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Muhammad Ali?

In a March 25, 1974 report, called MUHAMMAD ALI TOUR.

It says, “NEWS ITEM IN MARCH 25 WASHINGTON POST REPORTS THAT
HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION, GEORGE FOREMAN, WILL DEFEND HIS TITLE
AGAINST MUHAMMAD ALI IN KINSHASA IN SEPTEMBER, IF FOREMAN
WINS MARCH 26 BOUT IN CARACAS WITH KEN NORTON. IF NORTON
WINS HE WILL BE MADE A SIMILAR OFFER. CONTRACTS FOR THE
DOLS TEN MILLION KINSHASA FIGHT HAVE REPORTEDLY ALREADY
BEEN SIGNED.

IN CONNECTION WITH THIS TITLE MATCH, THADDEUS ARNOLD,
PRESIDENT OF VERDAD, INC., WASHINGTON-BASED TRADE PROMOTION
COMPANY, AND ASSOCIATES MET TODAY WITH DEPT OFFICERS TO
DISCUSS VERDAD'S SIGNED OFFER WITH ROBERT ARUM, OF
ARUM, FRIEDMAN, KATZ OF NEW YORK, LEGAL COUNSEL FOR
MUHAMMAD ALI, FOR A SERIES OF FIVE EXHIBITION MATCHES IN
AFRICA THIS SUMMER OVER A PERIOD OF 20 DAYS UNDER THE
SPONSORSHIP OF VERDAD, INC.

ARNOLD GROUP PLANS TO FILM ALI'S AFRICAN EXHIBITION
TOUR FOR WORLD-WIDE DISTRIBUTION. EBONY MAGAZINE IS
SCHEDULED TO BE INCLUDED FOR MEDIA COVERAGE. ALI WILL
TRAVEL WITH A PARTY OF TEN COMPRISED MAINLY OF HIS
TRAINERS AND SPARRING PARTNERS.

ADDRESSEE POSTS HAVE BEEN SELECTED BY THE GROUP FOR
THE EXHIBITION MATCHES. FOR PERSONAL REASONS ARNOLD WILL
LAUNCH TOUR IN LIBREVILLE. GROUP PLANS TO DEPART
SHORTLY FOR AFRICA TO MAKE ARRANGEMENTS AND WORK OUT
FINANCIAL AGREEMENT ON AN INDIVIDUAL COUNTRY BASIS.
POSTS WILL BE ADVISED OF ARNOLD GROUP SCHEDULE AS SOON
AS POSSIBLE.

ARNOLD GROUP PLANS TO MEET WITH EMBASSY/USIS OFFICERS
TO OBTAIN ASSISTANCE (1) IN FINDING LOCAL LAWYER WHO WILL
REPRESENT VERDAD, INC.; (2) IN MAKING CONTACT WITH
APPROPRIATE LEVEL OFFICIALS AT EITHER MINISTRY OF
YOUTH AND SPORTS, CULTURE AND/OR INFORMATION; (3)
IN MAKING SUGGESTIONS AS TO SITE FOR EXHIBITION WHICH
WILL ALLOW FOR MAXIMUM ATTENDANCE OF NATIVE POPULATION.
BEGIN FYI: KINSHASA FIGHT SCHEDULED TO BE HELD IN
OUTDOOR SOCCER STADIUM END FYI.

DEPT WOULD APPRECIATE EMBASSIES REACTION TO
THE PROPOSED VISIT AND WHAT, IF ANY, SPECIAL PROBLEMS
SHOULD BE ANTICIPATED. RUSH.”

In a March 27, 1974 report, called MUHAMMAD ALI TOUR.

It says, “EMBASSY ANTICIPATES NO SPECIAL PROBLEMS WITH REGARD
TO MUHAMMAD ALI VISIT OTHER THAN POSSIBILITY ORGANIZERS
MAY TAKE SLAP-DASH APPROACH TO ARRANGEMENTS (SEE PARA
3 BELOW).

GABONESE REACTION TO VISIT SHOULD BE POSITIVE.
PRESIDENT BONGO IS SEEKING TO MAKE HIS COUNTRY BETTER
KNOWN ABROAD AND TO BRING THE CONTEMPORARY OUTSIDE
WORLD TO GABON. HE WILL BE FLATTERED THEREFORE THAT
A BLACK AMERICAN CHAMPION WHO IS SIGNIFICANTLY A MUSLEM
HAS CHOSEN GABON AS FIRST STOP ON HIS EXHIBITION TOUR.
THIS WILL BE PARTICULARLY SO BECAUSE OF BONGO'S RECENT
CONVERSION TO ISLAM.

