eon yet -] ‘ Poke . ca DN ae WEEE EOE RMATION (7) aan : SEAR MO Se PoE A Copa, the labor leaders by the Communist,, But without hig knowledge that he is a creature of the Communist. One report states that unalde GALINDO POHL is behind the rise of JJLE. At any rate, he has become an important labor figure offer night. Labor unions and : their individual members are now more cooperative with the Min- ister of Labor and: with government policy than they have been in the past. Several unions. have lost their Commnists directors through elections which were held throughtout November and Dace ember. The rank and file members of the unions have been made: aware of Communism by means of Government action and a strong ; propeganda campaign; consequently, it 1s knwon that Labor, in its newly acquired political consciousness has given its support to the Government. eM ght che a. Fa PS Wer edy BB AL am i et le IV. Propaganda A. Commnist propaganda ia neglible. Since thea State of Slege was . declared the 27th of September, 1952 there have been enly two . #. instances in which commnist propaganda has appeared on thestreets ‘ of San Salvador. In both cases the propaganda was mimeographed and did not appear to have a large circulation as persons ree ceiving such propaganda were difficult to find (not even GUOULAR could find @ copy among hie Communist friends) and there wereOz no editorial comments on the appearance of the propaganda, The | Law in Defense of the Constitution passed by tha Kstional Assembly in December, 1952 makea it illegal to bs a Communist cipate in any Communist activity, or to work on Mebalf iem in any manner, This law and the fairly rigidvapplication of it by the Government has undoubtedly deterred many: from promoting in any fashion Commnist propaganda. (Tha Goverfment has in the past failed to recognised the right of Habeus Corpus in those cases of jailed Communists). - oo, Be Recently there have been two newspaper articles which may have been Communist inspired but this ig pure speculation end nothing more.The Dierlo de Ocoidente of Santa Ana which is edited ty ons Alfredo —> << FPARADA Conse exiled for opposition to President OSORIO) published / @n erticle that the United States Marines had landed in Guatemala Boe to protect the United Fruit Company. No soures @r byeline was given. e ne Another article published by several of the newspapers but which ‘ . . Geemed to have originated in Honduras, Costa Rica, or Managua etate J ed that the HENRY FORD ITI Foundation had given five million dol. lars to fight Communism in Central America. ; ; SECRET @ be Arts ese atu peop RATER I WR LOOSEN EAS, Sat 8 BAB RIS ERE re aL segues Sesh ete a
SECLSSTY CTT IM , (8) Be. On the other hand, anti-Communist propaganda is heavy, daily : and in all madia of propaganda, Edj.toriaks, cartoons, and ca newspaper articles depleting Communian in ite worse light ..° : appear every day im the five daily newspapers. The radio dees ites share of anti-Commnist propaganda. There has been clese to a "hate campaign” of Guatemalan Communiam iith the emphasis on Corumrnisme A. In oumaation, the PCS ia ineffective as a political force at the present time. It haa not been a political force in the last twenty years, but it haegpade progress in labor matters and probably at one time controlled more than one half of the - syndicates. Thies is no ‘Longe! true, however, and the PCS has lest most of ite influence among laber by a strong government policy against Communism. In add&tion, anti-Communist propa- ganda, by both the Government and private intereats, has been effective in weaning labor away from Commnist influence. Be The new policy of the PCS is te to be less overt and nore clandestine. The PCS aims to "plant® its members in atrategic unions and government offices, to "cooperate", and to await the opportune time before they announce themselves as Commnists,. IS appears that the PCS is almost completely dependent upon the Communist Party of Guatemala for ita instructions and directives; | consequently the success or failure of the Communists in Guate--. mala will determine the futere policies of tho PCS. (This ia Slso the belief and tho fear of the Salvadoran Government). C. The PCS will produce antieJS propaganda at every opportunity, bat at ths present they have no organ of propaganda and the two leaflets they have produced since September, 1952 are consider od ineffective. The people of El Salvador appear to completely support Preaident OSORIO whem they recognise aa dedicated te ine creasing wages, raising the standard of living, granting better education, and ebtaining better food and living quarters for all. Classes of workers. In addition, the Government hae made it clear that the threat of Commniem comes from Guatemala which has made iTa anti-Conmuniat propaganda quite effective. a % . Os haat. EATER Rat pitas a erent ) “OLSEN INT OO BATION a ae big,
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