TH

E C

OU

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11. F

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712 EttO

19th :St eel, N

ew Y

ork. City

FO

RE

WO

RD

This is a factual and docum

ented account of a Nazi

invasion of our continent. An invasion already accom

-plished, an A

xis bridgehead already established—a base

already p

repared

and fro

m w

hich

new

perils th

reaten

the United S

tates.

Vicente L

ombardo T

oledano, president of the Latin

Am

erican Confederation of L

abor (CT

AL

) warned the

Mexican people and the M

exican government last N

o-vem

ber that this, and no less, was the significance of the

Synarchist m

ovement in M

exico. H

is warn

ing m

ust b

e heed

ed, n

ot o

nly

by M

exico

, but by the U

nited States. F

or the Synarchistas in M

ex-ico

are blo

od-b

roth

ers of th

e Christian

Fro

nters an

d

Coughlinites on our side of the R

io Grande, as they are

the co

nscio

us an

d activ

e agen

ts of H

itler, Musso

lini,

Franco and H

irohito.

And th

e Synarch

ist movem

ent h

as already cro

ssed

the b

ord

er. It is attemptin

g to

org

anize its F

ifth C

ol-

um

n am

ong th

e Mex

ican an

d o

ther S

pan

ish-sp

eakin

g

peo

ple in

our so

uth

western

states. It follo

ws th

e now

fam

iliar Hitler p

attern o

f attemptin

g to

explo

it the

justified

griev

ances o

f a min

ority

gro

up to

lure th

em

from an im

perfect democracy into fascist slavery.

Hitler plots to m

ake Mexico—

and Texas—

the Am

eri-can S

udetenland.

It is again

st this p

lot th

at Vicen

te Lom

bard

o T

o-

ledano sounds his warning.

Bu

t he d

oes m

ore. A

s the reco

gn

ized ch

amp

ion

of

all the down-trodden people of L

atin Am

erica, as their lead

er in th

e fight ag

ainst all im

perialism

s, he p

oin

ts the w

ay to freedom through an alliance w

ith the United

States in

this w

ar that th

reatens th

e wh

ole co

ntin

ent

and the democratic ideals of the N

ew W

orld. T

he peoples of the twenty L

atin Am

erican Republics

trust L

om

bard

o as th

ey tru

st no o

ther lead

er. For u

s in the U

nited States he is, therefore, an invaluable ally.

The C

ouncil for Pan A

merican D

emocracy, in pre-

senting to the Am

erican people this translation of Lom

-bardo's w

ords, from a speech delivered on O

ctober 17, 1941, in

the A

rena in

Mex

ico C

ity, h

opes to

serve o

ur

nation's war effort.

That hope w

ill be fulfilled—if these w

ards are read and acted upon.

CO

UN

CIL FO

R PA

N A

MER

ICA

N D

EMO

CR

AC

Y

112 E

ast 19th

Street

New

York, N

. Y.

410

* 4"

Wh

at D

oes T

he A

xis W

an

t of M

exico

?

Fro

m its earliest b

egin

nin

gs, fascism

was d

eter-m

ined to dominate the w

hole world.

On M

ay 26, 1927, in a declaration which has since

beco

me fam

ous, B

enito

Musso

lini said

that "th

e 20th

century w

ill be the century of fascism."

Hitler him

self has proclaimed that G

ermany w

ill be a w

orld power, or it w

ill be nothing. M

exico

has b

een assig

ned

its role in

this A

xis p

ro-

gram of w

orld conquest. Fascism

needs Mexico. E

xactly w

hat d

oes it w

ant o

f our co

untry

? What are its aim

s here?

The A

xis wants:

1. T

o u

se Mex

ico as th

e nearest b

ase for N

azi esp

ionag

e in th

e United

States.

2.

To use our country as a source of raw

materials

for its w

ar. 3.

To m

ake M

exico

a center fo

r org

anized

acts of

sabo

tage ag

ainst th

e Un

ited S

tates, as well as ag

ainst

our o

wn ex

port trad

e so th

at we m

ay b

e prev

ented

fro

m sen

din

g h

elp to

the co

untries fig

htin

g th

e Axis.

4. To estab

lish a cen

ter of fascist p

rovocatio

n

again

st the U

nited

States, th

us d

istracting th

at coun-

try's atten

tion fro

m th

e Euro

pean

and o

ther th

eaters of w

ar. 5. T

o secu

re a center fro

m w

hich

fascist pro

pa-

ganda can be directed to all of Latin A

merica.

6.

To instigate provocations against the governm

ent of M

exico

from

with

in o

ur co

untry

itself, so th

at the

3

government w

ill be obliged to retaliate with restrictive

measu

res. Afterw

ards, th

ese measu

res will b

e used

to

discred

it the p

resent reg

ime in

Mex

ico, an

d tu

rned

against dem

ocracy within and w

ithout our country.

"A

ction N

acional"

and "

Syn

archism

"

— M

exico's Fifth

Colu

mn

It is fo

r these p

urp

oses th

at the A

xis h

as org

anized

gro

ups w

hich

act as its agen

ts with

in o

ur b

ord

ers. All

the people of Mexico know

these groups—"A

ccion Na-

cional" and the "Synarchist N

ational Party."

"Actio

n N

acionar'R

ifinT

5 -S- Oi th

e state as an an

ti-dem

ocratic organization—a corporate state w

hose aim

is to serv

e the H

ispan

icism o

f Fran

cisco F

ranco

, and

to turn the government of the country over to the S

pan-ish C

atholic Church.

Let u

s look at th

e histo

ry o

f Synarch

ism. T

he N

a-tional S

ynarchist Union w

as founded on May 23, 1937,

in the city of Leon in G

uanajuato. Its sponsors w

ere two active S

panish Falangists, the

Oliv

ares bro

thers, d

irected b

y th

e Germ

an en

gin

eer, H

ellinuth Oskar S

chreiter. -- T

he organization's papers were notarized in the law

offices of M

anuel Villasenor. B

esides Schreiter, M

oll° M

aldona,.do r -ge- ii&E

il secretary o

f the g

overn

men

t of

Guan

ajuato

, Melch

or O

rtega (at th

at time g

overn

or)

and th

e lawyer fsaiid

-- thiS

man

Vald

ivia sig

ned

the

papers as founders. S

chreiter is a G

erman

Nazi. H

is pupils at th

e state co

llege are o

rgan

ized in

to a N

azi shock

brig

ade. T

hey

w

ear the swastika em

blem on their coat lapels. 4

The S

ynarchist concept of the state is identical with

that of Hitler and M

ussolini. W

hat is th

e state in Italy

and G

erman

y? It is a

corporate state. Its structure is based upon compulsory

"guild" organizations, directed by a power w

hich gives m

arching orders to the whole com

munity, takes no ac-

count of majority opinion, tram

ples upon the country's noblest traditions.

Farin

acci, Gen

eral Secretary

of th

e Italian F

ascist P

arty, o

n Jan

uary

22, 1

928, p

ut it th

is way

: "We are

an arm

y o

f believ

ers and n

ot a m

ass of o

rgan

ized

mem

bers." T

he "labor" leader Rossoni, in the A

ssembly of Ital-

ian A

gricu

ltural W

ork

ers, declared

: "In th

e. fasc

ist sy

ndicates, th

e ord

ers of th

e Duce, an

d o

f the fascist

revolution, must be accepted—

without reservation."

Hitler says in M

ein

Kam

pf : "O

ur movem

ent is anti-parliam

entary

. . . it rejects the p

rincip

le of m

ajority

decision, a principle w

hich degrades the Fuehrer to the

status of a simple executor of the w

ill and opinions of oth

ers. In sm

all thin

gs an

d larg

e, our m

ovem

ent em

-bodies the principle of the F

uehrer's absolute authority." S

ynarch

ism in

Mex

ico say

s: "The m

embers o

f the

same craft or profession m

ust unite, building corporate groups. O

ver these professional or corporate groups, a su

perio

r pow

er must b

e establish

ed, in

charg

e of th

eir m

utual relationships and directing them to the com

mon

good. S

imilar p

rofessio

nal co

rporatio

ns m

ust u

nite

with

in th

emselv

es, subm

itting to

a suprem

e auth

ority

em

bodied

in th

e political stru

cture o

f the N

ation."

(Synarc

his

m, V

ol. II, .No

. 34, Sept. 28, 1939.)

"Am

ong u

s one d

oes n

ot d

iscuss—

there is o

ur

5

strength

. Tak

e away

discip

line, tak

e away

loyalty

to

the lead

er, and S

ynarch

ism is n

oth

ing."

(Synarchism,

Vol. II, N

o. 9

0, N

ov. 7

, 1940.)

Can

anyone d

oubt th

e Nazi-fascist ch

aracter of S

yn-

archism

in M

exico

?

Syn

arch

ism —

Ba

ck to

Sla

very T

he N

ational S

ynarch

ist Party

is the ag

ent o

f the

Falan

gists in

Mex

ico. It h

as raised th

e slog

an, "L

et us

return

to S

pain

." To th

e Spain

of th

e Vicero

ysh

ip, o

f course.

"All th

ose w

ho h

ave b

een co

ncern

ed w

ith d

ignify

ing

the life o

f Mex

ico, as w

ell as those w

ho h

ave w

anted

to

poin

t the w

ay to

the real ag

gran

dizem

ent o

f Mex

ico,"

says th

e Sy

narch

ist Natio

nal P

arty, "sp

eak o

f Sp

ain.

To

pu

t it mo

re con

cretely, th

ey sp

eak o

f the w

ork

do

ne

by th

e Moth

er Country

durin

g th

e histo

ric colo

nial

perio

d. S

he sh

ow

ed u

s the ro

ad, an

d g

ave u

s our b

ear-in

gs. S

o M

exico

must clin

g to

its traditio

ns to

find th

e m

eanin

g o

f its futu

re. Thus, th

ose w

ho feel th

e des-

perate u

ncertain

ty th

at today

han

gs d

ense an

d h

eavy

over th

e N

atio

n, w

ant to

retu

rn to

Spain

." (S

ynar-

chism, A

pril 1

93

9, "W

hat M

ust O

ur S

trug

gle B

e?") A

naly

zing th

e vicereg

al regim

e, this article g

oes o

n

to say

: "In th

e XV

III centu

ry M

exico

was th

e largest,

the m

ost cu

ltured

, richest, m

ost illu

striou

s, mo

st po

wer-

ful n

ation o

f the C

ontin

ent . . . S

pain

pro

tected th

e w

ork

ers by m

eans o

f unio

ns an

d th

e peasan

ts by m

eans

of th

e Indian

legislatio

n. A

ll this w

ithout an

y n

eed to

reso

rt to strik

es and fig

hts, sim

ply

becau

se the S

tate knew

its duties an

d p

rotected

the w

ork

er, consid

ering

him

a son

of G

od

, wo

rthy

of th

e same b

enefits as th

e

6

rich. . . . T

he g

overn

men

t of tw

o h

undred

years ag

o

was sin

cere, the p

resent o

nes are d

eceitful. . . . In

New

S

pain

agricu

lture w

as entru

sted to

the w

ork

ers and

landlo

rds. T

he k

ing to

ld th

e landlo

rds th

at if he p

er-m

itted th

em to

till the so

il and

get b

enefits, it w

as on

ly

so th

ey w

ould

in tu

rn d

edicate th

emselv

es to im

pro

vin

g

the m

aterial and

intellectu

al lot o

f the In

dian

s they

govern

ed." (T

he Synarchist, V

ol. III, N

o. 1

17, M

ay 1

5,

1941.) T

he N

ational S

ynarch

ist Party

says, "S

ynarch

ism is '

the m

ost v

ital incarn

ation

of th

e will and sen

timen

ts of

a peo

ple satiated

by m

ystificatio

ns, m

istakes, erro

rs and

decep

tion b

ecause th

e road

along w

hich

they

hav

e been

led

for th

e last hundred

years is th

e wro

ng ro

ad, to

r-tu

ous, d

isinteg

rating."