PROBLEMS COULD ARISE IF ARNOLD GROUP TAKES BRISK
PROMOTER'S APPROACH TO ADMINISTRATIVE DETAILS OF
EXHIBITION WHICH IGNORES GABONESE REALITIES. DURING
RECENT ARNOLD VISIT TO LIBREVILLE (LIBREVILLE REFTEL),
HE AND COLLEAGUES WERE DISORGANIZED AND LAMENTABLY UNAWARE
THAT ONE CANNOT OPERATE IN GABON WITHOUT FRENCH.

IN VIEW OF FOREGOING WE RECOMMEND:

A. THAT DEPARTMENT PROVIDE EMBASSY WITH BRIEF RESUME
OF MUHAMMAD ALI'S RECENT STATEMENTS ABROAD (E.G. IN
LIBYA) REGARDING THE STATE OF ISLAM IN U.S. AND RELATED
TOPICS. ANY COMMENTS BY MUHAMMAD ALI ON THESE SUBJECTS
WILL BE CAREFULLY LISTENED TO HERE AND WE WISH TO KNOW
IN ADVANCE WHAT THEIR TENOR MIGHT BE.

THAT DEPARTMENT CAREFULLY BRIEF ARNOLD GROUP STRESSING
BOTH NEED TO BRING FRENCH INTERPRETER AND FACT LIBREVILLE
MAY NOT BE ABLE TO PROVIDE EXACTLY WHAT THEY WISH IN
STADIUM FACILITIES, ADVANCE PUBLICITY, ETC. MCKESSON.”

In a March 29, 1974 report, called MUHAMMAD ALI TOUR.

It says, “SENEGALESE OFFICIALS WILL ALMOST CERTAINLY WELCOME
ALI EXHIBITION MATCH HERE NOT ONLY FOR ITS OWN SAKE AS
PUBLIC SPECTACLE BUT ALSO AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO GAIN
EXPOSURE FOR SENEGAL IN AMERICAN MEDIA. TOURISM
OFFICIALS IN PARTICULAR LIKELY TO SEE IT AS AN OPPORTUNITY
FOR PROMOTION OF COUNTRY THROUGH EBONY AND FILM.

SENEGALESE MOST RECENTLY SHOWED THEMSELVES CAPABLE OF
FIRST CLASS STAGING OF MAJOR SPORTS EVENT DURING AFRICAN
AMERICAN GAMES IN AUGUST 73. THERE SHOULD BE NO
MAJOR PROBLEMS IN THIS RESPECT SO LONG AS PROMOTERS
TAKE TIME TO INFORM THEMSELVES THOROUGHLY ABOUT LOCAL
FACILITIES AND CONDITIONS. DANGER IS THAT PROMOTER
USED TO OPERATING IN US WILL TAKE TOO MUCH FOR
GRANTED AND FAIL TO TIE EVERYTHING DOWN.

PUBLIC REACTION LOCALLY LIKELY TO BE ECSTATIC
AS ALI SUBJECT OF WIDESPREAD ADULATION.

EMBASSY WILL ALSO BE INTERESTED IN DEPARTMENT'S
REPLY TO PARA 4 A OF LIBREVILLE 0387. PERKINS.”



In a April 1, 1974 report, called MUHAMMAD ALI TOUR.

It says, “ONLY MAJOR PROBLEM WE FORESEE WITH REGARD TO MUHAMMAD ALI
MATCH IS POSSIBILITY THAT ENTIRE ABIDJAN POLICE FORCE MAY
PROVE INADEQUATE TO HANDLE CROWD CONTROL. ALI IS, OF COURSE,
EXTREMELY POPULAR FIGURE, AND SINCE PRESIDENT HOUPHOUET IS HIM-
SELF AVID BOXING FAN, OVERALL REACTION TO PROPOSED MATCH IN
ABIDJAN IS SURE TO BE HIGHLY ENTHUSIASTIC.

ADMINISTRATIVE ARRANGEMENTS LIKELY TO PROVE TROUBLESOME,
ESPECIALLY IF ARNOLD GROUP DOES NOT PREPARE FOR EVENT IN THOROUGH
MANNER. IT WILL BE DIFFICULT FIND LOCAL ENTREPENEUR WITH SUF-
FICIENT SKILL AND EXPERIENCE TO HANDLE THIS LARGE AN OPERATION.
ALSO, ONLY SITE LARGE ENOUGH FOR MATCH IS SOCCER STADIUM, AND
POSSIBILITY OF RAIN ALWAYS A FACTOR HERE.

MOST HEARTILY CONCUR PARAS 4 A AND B OF LIBREVILLE'S

THOUGHTFUL REFTEL. SMITH.”

In a May 17, 1974 report, called MUHAMMAD ALI TOUR.

It says, “FOLLOWING REPEAT STATE 059390 SENT ACTION LIBREVILLE,
DOUALA, LAGOS, ABIDJAN, DAKAR INFO YAOUNDE, KINSHASA
MARCH 25, 1974.

