REPRODUCED AT THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES 18011, 20:27 Pishia 917 Wor GWISS 1930 attitude with respect to a compromise candidate. The Archbishop has made a statement in the press further explaining his attitude in regard to the successor of the former Communist Party, stating that the latter no longer exists here. He also denied that Señor Cortés had attacked him because of his action in permitting Catholics to join the new party, and added the important statement that he was convinced that Señor Cortés is not a Nazi. krotirme 298 100. 00Bununun The movement for the recognition of and establishment of diplomatic relations with the Soviet Government, which was mentioned in my telegram No.
498) of June 23rà, p. 1943, has caused a newsr debate. The principal figures in this debate are Manuel Mora and don Luis Anderson, the famous international lawyer and statesman. Señor Mora, as might be expected, advocates the establishment of diplomatic relations with the Soviet Government.
Señor Anderson, while not definitely opposing such recognition, finds many objections of a legal and diplomatic character thereto, particularly the fact that Costa Rica has never had any direct commercial or other relations with Russia. The Diario de Costa Rica of July comments that from the investigations which we have made, we have the impression that Costa Rica will not recognize the Soviet yet. According to the impression which we received, there is now going on the procedure of Consultation with the other Central American countries, and it appears that unless a joint decision is reached our Chancellery will leave the matter pending. Nevertheless, we are in a position to state that the attitude of the Government may be described as one of sympathy for the issue in question.
The most important development in the Costa Rican political campaign within recent weeks, fully equal in local political significance to the dissolution of the Communist Party, was a statement issued to the press by the Archbishop of San José, Monseñor Victor Sanabria on July 2, This statement was due, according to the Archbishop, to an article which appeared in the Mexican newspaper Excelsior of June 27. This article was republished in La Prensa Libre, San José, on the evening of July It discussed the transformation of the Communist Party into Vanguardia Popular and the exchange of letters between Señor Mora and the Archbishop, and had among its headlines the following: Sanabria Has Found a way to Remove Scruples.
The article itself, after quoting from the correspondence referred to says that the new party, Vanguardia Popular will not change its fundamental doctrine, but there will occur a change in its form, in order to adapt it to domestic conditions. León Cortés, now candidate to the presidency of Costa Rica, whose party has que del cargo de que soy nazista, puecu yu reu. u uw Monseñor Sanabria, a quien debo rendir por cste medio ni mayonasid.