And it ad

ds, "In

the R

evolu

tion w

e see a ferocio

usly

disin

tegratin

g p

rocess w

hich

starts with

Poin

sett (at the

beg

innin

g o

f our in

dep

enden

ce) and cu

lmin

ates in th

e ex

perim

ents o

f Lazaro

Card

enas."

Fin

ally it co

nclu

des: "T

hat is w

hy S

ynarch

ism w

as b

orn

figh

ting

the R

evo

lutio

n: S

yn

archism

was b

orn

aggressively anti-revolutionary."

A P

arty o

f Vio

lence a

nd

Destru

ction

S

ynarch

ism h

as told

us th

at it was b

orn

to fig

ht v

io-

lently

again

st every

thin

g w

e hav

e built in

more th

an a

centu

ry o

f Mex

ican h

istory

. Synarch

ism w

as born

, not

to carry

on th

e ideals. o

f Hid

algo, M

orelo

s, Juarez,

Mad

ero, Z

apata, C

arranza, O

breg

on—

but to

destro

y

them.

Sy

narch

ism b

oasts th

at it is a party

of reg

ression

. S

ynarch

ism is n

ot a p

arty o

f peace, u

nio

n, h

armony.

7

It is a party

of w

ar, a party

bo

rn to

figh

t the M

exi-

can Revolution.

It is a party

of v

iolen

ce, not o

f natio

nal u

nity

. T

his p

arty, w

hich

pled

ges itself to

destro

y th

e entire

histo

ry o

f a peo

ple, d

oes n

ot w

ant th

e life of th

at peo

-ple to

contin

ue; it w

ants th

e peo

ple to

walk

back

ward

over th

e road

of m

ore th

an a cen

tury

. A

few w

eeks ag

o a S

ynarch

ist fellow

in Q

ueretaro

in

sulted

Juarez in

a meetin

g, callin

g h

im "cu

nn

ing

In

dian

, sold

to Y

ankee g

old

" and sp

oke o

f Hid

algo—

the p

riest Hid

algo—

as "that d

runkard

priest."

We are liv

ing in

grav

e and d

ifficult h

ours. S

ynar-

chism

is seekin

g to

turn

back

the tid

e of h

istory

. It is anti-dem

ocratic, anti-patriotic, iconoclastic: a destroyer o

f ou

r histo

ric leaders, a d

estroy

er of th

e ideas w

hich

have in

spire

d th

e M

exic

an p

eople

for m

ore

than a

'cen

tury

. B

ut m

ore th

an th

is : Synarch

ism is a m

ilitary organi-

zation, an army.

In Q

ueretaro

, more th

an 7

,00

0 m

en h

ave m

arched

in

military

parad

es. In

Guan

ajuato

,. one B

ilbao

—a S

pan

iard, a m

ember

of th

e Falan

ge, a rab

id en

emy

of M

exico

and

the p

ay-

master o

f the G

uad

alup

e Min

ing

Co

mp

any

—in

Gu

ana-

juato

this B

ilbao

giv

es- m

ilitary train

ing

to th

e Sy

n-

archists.

In G

uan

ajuato

the S

yn

archists h

ave also

org

anized

"cy

neg

etic club

s." Th

ese club

s org

anize sto

rm tro

op

s, g

ivin

g th

em tech

nical in

structio

n, teach

ing

them

the

military

theo

ry an

d tactics n

eeded

by

a Gen

eral Staff.

They

are taught to

dig

trench

es, build

defen

sive b

ar-ricad

es, org

anize street attack

s, use au

tom

atic arms.

8

Sev

eral month

s ago a m

ilitary m

arch o

n G

uad

alajara w

as org

anized

and carried

out in

perfect fo

rm,

The p

eople o

f Morelia still rem

ember th

e march

on

their city

of M

orelia o

n M

ay 1

8th

of th

is year (1

94

1).

No

less than

30

,00

0 S

yn

archists fro

m v

ariou

s central

states "too

k" M

orelia in

less than

an h

ou

r, in acco

rd-

ance w

ith a p

erfectly o

rgan

ized m

ilitary p

lan.

Fo

r wh

at d

o th

ey

wan

t arm

s? F

or *

hat d

o th

ey

org

anize th

eir sham

battles?

This is th

e techniq

ue o

f fascism. It is a m

eans to

fo

rce the M

exican

peo

ple to

accept S

ynarch

ism's so

lu-

tion

s for all th

eir pro

blem

s. T

he d

emag

og

y is p

erfect. First th

ey sa

y: "It is the

fault o

f the R

evolu

tion th

ht th

e pro

blem

s of th

e Mex

i-can

peo

ple h

ave n

et yet b

een so

lved

." Th

en, "S

yn

ar-ch

ism w

ill solv

e all the p

rob

lems o

f the p

eop

le." T

hat is ex

actly w

hat M

usso

lini said

. T

hat is ex

actly w

hat H

itler said.

Fran

co, also

, said ex

actly th

at. O

f co

urse, S

yn

archism

do

es no

t say w

hy

there are

pro

blem

s and

wh

y th

ey h

ave n

ot b

een so

lved

. No

r do

es it say concretely how

they will be solved. It only vaguely

advises a retu

rn to

the C

hristian

ord

er, blin

d o

bed

ience

to th

e Lead

er—as if h

e were ap

po

inted

by

Go

d. T

hat

is all.

To

kn

ow

tho

se wh

o h

ead th

e Sy

narch

ists, tho

se wh

o

giv

e mo

ney

to m

aintain

its org

anizatio

ns, is to

un

der-

stand

qu

ite clearly w

ho

sup

po

rts the lead

ers, and

wh

y.

In Q

ueretaro

, one o

f the S

ynarch

ist leaders is V

al-- en

tin L

ozad

a, form

er sexto

n o

f the C

athed

ral and

no

w

a rich m

erchan

t. An

oth

er leader th

ere is Jose A

nto

nio

9

Urq

uiza, a m

illionaire S

pan

ish lan

dow

ner, th

e lord

of

vast estates.

In S

an L

uis -d

e la

Paz, a

noth

er b

ig la

ndow

ner,

Rafael G

amboa, is leader of both "A

ction Nacional" and

Synarchism

. In

Guan

ajuato

,- besid

es the N

azi Sch

reiter already

men

tioned

and h

is Germ

an h

elpers, O

tto .H

ilbert an

d

Fed

erico H

einn, all th

e oth

ers who h

ead S

ynarch

ism

and th

e Falan

ge are also

foreig

ners. T

his is th

e head

-quarters o

f the S

pan

ish b

roth

ers, the T

rueb

a Oliv

ares, directo

rs of th

e Falan

ge. In

Leo

n, G

uan

ajuato

, the p

rin-

cipal cen

ter and th

e birth

place o

f Synarch

ism, th

ere is th

e Span

ish F

alangist L

uis E

. I.Aola ; lo

rd o

f the S

an

Juan

de O

tates estates. There is also

the S

pan

ish M

or-

ales family

, and Jaco

bo K

illing, a N

azi who recen

tly

came fro

m G

erman

y.

These are th

e leaders o

f Synarch

isrn: g

achupin

s (S

pan

ish ex

plo

iters) Falan

gists, N

azi Germ

ans, b

ig

Mex

ican lan

dhold

ers, fanatical M

exican

clericals. It is th

ese—th

e Falan

gists, th

e Nazis, th

e landow

ners—

who

wan

t to g

o b

ack to

1810, w

ho w

ant to

"save th

e Fath

er-lan

d fro

m ex

otic id

eas," who w

ant to

hav

e "Mex

ico fo

r th

e Mex

icans."

Wh

at th

e Nazis T

hin

k o

f Ou

r Peo

ple

A W

hile back, when 200 N

azi and 400 Italian seamen

from

confiscated

Axis sh

ips lan

ded

in G

uad

alajara, the

Guad

alajara new

spap

ers wav

ed th

e palm

s of w

elcom

e: "M

ay th

ese pleasan

t, charm

ing, p

olite, fair m

en b

e wel-

com

e. They

.will 'serv

e our co

untry

!" T

hese w

ere the sam

e pap

ers which

earlier had

cried

10

out ag

ainst th

e com

ing o

f Span

ish R

epublican

s to G

uad

-ala

jara

, shoutin

g: "H

ere

com

e th

e h

ighw

aym

en o

f S

pain

, those w

ho h

ave stain

ed th

eir Fath

erland w

ith

blo

od. L

et them

be d

amned

!" C

ynical, im

puden

t, the fascist seam

en stru

t as befits

a superio

r race. They

insu

lt our p

eople, o

ur w

om

en in

th

e streets. T

hese seam

en h

old

political sessio

ns in

the co

mm

er-cial h

ouses o

f Collig

non,.. H

erring, ab

ove all in

the o

ffi- ces of B

eick Felix &

Co.

. -----

Don't o

ur p

oor p

easants, o

ur M

exican

work

ers, our

illiterate mestizo

s, know

how

the N

azis rate us L

atin

Am

ericans? W

e are an in

ferior race!

The D

uke o

f Arg

yle, in

the D

eutsche Revue, say

s of

Arg

entin

e: "There is a co

untry

, the o

nly

one, w

here

noth

ing is co

ntem

ptib

le, excep

t the m

en; a co

untry

with

a b

eautifu

l capital, a sp

lendid

harb

or, g

ood so

il; that

country

only

requires a E

uro

pean

pro

tectorate to

brin

g

it into

the co

veted

ord

er. That co

untry

is the A

rgen

-tin

e." In

anoth

er p

ublic

atio

n, "G

rosse

Deutsc

hla

nd,"

Tan

nev

berg

says: "It w

ill be a b

lessing fo

r the in

hab

i-tan

ts of th

e South

Am

erican R

epublics w

hen

they

pass

from

the in

fluen

ce of th

e Span

ish-P

ortu

gese h

eritage

to G

erman

rule. . . . G

erman

y w

ill hav

e to tak

e posses-

sion of South A

merica."

This is w

hat C

olo

nel H

ans R

ohde, M

ilitary A

ttache

of th

e G

erm

an E

mbassy

in A

ngora

, said

last Ju

ly

of M

exic

o a

nd its p

oor p

easa

nts: "B

ulg

aria

is the

Mex

ico o

f the B

alkan

s. Its peasan

ts hav

e too m

uch

lik

ing fo

r freedom

. They

do n

ot w

ant to

understan

d

that in

ferior races m

ust serv

e superio

r races for th

eir 11

ow

n g

oo

d. F

ortu

nately

, we h

ave th

e mean

s to m

ake

them

un

derstan

d.- If P

olan

d's ex

amp

le is no

t eno

ug

h

to k

eep th

em q

uiet, so

much

the w

orse fo

r them

."

