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...Antonio Arze, leader of the leftist PIR (Partido de Izquierda Revolucion-ario) had arrived in Lima, Peru, from Mexico. The Bolivian Government pointedly advised him to stay out of Bolivia. This week he turned up in Bolivia...
...PIR, a workers' party without visible military support of its own, might find such support in General David Toro, ex-President of Bolivia (1936-37), who when last seen was dodging reporters in New York and Washington...
...PIR is the working-class party of Bolivia, hated, feared and persecuted by the country's three great tin companies. It is called Communistic (any workers' party would be called Communistic in Bolivia). It has Communist members; it also has a clear anti-Fascist and pro-United Nations record. Its head is short, dark José Antonio Arze, once teacher at Williams College in the U.S., who has been living in exile in Mexico City. First he cabled Secretary Cordell Hull and Vice President Henry Wallace suggesting they withhold recognition until certain conditions were met by the Villarroel...
...PIR had no visible Army support for a counterrevolution, although an attempt at one was possible. Other attempts might be inspired by ex-President David Toro, reportedly in Washington, or by deposed President Peñaranda, who issued a die-hard statement from Tacna, Peru...
...fish it wanted and what to use for bait. Caught unawares and still in a stew, the Department showed clearly that it had no unified policy, that it was hardly more than a maze of corridors full of warring tribes. Washington newsmen heard that the Department looked to the PIR to set matters aright; that the PIR was nothing but a Soviet tool, and therefore suspect. (The sources of this report had apparently not heard about Teheran.) Secretary Cordell Hull conferred for an hour with British Ambassador Lord Halifax, discussing the Bolivian crisis. Obvious topic would be a possible united...