The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-05-30

Raoul LdSzlo-R Rudolf DdS a
high tunctionGry OF the PrOtin-
tern, one of the most rigorous
arms of the Conrintern.
In a series of remarkable
articles entitled "The NettOork
of the Communist International
of Which this is the first, L1sslo-
Rudolf here makes clear the
methods and purposes of the
Red Dictatorship
/. THE COMINTERN
BY RAOUL LASZLO-RUDOLF
The Communist International
or Comintern is the central or
ganization of the various, legal
and illegal, Communist parties all
over the world.
It's headquarters IS located at
Moscow, on Mokhovaia Street, OPP
posite one of the main gates to
the Kremlin.
Nominally, the Comintern Is an
organization run on democratic
principles. All it's various sec
tons are supposed to have equal
rights. The congress of the Com
intern is the highest authority
and it's decisions are supposed to
be binding on all the various
bodies belonging to it.
A Political Bureau
In reality, the Comintern Is
nothing but an instrument Of the
political bureau of the Communist
party of the U. S. S. R., or, what
is practically the same thing, OF
the Soviet government.
This absolute dependence IS
shown by the fact that all the
subsidies given to the various
Communist parties are granted by
the Soviet government from its
secret funds.
Also, the real direction Of the
Comintern is not effected in &C
cordance with the will of the
majority of Communist parties
affiliated with it, but derives
from the foreign bureau of the
Communist party of the U. s.
S. R., the leader Of which, Karl
Radek, merely executes the will
of Stain himself.
Nothing of real importance
can be undertaken by the Comm
tern without the express consent
and approval Of the Red dicta-
tor.
In the huge building on Mokho-
vaia Street and in the other ellie
gal sections" polish, Balkan sec
tons, etc. there are about TOO
to 800 employees. The structure
Of the Moscow Comintern is as
follows:
National or territorial sections
(for instance, Balkan Secretariat,
Latin-American secretarit. Anglo
American Secretariat, etc..
Agit-Prop (agitational propa-
ganda) department, farmers de-
partment, secret department, inter.
national women'S secretariat, in
ternational youth secretariat.
All Countries Studied
In the national sections the
situation of the revolutionary
movement in every single country
is being closely examined and on q
scale which deals with anything
that might effect the revolutionary
struggle.
In almost every section there is
a representative of the respective
foreign Communist party, who
maintains the connection between
the executive committee of the
Comintern and the home party. He
transmits the instructions (often
personality and is responsible for
the orders being carried out
properly. He drafts the secret di.
rections which are sent to the
various parties after having been
approved by the executive commit
tee or its preSidium.
In the drafting of the instruc.
lions and in the direction of
the everyday strategical work
the Agit-Prop (agitational-propa'
ganda) department plays a very
important part. The leader OF
this department, an old Bolshevik
woman n a m e d Gopher, who
speaks French, German and Eng
lish with equal fluence, gets the
orders personally from Radek OF
even Stain, to whom she has to
report in every important case
and she transmits them to the
leaders of the various national
sections.
Special Press Section
The Agit-Prop department has
a special press section which pro
vides the Communist newspapers
all over the world with articles
outlining the Zine" of current
work.
In addition 1t controls and
edits the articles sent by the
various official correspondents Of
the main Communist papers ir
oscow (Paris, L'Humanite
Drapeau Rouge, the New York
Daily Worker, etc.
Special attention is given to the
official organs Of the Comintern
the Communist international,
which is published in English, Ger
man, French and Chinese, and tx
the semi-official "Rundschau.