Th

e Fascist-S

ynarch

ist Ideal. O

ur S

ynarch

ists advocate th

e follo

win

g p

rogram

: unio

n w

ith th

e Span

ish F

alange; u

nio

n w

ith th

e Italian

Fasc

ist Party

; unio

n w

ith th

e G

erm

an N

azi P

arty

; retu

rn to

, the co

lonial statu

s; entru

st our p

easants to

th

e new

Ary

an g

achu

pin

s, the G

auleiters. B

urn

the

books. A

new

Inquisitio

n, o

f course. A

nd am

ple cu

lture,

so am

ple th

at it brin

gs to

min

d th

e savag

e shout o

f G

eneral M

ilian A

stray in

a session at th

e Univ

ersity o

f S

alamanca : "L

et intelligence die !" R

eturn

to co

lon

ial times, so

that th

e wish

of P

rimo

de R

ivera's sister, P

llar, may

be fu

lfilled. S

he u

sed to

say

, "Wom

an h

as no d

estiny b

ut o

ne—

to b

e a moth

er an

d h

ave tw

o p

laces to liv

e, the h

om

e and th

e church

." T

his in

deed

is a return

to th

e dark

est of th

e Mid

dle

Ages. T

he M

iddle A

ges trag

ically rev

ived

in th

e twen

-tieth century under a cruel, aggressive, barbarian, bloody, reg

ime. A

regim

e which

in E

uro

pe h

as reduced

all h

um

an relatio

ns to

this: o

n th

e on

e han

d, a p

rivileg

ed

few, the A

ryans; and on the, other, thousands of millions

of slav

es, peo

ple ro

bbed

of th

e dig

nity

of m

en.

A reg

ime w

hich

takes n

o n

otice o

f the p

eople o

f M

exico

excep

t to sco

rn th

em.

Th

e Illegal N

azi P

arty E

xists in

Mex

ico

It is bad

eno

ug

h th

at nativ

e fascism ex

ists here, an

d

that th

e Falan

ge im

puden

tly sh

ow

s itself or w

ork

s in

secret. 12

But far w

orse is th

e fact that th

e Nazi P

arty itself

end

ures in

Mex

ico. U

ntil to

day

, man

y h

ave d

enied

its existence, its storm

troops, espionage, aggressions. Som

e m

on

ths ag

o w

e den

ou

nced

the o

rgan

ization

of th

e Ital-ian

Fascist P

arty. A

t that tim

e, when

one sp

oke o

f Italian fascists, people alm

ost always laughed it off. A

nd so

neith

er ou

r go

vern

men

t no

r ou

r peo

ple reco

gn

ized

their im

portan

ce. B

ut th

is is still more m

enacin

g: th

e Nazi P

arty ex

-ists in

Mex

ico. I h

ave ju

st den

ou

nced

it to th

e Go

vern

-m

ent o

f the R

epublic. A

nti-fascists h

ave in

vestig

ated,

mad

e repo

rts, and

as a result w

e no

w k

no

w h

ow

the

Nazi g

roups in

our co

untry

are org

anized

. We k

now

the

nam

es and ad

dresses o

f its leaders, in

wh

at circles it has in

fluen

ce, the ex

tent o

f its dan

gers.

I wan

t the p

eop

le of M

exico

to k

no

w th

ese thin

gs,

to k

no

w th

e Nazi P

arty in

Mex

ico.*

An

ti-Co

mm

un

ism —

A C

loa

k fo

r Fa

scism

Wh

o h

as sow

n th

e seeds o

f restlessness in

Mex

ico?

Is it Vicen

te Lom

bard

o T

oled

ano? D

id h

e inven

t the

men

ace to d

emo

cracy w

hich

exists in

ou

r cou

ntry

? O

r is this d

anger to

which

he h

as poin

ted th

e real dan

ger?

The fascists aim

to m

ake o

ur F

atherlan

d p

ro-G

er-m

an

, to u

se it a

s a c

en

ter o

f sab

ota

ge a

gain

st the

Un

ited S

tates. N

aturally

, their first jo

b m

ust b

e to d

estroy

the an

ti-fascist g

roups. T

he an

ti-fascist gro

ups m

ust d

isappear

• Full d

etails on th

e Nazi P

arty's o

rgan

izations in

Mex

ico ap

pear

in th

e app

end

ix.

13

if the fascist g

roups are to

live. T

hat is w

hy th

ey sh

out

and p

roclaim

the d

anger o

f Com

munism

. They

hav

e ag

ain raised

the cry

that C

om

munism

is the so

urce o

f dan

ger. F

or th

em, all an

ti-fascists in M

exico

are Com

-m

unists. A

ll Com

munists are en

emies o

f the M

exican

govern

men

t. And fin

ally, all C

om

niu

nists an

d an

ti-fascists are lack

eys o

f Am

erican im

perialism

. This is

the crooked propaganda they circulate among the people.

The d

anger o

f Com

munism

at this h

our? I h

ave said

it a th

ousan

d tim

es and ev

eryone k

now

s it—in

Mex

ico,

in L

atin A

merica, in

Euro

pe, in

the U

nited

States. I

hav

e nev

er been

nor am

now

a mem

ber o

f the C

om

-m

unist P

arty. I h

ave n

ever m

ade co

mm

itmen

ts of an

y

kin

d to

the C

om

munist In

tern

atio

nal. If I h

ad e

ver

been

a, mem

ber o

f the C

om

munist P

arty, o

r were n

ow

, I w

ould announce it with pride, sincerely and boastfully.

But I am

not. I h

ave m

any tim

es disag

reed w

ith th

e positio

n tak

en b

y th

e Party

's leaders. T

hat, h

ow

ever,

does n

ot m

ean th

at I do n

ot co

nsid

er the C

om

munists

sincere rev

olu

tionaries, d

espite so

me th

ings th

ey h

ave

done w

hich

from

my p

oin

t of v

iew w

ere mistak

es. It does n

ot m

ean th

at I do n

ot b

elieve th

e Com

munists o

f M

exico, whom

I hav

e know

n an

d d

ealt with

in th

e past,

to b

e patrio

ts who lo

ve th

eir Fath

erland.

Wh:re is th

is dan

ger o

f Com

munism

of w

hich

all the

new

spap

ers and all fascist o

rgan

izations sp

eak ev

ery

day

? It does n

ot ex

ist, excep

t as the w

atchw

ord

of th

e N

azi party

, of th

e Falan

ge, o

f Synarch

ism.

Their o

bject is to

destro

y th

e anti-fascist g

roups.

Sin

ce the C

om

munist P

arty is th

e most v

uln

erable o

f th

ese they

beg

in w

ith it, attrib

utin

g to

it aims w

hich

it does not have.

14

Once th

ey su

cceed in

gettin

g th

e Com

munist P

arty

declared

illegal, it w

ill be v

ery easy

to ap

ply

the term

C

om

munist to

all the g

roups an

d m

en w

ho fig

ht fo

r the

Mexican R

evolution. The C

TM

(Confederation of M

exi-can

Work

ers), the C

NC

(the N

ational C

onfed

eration

of P

easants) an

d m

any o

ther g

roups w

ill be ch

aracter-ized as C

omm

unists. N

aturally

, determ

inatio

n o

f the tru

th o

f this ch

arge

will n

ot b

e left to u

prig

ht ju

dges o

r righteo

us m

en. T

he

witch

-hunt w

ill go fo

rward

in an

atmosp

here co

nduciv

e to

persecu

tion. W

e know

what a reig

n o

f terror is lik

e. T

hat is ju

st what th

e Nazis in

Mex

ico w

ant: to

de-

stroy all an

ti-fascist gro

ups so

that th

ey th

emselv

es may

liv

e. Sad

to say

, in M

exico

there is o

nly

fascist pro

pa-

gan

da. O

nly

we, w

ith g

reat effort an

d in

the face o

f m

any acts o

f sabotag

e, carry o

n an

ti-fascist pro

pag

anda.

This is th

e truth

. The n

ewsp

apers, ex

cept fo

r our

ow

n, are all fascist o

rgan

s, as are the rad

ios. T

he p

ul-

pits are fo

rum

s for fascism

. Wherev

er they

wish

, the

fascists jeer at the R

evolu

tion, at p

ast liberal refo

rms,

and ev

oke th

e specter o

f Com

munism

. Mean

while, th

e tru

e Com

munists, th

ose w

ho d

estroyed

the cap

italist system

in their own S

oviet land and set up a regime new

in

histo

ry—

they

giv

e their b

lood an

d so

uls to

save th

e freed

om

of th

e world

.

Man

kind M

ust C

hoose

At th

is stage o

f the w

orld

dram

a sectarian id

eas co

unt fo

r noth

ing. P

arty, co

lor, p

olitical co

nvictio

n,

race, natio

nal b

oundary

—of th

ese noth

ing m

ore is left.

There rem

ain o

nly

two co

ncep

ts, two fo

rces. Be-

15

•

tweeze th

em m

ank

ind

mu

st cho

ose o

ne p

rog

ram, o

ne

futu

re. Eith

er the w

orld

will liv

e for m

any

years u

nd

er b

arbarism

, infam

y 3 , inju

stice; or th

e world

will raise a

new

ord

er of lib

erty an

d real cu

lture fo

r all the m

en o

f th

e world

. There are n

o o

ther altern

atives.

Befo

re this d

rama o

nly

the sto

nes rem

ain u

nm

ov

ed.

Mex

icans, A

rgen

tines, Y

ankees, C

anad

ians, F

rench

, N

orw

egian

s, Sp

aniard

s, Ab

yssin

ians—

all men

of all

countries, of all languages—yellow

, Negro, copper, w

hite —

Ch

ristians, O

rtho

do

x, C

atho

lics, Pro

testants, ath

eists, m

en w

itho

ut creed

—m

en o

f all latitud

es, climes, o

rigin

s —

all, pro

vid

ed o

nly

they

be m

en w

orth

y o

f the tru

th,

all wan

t Hitler's d

eath an

d freed

om

's trium

ph in

the

world.

We S

erve the M

exica

n F

ath

erlan

d in

A

ccord

an

ce with

the U

niversa

l Prin

ciples

of S

ocia

l Ju

stice T

he d

ang

er is fascism. T

he d

ang

er lies in o

ur co

un

-try

's bein

g tak

en to

sabotag

e us, d

om

inate u

s and th

e U

nited

States. T

his is tru

e. All w

ho h

ave stu

died

the

pro

blem

s of o

ur co

untry

carefully

know

it is true.

An

d I say

it again

no

w, n

ot b

ecause (as th

ose m

iser-ab

le new

spap

ers, org

ans o

f som

e discred

ited clerical

elemen

ts say) I w

ant to

distu

rb th

e relation

s of o

ur

country

with

that o

f the N

orth

. Nor b

ecause (as o

thers

equally

disc

redite

d sa

y) I a

m n

ow

an a

gent o

f the

United

States o

r of im

perialism

. H

ow

interestin

g I H

ow

funny! W

e hav

e beco

me

"agen

ts of Y

ank

ee imp

erialism." W

e wh

o h

elped

ex-

16

pro

pria

te th

e o

il! We w

ho h

elp

ed d

estro

y th

e la

nd

monopoly

of th

e Colo

rado R

iver L

and C

om

pan

y in

L

oW

er Califo

rnia! W

e wh

o stru

gg

led so

that th

e Rich

-ard

son

Co

mp

any's irrig

ation sy

stem in

Sonora sh

ould

go to

the In

dian

s. W

e, agents of Yankee im

perialism!

They know

very well w

hat we w

ant. We do not serve

any

imp

erialism, E

ng

lish o

r Yan

kee, o

r any

oth

er kin

d

—an

y m

ore th

an w

e serve fascism

or an

y "ism

," or an

y

idea fo

reign to

our co

untry

. W

e serve th

e Fath

erland

in acco

rdan

ce with

the

un

iversal p

rincip

les of so

cial justice.

