VIT NA OONFIDENTIAL TO FEB 1942 THENIERICAN REPUBLICS Classification DEPEN MENU PE SLATE Copy No.
Record Section File No. For Record Section Only 20 IVLILITARY INTELLIGENCE DIVISION pasvart WAR DEPARTMENT GENERAL STAFF MILITARY ATTACHÉ REPORT STA. Rdemy Subject LARION 600 dan kemultas e Agaria Wk No.
010Briel Dencriptive Tide Source and Degree of Reliabilitya ver XML vessastrosacand vriena internate. c Summarization of Reports outcome of Yobt ten boerensional de ondut total o 22 denta, devoramant Party wowo 17 tollowers When Required portat da olaction dated, unduar atom blown overmay reduit la politseal ohangos.
In Comments on Current Events Enter Item Headings Hero 818, oo Wid term congressional elections were hold throughout Conta Rion with but major disorders on Feb. 8th. Although the loverment managed to mouro 17 out of the 22 sauta aontested, the fact that two sonts were lost to the Party of ex Proeldeut Cortda in Alajuela, the additional ones to the wody corner Opposition Party in San Jose and one to the Communist Party.
generally Interpreted as a setback for the davorinto che dovernment is tu however, assured of an emple working majority. Total votas om bym provinces and parties wore a follow.
Govt. CommURL Demoer. Cortes Cuanomat Provinaa Party Asts Tarty Party Party.
San José 21, 854 Alajuela 22, 721. 1, 750 0, 801 cartaco 10, 409 15. 867 4, 200 6, 548 Gunasaste 8, 675 11. 159 Puntarenas 3, 788 162 3625 Totale 65, 468 16, 198 2, 9778, 201.
100, 288 818. 00 1668 38. 424 2, 277 773.
the usual frauds, such as followers of the government voting turoplor even more with forgod oleotion certificates or with certificates of poemons absent from the country (Costa Rican laborers working in the Oana Comey or deceased, wore perpetrated by the followers of the Government. On the 2004 sion of this election, however, this rulduggery was handled by the govora ment party in auch an amateurink and flagrant mammor as to give the opposi.
tson the very opportunity it was looking for that of dieorediting the line government. As a mosuM the politioal couldron has been moothing all this wook and unless publio c2nor subsides, the government may be forced to malice important political changes.
The greatest surprise in these aleotione has been the increasing strength of the Communist Party. whick pol 1996rte. compared to 2 Distribution: Talentemeg EN Copy No. 1, S; 2, C; 3, Section File. Prangea PS MP 6, Report No.
Date MAY 1942. From Costa Rio.
This line to appear on all succeeding pages DECLASSIFIED 11652. Soc. 3(E) ond. a fo. CBD botter, May 3, 1972 BYRIRANE 5704 GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 10 14547 STATE OFICE Classification Page