DATE: 11-1 -14-2017 \ 7 OPTIONAL FORM NO. 10 \\ (& < wt e 5010-104-01 UNITED STATES ca TO : Sac, EL PASO (105-276) DATE: 4/9/62 FROM: SA DAVID J. REID SUBJECT. COMMUNIST PARTY OF MEXICO STATE OF COAHUILA INTERNAL SECURITY — MEXICO IF THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION IS DISSEMINATED TO OUTSIDE SOURCES IT MUST BE CAREFULLY SUMMARIZED AND PARAPHRASED IN ORDER TO AVOID COMPROMISING BUREAU CONTACT AND HIS ULTIMATE SOURCES. The following information was received on 4/5/62 by SA FREDERICK A, JOHNS by written rough draft from CLYDE NICHOLS, { Anti-Subversive Section, U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service, El Paso, Texas. Mr. NICHOLS advised also that this information is classified by his agency as "CONFIDENTIAL." (eup-1-191 on March 26, 1962: Ie ; ! _ Informant reports that on February 21, 1962 he talked with | GREGORIO RETA at the offices of the USCE in Torreon, RETA told Ot source that the PCM was in a very bad state of disorganization due to police persecution and because some PCM members including JUAN 4 JOSE MERAZ are being held in jail. He said that practically all PCM leaders in the Laguna area are very much afraid that they will be arrested, RETA told source that the Party was attempting to get a large number of people to participate in a mass meeting to commemorate International Women's Day on March 8, 1962. RETA asked source to attend this necting. @ s Source also talked with LUCAS RIZO on March 3, 1962 and RIZO . : talked in the same vein as had RETA, LUCIO and RETA both remonstrated _ with source because source has not been active in the PCM in Juarez. The PCM is not maintaining a public office at this time,, but is carrying out necessary business at the home of GREGORI DRIGUEZ- {VIE yo RETA at 865 Calle Abasolo. Source went to this ‘address ‘on™ several pia Nseparate occasions, Source met JOSE LUNA and JOSEFA RODRIGUEZ at q : RETA's house. (@ ) ny \ On March 21, 1962 source again went to RETA's home and — while there he met two PCM members whose names he was unable to secure and whom he doesn't remember having seen ae YB NEINCAITIAL | G Bureau CONFIDENTIAL 1 ~- El Paso DJR: st (5) L gon 96 O~ DBD “2. f J ENCLOSURE a SaGeeteianeadin eae ee ean DocId:32295064 Page 2
Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Colléction act of 1997 (47 USC 27107 Hote} : DATE: 11-14-2017 a ! cy) | mar ad : na : EP 105-276 IY UL LAR a member of the USCE, but that he had rec ly become a PCM member . | together with his brothers JUAN and OSCARLGONTRERAS, They all live at La Luz Ejido, Matamoros, Coahuila. JESUS CONTRERAS said thata the ) cell there is not active because there is no one to help them. = Source met "Chunco" ORONA, a son of ARTURO ORONA, at the offices of the USCE wheye he is employed as a janitor. This young / man resembles RODRIG RONA very much, Ev one calls him "Chunco'. he is probably a half’ ‘brother of RODRIGO, (@.) I LUNA told source that JOSE ANTONIO MORIN from Torreon is now in Mexico, D.F.@) —_ ce X MARIA DE JESUS MENDEZ has been in Torreon in an effort to Vy / |secur medical treatment there; She returned to Juarez about March 14, Y (1962, c.) — po 2 Source talked with DEMETRIO LUNA who told him his brothers! ~\ james are IGNACIO and ANSELMO, of them live at Vega Larga Ejido.@) 4%) we EE Fe 7 _- Na j In a conversation with JOSE LUNA ana RUPERTO PEREYRA, LUNA \ jsaid that the USCE is not helping the PCHat the present time, that in . / a recent month the USCE had received from 25,000 to 28,000 pesos and — ; had given only 28 pesos to the PCM, He said. that at the Congress of \ the SCE which is to be held about the middle of May, 1962, ALBERTO. | DEI LOERA, JESUS CAUDILLO, EULALIOSGARCIA, J. ENCARNACIONACHAVIRA, and ; ARTURO ORONA, all PCM members who are in posts inthe directorate of the : USCE, will be removed from these posts and will be replaced by PCM © members who will work more to the benefit of the Party. (Sourece/believe MENEZ. 6G ) one that the new directorate will include JOSEAVIESCA, and CARLOS: fe Source believes that the members of the PCM State Committee 5A Metre meta he Mate HEY ae are: | | GREGORIO/ RODRIGUEZ=RETA | MARTIN: GUERRA . | MANUEL AMAYA MANUE UA ANTONIO DE Ladetioz. . and the Municipal Committee is made up of: RUPERTO PEREYRA , ENRIQU AGUILERA JOSEFA RODRIGUEZ, and others, l(a) Source -states that there is no organized activity of the ; Communist Party in Francisco I, Madero at this time. The PCM previously ‘maintained an office ina building, in the center of town, which is owned by TRINIDAD LNU, also known as "El Compadre", who operates the "Las Golondrinas" Store in Francisco.I. Madero. EDUARDO GARCIA, "La Negra" was in charge of the PCM there, Almost every Ejido in the Francisco I, Madero area had its PCM Cell, but there is no activity at all there noi ne ~~ iS, a a eo . . ro Spay ak ik ’ ‘ \ = PAP ELL 2\E LS, ae _ =  Docld: 32295064 Page 3