QUOTE.

NEWS ITEM IN MARCH 25 WASHINGTON POST REPORTS THAT
HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION, GEORGE FOREMAN, WILL DEFEND HIS
TITLE AGAINST MUHAMMAD ALI IN KINSHASA IN SEPTEMBER, IF
FOREMAN WINS MARCH 26 BOUT IN CARACAS WITH KEN NORTON.
IF NORTON WINS HE WILL BE MADE A SIMILAR OFFER. CONTRACTS
FOR THE DOLS TEN MILLION KINSHASA FIGHT HAVE REPORTEDLY
ALREADY BEEN SIGNED.

IN CONNECTION WITH THIS TITLE MATCH, THADDEUS ARNOLD,
PRESIDENT OF VERDAD, INC., WASHINGTON-BASED TRADE
PROMOTION COMPANY, AND ASSOCIATES MET TODAY WITH DEPT
OFFICERS TO DISCUSS VERDAD'S SIGNED OFFER WITH ROBERT ARUM,
OF ARUM, FRIEDMAN, KATZ OF NEW YORK, LEGAL COUNSEL FOR
MUHAMMAD ALI, FOR A SERIES OF FIVE EXHIBITION MATCHES IN
AFRICA THIS SUMMER OVER A PERIOD OF 20 DAYS UNDER THE
SPONSORSHIP OF VERDAD, INC.

ARNOLD GROUP PLANS TO FILM ALI"S AFRICAN EXHIBITION
TOUR FOR WORLD-WIDE DISTRIBUTION. EBONY MAGAZINE IS

SCHEDULED TO BE INCLUDED FOR MEDIA COVERAGE. ALI WILL
TRAVEL WITH A PARTY OF TEN COMPRISED MAINLY OF HIS
TRAINERS AND SPARRING PARTNERS.

ADDRESSEE POSTS HAVE BEEN SELECTED BY THE GROUP FOR
THE EXHIBITION MATCHES. FOR PERSONAL REASONS ARNOLD
WILL LAUNCH TOUR IN LIBREVILLE. GROUP PLANS TO DEPART
SHORTLY FOR AFRICA TO MAKE ARRANGEMENTS AND WORK OUT
FINANCIAL AGREEMENT ON AN INDIVIDUAL COUNTRY BASIS.
POSTS WILL BE ADVISED OF ARNOLD GROUP SCHEDULE AS SOON
AS POSSIBLE.

ARNOLD GROUP PLANS TO MEET WITH EMBASSY/USIS
OFFICERS TO OBTAIN ASSISTANCE (1) IN FINDING LOCAL
LAWYER WHO WILL REPRESENT VERDAD, INC.; (2) IN MAKING
CONTACT WITH APPROPRIATE LEVEL OFFICIALS AT EITHER
MINISTRY OF YOUTH AND SPORTS, CULTURE AND/OR INFORMATION;
(3) IN MAKING SUGGESTIONS AS TO SITE FOR EXHIBITION
WHICH WILL ALLOW FOR MAXIMUM ATTENDANCE OF NATIVE
POPULATION. BEGIN FYI: KINSHASA FIGHT SCHEDULED TO BE
HELD IN OUTDOOR SOCCER STADIUM END FYI.

DEPT WOULD APPRECIATE EMBASSIES REACTION TO THE
PROPOSED VISIT AND WHAT, IF ANY, SPECIAL PROBLEMS SHOULD
BE ANTICIPATED. RUSH.”




In an October 30, 1974 report, called, FOREMAN-ALI: THE FINAL ROUND?

It says, “WITH MORE THAN 60,000 ZAIRIANS ROARING THEIR
APPROVAL AT EVERY PUNCH WHICH BROUGHT MUHAMMAD
ALI THE WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT TITLE IN HIS OCT30 MATCH
WITH CHAMPION GEORGE FOREMAN, THERE IS NO QUESTION
THAT THE FIGHT WAS A COMPLETE SUCCESS IN LOCAL EYES.
AND, FORTUNATELY, IT WAS AN EXCITING FIGHT, FOR THE LAST-
MINUTE CHAOS LEFT ALL FOREIGN MEDIA -- PARTICULARLY THE
HIGHLY VERBAL AMERICAN CONTINGENT -- PRIMED ONCE
AGAIN TO ROAST ZAIRE AND ITS HIGHLY-TOUTED "SUPERFIGHT
OF THE CENTURY".

