ALLEGED MEETING OF COMMUNIST LEADERS IN WARSAW REGARDING COMMUNISM IN LATIN AMERICA
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February 25, 1999
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Publication Date:
March 31, 1949
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REPORT
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COUNTRY Latin tiaerica/Poland CONFIDENTIAL DATE DISTR. 31 MAR 1949
SUBJECT Alleged l:eeting of Cormunist Leaders in
UUarsaw Regarding Communism in Latin knerica
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L A meeting of important Communist leaders was allegedly held at the direction
of the Cominform in Warsaw, Poland, during December 194, for the purpose of
r .king plans to intensify the sabotage of strategic resources in Latin America,
In addition, a plan was discussed to send groups of 'lave to Latin America to
strengthen Communist activities such as the sabotage program, as well as to
strengthen the Communist Party in Latin Amerioa,
20 The following individuals are reported to have attended the meeting:*
Vicente Uribe, Secretary for Political Affairs of the
Spanish Cormnmist Party
Juan Comorera Soler, Secretary General of the Catalan Communist
Party
Victor Contreras Tapia of the Chilean Communist Party
Jose Chonat of the Cuban Corinnmist Party**
3,, Jinn Comorora is reported to be charged with the supervision of Communist
parties in Latin 4merica.
40
According to source, the Argentine Communist Party (CPA) was discussed at
great length as Communist-Party leaders have little confidence in the leader-
ship or revolutionary spirit of Victoria, Codovilla and Rodolfo Ghioldi,
Central Committee members of the CPA. Codovilla and Ghioldi were censured for
having become decadent and soft and for not having met the challenge of the
Peron regime,
CormR , It has been established through available records that
Uri e,, omorora and Contreras Tapia were in Warsaw, Poland, on 15 December 1948
to attend a Union Congress of Polish Workers' Parties,
CoLment, One Emilio Chomat of the Cuban Communist Party was reported
several weeks ago to have arrived in Paris from a Cominform meeting reportedly
held in Prague in February 1949. The arrival of Argentine Communist Enrique
:-mnorin in Paris from the same meeting was also reported.
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