Na

tion

al U

nity A

ga

inst th

e Ax

is W

hat is o

ur p

ositio

n co

ncretely

? What d

o w

e wan

t? T

he d

ictatorsh

ip o

f the p

roletariat? C

om

munism

as the

regime in M

e5cico? W

e wan

t natio

nal u

nity

. We w

ere the first to

say it

—n

ation

al un

ity, g

ov

ernm

ent o

f the p

eop

le; po

pu

lar govern

men

t, not w

ork

ers' govern

men

t. W

hen

the C

onfed

eration o

f Mex

ican W

ork

ers met in

its E

xtrao

rdin

ary C

ouncil to

discu

ss the p

olitical situ

a-tio

n in

ou

r cou

ntry

and

to an

no

un

ce their can

did

ate for

the p

residen

cy o

f the R

epublic, w

e said: M

exico

's futu

re is d

ifficult. A

bove all, th

ere is the w

ar. The co

mplica-

tions in Am

erica are obvious. Our econom

ic dependence o

n o

ur n

orth

ern n

eigh

bo

r is inev

itable. W

e do

no

t seek

a govern

men

t of th

e pro

letariat. We d

o n

ot seek

a gov-

ernm

ent o

f faction

. Th

e wo

rkin

g class o

f ou

r cou

ntry

does n

ot w

ant a g

overn

men

t of its o

wn.

We d

eclared o

urselv

es for a g

ov

ernm

ent o

f the p

eo-

17

ple, fo

r the p

eople, fo

r all the secto

rs of th

e peo

ple, w

ith

the aim

of co

ntin

uin

g th

e pattern

s wh

ich th

e Mex

ican

Revolution

-desig

ns fo

r the fu

ture o

f Mex

ico.

Un

ion

With

All E

xcep

t the F

ascists

So w

e spoke, an

d so

we co

ntin

ue to

thin

k. N

ational

un

ity—

yes. W

hen

the P

residen

t of th

e Rep

ub

lic called

for n

ation

al un

ity, w

e respo

nd

ed. W

e believ

e in it, b

ut

we m

ust ask

ourselv

es why it h

as not b

een ach

ieved

. It is a p

latitud

e, bu

t true, th

at two

men

cann

ot u

nite

excep

t they

find so

me co

mm

on g

round. W

hen

vario

us

sectors o

f the p

eop

le join

tog

ether, it is b

ecause th

ey

too h

ave fo

und so

me p

oin

ts of ag

reemen

t, or a p

rogram

for com

mon action.

If there is to

be n

ational u

nity

in M

exico

, it is nec-

essary th

at the m

ain secto

rs of th

e peo

ple fin

d a b

asis fo

r agreem

ent.

We are read

y to

un

ite with

all, with

ou

t any

excep

-tio

n. W

ith th

e natio

nal b

ou

rgeo

sie. Hear w

ell, listen

hard

. It is Lo

mb

ardo

To

ledan

o w

ho

speak

s. With

the

natio

nal b

ourg

eosie. W

e are ready to

unite w

ith th

e M

exican

peasan

ts ; with

the w

ork

ers, of co

urse; w

ith

the m

iddle class, n

aturally

; with

the arm

y o

f the R

epub-

lic and with governm

ent officials, with as m

any Mexicans

as agree w

ith u

s on so

me p

oin

t. B

ut sim

ply

becau

se several id

eas and w

ills coin

cide,

we d

o n

ot n

ecessarily h

ave n

ational u

nity

. There is

ano

ther,• an

ind

ispen

sable, facto

r: the th

ing

agreed

on

m

ust b

e of d

eep in

terest, usefu

l to th

e natio

n.

What p

assion stirs th

e world

-today

? What cries th

e lo

udest to

the co

nscien

ce of all m

en? It is th

is titanic

18

struggle of which I have spoken. T

his drama, this gigan-

tic dram

a, this g

reat traged

y w

itho

ut eq

ual in

histo

ry—

the stru

ggle fo

r dem

ocracy

, for freed

om

—th

e struggle

again

st tyran

ny an

d fascism

. T

his. is the useful thing, the thing of deepest interest. A

nd so

today

there can

be n

ational u

nity

in M

exico

o

nly

with

men

wh

o b

elieve in

dem

ocracy

, in lib

erty.

Only

with

them

and am

ong th

em.

Ho

w can

the an

ti-parliam

entary

Sy

narch

ists, ene-

mies o

f dem

ocracy

and p

rogress, u

nite w

ith M

exican

w

ork

ers, peasan

ts, dep

uties, sen

ators, m

emb

ers of th

e govern

men

t, the P

residen

t of th

e Rep

ublic, th

e army?

Ho

w can

they

un

ite with

tho

se bo

rn o

f Mex

ican d

emo

c-racy

and p

ledged

to su

pport M

exican

dem

ocracy

? H

ow can S

ynarchism unite w

ith the Mexican people,

with

the m

en o

f good w

ill? S

yn

archism

and

the p

eop

le of M

exico

cann

ot u

nite

becau

se dem

ocracy

and

anti-d

emo

cracy ' are d

eadly

enem

ies.

Th

e Tra

itors a

re Ou

tside th

e Ga

tes of N

atio

nal U

nity

Natio

nal u

nity

is possib

le only

among th

e adheren

ts of d

emocracy

. All o

thers rem

ain o

utsid

e its gates. N

ot

becau

se of L

om

bard

o T

oled

ano. N

ot b

ecause o

f this

"agitato

r" or th

at "dem

agogue." N

ot b

ecause o

f Mos-

cow

gold

, or co

mm

unism

. Not b

ecause o

f Presid

ent

Roosevelt, P

rime M

inister Churchill, or any other leader.

Mex

ican fascists rem

ain o

utsid

e the g

ates of ratio

nal

un

ity b

ecause o

f Fran

cisco F

ranco

, Ben

ito M

usso

lini,

19

and Adolf H

itler, all three o

f wh

om

the traito

rs of M

ex-

ico serve.

It is the H

ou

r of th

e Fa

therla

nd

It is not the hour of social revolution, fascist gentle-

men, reactionary gentlem

en of Mexico.

It is no

t the h

ou

r of fascism

, certainly

no

t that.

It is the hour of the freedom of the people w

ho have lost freedom

. It is the hour of the Mexican F

atherland, th

e hour o

f the M

exican

Fath

erland w

ith its In

dian

s b

efore ev

eryth

ing

else; abo

ve all w

ith its In

dian

s wh

o

do not want "encom

enderos" (landowners by grace of

the S

pan

ish k

ings), w

ho d

o n

ot w

ant an

ym

ore g

achu-

pins, nor overseers of the Aryan race. T

hey want to be

free, Mex

icans, o

wners o

f their o

wn lan

d, m

asters •of

their own country.

It is the h

our o

f the M

exican

Fath

erland w

ith its

wom

en, with our w

omen so ignorant, so poor, so long-

suffering, so stupidly treated by men. F

or our wom

en it is still the M

iddle Ages, still the colonial era.

Sev

eral day

s ago a d

istinguish

ed S

pan

iard to

ld m

e of a saying still prevalent in certain regions of S

pain. It m

ade m

e shiv

er. I cann

ot resist rep

eating

it here,

becau

se it not o

nly

reveals S

pain

, but also

our o

wn

situation. A

dau

ghter ask

s her m

oth

er: "Moth

er, what is to

g

et married

? Wh

at is to g

et married

?" "D

aughter, to get married is to eat, to conceive, and

to weed."

It is the hour of the Mexican F

atherland—not w

ith

20

wom

en as th

e tools o

f pleasu

re and p

ain, b

ut w

ith

wom

en worthy of the m

en of Mexico and of the w

orld. It is th

e ho

ur o

f the M

exican

Fath

erland

with

its children. W

ith its children who do not w

ant to be beg-gars an

y lo

nger, w

ho w

ant to

read, g

o to

school, eat

well, sleep in clean beds.

It is the h

our o

f the F

atherlan

d w

ith its m

en o

f po-

litical con

victio

n, b

ut w

itho

ut its th

ieves; w

ith th

ose

who w

ant Mexico to be truly for the M

exicans—that is,

for th

ose w

ho

still call Mex

ico "M

y F

atherlan

d,"

warm

ly, passionately, gratefully. It is the hour of the F

atherland of all the oppressed, poor, persecuted, ignorant people; of all those w

ho took p

art in th

e Rev

olu

tion

and

hav

e no

t seen it sh

ine. O

f th

ose w

ho h

ave h

eard o

f the R

evolu

tion b

ut h

ave n

ot

tasted its fru

its. It is th

e hour o

f those w

ho w

ait.

Th

e Hou

r of M

an

Has A

lso C

om

e

- Bu

t it is also the hour of man, not only the hour of

the F

atherlan

d, b

ut o

f man

. E

ach serio

us crisis in

histo

ry is a lim

itation o

n th

e id

ea of m

an. B

ut o

ut o

f each crisis em

erges also

a higher ideal of m

an. G

reece invented the idea of human perfection. S

ince th

en, u

p to

tod

ay, m

an h

as con

sistently

clun

g to

the

belief th

at he can

be b

etter. Greek

cultu

re bro

aden

ed

the idea of man.

Then cam

e Christianity. C

hristianity, above all, was

the id

ea of m

an's u

niv

ersality. It w

aned

, becam

e dis-

torted

; nev

ertheless it w

as reborn

more free. F

ree spirit

appeared

again

. W

ith th

e urg

e- for criticism

, inquiry

, conscien

ce, in-

vestig

ation, search

, the id

ea of m

art evolv

ed fu

rther o

ut

of th

e great crisis in

the 1

5th

and 1

6th

centu

ries. The

years p

assed. M

any ev

ents, p

rincip

ally E

uro

pean

, in

successiv

e crises seemed

again

to lim

it the id

ea of m

an's

un

iversality

and

fraternity

—u

ntil th

ere came th

e new

hum

anism

, that o

f the g

iants o

f Germ

an cu

lture, th

ose

gen

iuses w

hom

Hitler to

day

den

ies. A

nd th

en, th

e last cycle: crisis o

f the cap

italist sys-

tem, d

egrad

ation o

f the id

ea of m

an, sh

ipw

reck o

f the

idea o

f univ

ersality. B

ut in

the m

idst o

f this, a n

ew

force, a n

ew co

ncep

t of m

an : th

e So

viet m

an, m

aster of

the w

orld

, with

ou

t exp

loiters, w

itho

ut ex

plo

ited.

Man

Will B

e Master o

f the W

orld

In

this crisis, th

e greatest in

histo

ry, w

e are already

on

the th

resho

ld o

f a new

con

cept. A

new

con

cept o

f m

an, also

the g

reatest, is com

ing

. Th

ere will co

me th

e id

ea of m

an as m

aster of th

e world

. We sh

all be m

en in

all p

arts of th

e world

. We sh

all be m

en in

Mex

ico, in

E

nglan

d, G

erman

y, S

oviet R

ussia, Jap

an, S

pain

. L

et us n

ot asp

ire'to p

ut an

end to

what is o

ur o

wn,

to o

ur trad

ition

s, to th

e idea o

f the F

atherlan

d. L

et us

strength

en w

hat is o

ur o

wn, ex

alt the F

atherlan

d, en

-h

ance th

e real splen

do

r of each

cou

ntry

, mak

e mo

re gallan

t the flag

of o

ur an

cestors—

to th

e end th

at each

man

in each

country

may

be a m

an w

orth

y o

f all the

men

of th

e wo

rld.

Th

e crisis from

wh

ich th

is new

con

cept o

f man

as

22

6 m

aster of th

e wo

rld m

ust em

erge is n

ear. Let u

s be fu

ll o

f ho

pe, n

ot ab

and

on

ing

ou

r figh

t. Let u

s un

ite mo

re th

an ev

er, forg

etting p

etty d

ifferences. L

et us n

ot fall

victim

to irritatio

n. L

et us n

ot b

e sidetrack

ed b

y an

y

incid

ent. L

et us n

ot p

lay in

to th

e han

ds o

f the en

emy.

