DECLASSEU Authority Stateletter Muhoz 8: ML, a Cate 2498 August 18, 1944 Res now UIZ XO CON OLNUTTEN IT COSTA RIGA San Josh, Costa Rier Source stated on August 7, 1944, that a group of younger men of the Capitalist class of Costa Rica had organised secret com mittee of some thirty five members to fight the growth of Communist influence and power in Costa Rica. At meetings held on and before Angust 1944, the group made tentative plans for fighting the Communiste through the medium of propaganda and also by organising a corps of Wohook troops similar to the shest Troop Brigade presently made tained by VANGUARDIA POPULAR, the Cesta Rican Communist Party.
Through Source It has been learned that on Saturday, August 12, 1944, another meeting of the group was held, at which about twenty fire non bers were present. At that time, the folloding matters were brought before the meeting: Several meubers presented Lists of their employees in whom they have complete confidence. This is in line with instructions gram at the meeting of August 5th, and the purpose is to obtain a list of peones or working mon from what may be recruited the membership of the shock troop corps. It was indicated that the lists presented a total of more than 100 nanos and consisted of employees of the Costa Rica Costa. Houpa, the Costa Rica Trading House, of La Hortolang mercantile establishment owned by RAFAEL YGIMSTAS (BONILLA. of ALVARADO JURADO, of FELIPE ALVARADO SUCESORKS, and of plantations ormed by FERNANDO ALVARADO and several other man bare of the group.
It Fried to organise these men into wall prolaps the u be trained and drilled into a corps whilek wil he portantial oppos ition to communist Nighting groups. The ruggedtion. The also med adopted that some of the comployees be placed within the Communist Party as wpdos, in order to obtain Information regarding Comb o After some discussion, committee, composed of TEOTOR WARUEL IGLESIAS (BORTLA. FERNANDO CARAS (VARGAS. TERNANDO ALVARADO COR. and EJANDRO ALVARADO (PIA) was designated to approduk custa e of the Gabinet known to be iniudeal to Dominants. The ori sulled