THE REASON: A THOROUGHLY MISMANAGED DISTRIBU-
TION OF PRESS PASSES AND SEAT ASSIGNMENTS WHICH
ERUPTED INTO A WILD SHOUTING MATCH IN WHICH EVEN
CELEBRATED JOURNALISTS LIKE NORMAN MAILER, BUDD
SCHULBERG AND GEORGE PLIMPTON HAD TO SCRAMBLE
WITH EVERYONE ELSE FOR TICKETS. THE FOREIGN JOURNALISTS,
NATURALLY, DID NOT UNDERSTAND THAT THE MANNER AND THE
LAST-MINUTE TIMING OF DISTRIBUTION OF PRESS PASSES WERE
TYPICALLY ZAIRIAN AND WOULD HAVE BEEN HANDLED IN THE
SAME MANNER IF NO FOREIGNERS HAD BEEN INVOLVED. AS
IT TURNED OUT, SOME MEDIA REPRESENTATIVES FINALLY
RECEIVED TICKETS AT MIDNIGHT OCTOBER 29, AFTER WAITING
FOR MORE THAN FIVE HOURS.

EVEN WORSE, THERE WAS NEVER ANY EXPLANATION
GIVEN FOR THE BOTCHED-UP DISTRIBUTION. ZAIRIAN
AUTHORITIES PROBABLY THOUGHT NONE WAS NECESSARY. THERE
WERE SOME REPORTS THAT HANK SCHWARTZ, VICE-PRESIDENT
OF CO-PROMOTER VIDEO TECHNIQUES, FORCED HIS PR MEN
TO SCRAP THEIR CAREFULLY WORKED OUT PLAN IN ORDER TO
ACCOMMODATE A SCORE OF VIPS WHO ARRIVED AT THE
LAST MINUTE. IF SO, THEN IT WAS ALL FOR NAUGHT, FOR THE
6,000 "RINGSIDE" $250 TICKETS -- FOR THE PRESS AND
WELL-TO-DO -- WERE LESS THAN ONE-THIRD OCCUPIED
AT FIGHT TIME.

THE TICKET RUMBLE COULD HAVE BEEN THE FINAL STRAW
FOR MOST OF THE AMERICAN MEDIA. AS IT WAS, THE
REALITY THAT THERE WOULD INDEED -- AND FINALLY -- BE
A FIGHT AND, THAT ONCE OVER, THEY WOULD BE ON THEIR WAY
OUT OF ZAIRE WAS ENOUGH TO TIDE MOST OF THEM OVER.

STILL, SOME OF THE 300 OR SO JOURNALISTS HAD TO TAKE
MATTERS INTO THEIR OWN HANDS. SPORTSWRITER
RICK TALLEY OF THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE, FOR EXAMPLE, ON
FINDING HIMSELF RELEGATED TO A POOR FIFTH ROW SEAT, PROMPTLY
RIPPED OFF THE ID STICKERS ON A SECOND ROW SEAT AND
TELEPHONE ASSIGNED TO A REPORTER FROM EL TIEMPO OF
ROME WHO WAS A FEW MINUTES LATE IN ARRIVING. THE
ITALIAN JOURNALISTS EVENTUALLY FOUND A SEAT -- IN THE
FIFTH ROW*

IF THE JOURNALISTS WERE LESS THAN IMPRESSED WITH
ASPECTS OF THEIR VISIT, AT LEAST THE SAME CANNOT BE
SAID FOR THE TOURISTS. THE EXPLANATION IS SIMPLE:
THERE JUST WEREN'T ANY. THE NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF
ZAIRE'S KINSHASA CAMPUS HAD 500 BEDS SET ASIDE WHICH
WERE NEVER USED. PRE-FIGHT TALK OF MORE THAN 100
BLACK AND WHITE SOUTH AFRICANS COMING FOR THEIR
FIGHT ACTUALLY RESULTED IN LESS THAN A SCORE OF
BLACK SOUTH AFRICANS IN THE STADIUM. KINSHASA
WAGS DELIGHTED IN BOASTING TO JOURNALISTS THAT THEY
COULD INDEED PRODUCE GENUINE TOURISTS -- TWO OR
THREE, PERHAPS -- FOR INTERVIEWS.

HERE AGAIN, THE DELAY IN THE FIGHT PROBABLY
TURNED AWAY SOME POSSIBLE VISITORS, DESPITE
PREDICTIONS TO THE CONTRARY. THE GOZ'S INTER-
VENTION INTO THE EQUALLY MISMANAGED AND EXORBITANTLY
PRICED TOURIST PACKAGE DEALS FROM THE U.S. WAS A
CASE OF BEING TOO LATE WITH TOO LITTLE. THEN, TOO,
PUBLICITY FROM THE WELL-BILLED BUT FINANCIALLY
UNSUCCESSFUL "ZAIRE 74" SOUL/ROCK FESTIVAL IN
SEPTEMBER UNDOUBTEDLY DID LITTLE TO CONVINCE WOULD-
BE TOURISTS THAT THE TRIP WAS WORTH THE TIME AND
MONEY.

