Financial Problems of Communist Front Organizations

=== [PDF page 1] === Approved For Release 2001/11/21: CIA-RDP80-00810A002700760001-8 CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY This Document contains information affecting the National Defense of the United States, within the meaning of Title 18, Sections 793 and 794, of the U.S. Code, as amended. [Unreadable] INFORMATION REPORT CONFIDENTIAL/CONTROL - U.S. OFFICIALS ONLY SECURITY INFORMATION 25X1A COUNTRY Indonesia REPORT NO. [Unreadable] SUBJECT Financial Problems of Communist Front Organizations DATE DISTR. 6 November 1953 NO. OF PAGES 1 DATE OF INFO. REQUIREMENT NO. RD 25X1A PLACE ACQUIRED REFERENCES 25X1X 1. Zain Nasution, of the World Peace Committee for Indonesia, has requested RK 50,000 from the Chung Hua Chiao Tuan Tung Hui (CHCTVA) to hold a convention in November 1953. In West Java, the Bogor, Sukabumi, Tjiandjur, and Bandung branches of the World Peace Committee are no longer financially solvent. Of the 7,650 members in 1952, only 2,500 are still active in 1953. 2. Since January 1953, the Gerakan Wanita Indonesia Sedar (GERWIS) has failed to contribute its monthly sum of Rp 2,500 to the treasury of the Sentral Organisasi Buruh Seluruh Indonesia, and has also requested aid from the CHCTVA. 25X1A 3. The Indonesian radio has stated (4 September 1953) that the National Peace Congress would convene in Djakarta on 31 October, according to an announcement of the Congress Preparation Committee. The membership of the World Peace Committee in Indonesia, reported from Moscow in [Unreadable], was 10,000 (date of information early 1953). 25X1A CONFIDENTIAL/CONTROL - U.S. OFFICIALS ONLY (Note: Washington Distribution Indicated By "X"; Field Distribution By "#".) Approved For Release 2001/11/21: CIA-RDP80-00810A002700760001-8