REPRODUCED AT THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES DECLASSIFIED Authority Statele fer Whz ey ML, WARA 02:0 2498 AVON elected in modern times. He is thoroughly conversant, by virtue of his Lindo connections and his own interests, with all phases of the coffee industry, and despite the fact that his personal business ethics smack somewhat of the Stone Age, he is generally acknowledged to be a constructive and intelligent force in this specialized field where brains have been conspicuous by their absence.
This candidate chief drawbacks are that he is one of the six Jiménez Ortíz brothers and is so close to Mr. Lindo and big business in general that the usually docile electorate would probably be reluctant to accept his candidacy. His numerous brothers, who represent varying degrees of honesty and accomplishment, mostly on the negative side, are a distinct political liability. Enrique Clare, also well known to the Department, is a brother in law of the Jiménez Ortíz brothers. The perhaps over suspicious electorate would fear. and not without some reputed justification. their inroads on the public treasury in case Don Manuel Francisco should be elected. Likewise, the fact that he is so intimately and openly connected with big business (and foreign business) is something that will not help him with hoi poloi. He is a political opponent of Ricardo Jiménez, hence he cannot count on the support of the rich Ricardista cafetelero element. He could probably count on the unlimited financial support of his patron and associate, Cecil Lindo, provided Mr. Lindo thought his