Authority State Letter 2 2: L, MARSC:te 24 181 JOHN EDGAR HOOVER DIRECTOR CEA IN REPLY, PLEASE REFER TO. Kederal Bureau of Investigation DOR United States Department of Iustice Washington, PERSONAL AND CONFIDENTIAL TIMENT OF 17 BY SPECIAL ESSENGER FILE NUMBER 64 200 211 REULITID EUR Date: July 10h JUL 19 1944.
a DIVISION OF To: Honorable Àdo 17:4. Berla Teo Assistant Secretary of State DIVEW OF Flis AFFAIRS From: Edgar Hoover. Director, Federal Bureau of Intestigation 19 Subject: VANGUARDIA POPULAR PARTY (Communist Party of Costa Rica) UNT OF STATE As of possible interest, there is enclosed herewith a memorandum setting out information received from a reliable, confidential source concerning the activities of the above captioned Communist Party organization in the Republic of Costa Rica.
Att IST 818. 00B 818. 00B 71 944 The information set out in the enclosure has been made available to the American Embassies at Mexico, Managua, Nicaragua; San Jose, Costa Rica; San Salvador, El Salvador; and Guatemala City, Guatemala, Enclosure RY) CC. Director of Naval Intelligence Navy Department, Washington, BUY cc. Assistant Chief of Staff) 2 War Department, Washington, Attention: Colonel Forney DE JULIO UNITED STATES WAR BONDS ANS STAMPS PS VL now was de public to vanguaruna Teaders announced that the Politico or Executive Committee of the Party had decided that they would participate in the demonstration, on learning this, the University students decided that they would withdraw from the demonstration which they had promoted, and some confusion resulted as to who held the demonstration and whe attended.
The only important political activity of the Tanguardia group recently has been in regard to the charges brought by several congrossen against the administration of ex President RAFAEL CALDERON GUARDIA which specireally alleged that high government officials participated