ALL THIS HAVING BEEN SAID, HOWEVER, THE FIGHT
DID COME OFF. TELEPHONE LINES TO THE U.S. AND THE
U.K. WERE INDEED WORKING, THE SATELLITE HOOKUP
WORKED WELL AND IT DIDN'T RAIN UNTIL THE FIGHT
WAS OVER AND THE STADIUM EMPTY. NOW, IF THE
CHARTERED FLIGHTS ARE ON SCHEDULE FOR THE
DEPARTURE OF THE FOREIGN PRESS CORPS, ZAIRE'S
DEPARTMENT OF NATIONAL ORIENTATION CAN RETURN
TO DOMESTIC TRANQUILITY WITHOUT THE DISTURBING
PRESENCE OF DEMANDING JOURNALISTS WHO PUSH AND
SHOVE, REFUSE TO TAKE "NO" FOR AN ANSWER AND
LOOK AT LIFE THROUGH A JAUNDICED EYE. HINTON.”


Angela Davis?

In a March 14, 1973 report, called, YOUTH POLICY: WORLD YOUTH FESTIVEL.

It says, “ACCORDING TO A FOREIGN MINISTRY SOURCE, THE GOU WILL NOT
BE OFFICIALLY REPRESENTED AT THE 10 TH WORLD YOUTH FESTIVAL IN
EAST BERLIN. HE BELIEVES THAT ANY LOCAL ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE
CONFERENCE WOULD BE MADE PRIVATELY.

WHILE OTHER PRIVATE ORGANIZATIONS MAY BE INVOLVED, THE MAJOR
ROLE SEEMS TO BE IN THE HANDS OF THE YOUTH COMMITTEE OF THE
COMMUNIST- DOMINATED CNT LABOR FEDERATION. ACCORDING TO AN
ARTICLE IN THE MARCH 11 ISSUE OF THE COMMUNIST NEWSPAPER, " EL
POPULAR", THE CNT HAS FORMED A " FESTIVAL PREPARATORY COMMITTEE".
THE SECRETARY OF THE COMMITTEE, ALBERTO GRILLE, IS A MEMBER OF
THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE COMMUNIST YOUTH ORGANIZATION
( UJC).

ACCORDING TO THE SAME ARTICLE, ANGELA DAVIS WILL BE A GUEST
OF HONOR AT THE FESTIVAL AND WILL BE THE PRESIDENT OF THE PRE-
PARATORY COMMITTEE IN THE UNITED STATES. THE FESTIVAL SLOGAN
WILL BE " FOR ANTI- IMPERIALIST SOLIDARITY, PEACE AND FRIENDSHIP".

ACTIVITIES WILL INCLUDE SONG FESTS, SPORTS COMPETITIONS, DIS-
CUSSIONS, AND A BAZAAR WHOSE PROCEEDS WILL GO TO BUILD A
PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL IN HANOI.

THE ARTICLE SAYS THAT LOCAL COMMITTEES WILL PREPARE REPORTS
ON " IMPERIALIST PENETRATION IN URUGUAY" AND THE RIGHTS OF YOUTH
AND HOW THEY ARE BEING VIOLATED. AMONG OTHER TOPICS, THE REPORT
ON " IMPERIALIST PENETRATION" WILL COVER THE RELATIONSHIP OF
THE " YANKEE EMBASSY" TO " FASCIST GROUPS". THESE REPORTS WILL
BE PRESENTED AT A PUBLIC MEETING IN JUNE BEFORE BEING DELIVERED
TO THE FESTIVAL. THE PREPARATORY COMMITTEE WILL ALSO SPONSOR
SONG, POSTER AND PHOTOGRAPHY CONTESTS WITH THE WINNING ENTRIES
TO BE PRESENTED AT THE FESTIVAL. ORTIZ.”


In a March 16, 1973 report, called SWEDISH IMMIGRATION BOARD GRANTS HARRIS RESIDENCE STATUS.

It says, “BEGIN SUMMARY: SWEDISH IMMIGRATION BOARD TURNS DOWN ARTHUR
HARRIS' REQUEST FOR POLITICAL ASYLUM BUT GRANTS HIM RESIDENCE
AND WORK PERMITS. ACTION REQUESTED: SUGGEST NEW YORK STATE
AUTHORITIES BE INFORMED OF ABOVE. ALSO REQUEST INFORMATION
ON OTHER CHARGES PENDING AGAINST HARRIS AND MIXIMUM POSSIBLE
PENALTIES. END SUMMARY

