REPRODUCED AT THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES LEGATION OF TH DECLASSIFIED UNITED STATES OF AN) Authority Statele Her Mhz San José, Costa By ML WARA 03:09 2498 818. 00 818. 00 800. 00 NO. 1462 May 26, 1933. DIVISIOD OF LATINAMERICAN AFFAIRS COMMUNIST ACTIVITIES WNN 1933 COSTA RICA DEPARIMENT OF STATE Sucker Dora prvom OP EASTERN EUROPEAN AFFAIRS STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL, as indicated.
09. JUN 1938 DEPARTMENT OF STATE PM RECD COM COM JUAN 75 33 ISTRI BUTTAA. OTKY No 818. 00 1416 Jav, The Honorable The Secretary of State Washington B)
Sir:ob 818. 00 800. 00B Zucker for JUN 6 1933 FILHD 818, 00 1414 supplementing my telegram No. 16 of May 22, p. 1933. have the honor to inform the Department on recent communist activities in Costa Rica.
Following a general lay off of laborers, employed by the Municipality of San José on public works projects, an announcement was published in the press inviting all the unemployed to meet at the Communist Club in San José on the afternoon of Monday, May 21st.
It appears that early on that day a number of unemployed gathered in front of the club; many women and children of the laboring classes were included