ji OCCASSIFIED Enclosure to Despatch No. 1876 dated April 12, 1946 from American Embassy, San José MEMORANDUM To: From: Ambassador Johnson Daniel Valdés, Labor Attaché SUBJECT: Conversation held with the Archbishop of San José, Monsignor Sanabria, on April 9, 1946.
Remarks made in the conversation held with Archbishop Sanabria on April may be summarized as follows: Regarding Communism and Vanguardia Popular Party 1) There is very little or no danger of Communism in Costa Rica, 2) Although there are a few Marxists in the Van.
guardia Popular Party, the Party itself does not follow Marxist theories or instructions from Moscow.
3) Manuel MORA Valverde is a sincere, intelligent, labor and political leader who is a Costa Rican first and above all.
4) The anti Communist campaign now being carried on may be a camouflage for attacking Labor and social insurance laws. In addition, it is a very unwise method of combatting Communism.
The Archbishop was very much concerned that the United States Government might think the present Costa Rican Government is dominated by Communism or that its program is Communistic. He said he hopes the United States Government has not been so misinformed. He said he felt that a few analysts had not been too objective in their analyses of the situation.
II. Regarding the Labor Code and other Social Legislation 1) The Labor Code is here to stay. 2) Any attempt to cripple or nullify it would bring serious consequences.
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