REPRODUCED AT THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES DECLASSINED Sherity State Letter Inh2 8: YLR Cat 24 181 DEPARTMENT OF STATE DIVISION OF THE AMERICAN REPUBLICS HE AMERICA MEMORANDUM ta Rica, a. 1939 Kert 1939 February 15, 1939.
Valverde by te for Mr. Chapih; Mr. Beaulac: Nr. Briggs. Despatch no. 567, February 1, San José) E DIVISION OF cht URIS DILULUS DEPARTMENT OF STATE The Costa Rican Communist party has again nominated Manuel Mora as its candidate for the presidency. Mora has received the same nomination several times in the past. He has been a deputy for several years, is a brilliant young man, and is conceded even by conservatives to be sincere in his devotion to Marxist principles.
818. 00B 104 The Legation reports a trend for liberal thinkers to align themselves with the Communist party as a protest against the conservatism of the oldline parties. The government appears to continue its tolerant attitude toward the party. u RA:GAD:LRL Department that Manuel Mora Valyerde, mentioned in the Legation despatch No. 547 of January 17, 1939, as being a probable communist candidate for the Presidency of Costa Rica, was nominated to be the candidate of the Communist party, sometimes called the Workers and Farmers party (Bloque de Obreros y Campesinos. at a meeting of this organization in San José on the evening of January 30.
The meeting, held in one of the local stadiums, was stated in LA HORA, a San José news sheet more or less closely allied with the Communist party, to have been attended