Let us w

ork wisely, keeping our feet firm

ly on the earth. B

ut let u

s not ab

andon o

ur id

eal. No co

mpro

mise

with

the tru

e ideals o

f the M

exican

Fath

erland

! No

co

mpro

mise w

ith th

e true id

eals of h

um

anity

! Only

th

ieves stru

ggle w

ithout id

eals. Those o

f us w

ho d

o n

ot

seek p

rofit in

the R

evo

lutio

n h

ave n

o assets ex

cept o

ur

ideals, an

d th

ese assets are not fo

r sale. For th

is reason

we cannot com

promise.

I am co

nvin

ced, I am

certain, th

at the M

exican

peo

-ple's unity—

the unity of the best Mexicans, the M

exican rep

resentativ

e go

vern

men

t, listenin

g to

the p

eop

le, sur-

rounded by the people—w

ill drive the fascists away. W

e w

ill an

nih

ilate

them

, we w

ill destro

y th

e d

ark

an

d

counter-revolutionary forces. T

hey

stand

ready

to d

o th

e bid

din

g o

f Fran

co; b

ut

instead

we w

ill hav

e them

serve o

ur an

cestors. W

e will

realize the id

eals of H

idalg

o, M

orelo

s, Juarez, M

adero

, Z

apata, B

oliv

ar, of th

e great fath

ers of A

merica an

d o

f th

e world

. C

on

fiden

ce! Faith

! Co

urag

e! Let u

s wo

rk as M

exi-

cans o

f our cen

tury

. Yet u

s keep

alive th

e joy o

f livin

g

in th

is dram

atic, bitter, ep

och

. Yes, it is fu

ll of o

bsta-

cles and d

ifficulties, b

ut it also

brin

gs co

mpen

sations

the m

en o

f the p

ast centu

ry d

id n

ot k

now

. L

ong live Mexico! L

ong live the Mexican R

evolution! L

ong liv

e the free w

orld

of to

morro

w!

23

•

Nazi O

rganization

s in M

exico

1.

All G

erm

an o

rganiz

atio

ns in

Mexic

o a

re stric

tly c

ontro

lled a

nd

dire

cte

d b

y th

e G

erm

a&

_N

a.t.ig

nal-S

ocia

list Labo

r Party

. Th

e G

erm

an

n

am

e o

f the p

atty

is NA

TIO

NA

L-S

OZ

IAL

IST

ISC

HE

-DE

UT

SC

HE

-A

RB

EIT

ER

-PA

RT

EL

2.

Th

e c

hie

f disg

uise

an

d in

strum

en

t of th

e N

azi p

arty

in M

ex

ico

is T

he G

erm

an

Co

mm

un

ity in

Mex

ico

(DE

UT

SC

HE

VO

LIC

SG

EM

EIN

-S

CH

AF

T IN

ME

XIC

O). T

he a

ddre

ss of th

is institu

tion is U

ruguay 8

0

of th

is city

of M

exic

o. Its h

onora

ry p

resid

ent is th

e G

erm

an M

in-

iste

r in o

ur c

ou

ntry

, Baro

n R

ued

t Vo

n C

olle

nb

erg

. Offic

ally

this

o

rgan

izatio

n is h

ead

ed

by

a C

ou

ncil o

f Citiz

en

s (Aelte

sten

rat) w

ho

se

pre

siden

t is also

Baro

n V

on

Co

llen

berg

. Am

on

g th

e m

em

bers o

f the

Co

un

cil a

re: Jo

han

n M

artin

Fisc

her, d

irecto

r of th

e G

en

era

l Co

mp

an

y

of A

.rtilinei. E

wald

—B

ak, D

irecto

r of th

e G

erm

an

ic B

an

k o

f So

uth

A

meric

a, b

ran

ch

in M

ex

ico

; an

d th

e fo

rmer N

azi c

on

suls

Max

Herald

(V

era

cru

z), R

ichard

Eversb

usc

h (T

am

pic

o), a

nd D

r. Carlo

s Pete

rsen

(Pueb

la).

8. T

he G

erm

an C

lub. T

he S

ecre

tary

of th

e C

lub is G

enera

l -Ku

rt B

en

oit D

uem

s. Th

e N

azi p

arty

use

s this c

lub

to p

rom

ote

rela

tion

s w

ith c

erta

in M

exic

an

circ

les.

4. T

he G

erm

an

Rid

ing

Clu

b, S

A. A

v. d

el C

astillo

20

0, L

om

as d

e

Ch

ap

uite

pec, M

ex

ico

City

. Pre

siden

t F. H

. To

rarn

, Pla

za F

ed

eric

o

-,. Gam

boa. N

o. 1

. Vic

e-p

resid

ent F

. Boehm

. This C

lub p

ursu

es th

e sa

me

en

ds a

s the G

erm

an

Clu

b.

6. G

erm

an A

ssocia

tion o

f Oars, S

.C.L

. (DE

UT

SC

HE

R R

UD

ER

-V

ER

EIN

). Situ

ate

d in

Genera

l de la

ilave, B

arrio

de la

Asu

ncio

n,

Xochirn

iko, D

.P. P

resid

ent, A

lfred T

am

s. This g

roup h

as th

e sa

me

en

ds a

s tho

se p

rev

iou

sly m

en

tion

ed

. 6.

The G

erm

an H

ouse

(DE

UT

SC

HE

S F

IAU

S). L

opez N

o. 2

3.

Pre

siden

t, Carlo

s Ste

in. V

ice-p

resid

en

t, Ale

jan

dro

Ho

lste, w

ho

has th

e

po

st of H

on

ora

ry C

on

sul o

f Bo

livia

in th

e c

ity o

f Mex

ico

. Th

e G

erm

an

H

ouse

is the c

ente

r of N

azi a

gents.

7.

Th

e G

erm

an

Sch

oo

l (DE

UT

SC

HE

SC

HU

LE

). Dire

cto

r, F. W

. S

chro

ete

r. This in

stitutig

n o

f pure

ly c

ultu

ral a

ppeara

nce, h

as a

s its obje

ct, p

ropaganda a

mon

g th

e y

outh

of M

exic

o, a

nd c

erta

in sc

hola

stic

circ

les o

f our c

ountry

. 8

. T

he G

erm

an

Ch

am

ber o

f Co

mm

erc

e o

f Mex

ico

. 16

de S

ep

-tie

mb

re N

o. 8

3. P

resid

en

t, Ric

hard

Ev

ersb

usc

h. S

ecre

tary

, Fra

ncisc

o

Co

nra

dy

. Th

is org

an

izatio

n p

ub

lishes a

bu

lletin

of e

co

no

mic

ganda in

Germ

an a

nd S

panish

. 9.

The M

exic

an-G

erm

an A

lexander v

on H

um

bold

t Socie

ty. B

ox

81

8, H

on

ora

ry P

resid

en

t, Baro

n V

on

Co

llen

berg

. ' Gen

era

l Secre

tary

, W

ilhelm

Pfe

rdekam

p. T

his o

rganiz

atio

n h

as c

lose

rela

tions w

ith th

e

Ibero

-Am

eric

an In

stitute

of B

erlin

and w

ith its p

resid

ent, G

enera

l W

ilhelm

Fau

pel.

24

10.

The G

erm

an S

ocie

ty o

f Mexic

ans. B

ox 2

39. P

resid

ent, C

arlo

s P

.. Lin

ga. D

irecto

r, - Altifa

ndei G

ibso

ne, w

hose

addre

ss is the sa

me

as th

at o

f Mr. G

eorg

Nic

ola

us, c

hie

f of th

e G

esta

po in

Mexic

o.

11.- The G

roup o

f Wom

en o

f the G

erm

an C

om

munity

(FR

AU

EN

-G

RU

PP

E D

ER

DE

UT

SC

HE

N V

OL

KS

GE

ME

/NS

CH

AF

T). P

resid

ent,

Baro

ness V

on

Co

llen

berg

, Gen

era

l Secre

tary

, Marth

a P

reu

ssner.

12

. Th

e G

erm

an M

utu

al S

ocie

ty o

f Mexic

o (D

EU

TS

CH

ER

GE

S-

AN

GV

ER

EIN

). Ad

dre

ss: Uru

guay '7

3. P

resid

ent, D

r. G. H

agenste

cher.

/8. T

he 'G

erm

an N

ight S

chool (D

EU

TS

CH

E A

BE

NS

CH

UL

E).

Uru

gu

ay

80

. Th

is sch

oo

l with

the e

xcu

se. o

f giv

ing

Germ

an

lesso

ns

is use

d to

influ

ence y

oung lid

exic

ans a

nd m

ake th

em

disc

iple

s of th

e

Nazi sy

stem

. Vario

us m

eetin

gs b

etw

een

Nazi le

ad

ers a

nd

Sy

narc

bist

heads h

ave ta

ken p

lace in

this sc

hool. A

mong th

e m

ost im

porta

nt

pro

fesso

rs are

: Ku

rt Sch

len

ker, C

hie

f of th

e H

itler Y

ou

th a

nd

Karl

Hayse

r—w

ho w

ork

s for th

e G

esta

po.

1.4

. Th

e 9

.erm

an

insu

ran

ce a

gain

st Sic

kn

ess in

Mex

ico

(DE

UT

-S

CH

E K

RA

NK

EN

KA

SS

D - 2

15 M

EX

ICO

). Uru

guay N

o. 2

6. T

he re

al

chie

f of th

is in

stitu

tion is

Otto

Arg

us. T

his

is o

ne o

f the c

ontro

l g

rou

ps w

hic

h w

atc

hes o

ver G

erin

an

s—w

ho

are

no

t Nazis a

nd

ob

liges

them

to jo

in th

is gro

up. T

hey a

lso fo

rce so

me o

f their m

em

bers to

do

cpm

merc

ial e

spio

nage, u

nder th

e th

reat o

f reprisa

ls again

st their re

la-

tives in

Germ

any. T

he G

erm

an S

ocie

ty o

f Insu

rance a

lso d

istribute

s part o

f the p

ropaganda w

hic

h c

om

es to

Mexic

o.

15.

Th

e G

erm

an

Relig

iou

s Org

an

izatio

n (D

EU

TS

CH

E E

VA

NG

E-

LIS

CH

E K

IRC

HE

). Th

e c

hie

f is the m

iniste

r Fra

usta

dt, G

en

era

l Can

e

No. 6

6, T

acubaya, D

.F. T

his o

rganiz

atio

n p

ublish

es a

month

ly p

aper

an

d a

ll its activ

ities a

re p

lain

Nazi p

rop

ag

an

da.

16.

Th

e G

erm

an

Ch

ristian

Asso

cia

tion

of Y

ou

ng

Men

(DE

UT

-S

CH

ER

CH

RIS

TL

ICH

ER

—V

ER

EIN

JUN

GE

R M

A.E

NN

ER

), Hu

mb

old

t N

o 6

0. T

he m

em

bers o

f this a

ssocia

tion g

et to

geth

er W

ednesd

ays a

nd

org

aniz

e "

socia

l afte

rnoons"

and S

unday e

xcursio

ns. In

the '`so

cia

l. afte

rno

on

s" N

azi

heads g

ive le

ctu

res, V

ario

us y

oung M

exic

an p

eople

g

o to

these

, Th

e A

ssocia

tion

pu

blish

es a

mo

nth

ly p

ap

er a

nd

recru

its m

em

bers a

mo

ng

the M

ex

ican

s for th

e N

atio

nal S

yn

arc

hist P

arty

.

Prin

cipal L

eaders o

f the N

azi O

rgan

izatio

ns

1.

Head

of th

e N

azi P

arty

in M

ex

ico

(LA

ND

ES

GR

UP

PE

N-

LE

ITE

R), E

dg

ar V

on

Walle

nb

erg

-Pach

aly

. Ad

dre

ss: Am

bere

s 4, A

pt.

