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3 March 1954 rm: CO TI vre: Tire, CM jour.C. 1. For informaticn and disevssicn with vey rerbers cf the delegation with a view to rossible cfficial cr unefficial exrmoitaticon, 2. “ith regard to the Ccngressicna! sheetings of t-arch 1], there is tn fact a certain arovnt of evivtence of Com=rnist cennect! ons with and inflvence cver the Frerto Rican nationalist organization cf which the would-be assassins are revhbers. The exact nature and extent of this connecting ev*“encs is nee knewn to this organization, but we are reliably assrred at tiere 7 such evidence, 3. Our thonght wich we have checked with State Dert, is that it mav ressiblv becore desirable for cur ce “icial @elogaticn to rake use of this infcrration either in connecticn with ¢forts to elicit suxrert for general anti-Corrunist reselvticns cr to cerbat ressible srecific Gveateralan charges in Jine with their white rarer. Cf ccevrse the decision reg rving any oficial use of this info wenl4 be that of the *elegation, ~refersably vith rr‘or author‘zation of the Secretary. Another ressibie use by delegation werld be in their rrivate conversaticns with cther friendly Iat‘n Averican 7elegations. In the event cf ®cis*on to make ne cfficial vse of this ite’, we have received rclicy anproval for vnefficial exploitation threvgh ovr crn chanreis an? ontiets. 4. Recommend Jine to be brilt arcvn4 staterent tratithis connecting. evitence erists is serewhat as fol°cws: Cit staneard and well-~newn Russian an? Comm mist rractice to evnicaliv exyrioit fcr Cormminist rurreses the forees of naticnalis It jis also welld-"newn that in rvrsving this tactic it 3s cemmon eractice fer the Ucremnists to take alvantage cf we ™l-~eaning but risgride? -ersens ane to ene-vrage and goad ther onto desrerate actions cf violence ans to “7c this vith the knevledg an? the *cpe t'at the innecent victirs wil] be the-selves hurt. and rreferablv ille@. This tactic is calevlatet te create an atrosrhere of cenfrsicn and fear on which cerrrnism trrives and toe rroduce "martyrs" in the form cf "victirs" “nese names can thereafter be used in Cortynist vrreraganda for tnejir cyn rur-cses It has of course been acknowledgec by the [verte Ricans ivelved in the tragic incident that their sctions were tired? to coincide with the onening cf the Caracas Conference ans it sul]? in any case be obvious that this act of cesreraticn was desigenc to have imract on the conference. Imract it shev]d have, ort fust the reverse of the sort designe? tiv the rictters and instirators of this revclting spectacle of viclence. Cn the centrary, it shovld serve to aren the eyes of anv rerson net vet folly awake to the menace cf Ceomrenn’sm in tits Vevisrhere ane the esscantialtt of curbing the Sead]yv ror?) which Jt rerrecsonts to all.