X1A2g
COUNTRY
France
DATE DISTR.
26D
948 1948
SUBJECT
PLACE
Remarks by CGT Leaders Concerning the Qgid ~g
Revolution in France
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1
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REPORT NO.
1. Union delegates of the Confederation Generale du Travail (CGT) in Marseilles
are currently extremely active among she dockers and seamen at the post.
In particular, they are attempting to intimidate r.caleitrant members by
references to the coming insurrectior in France and the invasion of the
country by the Soviets. Examples of their remarks are as follows:
a. Andriani, CGT syudicat chief, recently announced publicly on
several occasions that the aoment for the revolution in France
is rapidly approaching.
b. Brachet, influential member of the CGT in Marseilles and one of
the leaders of the strike in November 1947, stated that the
commencement of the insurrection is scheduled for the very near
future.
c. Gagnieres, chief of the C1T dockers' union, said that airborne
Soviet partisans have arrived in France.
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