DECLASSIFIED. 12 of communist outrages on the railroad, and as a measure of proteotion, decided not to bring them to San José during the period of labor disorders. Their stoppage has slowed business in San José, particularly at the Hotel Costa Rica, one of the finest and largest hotels in Central America, to such an extent that business Interests of this community are literally in sackeloth and ashes. 4) It is difficult to estimate just how mah the strike has cost Costa Rica, but it is safe to say that the loss of returns from a perishable commodity like bananas, from wages te laderers, from direct export taxes to the Government, from import taxes resulting from the purchase of commodities, and from tourist activities and purchases, havo ozogeded hair a million dollars, a considerable man to a small country like Costa Rica. This estimate doos net include the increased expenditures by the Government resulting from the dispatch of special police and soldiers to the strike area. From the Government standpoint, the strike has greatly ourtailed official revenues and largely ineruased official expenditure, thereby upsetting the budget. 5) The strike has caused a straining of reletions with Nicaragua, rosulting from the decision of the Government to deport those aga taters of Moaraguan origin. As reported in despatcher from the Logation in Managua, the Nicaraguan Congress and the Nicaraguan newspapers were inclined fox