1. H

e is S

ecre

tary

of th

e G

erm

an

Leg

atio

n in

Mex

ico

. He h

as b

een

n

am

ed

Ch

ief o

f the N

azi P

arty

since th

e n

am

es o

f Ew

ald

Bo

rk a

nd

K

arl G

oern

er a

ppeare

d in

the p

ress a

s its

leaders

. He s

ucceeded

Die

trich a

s Secre

tary

at th

e G

erm

an

Leg

atio

n. T

he N

azi. -p

arty

has

its head

qiitu

lers a

t Uru

gu

ay

80

, seco

nd

floo

r. Cab

le a

dd

ress:: "R

EN

US

" B

ox 4

2-h

is, Mexic

o, D

.F.

2.

Head

of th

e G

esta

po

(HA

FE

ND

IEN

ST

LE

ITE

R). G

eo

rg N

ico

-la

us. A

dd

ress, L

uis M

oy

a 2

2 D

. Fo

rmerly

lived

'in B

og

ota

, Co

lum

bia

, w

as in

the m

ach

inery

bu

siness, d

irecte

d th

e w

ork

of th

e G

esta

po

. He

too

k p

art in

the P

olish

cam

paig

n a

nd

retu

rned

to C

olo

mb

ia. T

hen

25

he w

as o

rd

ered

to M

exic

o w

here h

e c

am

e v

ia T

ap

ach

ula

in M

arch

1

94

0. W

hen

he tra

vels h

e u

ses th

e nam

e Man

n.

3. A

ssistan

t to th

e Ch

ief of th

e Gesta

po

(ST

EL

LV

ER

TR

ET

EN

-D

ER

HA

FE

ND

IEN

ST

LE

ITE

R), W

alter W

estph

al:-

Td

iliess: R. R

ebol-

lar 8

. 4. H

ead

of th

e Press a

nd

Pro

pa

ga

nd

a (P

RE

SS

E U

ND

PR

OP

A-

GA

ND

A-L

EIT

ER

), Ku

rt Ben

oit D

uem

s. Ad

dress: C

alz. A

ltav

ista 1

8. '

He is h

ead

of th

e Na

zi new

spa

per a

gen

cy "

'Tra

nso

cean

."

6. H

ead

of C

om

mercia

l Esp

ion

age (A

US

SE

NH

AN

DE

LS

ST

EL

-L

EN

LE

ITE

R), A

lejan

dro

Hoiste. A

dd

ress: Pu

ebla

268, B

ox 4

38. H

e a

cts, a

s ha

s been

said

, as H

on

ora

ry

Co

nsu

l of B

oliv

ia in

the c

ity o

f M

ex

ico

. He is in

ch

arg

e o

f sen

din

g in

form

atio

n to

Berlin

reg

ard

ing

in

du

strial p

rod

uctio

n a

nd

com

merce in

Mex

ico.

6. C

ash

ier (ICA

SS

EN

WA

RT

), Ew

ald

Bork

. He is o

ne o

f the h

ead

s of T

he G

erma

nic B

an

k. H

e ha

s been

men

tion

ed o

n sev

eral o

ccasio

ns

as C

hie

f of th

e N

azi P

arty

in M

exic

o, b

ut h

is real w

ork

is to c

arry

thro

ugh

the fin

an

cial tra

nsa

ction

s of th

e Nazis in

eur co

un

try),

7. C

hie

f of th

e G

erm

an

La

bo

r F

ro

nt (L

EIT

ER

DE

R "

DE

UT

-S

CH

EN

AR

BE

ITS

FR

ON

T"

), Th

om

as S

luk

a. A

dd

ress: Uru

gu

ay 8

0,

Th

is organ

izatio

n is th

e m

ain

instr

um

en

t of c

on

trol o

ver a

lmost a

ll th

e Germ

an

s wh

o a

re no

t mem

bers o

f the, N

azi P

arty

. Th

e Fro

nt h

as

ab

ou

t 50

loca

l gro

up

s in M

exico

wh

ich w

ork

with

officia

l Na

zi gro

up

s. 8.

Ch

ief of th

e Hitler Y

ou

th (H

ITL

ER

JU

GE

ND

), Ku

rt Sch

len-

ker. H

e is pro

fessor a

t the G

erman

Colleg

e in M

exico

. Th

is org

an

iza-

tion

h

as

ab

ou

t 20

loca

l gro

up

s in th

e cou

ntry

. 9.

Ch

ief o

f the W

om

en

's Organ

izatio

ns (L

EIT

ER

IN D

ER

AR

-B

EIT

SG

EM

EIN

SC

HA

FT

DE

R D

EU

TS

CH

EN

FR

AU

IN A

US

LA

ND

), M

arth

a P

reussn

er, Ad

dress: Z

itacu

aro

14. It is sa

id th

at sh

e has co

n-

tacts w

ith im

po

rtan

t wo

men

in M

exico

wh

om

she in

vites to

Na

zi lec-tu

res an

d sp

ecially

to m

eetings w

here th

ey sh

ow

Germ

an

pro

pagan

da

movies.

10. C

hief o

f "F

ICH

TE

BL

IND

," H

einz W

eber. A

dd

ress: En

sena

da

120. O

ffice ad

dress: Isa

bel la

Cato

lica 5

1, o

ffice No. 8

14. T

his is o

ne o

f th

e Na

zi pro

pa

ga

nd

a g

rou

ps w

ith h

ead

qu

arters in

Ha

mb

urg

. It dis-

trib

ute

s pro

pa

ga

nd

a o

utsid

e o

f Germ

an

y. B

efo

re th

e w

ar th

e p

am

-p

hle

ts of F

ich

te B

un

d w

ere p

rin

ted

in G

erm

an

y. N

ow

pa

rt o

f the

prin

ting is d

on

e in

Jap

an

an

d is d

istrib

ute

d th

rou

gh

the J

ap

an

ese

con

sula

r a

nd

dip

lom

atic

servic

e. O

ne o

f Hein

z W

eb

er's a

gen

ts is F

riedrich

Pfeiffer, a

qu

ack

docto

r at F

lora

12, w

ho d

istribu

tes a g

reat

part o

f the p

rop

agan

da.

Org

an

izatio

n o

f the N

azi P

arty in

Mex

ico

1. & 2

. Th

e Na

zi Gro

up

in M

exico

(LA

ND

ES

GR

UP

PE

ME

XIC

O) is

com

posed

of 7

Districts w

hich

con

trol 2

4 lo

cal g

rou

ps a

nd

20 p

oin

ts of su

pp

ort (S

TU

ET

ZE

PU

NK

TE

). All o

fficials o

f the N

azi G

rou

p, In

-clu

din

g th

ose o

f the L

oca

l Gro

up

s an

d th

e Poin

ts of S

up

port, sw

ear

fidelity

to th

e Fu

ehrer o

nce a

year, o

n A

pril 2

0 w

hich

is Hitler's b

irth-

da

y. T

his y

ea

r th

ey

vo

wed

their

fidelity

in g

rea

t secrecy

du

e to

the

intern

atio

na

l situa

tion

.

26

3. T

he N

azi o

fficials receiv

e mim

eog

rap

hed

instru

ction

s twice a

m

on

th fro

m th

e Ch

ief of th

e Gro

up

wh

ich m

ust b

e return

ed to

him

w

ithin

twen

ty-fo

ur h

ou

rs. Th

ese instru

ction

s are d

istribu

ted to

vario

us

Districts b

y tra

velin

g a

gen

ts. On

e of th

e agen

ts is said

to b

e a p

erson

n

am

ed R

eisma

nn

, Av

. Sa

n A

ng

el No

, 17

, Villa

Ob

rego

n, D

.F. w

ho

also

u

ses the n

am

es Fried

rich H

om

mel a

nd

Rob

ert Reisk

ner. A

lso I. O

tah

al,

Isab

el la C

ato

lica 2

4.

4. T

he d

istricts of th

e Nazi P

arty

in th

e Mex

ican

Rep

ub

lic are th

e fo

llow

ing:

a) Cen

tral D

istrict of M

exico

b

) District o

f the W

estern C

oast o

f Mex

ico

c) N

orth

western

District o

f Mex

ico '

d) N

orth

eastern

District o

f Mex

ico

e) D

istrict of th

e Ea

st Co

ast o

f Mex

ico

f) T

he S

ou

thern

District o

f Mex

ico

g) S

ou

thea

st District o

f Mex

ico

5. T

he C

entra

l District o

f Mex

ico in

clud

es the fo

llow

ing: F

edera

l D

istrict, Mex

ico, M

orelo

s, Tla

xca

la, H

ida

lgo

, Ag

ua

scalien

tes, Mich

oa

-ca

n, Q

uereta

ro, G

uan

aju

ato

, Jailsco

an

d C

olim

a.

6. T

he C

hief o

f the D

istrict is pro

bab

ly M

ax D

ob

ler, Gen

eral C

an

o

No. 2

0, T

acu

baya, D

. F. T

he C

hie

f of th

e G

esta

po In

the D

istric

t is en

gineer H

ans IF

Iers_e„r. Office,

V.

Carra

nza

35, h

om

e, Refo

rma 3

74.

Th

e Ch

ief oirT

he S

ectio

n o

f Fo

reig

n T

ra

de o

f the D

istric

t is Erw

in

Fried

rich. A

dd

ress: Mo

nte B

lan

co 8

48

, Lo

ma

s de C

ha

pu

ltepec.

7, T

he L

ocal G

rou

ps c

orresp

on

din

g to

the C

en

tral D

istric

t of

Mexic

o a

re th

e fo

llow

ing, so

far a

s we k

now

: Mexic

o, D

. F. C

hie

f, R

einrich

Ru

ck D

arin

g. A

dd

ress: La

Ro

sa 6

9; M

ixco

ac, D

. F. C

hief,

Ma

x H

ass. A

dd

ress, Sa

gred

o 1

48

; Ta

cub

ay

a, D

. F. C

hief, K

arl K

ay

ser, h

om

e: Ah

imn

os 6

7; G

ua

da

laja

ra, J

al. C

hief, W

alter B

ostelm

an

n. A

d-

dress, C

alle 7

nu

mero

1789, B

ox 3

13.

S. T

he "

Po

ints o

f Su

pp

ort"

corresp

on

din

g to

the C

entra

l District

of M

exico

are th

e follo

win

g: In

Sa

n P

edro

de lo

s Pin

es, D. F

. Ch

ief, p

rob

ab

ly A

lfred B

ergm

aier. In

Tolu

ca, M

ex., C

hief, K

urt R

oeh

ner,

ho

me, G

ua

delu

pe V

ictoria

66

. In 'C

uern

av

aca

, Mo

n C

hief, P

au

l Ha

up

t, h

om

e, P

en

sion

Savoy. In

Agu

asc

alie

nte

s, Age. C

hie

f, Dr. L

ud

wig

R

eu

ter, h

om

e, B

ox 1

28. In

Morelia

, Mic

h. C

hie

f, En

gin

eer, A

lbert

Wiste

l. Ad

dress, B

ox N

o. 3

. In P

ach

uca, H

go. C

hie

f, Walte

r K

. E

ng

el, ad

dress, B

ox

No

. 79

; in G

ua

na

jua

to, G

to. C

hief, H

an

s ga

iter, ad

dress, B

ox N

o. 5

0. In

Uru

ap

an

, Mic

h. C

hie

f, Ju

an

An

dres -eh

, ad

dress, B

ox N

o. 3

. In C

olim

a, C

ol. C

hief, K

arl S

chu

lte, form

er -N

azi co

nsu

l. Ad

dress, M

ad

ero y

Con

stitucio

n. P

rivito

-hom

ev5 d

e Mayo 8

7.

