REPRODUCED AT THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES DECLASSIFIED Authority Stateletter Inhaz eyme, NARA Date 2498 LEGATION OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA San José, Costa Rica No. 1163 October 27, 1932 DIVISION OF LATIN AMERICAN AFFAIRS COMMUNIST OR WORKERS ACTIVITIES NOV 1932 DEPARTMENT OF STATE nesta LASTEAN Suite pe AFFAIRY Hoa DEPARTMENT OR State 818. 00B 43 32 AM RECO liitti: 818, 008 The Honorable The Secretary of State NOV Ad FILED Washington sir:I have the honor to report that on the night of October 16 ti last, the San José police made a raid on a clandestine meeting of what they considered to be Communist agitators; they arrested seven or eight of those present; these have entered the plea that their detention is illegal as the purpose of the meeting was in no way communistio but only for the furthering of the welfare of the Costa Rican working classes.
No mention has been made of this affair in the press and have been unable to ascertain what the latest action