REPRODUCED AT THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES DECLASSIFIED AIR MAIL Authority Stateletter Whe ay m, NARA Cao 24 181 newspaper. correspondent, who has been in Costa OT about a month, is a communist agent of the Mexicana Government and that he is supplying funds for the local party. Ostensibly, he is associated with an exhibition of Mexican products in one of the local stores, the exhibit having been sent by the Mexican Government. While probably willing to accept funds from abroad, it is nevertheless believed that Mora is not a communist of the Orthodox type.
Many people believe that he is a member of the Communist party only for the reason that through that channel he can make his views on social uplift better heard. He is a young man, about thirty six years of age, the son of a them carpenter, now deceased. He obtained his education in San José and is a graduate of the local law college. He is said to be of clean habits, is studious, and his brilliance is admitted by his enemies.
Dr. Calderon, who is understood to be thirty eight years of age, received his higher education in the University of Brussels, where he graduated from the medical college. In the medical field he has specialized in cancer research. As stated elsewhere, he is President of the Costa Rican Congress, having succeeded to that office from the vice presidency a few months ago upon the resignation of Licentiate Juan Rafael Arias, who attempted at that time to foster the candidacy of ex President Jiménez but was repudiated by some thirty members of Congress. At that stage the Panama Costa Rican boundary settlement was being hotly discussed, Dr. Calderon having evasively declined to declare himself on the issue, but.
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