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Hwro wou oranseuea+ewonreg ky ottjo sIs ojhatut t on Jarch 29 lony and all of crar peraomnel Metgone there at that The Legal Attmohe Caraoas ms able to keer the oasscdor infarned of the political situstia in detail and reorted the darelapunts surroumdin, the aborti~o revolution of Docerber ll,. 1946. Cmsjdorable investigation bas besn conduoted ocnceraing the sotivities of Flaesar Lopes Contreras. formor Iresidont of Venesuela, o has besn reertedfor aevaral months as the leader of an anticipatad Atipt to overthro tho Eotsoeourt Covernmant in Vonesuels.In additic the Logal Attaoha hs oonductod inquirier in Trinidnd and Yotherland Mwat Indsoa. & Ul. CIl covrrn's in Vemecuela, until late l9ss in ths Cormiat fiald, osnsisted primurily of following ths aotivitios of thres separate disaident groups of Comnmists and ths efforts of their leadsrs tn serge the three jroups into ome Party. Our best inforoation in this regard was recoived from ar informmnt wio, although not Offioially Coannist, ws on wxtreonly intimte terms with nest of the Caruamist leadors and hed thir oonfidwnee to suoh an extont that he ms awmre of all pertinent darelopmmts. It was learned during ths #unner cf los that tho Boviet Embasey in Carmoas wn: dlaplesed with the divided nature of thePmrty and that aow atops must be taken tommrd a wificaticn. As roult a Coansmiat leader fromuba res Sont to Fgoszuela to briny th. thres groups togothor, snd in June resolutions were adopted calling for umification. This was ascomplished at the impertant Ccagress hold in Caraeas in loreaber, whioh wasd atteidod by the Cnit.od States Cemmiat, Joseph Starobin, and was covared comrletoly by the Aursau.&U b7C The Soviet Fabasry in Carecas, although relatively n#w, made plana during 1946 to seoure intelligenss informmtion through Comumnist nawey pernn in Venosuola.Shs Kmbasry was capesially interested in the patroieom industry. whiah. is also of great importance to tho Onited States. Th. Bureau ws fortrnta in seouring tho servions of ] in Caruoas as a Cemsmiat and Sovlet informnt.d for the new Soviet Azbaesy and mms ths abl. to keep up with important dovelop- aonta.Mh the Bureay Caracas elosed reh 20,1347 arrangoants were xade this infarsnt to laxico, nhere it. A