REPRODUCED AT THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES CECLASSIFIED Authority Stateletter in hez e Cata 24 18 LEGATION OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA San José, Costa Rica, January 17, 1939.
No. 547 Subject: Visit of Panamanian Socialist Deputy to Costa Rica.
Oro. VUDI IVO RECEIVED 1939 JAN 23 AM 10 47 emy Pren The Honorable The Secretary of State, Washington.
Sir. have the honor to inform the Department that Dr.
Demetrio Porras, leader of the Socialist Party in Panama, recently arrived in San José and has since that time been the recipient of much attention from the local Communist Party, the leader of which is the Costa Rican deputy Manuel Mora. The latter is an outstanding radical, who on occasions has succeeded in luring other deputies not normally inclined toward communistic principles into following him on certain public questions, and is now being mentioned by communistic elements in Costa GML