REPRODUCED AT THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES DECLASSIFIED Authority Stateletter Inhz 61 m2NARA Date 24981 let THE FOREIGN SERVICE OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA San José, Costa Rica April 12, 1946 CONFIDENTIAL No. 1822 ORDS BRANCH SUBJECT: Opinions of Archbishop Sanabria with Reference to Communism in Costa Rica, The Vanguardia Popular Party, and the Rerum Novarum DEPARTMENT OF STATE MAY 2119480 THE HONORABLE THE SECRETARY OF STATEAND HEALTH AFFAIRS, SOME WASHINGTON. e ar na dan 97 ARL RECEIVED fois 1946 APR 16 VIVISION Ur INTERNATIVASIUN US 42. 645 918. beri PC SIR: 20. NEW MY BEPARTMENIK STATE REPORTING SERVICES DIVISION OF FOREIGN APR 18 1946 em surely 1LAISES With reference to my despatch No. 377 or obs April 26, 1945, have the honor to enclose a memor.
andum of a conversation between Daniel Valdés, Labor Attaché of this Embassy, and Archbishop Sanabria.
a sincere, intelligent, 818. 00 1246 ul 818. 00 818. 5043 tas 818 The Archbishop points out that the anti Communist campaign now being carried on in Costa Rica may be a camouflage for attacking labor and social insurance on y laws. He states that, in his opinion, there is very little danger of real Communism in Costa Rica, and that the Vanguardia Popular Party does not follow Marxist theories or Instructions from Moscow.
The Rerum Novarum, according to the Archbishop. at was not established for the purpose of combatting the sea and both organizations are necessary to the other in the obtaining of better social conditions Archbishop Sanabria is known to be a 11beral and is generally considered to be one of the most level.
headed and intelligent men in the country.
Respectfully yours, whes Labor Code is here to stay ܢ ttp. os ܥܓܬܓܠܥܠܠܓ Ihc DOR. ADA 11. 00 mm Hallett Johnson Enclosure: Memorandum by Mr, Valdés dated April 11, 1946 800 HJohnson:rrk Subject: Manuel Mora and the Vanguardia Popular Party; Should Membership in this Par ty Prohibit the Giving of a Visa,