REPRODUCED AT THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES DECLASSIFIED Authority Statele fer lahz By ML, NARS Date 24981 nuo EMBASSY OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA No. 920 San Jose, Costa Rica August 24, 1945 zara Subject: First General Meeting of Juventud Vanguardista.
LY CONFIDENTIAL 288The Honorable The Secretary of State Washington, CB 5 45 Sir: have the honor to report that there has recently sentir o 00 been organized in Costa Rica a group known as Juventud Vanguardista (Vanguard Youth. This group, which was nor founded under the auspices of the Vanguardia Popular Party, held its first general meeting in the Teatro Latino on the evening of August 22, 1945. It is estimated that some 500 persons attended this meeting. The first speaker of the evening was Fernando VILLA.
LOBOS, a young costa Rican law student. Senor Villalobos praised the Vanguardia Popular Party and stated that the youth of the country had confidence in this party. He declared that the world was moving to the left and that Costa Rica should not be an exception. He also condemned the Franco Government of Spain.
ra than 878. 00 244 The second speaker was Alvaro MONTERO Vega, Juvenile Secretary of the Vanguardia Popular Party. Senor Montero, a young intellectual who is known to be close to Manuel MORA, spoke both on world problems and on questions concerning Costa Rica. He declared that the world is in the process of a great transformation and that Costa Ricant youth is preparing for this transformation. He stated that the Juventud Vanguardista had the responsibility of keeping Costa Rican youth on the alert since he knew that there was a sector of the country that wished to overthrow the Government of President PICADO and set up in its place a Nazi Government. He clarified the relation between the youth organization and the Vanguardia Popular Party by stating that NAS 51S the nation EP28 1945 DEPARTMENT 00 818 ENT OF STATE Cat Dist. 1945 900. 000000 was Duu FS