Authority State Letter. YLRT Cate 24 18 RA LEGATION OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA No. 337 San José, Costa Rica July 23, 1942.
SUBJECT: Political conditions: Communist party leaders; Enclosing special editions of the Communist Publications TRABAJO and VANGUARDIA.
STRICTLY CONFIDE, TIAL AR AFTAR RECEIVED EVENT OF STATE 1942 JUL 28 PM 40 818. 00B 123 SHUN OF MALMIINICATIONS AND RECORDS For Distribution FOREIGN ACTIVITY COARELA The Honorable The Secretary of State, Washington, IV. Of Fun AUG 1942 DEPARTME Sir: CARTMENT OF SLX have the honor to enclose herewith copies of the edition of Saturday, July 4, 1942, of TRABAJO, the weekly paper of the Communist Party in Costa Rica (Bloque de Obreros y Campesinos. and of the July number of VANGUARDIA, the party inonthly magazine.
The Office of the Coordinator will be interested in the use of its photographs and clichés in these publications, the tributes to our country and president by prominent Costa Rican Communist writers, including Carnen Lypa (María Isabel Carvajal. Carlos Luis Sáenz, Rodolfo Guzman and Ricardo Segura, and the quotations from Vice President Vallace, Under secretary of State Welles, and others.
PS PGB Confidential File The Communist Party, which claims to have polled over twenty five thousand votes in the last elections, has considerably greater influence than appears on the surface. Except for the thinly populated upper crust of Costa Rican society, composed of families wielding or hoping to wield political influence, possessing wealth, and linked by conservative tradition to Roman Catholic Church, it has sympathizers in all ranks and occupations. In the mechanical trades