Ricardo A. Paredes
Dr. Ricardo Paredes Communist Activities - Ecuador (December 28, 1944, pdf, 26MB)
Copy of memorandum received from a reliable confidential source regarding an Ecuadorian physician who is said to have become one of the leading Communists in the late 1920s.
Source: Letter from John Edgar Hoover to Frederick B. Lyon, Washington, D.C., January 27, 1945, Despatch no. 100-337879-1, Record Group 59, 822.00B/1-2745, National Archives and Records Adminstration (NARA).
Dr. Ricardo Paredes Communist Activities - Ecuador (February 22, 1945, pdf, 21MB)
Memorandum from reliable confidential sources indicating that Paredes has presented several bills in the Ecuadorian Constitutional Assembly to improve conditions among Indians in country. Reports indicate that he may have been involved to some extent in recent Indian uprisings.
Source: Letter from John Edgar Hoover to Frederick B. Lyon, Washington, D.C., April 20, 1945, Despatch no. 100-337879-2, Record Group 59, 822.00B/4-2045, National Archives and Records Adminstration (NARA).
Dr. Ricardo Paredes Communist Activities - Ecuador (April 24, 1945, pdf, 17MB)
Memorandum from confidential reliable source indicating that Paredes is presently practicing medicine in Quito and carrying out PCE duties.
Source: Letter from John Edgar Hoover to Frederick B. Lyon, Washington, D.C., May 21, 1945, Despatch no. 100-337879, Record Group 59, 822.00B/5-2145, National Archives and Records Adminstration (NARA).
Dr. Ricardo A. Paredes (Romero) Ecuador Communist Activities (August 27, 1945, pdf, 2MB)
A confidential source believed to be reliable concerning recent activities, including his function as representative of Indians. August 20 letter advocating withdrawal of US troops from Ecuadoran bases.
Source: Letter from John Edgar Hoover to Frederick B. Lyon, Washington, D.C., October 11, 1945, Despatch no. 100-337879-4, Record Group 59, 822.00B/10-1145, National Archives and Records Adminstration (NARA).
Dr. Ricardo A. Paredes (Romero) (July 24, 1946, pdf, 30MB)
Paredes in hiding since March 30. Attempted arrest on May 11 from signing May 8 manifesto urging ouster of José María Velasco Ibarra.
Source: Letter from John Edgar Hoover to Frederick B. Lyon, Washington, D.C., August 30, 1946, Record Group 59, 822.00B/8-3046, National Archives and Records Adminstration (NARA).
Interview with Dr. Ricardo Paredes, Communist Party Leader (July 7, 1947, pdf, 27MB)
Sending information from informant on Paredes.
Source: Letter from Geo. P. Shaw to Secretary of State, Quito, July 9, 1947, Despatch no. 5406, Record Group 59, 822.00B/7-947, National Archives and Records Adminstration (NARA).
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