ARTHUR HARRIS' ( SEE REFTEL) LONG- STANDING APPLICATION FOR
" POLITICAL ASYLUM" IN SWEDEN WAS TURNED DOWN BY NATIONAL
IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION BOARD ON MARCH 15 WHICH, HOWEVER,
GRANTED HIM RESIDENCE AND WORK PERMITS. BOARD THUS REVERSED
LAST WEEK' S RECOMMENDATION BY ALIENS COMMISSION THAT HARRIS
SHOULD BE EXPELLED FROM SWEDEN. HARRIS WILL BE REQUIRED TO RE-
NEW HIS PERMITS ANNUALLY. ALSO, HE COULD BE SUBJECT TO EXPULSION
IF HE COMMITS A SERIOUS CRIME. HARRIS WOULD PRESUMABLY BIS
SUBJECT TO EXTRADITION IF U. S. REQUESTED, SWEDISH SUPREME COURT
APPROVED, AND GOS SANCTIONED SUPREME COURT' S DECISION, ACCORDING
HARRIS' APPLICATION FOR POLITICAL ASYLUM IN SWEDEN WAS BASED
ON HIS ALLEGATIONS THAT CRIME FOR WHICH HE CONVICTED IN U. S.
WAS A " TRUMPED UP CHARGE", MOTIVATED BY " POLITICAL AND RACIAL

PREJUDICE", THAT CONVICTION WAS BASED ON " WEAK EVIDENCE" IN-
CLUDING USE OF POLICE UNDERCOVER AGENT DURING " LONG HOT SUMMER
IN U. S.", ETC., ETC. IMMIGRATION BOARD GAVE RESIDENCE OF
" SPECIAL REASONS" WHICH REPORTEDLY WERE BASED ON CONCLUSION THAT
ENOUGH DOUBT EXISTED ABOUT ADEQUACY OF EVIDENCE ON WHICH HIS NEW
YORK STATE CONVICTION WAS BASED. BOARD EMPHASIZED THAT THEIR
DECISION, AS ALWAYS, IS ADMINISTRATIVE, NOT JUDICIAL.

CAMPAIGN HAS BEEN MOUNTED IN HARRIS' BEHALF AND HAS RESULTED
IN SERIES OF NEWSPAPER ARTICLES FAVORABLE TO HIS POSITION, IN-
CLUDING STATEMENTS THAT IF HE RETURNED TO U. S. HE COULD BE CHARGED
WITH TREASON AND ILLEGAL EMIGRATION WHICH COULD ADD 60 YEARS TO
HIS THREE AND ONE- HALF TO SEVEN- YEAR CONVICTION.

HARRIS AND HIS SUPPORTERS ARE COMPLAINING BITTERLY THAT
BOARD DID NOT DECLARE HIM A POLITICAL REFUGEE WHICH, THEY
APPARENTLY BELIEVE, WOULD PROTECT HIM AGAINST POSSIBLE EXTRA-
DITION TO U. S. HEAD OF IMMIGRATION BOARD TOLD NATIONWIDE TV
AUDIENCE DURING PANEL TALK SHOW LAST NIGHT THAT IT WOULD BE UP
TO THE SUPREME COURT TO MAKE THE DECISION, WHETHER OR NOT POLITICAL
REFUGEE STATUS WERE GRANTED.

MIXED WITH CONDEMNATION OF U. S. JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS AGAINST
BLACK REVOLUTIONARIES IN 1967-69, SOME OF RECENT PRESS COMMEN-
TARY MAGNANIMOUSLY CONCEDES POSSIBILITY THAT BLACK REVOLUTIONARIES
COULD RECEIVE FAIR TRIAL IN U. S. NOW, CITING ANGELA DAVIS, HUEY
NEWTON AND OTHER CASES.

COMMENT: EMBASSY SUGGESTS THAT NEW YORK STATE AUTHORITIIES
BE INFORMED OF ABOVE. BOARD' S DECISION SHOULD NOT PREJUDICE AN
EVENTUAL REQUEST FOR HARRIS' EXTRADITION FROM LEGAL POINT OF
VIEW, BUT OBVIOUSLY THE PSYCHOLOGICAL CLIMATE IS NOT THE BEST
FOR AN ORDERLY, RATIONAL CONSIDERATION BY SWEDISH AUTHORITIES
OF AN EXTRADITION REQUEST. WE WOULD APPRECIATE RECEIVING ANY
INFORMATION ON OTHER CHARGES WHICH MAY BE PENDING AGAINST
LIMITED OFFICIAL USE

HARRIS AND MAXIMUM POSSIBLE PENALTIES. OLSEN.”


In an August 22, 1973 report, called ANGELA DAVIS VISITS TANZANIA.

It says, “AS YOU KNOW, ANGELA DAVIS CURRENTLY IN DAR AS GUEST OF
TANU. SHE WILL BE SPEAKING AT UNIVERSITY AND ADDRESSING
MASS RALLY ON SUNDAY.

