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Vs March 14, 1950 we CHARLES ALEXANDER THOMSON Director Office of the Assistant for Public and Cultural Relations U. Se Department of State Washington, De Ce Nackeround Charles Alex He was aopo Lai Z a inted as Assistant (1) of State, on February 15, 1939- i Easis for Investigation The Congressional Record of May 14, 1947, page 5435, contained the | following statements made by Congressman Fred B. Busbey (R. Indiana) regarding | Charles Alexander Thomsons : "Another member of the leading triumvirate in Mr. Benton's office is Charles Alexander Thomson. In a study entitled ‘The War in Spain,’ published in Foreign _ Policy Reports of May 1, 1938, page 39, he has the following eulogy of the work of the Communists: "To the Communists must go the major credit for the introduction of order and unity in this nondescript army. *#++ On the Government side, the most important political developments have been: (1) the rise of the Communist Party; (2) the | working alliance effected by the Communistswith the right-wing Socialists and the : Republican Partiesy *#+ (3) the decline of Communist influence and its later resurgence in the cabinet formed on April 4, 1928. % When Franco troops approached Madrid early in November 1936, a new and decisive foreign influence appeared on + the scene. Russian aid had arrived-—-not only airplanes and tanks, but also advisers, technicians and the forces of the International Brigade, in many instances recruited by Communist agencies. Thanks in great part to Soviet influence, the Spanish | revolution was not destined—as has so often been the case in history-—-to pass from the hands of moderates to those of extremistse Instead, the Communists cast thelr weight against radical trends; they proclaimed that the purpose of the war was not to advance social revolution, but to defend a legal and democratic governnente | "The Spanish Communists must be credited with significant achievements. | They led in transforming the militia into a disciplined army, and encouraged a | unified command. They worked to unify and strengthen the central government as | acainst the local committees. They put a check on wholesale socialization of industry and collectivization of agriculture.e They sought to substitute disciplines ‘ under centralized authority for the spontaneous and disorderly enthusiasm of the ff masses. They demanded that the social revolution be definitely subordinated to the task of winning the ware [Q1-23278- ys . vy POSURE 4a roe