REPRODUCED AT THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES CECLASSIFIED Authority Statele feriheli m2. NARI Date 24981 2spular is based upon the principles of Democratic Centralism. On the other hand, Vanguardia at the time of its creation in May 1943 issued a manifesto which read in part. We declare that the Vanguardia Popular party is a party authentically Costa Rican. that it profoundly respects the religious sentiments of the people, and that its social aim is to prevent misery and ignorance in Costa Rica.
Moreover, Manuel Mora stated in a radio address on February 24, 1945. There is no other road. The idea of class con test flicts must be replaced by one of class collaboration. Instead of social war there must be national unity. the Political Bureau must immediately plan a conference to prepare leaders and militants de for an understanding of the consequences to our country, of the agreements of Tehran and the Crimea.
Especially they must be taught that the battle of the classes has given way to class collaboration, as a direct consequence of the above mentioned world conferences.
Mora sentiments seemed to be held by other former Communists in Central America. letter of a so Salvadoran Communist presently in Costa Rica stated in part. so called Communists are now the ones pacifically collaborating with progressive capitalists and are no longer backing a struggle of classes but a collaboration of classes and are no longer noe revolutionaries but mediators. The reason for this Collaboration of Classes is the following. Today in America Capital, and the bourgeoise is conducting a just war as an ally of the URSS, and this alliance is necessary for victory. For this le reason the politics of war, which include victory for the first Socialist state, is taking a progressive turn towards liberation of the people. o In the second place, while capital inevitably is continuing to produce reactionary tendencies, the cost bourgeoise is no longer united on a reactionary ar basis, but a part of the group is turning to pro napon gressive ideas and the problem is no longer one of fighting all the bourgeoise, but of strengthening the progressive sector to act against the reactionary sector. 818. 00 LKL cearl, del, Niis, wt With regard to the sincerity of Mora declarations hati (despatch No. 66 bf February 27, 1945. it is a most interesting fact to me that Archbishop Sanabria, a priest ods.
of great intelligence and integrity, has given permission iy to the Roman Catholics to join the Confederación de Trabajadores de Costa Rica (C. an organization under