WHILE IT HAS NOT OCCURRED SO FAR, EMBASSY WILL UNDOUBTEDLY BE
ASKED TO COMMENT ON HER VISIT BY ONE OF TANZANIAN OR FOREIGN MEDIA
REPS.

UNLESS YOU AND DEPARTMENT PERCEIVE OBJECTIONS, EMBASSY PROPOSES
FOLLOWING GUIDANCE TO BE USED BY OUR SPOKESMAN ONLY ON IF-ASKED
BASIS.

BEGIN STATEMENT. "MISS ANGELA DAVIS, CURRENTLY IN DAR ES
SALAAM AS GUEST OF TANU PARTY, IS AN AMERICAN CITIZEN TRAVELLING ON
AMERICAN PASSPORT. AS AN AMERICAN, SHE IS FREE EXPRESS HER VIEWS
AND OPINIONS ABOUT UNITED STATES.
"MISS DAVIS HAS BEEN ACTIVE IN AMERICAN COMMUNIST PARTY SINCE 1968,

A PARTY WHOSE MEMBERSHIP IS MINISCULE.

"MISS DAVIS CHARGED AND BROUGHT TO TRIAL IN 1970 ON CHARGES OF
KIDNAPPING, MURDER AND CONSPIRACY IN CONNECTION WITH 1970 SHOOTOUT
AT MARIN COUNTY (CALIFORNIA) COURTHOUSE. SHE FOUND "NOT GUILTY" BY
INDEPENDENT JURY OF EIGHT WOMEN AND FOUR MEN. MISS DAVIS TRIED FOR
MURDER, KIDNAPPING AND CONSPIRACY, NOT FOR HER POLITICAL BELIEFS.
"WHILE MISS DAVIS VISITS TANZANIA UNDER OFFICIAL SPONSORSHIP
OF TANU, MANY AMERICANS WILL UNDOUBTEDLY ASK THEM SELVES WHAT WOULD
BE REACTION OF GOVERNMENT OF TANZANIA SHOULD PROMINENT DISSIDENT
TANZANIAN BE INVITED TO UNITED STATES UNDER SPONSORSHIP OF ONE OF TWO
MAJOR POLITICAL PARTIES. MISS DAVIS, IF YOU RECALL, PUBLICLY
ADVOCATES OVERTHROW OF AMERICAN GOVERNMENT. MY GUESS IS THAT NEITHER TANU OR
GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS WOULD LOOK KINDLY TOWARDS TANZANIAN, PARTICULAR-
LY ONE WHO ADVOCATES OVERTHROW OF HIS GOVERNMENT, BEING ACCORDED SUCH
STATUS IN UNITED STATES." END STATEMENT. CARTER.”

In a September 4, 1975 report, called ANGELA DAVIS VISIT IN COPENHAGEN.

It says, “SUMMARY: ON THE LAST DAY OF ANGELA DAVIS' VISIT TO
DENMARK SHE PAID AN OFFICIAL VISIT TO THE HEADQUARTERS
OF THE DANISH COMMUNIST PARTY AND PUBLICLY ASSOCIATED
THE AMERICAN COMMUNIST PARTY (CPUSA) WITH ITS DANISH COUNTER-
PART. END SUMMARY.

CONTRARY TO THE OBSERVATION IN REFTEL, ANGELA DAVIS
DID PUBLICLY ASSOCIATE HERSELF WITH THE DANISH COMMUNIST
PARTY ON THE LAST DAY OF HER VISIT IN DENMARK (AUGUST 28).
SHE SPOKE WITH PARTY LEADERS, INCLUDING CHAIRMAN KNUD
JESPERSEN, POUL EMANUEL AND INGMAR WAGNER AND MET WITH
THE ASSEMBLED STAFFS OF THE PARTY ITSELF AND OF THE
OFFICIAL PARTY DAILY, LAND OG FOLK.

IN PRESS ACCOUNTS OF THESE MEETINGS AND IN A PUBLIC
ADDRESS IN COPENHAGEN AUGUST 27, DAVIS TALKED MAINLY ABOUT
THE STATUS OF THE AMERICAN COMMUNIST PARTY. AMONG OTHER
THINGS, SHE SAID THE CPUSA FEELS THAT AFTER DECADES
OF PERSECUTION IT IS NOW IN A "TOTALLY NEW SITUATION".
SHE DECLARED THAT THIS INVOLVED A LARGE INCREASE IN MEMBER-
SHIP, PARTICULARLY FROM MINORITY GROUPS. DAVIS STATED THAT
SHE HAD BECOME A COMMUNIST BECAUSE THE CPUSA WAS THE ONLY
ORGANIZATION WHICH HAD A PROGRAM ADEQUATE FOR THE
REVOLUTIONARY MOVEMENT IN THE U.S.

