DECLASSIFIED REPRODUCED AT THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES Authority Statele fer Wahr By MENARS Date 2498 Despatch no. 63 CONFIDENTIAL February 10, 1949, San José, Costa Rica American Embassy, Page take this opportunity to thank you for the position which you have assumed. loyal to your democratic convictions more than any other matter. against such injustices as the military authorities which serve the Junta of Government have committed and continue to commit against us who are their political adversaries. May it be possible that tranquility shall be restored through the authentic courses of democracy, This burst of clarifications, etc. of history which only serve more effectively to confuse certain episodes was given further impetus with the publication in the Diario on February 10 of an excerpt from the instructions and recommendations Mora left for his party members upon his departure. The article referring to the document in question states it was not possible to obtain the text but only certain fragments. This is indeed rather strange since the text, was in the Mora papers photostated in the Canal Zone, copies of which were given Ulate. However, it: quotes that portion of the instructions when Mora said the party should collaborate with the Figueres government provided that we are certain that the government of Figueres is capable of guaranteeing our economic, social viewpoints and the aspirations of the people. We should not let ourselves be guided by the trouble, which may arise in these days from acts of the government or the army, nor from the attitude of this government towards certain leaders. What is fundamental is to prevent the reaction obtaining control of the party of Figueres with the support of the Department of State.
It was upon the basis of these instructions that the original Diario editorial. of January 31 stated that Mora had instructed his subordinates to collaborate with Figueres and ignore Ulate. In commenting, the Diario stated that the quotations which it gave from the instructions Mora left. refute his claims in the letter to Vlate to the effect that he had not been opposed to Ulate entering into the presidency. From the instructions to his subordinates one sees that he was opposed to Ulate, even though he may later have changed this view, as, during the days of the emergency brought about, as a result of the invasion on the northern frontier, Mr. Ulate directed a cable to Ulate suggesting that he assume the presidency of the Republic.
All of this long, somewhat involved, at times tenuous and at other times ludicrous correspondence shows more than ever the opportunism displayed by Mora on numerous occasions previously; always, however, under guise of being a patriotie Bosta Rican. He attempts to adapt himself to what he believes to be the spirit of the moment to safeguard the interests of his party and prolonging its functions CONFIDENTIAL