The finances of the Communist Party of Chile, 1944-1946

Authors

  • Alfonso Salgado Muñoz Universidad Diego Portales

Abstract

The following document is a translation of a report on the finances of the Communist Party of Chile, produced by the Federal Bureau of Investigation on December 17, 1946. It contains information about the Party’s financial status, constitutional framework, mechanisms of financial control, methods of raising funds, expenditures, and capital investments, as well as about some party enterprises. The information concerns mainly the years 1944, 1945, and 1946.

Keywords:

Partido Comunista de Chile, Comunismo, Finanzas, Historia económica, Oficina Federal de Investigaciones, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Communist Party of Chile, Communism, Finances, Economic history

Author Biography

Alfonso Salgado Muñoz, Universidad Diego Portales

Doctor en Historia. Investigador Asociado del Instituto de Investigación en Ciencias Sociales de la Universidad Diego Portales, Santiago, Chile, ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6649-4291. Correo electrónico: alfonso.salgado@mail.udp.cl