9. T

he W

este

rn

Coast D

istric

t is organ

ized

in th

e fo

llow

ing

ma

nn

er. C

hie

f of th

e D

istric

t, Eric

h C

lem

en

t, form

er N

azi C

on

sul,

Partn

er of th

e Carlo

s Herrin

g &

Co

. Ho

me, P

edro

Mo

reno

78

8, b

ox

n

um

ber 1

3 b

is. Iii Ma

zatla

n, S

in. -

Ch

ief of

the G

estap

o, H

ugo S

etter. A

dd

ress, Cam

pan

a 118.

27

10.

The L

ocal G

roup c

orre

spondin

g to

the W

este

rn C

oast D

istrict:

Chie

f, G. F

. Ein

peke. A

ddre

ss, Arse

nal 2

12, M

azatla

n, S

in.

11.

Th

e "P

oin

ts of S

up

po

rt" co

rresp

on

din

g to

West C

oast D

istrict

,are

the fo

llow

jng: In

Culia

can, C

hie

f, pro

bably

Guille

rmo T

imm

erm

ann.

Ad

dress, B

ox

2851.

Tep

ic, N

ay

arit, C

hie

f, H. M

uen

ster. A

dd

ress,

Box N

o. 8

. 12.

Th

e N

orth

weste

rn D

istrict is o

rgan

ized a

s follo

ws: C

hie

f of

the D

istrict, H

orst B

ennin

gs. A

ddre

ss, Box 8

5, H

erm

osillo

, Son,

Assista

nt to

the C

hie

f: Luis Ja

uss, a

ddre

ss, Juare

z 6

05, B

ox 1

29,

Chih

uahua, C

hih

. Chie

f of th

e -G

egapo: W

alte

r Sie

bert, M

anager o

f th

e E

ricsso

n T

ele

phone C

om

pany. A

ddre

ss, More

los 2

05, C

hih

uahua.

Chih

. 18. T

he L

ocal G

roups c

orre

spondin

g to

the N

orth

weste

rn D

istrict

are

the fo

llow

ing: C

hie

f, Walte

r Schm

iedehaus, fo

rmer N

azi C

onsu

l. A

ddre

ss, Ald

am

a 2

708, C

hih

uahua, C

hili. A

ssistant: G

uille

rmo B

ucken-

hofe

r, addre

ss, Zarc

o 2

212, C

hih

uahua, C

hili. In

Ciu

dad 'C

uauhte

moc,

Chih

., Chie

f, Frie

dric

h R

oth

e, a

ddre

ss, Calle

Quin

ta N

o. 2

2. In

Ciu

dad

Juare

z, C

hih

., Chie

f, pro

bably

Em

il Sta

uss, a

ddre

ss, Calle

Juare

z 8

11

North

. In C

iudad O

bre

gon,

Chie

f, Johann L

aw

renz, a

ddre

ss, B

ox N

o. 9

2. In

Torre

on, C

oal., C

hie

f, .Dr. F

ederic

o R

iess; a

ddre

ss, M

atamoro

s 1115.

14.

Th

e "P

oin

ts of S

up

po

rt" co

rresp

on

din

g to

the N

orth

weste

rn

Distric

t are

the fo

llow

ing: in

Ciu

dad C

am

arg

o, C

hih

., Chie

f, Paul

Arth

ur E

nie

sche; h

om

e, A

baso

to N

o. 1

2. In

Guaym

as, S

on., C

hie

f, W

ilhelm

liesse

lmann; a

ddre

ss, Box N

o. 6

8. In

No

gale

s, So

n., C

hie

f, C

arlo

s Kie

sselb

s.cic

agent o

f Cerv

eceria

Sonora

, S.A

. In H

erm

osillo

, S

on

., Chie

f, Angel M

. Martin

ez, In

Saltillo

, Co

al., C

hie

f, Wilh

elm

S

ieber; h

om

e, A

ldam

a y

Cuitla

huac N

o. 8

12. In

Ciu

dad M

uzquiz

, C

oah., C

hie

f, Ric

ard

o P

ilz, m

inin

g e

ngin

eer; h

om

e, S

anta

Rosa

No. 8

0.

15.

The N

orth

weste

rn D

istrict in

clu

des th

e fo

llow

ing: N

uevo

Leo

n, D

ura

ng

o, Z

acate

cas, S

an

Lu

is Po

tosi, T

am

au

lipas.

16.

The C

hie

f of th

e D

istrict is H

ans C

ram

form

er N

azi c

on

sul,

Calls R

ayon S

ur 5

63, M

onte

rrey, N

.L. T

he C

hie

f of th

e G

esta

po in

th

e D

istrict is E

. Kitsc

ha, Z

ara

goza S

ur 6

36, M

onte

rrey, N

.L.

17.

The L

ocal G

roups c

orre

spondin

g to

this D

istrict a

re th

e fo

l-lo

win

g: In

Monte

rrey, N

.L., C

hie

f, Guille

rmo B

rem

er, H

idalg

o P

te.

2404. In

Dura

ngo, C

hie

f, Frie

dric

h S

chro

eder, C

alle

Juare

z 4

03. In

S

an L

uis P

oto

si, Chie

f, Fritz

Schw

arz

, Box N

o. 7

. 18.

The "

Poin

ts of S

upport"

corre

spondin

g to

this D

istrict a

re:

Esta

clo

n C

olo

nia

, Tam

pa. C

hie

f, pro

bably

, Frie

dric

h G

ierm

ann.

19.

The D

istrict o

f the E

aste

rn C

oast o

f Mexic

o is o

rganiz

ed a

s fo

llow

s: Chie

f of th

e D

istrict, W

ern

er _

Barite

, Box 4

2, T

am

pic

o, T

am

ps.

Ch

ief o

f the G

esta

po

, Frie

dric

h G

effk

en, V

ice-C

on

sul o

f the R

ep

ub

lic

of P

ara

guay

, Av. M

adero

40

6, T

am

pic

o.

20. T

he L

ocal G

roups c

orre

spondin

g to

the E

aste

rn C

oast a

re

the fo

llow

ing: T

am

pic

o, T

am

ps., C

hie

f, Jorg

e E

. Kpehle

r, Av. C

ents-

nario

10. O

rizaba, V

er., O

tto W

eise

r, form

er N

azi V

ice-C

onsu

l, Orie

nte

28

6 N

o. 8

1. V

era

cru

z, V

er., Ju

an B

erte

lrnann, m

anager o

f the b

ranch o

f S

om

mer, H

erm

ann &

Co., B

6 -*-

110. 21.

The S

outh

ern

Distric

t of M

exic

o in

clu

des th

e fo

llow

ing:

Chia

pas, T

abasc

o, C

am

peche, Y

ucata

n, Q

uin

tana R

oo.

22. T

he C

hie

f of th

e D

istrict is A

dolf S

pohn, a

gric

ultu

rist, 2a.

Avenid

a S

ur 6

5, T

apachula

, Chis. T

he C

Met -o

f..the- , G

esta

po is Ju

an

Huth

off, m

erc

hant. B

ox N

o. 1

, Tapachula

, Chis.

23. T

he L

ocal G

roups c

orre

spondin

g to

this

Dis

trict a

re th

e

follo

win

g: In

Tapachula

, Chis., C

hie

f, Luis K

aufro

ann, o

wner o

f the

Farm

acia

Nacio

naL

In T

uxtla

Gutie

rrez, C

his., C

hie

f, Carlo

s Seip

pel,

form

er N

azi C

onsu

l, Avenid

a C

entra

l 28. In

Ciu

dad L

as C

am

s, Chia

, C

hie

f, Walte

r Thhannse

n, B

ox 4

. In M

erid

a, Y

ue., C

hie

f, Ern

st Stro

th-

mann, C

alle

' 41' N

o. 6

11. A

ssistant to

the C

hie

f, Carlo

s Hagm

ale

r, fo

rmer N

azi C

onsu

l, Calle

58 N

o. 5

22.

24. T

he "P

oin

ts of S

upport" c

orre

spondin

g to

the S

outh

ern

Dis.

trict a

re th

e fo

llow

ing: In

Yayalo

n, C

hia

, Chie

f, Walte

r Sellsc

hopp.

In V

illaherm

osa

, Tab., C

hie

f, Pete

r Bednar, P

lazuela

deI A

guila

. 25.

Th

e S

ou

theaste

rn D

istrict o

f Mex

ico

is org

an

ized

as fo

llow

s and in

clu

des P

uebla

, Guerre

ro a

nd O

axaca. C

hie

f of th

e D

istrict, D

r. C

arlo

s-Pete

rsen, fo

rmer N

azi C

onsu

l, Rancho "L

a R

osa

", Puebla

, Pue.

Chie

f of th

e G

esta

po: F

ranz K

ete

lhut, B

ox 2

82, P

uebla

, Pue.

26.- T

he L

ocal G

roups c

orre

spondin

g to

this

Dis

trict a

re: In

P

uebla

, Chie

f, T. H

an

s Matte

s, Av

en

ida 2

Po

nie

nte

90

9. In

Oax

aca,

Oax., C

hie

f, Wilh

elm

Bria

ce, M

elc

hor O

cam

po 4

.

Special N

azi Agen

ts in th

e Ports

TA

MP

ICO

, TA

MA

UL

IPA

S:

Ric

hard

Eyersh

usc

h; F

orm

er N

azi C

onsu

l, first pre

sident o

f the

Germ

an C

ham

ber o

f CO

mm

erc

e, C

hie

f of th

e A

gencia

Heyuen, E

vers-

bu

ch r&

Co., B

ox 4

2, T

ampico

. He liv

es in M

exico

City

, Calle T

into

reto 3

9.

Frie

dric

h G

effk

en: V

ice-C

onsu

l of P

ara

guay. P

rivate

addre

ss, C

haire

l, Esq

. Palm

a y

Mora

. Wern

er B

erk

e; B

ox 4

2 (L

ike G

effk

en,

he is a

repre

senta

tive o

f the "D

eutsc

he V

olk

sgem

ein

schaft"-G

erm

an

Co

mm

un

ity).

Jorg

e E

. Koerle

r: Box 2

79, p

rivate

addre

ss: Av. H

idalg

o 5

5.

VE

RA

CR

UZ

, VE

R.:

Max H

ero

ld: F

orm

er N

azi C

onsu

l. Partn

er o

f Agencia

Com

erc

ial

y M

aritim

a,. H

eynen lv

ersb

usc

h &

Co. H

e is a

lso a

repre

senta

tive o

f th

e G

erm

an C

om

mun

ity. B

ox

27

5.

Gusta

v S

pecht: B

ox N

o. 8

1.

Paul H

ofe

r: Engin

eer, w

ork

s in "O

bra

s del P

uerto

". H

ans - B

arte

tms.n

n: W

ork

s with

Som

mer H

erm

ann &

- Co., B

ox

No

, 11

0.

29

MA

_Zk.A

.TL

AN

, SIN.

Gu

stavo P

. Eim

bck

e, Jr.: A

dd

ress, Esco

bed

o 3

07. W

ork

s in th

e B

an

co d

er Ps:0

40o

. lirsena

l 21

2. H

e is a rep

resenta

tive o

f the G

erma

n

Com

mu

nity.

Gu

stav

o A

. Eim

bck

e, Sr.: C

ale O

sun

a 1

02

. H

ugo S

etzer: Em

plo

yee o

f the B

an

co M

ercan

til y C

ap

italiza

dor,

Bo

x N

o. 2

0.

