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emorandum listing the -ne^hersilrst four major groups controlling the strikers in
the United trult Company area of the Worth Coast of Honduras. It was obtained from press sources.
attachedemorandum from KJiCX of 9which ho coimsntsJ Source travelled toJune and returned to San Pedroune. Prior torepeatedly stated the Govcrn-nent would take actionCommunists who are behind the strike and who hopea Communist government. Upon his return, hecoMUnlst influence in the strike had been broken.Government plans arresting some of the leaders one byvarious times and places, no concerted actionong tirade against the fruit companyCompany iso classify the strike iL-ovemeartto avoid meeting legitimate demands of theadmitted many rumors that some of the member* ofare co-nmunists but emphasized that theseunfounded. He wanted to make this veryhe had instructions to voice this opinionKNOX unable to state at this time.
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I. Secretarlado Supromo de la Huelga ay)
Secde J. VALENCIA B.
Confllctos Cesar Augusto COTO Carlos GRAVINAAngel RUIZ
TAMATO
Relaciones Arturo RiveraCD CAS Gross
Signers ofoints
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Cortes
La Li Eta
El Progreso
Tela
III. COTO Committee
Sec Gen
SBc.Finanzas
Sec Org
Sec Press/Prop
Soc Actas
Adjuntos
B. CANALES C. A. COTO S. Lillo PINEDA M. Luis B. TAKES
(aboutay)
C. A. COTO Frmclscouan E. Canales Marcos SANTOS Guillerao ROSALES Mejia Uonuol SIERRA Jose VAZQUEZ Adan POSASLEHDEZ Gabriel DAVID Ernesto PEREZ Angel M. DOMINGUEZ Antonio HIVAS Gregorlo FEKRtRA Augusto CASTANEDA
VALENCIA Committee
Soc. Gen de Buelga Actas Prop
Relaciones Flnanzas Coordinaclon Organ! zacl on
(aboutay)
Manuel de J. VALENCIA Mario S. TAMATO Jose CUBAS Gross Arturo RIVERA Sant?maria Carlos GRAVINA Gureios Severino ALVAREZ Miguel Angel'RDIZ
comkusist influence in strike op united fruit company workkrs
following Central Strike Committeeorganised ln Puerto Cortes
Manuel J. Valencia, Le Lima* Humberto Dies 2elaya, La, Lima; Antonio Radlllo, Puerto Cortes; Raul Estrada, Tela; Henry Sheran, Tela; Santos Ochoa, Bataan; Benlgno Gonzalez, Progn gaarxoxtoxXas; Carlosuerto Cortes; Rafaelela; Ruflno Sosa, Bataan; Israel Orellana, Bataan; Jose Roberto Pancharce, Progreso and Jose Arnulfo Bsplnosa,Progreso. Jose Cubes Gross, La Lima; Celeo Gonzalez, Puerto Cortes.
of the members of this Central StrikeCommunists. They have agreed >ltb the authorities thatCoffifiunlsts atteapt to regain control of the Striketo wreck negotlatilons they will turn these Communists
over to the authorities for detention.
3. esult of the foregoing, ths plan of the Communists to prolong the strike for their own endsn thwarted. Some of the Communist leaders have fled to Guatemala while others are ln hiding. ew of the Corwunlst leaders remain ln Progreso, but they have no influence ln the present Central Strike Committee.
Date above report received from source:
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