REPRODUCED AT THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES. DECLASSIFIED Authority State Letter Fuhr öy m2, WARA 02:09 2498 NA STRIKE, APPEARS. SERIOUS, morement and not Massac review.
uprisWith reference to this office reports of August 10. and 12a 1934, a concerning the strike, of bare nana farm workers in the Province of Limon, have to report further that it appears that the strike s of a more serious nature than was first thought, and that it is likely to assume grave proportions eveni though at the present time the movement conce ctinues essentially passive. As evidence of the seriousness of the situation, the large, Americans rfruit company cthis afternoon (August 14th. trans, smitted a message to its head office in Boston, Massachusetts, setting forth the above view. Anar zofficialsof this company informed this office that she is considering instructing the company farm overseers in the strikea regions to evacuate their efarms and proceed to Port Limon, in There are about 181x American citizens residing in the affected aregions. It was suggested in this message that a e vessel be mader available for the evacuation of women and children from Port Limon in case of nepcessity. 000ding to 86 cmorm u st 15. Costa Rican banana planter thoroughly ac quainted with the labor, unrest among banana workers oin the Atlantia zone is reported to have stated that several months ago a group of Nicaraguan banana farm oworkers claimed that for some time a subversive 10 communist movement in Costa Rica has been contemplated, commencing with the banana laborers in the Atlantic region and gradually extending to all parts of the republic. It is quite apparent that the strike Limon 18