Alfr

ed

Joh

an

n W

oeh

ler: O

wn

er o

f the n

ew

spap

er "

La V

oz d

el

Pu

eb

lo"

. Fo

rm

er N

azi-

CO

nsu

l an

d fo

rm

er C

on

sul o

f Nic

ara

gu

a.

Box N

o. 4

8.

LA

PA

Z, B

AJ

A C

AL

IFO

RN

IA.

Wilh

elm W

esterman

n: B

ox N

o. 1

8.

GU

AY

MA

S, S

ON

. W

ilhelm

Ilesselman

n: F

orm

er Nazi C

on

sul a

nd

represen

tativ

e of

the G

erman

Com

mU

nity:. ,B

ox N

o. 6

8.

MA

NZ

AN

ILL

O, C

OL

. E

rnesto

Pirsch

: Worm

er Germ

an

con

sula

r agen

t. Stea

msh

ip a

gen

t. C

on

sul o

f No

rwa

y. C

alle J

ua

rez 7.

AC

AP

UL

CO

, GR

O.

Felix

Sch

arff: P

ensio

n "

La

Ca

sa A

lema

na

", Q

ueb

rad

a 2

8.

PU

ER

TO

AN

GE

L, O

AX

. T

he A

gen

da

Ma

ritim

e d

e P

uerto

An

gel. A

gen

ts of th

e H

ap

ag

a

nd

Nord

deu

tscher L

loy

d.

SA

LIN

A C

RU

Z, O

AX

, H

erman

n G

aosta

tter: Merch

an

t, Box N

o. 7

.

Sp

ecial N

azi A

gen

ts in B

ord

er Cities

NO

GA

LE

S, S

ON

.: C

arlo

s Kie

sselb

ach

: Ag

en

t of th

e C

erv

ecerla

de S

on

ora

, S. A

. M

emb

er of th

e Germ

an

Co

mm

un

ity.

Ku

rt Gro

th: B

ox

No. 2

6.

Josef S

chlip

h: P

an

ad

eria M

od

elo, O

breg

on

105,

CIU

DA

D J

UA

RE

Z, C

HM

.: E

mil S

tau

ss: Ow

ner o

f "L

as T

res Ga

ran

tias"

, Ed

ificio S

au

e.

PIE

DR

AS

NE

GR

AS

, CO

AH

.: G

uillerm

o S

chro

eder: D

rag

ueria

Cen

tral, H

ida

lgo

Su

r 22

.

MA

TA

MO

RO

S, T

AM

PS

.: A

lfred

Wa

lter B

arth

el: M

an

ufa

ctu

rer o

f wa

tch

es. E

sq. C

alle

s S

exta

y M

ata

moro

s. R

ita B

arth

el: 105 H

ibiscu

s Cou

rt, Bro

wn

sville, T

ex.

Av

ald

o H

urn

: Ma

tam

oro

s 89

. 30

Nazi A

gen

ts Wh

o S

erve as C

on

suls o

f Foreig

n

Cou

ntries (N

on

-Germ

an

Cou

ntries)

CO

RN

EL

IUS

GE

RT

Z: H

on

ora

ry C

on

sul G

enera

l of H

un

gary

in

the C

ity v

1''M

cXico

; Jala

pa 1

2. M

emb

er of th

e Mex

ico C

ity C

ou

ntry

C

lub

an

d o

f Ch

ap

ultep

ec Go

lf Clu

b. W

ork

s with

So

mm

er, Herm

an

n

& C

o. (B

lack

List). T

eleph

on

e, Ericso

n, 1

4-4

0-6

6. B

ox

No

: 29

9.

AL

EJ

AN

DR

O H

OL

ST

E: H

on

ora

ry C

on

sul o

f Boliv

ia in

the C

ity

of M

exico

. Seco

nd

Vice P

residen

t of D

eutsch

es Ha

us (G

erma

n H

ou

se), C

alle

Lo

pez. W

ork

s with

Dra

teln

& H

oiste

Su

er. P

riv

ate

ad

dress,

Pu

ebla

258. T

eleph

on

e, Ericso

n, 1

4-2

5-5

1. B

ox

No

. 43

8.

GE

RM

AN

LIE

BA

U: H

on

orary C

on

sul o

f Pan

am

a in

Mexic

o

city. W

ork

s in W

ells Farg

o E

xp

ress Co., A

v. M

ad

ero 1

4, B

ox N

o 2

828.

HE

RM

AN

N _

DO

RN

ER

: Fo

rmer C

on

sul o

f Uru

gu

ay

. He is in

the

Bla

ck L

ifts. Ad

dress: M

oto

linia

9.

HA

NS

BA

RT

EL

MA

NN

: Con

sul o

f Boliv

ia. M

an

ager o

f Som

mer,

Herm

an

n &

Co

. Bra

nch

in V

era

cru

z (B

lack

List), B

ox

No

. 11

0,

Veracru

z, F

RIE

DR

ICH

GE

FF

KE

N: F

orm

er Germ

an

Vice-C

on

sul a

nd

Vice-

Con

sul o

f Peia

gu

ay. T

am

pico

. G

, F. E

IMB

CK

E: C

on

sul o

f Norw

ay. M

em

ber o

f the G

erm

an

C

omm

un

ity. A

NT

ON

IO H

AS

S: C

on

sul o

f Para

gu

ay (B

lack

List), M

aza

tlan

. A

LF

RE

D J

OH

AN

N B

OE

HL

ER

: Form

er G

erm

an

Con

sul a

nd

C

on

sul o

f Nica

ragu

a in

Maza

tlan

. JU

AN

HU

TH

OF

F: C

on

sul o

f Nica

ragu

a, T

ap

ach

ula

, Ch

is. E

RN

ES

TO

PIR

SC

H: F

orm

er Germ

an

' Con

sula

r Agen

t an

d V

ice-C

on

sul o

f Norw

ay in

Man

zan

illo.

List o

f Nazi A

gen

ts Wh

o W

ork

indep

enden

tly o

f the N

azi P

arty

Th

ese m

en

receiv

e in

stru

ctio

ns fr

om

the c

hie

f agen

t of th

e

Gesta

po

in M

exico

or h

is assista

nt.

WA

LT

ER

DIE

DE

RIC

HS

EN

: Ow

ner o

f Hote

l Isab

el.

I. la

C

ato

lica

68

: Th

is—h

ote

l is a c

en

ter fo

r N

azi a

gen

ts wh

en

they

are

In M

exico

City

. B

AR

ON

VO

N H

UM

BO

LD

T: P

atzcu

aro

124. O

ffice ad

dress, G

an

te 15, O

ffice- No. 2

18: O

h th

e au

rfa.ce h

e is a co

nsu

lting electrica

l engin

eer. H

is bu

siness is a

fron

t wh

ich d

oes n

ot co

ncea

l his rea

l activ

ities. He

is a g

ran

dso

n o

f the fa

mou

s Hu

mb

old

t, exp

lorer a

nd

travele

r. H

e

con

centra

tes on

hig

h o

fficials a

nd

bu

siness m

en in

Mex

ico a

nd

oth

er co

un

tries of S

ou

th A

merica

. Freq

uen

tly h

e gives p

arties fo

r dip

lom

ats

of v

ario

us c

ou

ntr

ies. M

ost o

f the tim

e h

e is o

ut o

f tow

n, tr

av

elin

g

in th

e cou

ntry

an

d co

nta

cting v

ario

us

persons.

31

GU

IDO

OT

TO

had

Ad

dress,

Pin

o

Suare

z 8

88 N

orte

, Mon-

terre

y, N

. L. H

e a

d a

Sm

all a

irpla

ne w

hic

h c

rash

ed in

an a

ccid

ent.

He is o

wn

er o

f- a ra

dio

tran

smitte

r ZE

21

K, in

stalle

d a

t Pin

o S

uare

z

88, M

onte

rrey. H

e is p

resid

ent o

f the c

hem

ical c

om

pany, L

as F

abric

as

Apolo

de M

onte

rrey. H

e is a

lso c

onnecte

d w

ith tw

o d

rugsto

res w

hic

h

have th

e h

abit o

f wra

ppin

g th

eir p

roducts

in s

heets

of N

azi p

ro-

paganda. H

e a

nd a

Nazi c

alle

d K

ttscha p

rom

ote

gre

at c

ontra

band

activ

ities w

ith N

azi a

gents in

the U

nite

d S

tate

s and fro

m th

e U

nite

d

Sta

tes to

Mexic

o. T

hey m

eet w

ith th

e N

azi C

onsul e

very

month

. S

om

e Ja

panese

atte

nd

these

meetin

gs. A

no

ther o

f the a

ssistan

ts is an

imp

orta

nt Ita

lian

nam

ed

MasS

ft. G

US

TA

VO

A. O

HM

: Ad

dre

ss, Vic

tor H

ug

o 1

01

. Head

of th

e

mech

an

ics in

the E

ricsso

n T

ele

ph

on

e C

om

pan

y. H

is wo

rk h

as b

een

to

inte

rfere

with

the te

lephone lin

es o

f certa

in e

mbassie

s and a

nti-

Nazi e

lem

ents in

Mexic

o.

PA

UL

US

PL

ISK

A: A

ddre

ss, Cerra

da E

ugenia

22. H

e is o

ne o

f th

e m

ost im

po

rtan

t ag

en

ts of th

e G

esta

po

an

d h

art tra

velle

d in

Jap

an

an

d P

eru

sin

ce th

e b

eg

inn

ing

of th

e w

ar. H

is o

ffices a

re in

the

Ham

burg

-Am

erik

a L

ine, 5

de M

ayo 9

. R

OD

OL

F0

_B

CF

LA

IIR: A

dd

ress, M

urc

ia 1

7. A

n a

ctiv

e a

gen

t of

the, In

tellig

ence S

erv

ice. O

ste

nsib

ly h

e is

an a

gent o

f the U

nio

n

Ale

mana d

el A

cero

, with

offic

es in

the C

om

pania

Technic

s, y M

erc

antil,

Luis M

oya y

Artic

ule

123.

Con

tact B

etween

Nazis a

nd

Syn

arch

ists T

here

are

two fo

reig

ners w

ho

seem

to h

av

e g

reat im

porta

nce a

s a lin

k b

etw

een th

e S

ynarc

hists a

nd th

e N

azis in

Mexic

o.

PA

UL

KL

EM

EN

T: L

ives b

eh

ind

the "A

silo d

e A

ncia

no

s Mu

nd

et".

He is a

travelin

g sa

lesm

an o

f the U

nio

n Q

uim

ica, S

. A. H

e h

as ju

st b

een tra

velin

g th

rou

gh

the c

oun

try to

esta

blish

secre

t conta

cts b

etw

een

the lo

cal N

azi g

roups a

nd th

e S

ynarc

hists.

AL

EJA

ND

RO

HO

LS

TE

: Honora

ry C

onsu

l of B

oliv

ia, w

ho h

as

been m

entio

ned m

any tim

es in

this re

port. D

urin

g th

e la

st pre

siden-

tial c

am

paig

n, h

e w

as c

on

tact m

an

betw

een

the m

ost p

rom

inen

t "A

lmazanist" le

aders a

nd in

div

iduals o

f vario

us g

roups a

nta

gonistic

to

the G

overn

ment.

Con

tacts B

etween

the N

azis a

nd th

e F

rench

Leg

atio

n

CO

UN

T C

HIS

LA

IN C

LA

UZ

EL

: He is

a m

em

ber o

f an o

ld

Fre

nch d

iplo

matic

family: - A

ir): Advocate

of c

olla

bora

tion w

ith N

azis;

he is

in c

onsta

nt to

uch w

ith th

e S

ecre

tary

and th

e C

hancello

r of

the G

erm

an L

egatio

n.