COMMUNIST PARTY ACTIVITIES

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R007100070013-6
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: November 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 17, 2000
• Sequence Number: 13
• Publication Date: March 23, 1951
• Content Type: REPORT

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a61BalECT G?zmmsanist Party ~etivities
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1~, Siaace the f~xat trio bombings in San dose, tvx~ more attempts have been made
G^rhich gho~ a lank of direction and coordination that would tend to remove all
sraapician from Communir~s, supporters of Figveres or adherents of the present
Costa Rican Q;~verrm~ent usi~ the pretext to gain political obj ecti~res. Thc~
stink of dysamit? that v~.s exploded at the entrance of the Nicaragui~n Consulate,
cn 3 February, and a sirril.ar attempt on the Banco Na.ciana7. an 5 Fehr:~ry 1951,
sire the two most recent incidents
~> In ca~zPCtio~t c?,ith the previous bombing of the house of E~irique Sanciaa d~lmc3na~,
6. d:Ef'ferent souse disputed the statement ado in a previous ropart# to the
~f#ect that Commun~.mt 3?aders had suggested th~.t Sancho ruxi for the resident
25X1A d~f Costa Rica as a Cam~mist candidate,.
:I.aaders or representatives aver approached Enrique Saneho vrith sixth a propositions
The a~sparant assuarpt3an that Sancho, being an enenl~r of Jose Figueroa, would
therefore became an ally of the Communist Party, source regards as absurd, since
Sanaha, a ~~.Ithy man, v~uld lose rarer than he could gain by affiliating himself
25X1X t7ith the Communist Party.
3? current turner in San dose that Frank tmrshall 'heal declare-~d
to i. r. ends in a. recent dr~.aking beat that a bomb sktould be glared an the door=~~
step of ~ariqua Mancha, and that he vets "just the porson to do it." 25X1A
added that 3.t was perhaps a~.Pnificant that~aa days later t.".arshal.l le?`t San Jose
f'or Chs,nguinals., Pare,
~, The first meet3rig of the Political Conmiiseioa to be held after the bombings
was an 27 danuary aztd i.usted only a fesv rninutps. The tension created by the
'oamb3ng incidents, and a general fear ay" reprisals ixt raids and. arrests b~- the
rxuthor3ties, 13mi.ted. the aetivitias of the Catr~+igsion, s.aad on7.y one rasal~ztian
Maras ps,ssed at this meeting,, A manifesto ~ra.s drams up to bs signed by 1>rtfaziuel
fa;as?a, Arnaldo Ferreto, end Carlos Luis Pallas, dirQeted to the Gosta Rican
averna~vnt, pretesting against the .accusations that the Cammuraiat Party heal
been re3sprsnsible got the bambiz~gs. Three thousand copies of the m$n~.festa vie
printed and ~3istxibuted on or abaat 2 February 1951. 1n the opinion of
Carmzurt~.st Party afficis.ls, as Drell as of the general public' the fa].lo~vers of
Ra.#'ae7. /`s-gal Cal.deran Cuard3.a are the only ones wh,o might profit by ,ouch
eti~rities against the present government.
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~t a ssx?aseaue~at meet:~r~ of tie ~~'o3.3ticsl Co~tisaionA ore 3 ~'ebsrc~ry ~.~5~- ~
3^a3..~'es~ of err:i~.ed P~ica.ra~ns resident is Gts~tterr~,:ta ~s disc~tesed~ Presti~nt
this ~?6t~.Yt~ ~Pt add~.tion ~".o FR~~: Ferreta~ Pnd Fe3.lla:s, ~'k?E ECrtlx Roc?.r3g't~usy
Rio ~olis~ Je,3~e Csrdasa. Gort~alo ~3erra~ duel t`.oscor~.~ .~.,ttfara ?."ont?rop ancii
,ul.s~ G~an~e:.~.e~ ry fihs .~;~.ca.?~a~tsan exiles i.n Guatfruf.la had for~rdecl. the3;r r~n:.:Y''t~sto
~a the Llga .7uvc~ni7. r?evolucionax3.o ~L~TR} and the ~Tnion de T"-etjerea CarmEn L
~JP~IJ}, stat3.~a~ that a.~.Z der~~~cratic a2ad ant~,6ii~~peria,3.istic organ~.zatrons off'
bair~.?ica, ~ztl.d declare thamse3.ves nagainst the IIn ~, ~?epartment of i'~tea s
...,eject to construct a canal 3.n Nieas~.~za ~'or ui.i~iary purposes." The r~..~ifesto
-raa si~nQd '~~ Edelberto Torres and a #~roup of I~icar~t~ns resident in Guatemalan
-:fin t~a~.s point tk~e I~ anrz the tPt'~CL mere in accox~c3 and renliec. to the doc~nent
~:,~ offerer aid ~.n the fs.~;ht against thn const~~uct~an of a co.a~.l for e~cl~zsi~rel.y
.,.ilitar~* purnosQS?
lZ ~.~.e~r of th? dofici~it provinc~sl orgtxnivat~.oi~ of the Psrt~$ the wpcretary
;F~^ ih~g?:.niaa~Ciox~ presented a plaxz for rlork d~zx~~.ng February which ~s approved
y;~ tYie ~'oiitica,? Corrmiss~on. P~zn~e~. "fora ~s to be raeponsible for the orgr~.ri~C~
^.t3.oxial work in the ~'~rav3nc~a of A1s.~uetr~; Efrain F.odr3~uez for the Prov~.nee of
~eredYa~ Arnaldo Ferrato for Puntaret~s and t~uepcs; as~d iario Ca3.is for C~tc,go
end fit~z~~.1ba~ fihe cork to be aecomp~.iahecl bar tYResc~ indiv3.dua3.s ~?~ to be thr~
'ormat3on of three ee].1 or~.a~.zc.tions rr3.thin the Frovincia7. Ca~m~~.tte:~su
"~1var~o Y"ontero presented a truo~r~~h ~~?k plan for the L~'?, the Corr~s{:uzist y'ote.~
~~r~::,ni~ation~, far the i.nit~.at3on of a campaigir~ aE~iinst coloniaS.i~aa in t,at3.n
.~3.~uc~rica.. The p3.r.~n ryas to be completed on 3.~. Apr:-3.~ Juan~"Yant:~maria holaday,,
::~ncl ~za:l.d. love as it3 sr~nlool the ma~?tyr, ~u~usta Cesar S~-nd~.~~ The pl~sn called
"or the or.:n~~xtion of a~xt~t.~imperiali~ct conferences fixers thc~ fo3.~.or ther+~c~s
~~~o~d bra handled a the petcrrczl indus't,ry~; thQ construction of a Pdi~ra~.xx
r;an~l. ~ the P'orei~xz TRin3. stdr:: ~ CaxifErenCe; ~~Y.ty Sandir~a Fou~ht~ i and imp~;Y'ial ist
~a~rcetaratio~z in ~~aerica,> ,r' f~r?vs e~t3re to be ma.d.e during the cur~rzn to inter~~s'I+
??r~or~~Cox+.~w^xis~: Elcmoats whc~ ~,sx the peat had been outsta~ad3r~ ire thel.r etrtza.~le
a'or natl.oaa~, soverei~att~r. A3.eo incltadea in the cma.i.gn ~s tQe UA~C~.,9 itu part
~e to or~nize conferer,~es for mothers at crhich the :~ignig'3csnce or" the
?oreign P?3.n~.sters~ Coxxf"erence could be explained, ;s,o show vet it ~:cruld me