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8.01 structural
articulation
- 6 for 1950-56,
AC3
- 6 for 1957-62,
AC7
- There were three
national party organizations--Bureau Politique Nationale,
Conference Nationale, and Party Congress. They had
overlapping functions and their membership was determined
mainly by prescribed selection through elections among
party members.
- 8.02 intensiveness of
organization
- 5 for 1950-62,
AC9
- Village committees
(sometimes called cells or ward committees) appeared to
be the basic organizational unit of the PDG. The
membership ranged from a handful to several hundred, but
less than 1000 in most cases.
- 8.03 extensiveness of
organization
- 6 for 1950-62,
AC9
- The village level
organization is extensive and specifically covers all
areas of the Guinean nation. It is party policy to ensure
that there are party organs in every part of the
country.
- 8.04 frequency of local
meetings
- 6 for 1957-62,
AC9
- The local units are
required to meet once a week.
- 8.05 frequency of
national meetings
- 6 for 1957-62,
AC6
- The BPN (which most
closely fits the description of a national meeting) met
monthly and probably more often than that since most
Guinean governmental was generated in that
body.
- 8.06 maintaining
records
- 10 for 1957-62,
AC5
- While there is strong
agreement about party propagandizing activities, there is
no conclusive evidence about the maintenance of
membership lists. It would appear likely that the party
maintains membership lists since they issue membership
cards.
- 8.07 pervasiveness of
organization
- 18 for 1957-62,
AC9
- The PDG permeated all
the ancillary organizations of the nation. There were
special groups among women, youth (JRDA), labour (UGTAN),
veterans, army, and intellectuals. The score of 18
indicates that the PDG had rather strict control over all
these groups and it actively employed their organizations
in the role of furthering the development of the
nation.
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