COMMENT: DAVIS' PUBLIC IDENTIFICATION WITH THE DANISH
COMMUNIST PARTY MAY WELL HAVE BEEN A TACTICAL MISTAKE. THE
FIRST WOMEN'S FESTIVAL IN 1974 WAS CLEARLY A MAJOR EVENT
ON THE WOMEN'S LIBERATION FRONT. THIS YEAR THE MORE
SOCIALIST, POLITICALLY-LEFTIST CHARACTER OF THE FESTIVAL
ALIENATED MANY SIGNIFICANT WOMEN'S ORGANIZATIONS. DAVIS'
COMMUNIST PARTY CONNECTS HAVE EMPHASIZED THE DIFFERENCES
BETWEEN SOCIALIST AND NON-SOCIALIST DANISH WOMEN'S ORGANIZATIONS
AND WILL TEND TO MAKE MORE DIFFICULT THEIR COOPERATION
IN FUTURE ACTIVITY. CROWE.”

In a September 30, 1975 report, called FINNISH TV ON CIA ASSASSINATIONS AND ANGELA DAVIS.

It says, “SUMMARY: EMB TAKING SEVERAL ACTIONS COUNTER
DAMAGE TO US-FINNISH RELATIONS FROM SEPTEMBER 25
EPISODE OF THE NEW TV-2 CURRENT AFFAIRS SERIES
"TASAVALLASSA TAPAHTUU" (IT HAPPENED IN THE REPUBLIC).
THIS EPISODE GAVE CONSIDERABLE PUBLICITY TO ANGELA
DAVIS AND ALLEGED CIA INVOLVEMENT IN VARIOUS
ASSASSINATIONS, AND IS LATEST (AND PARTICULARLY
FLAGRANT) EXAMPLE OF GRATUITOUS DISPARAGEMENT OF US
BY GOVERNMENT-CONTROLLED RADIO AND TV. END SUMMARY.

DCM ON SEPTEMBER 26 INFORMED MFA ACTING POLITICAL
SECTION CHIEF TORNUDD THAT AMBASSADOR "MAD" ABOUT
SHABBY TREATMENT OF US BY FINNISH TV, AND ASKED FOR
(A) TAPE OF PART OF TV-2 SEPT 25 PROGRAM DEALING
WITH US AND (B) APOINTMENT FOR AMBASSADOR WITH
FOREIGN MINISTER MATTILA. TORNUDD PROMISED TO SEE
IF TAPE COULD BE OBTAINED. SO FAR NONE HAS BEEN
FORTHCOMING, BUT WE HAVE HEARD THAT EMB MAY RECEIVE
A TRANSCRIPT OF PROGRAM FROM MFA. MEANWHILE WE
REQUESTING A TAPE DIRECTLY FROM FINNISH TV AND HAVE
ASKED FOR OPPORTUNITY TO SCREEN TAPE OF PROGRAM.

REASON FOR THIS IS THAT IT NOT QUITE CLEAR AT THIS
POINT WHETHER PROGRAM MAKER QUOTED SOURCES OR
IN ANY WAY QUALIFIED HIS CLAIM OF CIA INVOLVEMENT BY
SAYING FOR EXAMPLE "IT IS ALLEGED" OR "IT HAS BEEN
SAID" THAT CIA HAD A HAND IN ASSASSINATIONS. THIS
IS PRIMARILY LEGAL POINT WHICH, WHILE STRENGTHENING
OUR CASE IF UNMODIFIED CLAIM WAS MADE, IS NOT MAIN
ISSUE IN OUR VIEW. EMBASSY IS TAKING POSITION THAT
CONSTANT ANTI-US APPROACH BY FINNISH RADIO/TV IS
DETRIMENTAL TO GOOD US-FINNISH RELATIONS AND UNDERMINES
EFFORTS BY EMBASSY AND LEADING FINNS TO FURTHER
IMPROVE RELATIONS BETWEEN UNITED STATES AND FINLAND.

MEETING BETWEEN AMBASSADOR AND FOREIGN MINISTER
MATTIES HAS BEEN SCHEDULED FOR MORNING OCTOBER 2.
IN VIEW OF FACT THAT MATTILA, ALTHOUGH FAVORABLY
DISPOSED TO US, IS ONLY AN INTERIM "NON-POLITICAL"
FOREIGN MINISTER, EMBASSY TEAM HAS CONCLUDED THAT
LONG HISTORY OF ABUSES OF US BY FINNISH RADIO/TV
CALLS FOR AMBASSADOR ALSO TAKE UP MATTER WITH
PRESIDENT KEKKONEN, KEKKONEN IN LAST ANALYSIS REALLY
ONLY ONE WITH ENOUGH POWER TO BRING ABOUT REAL CHANGE.
KEKKONEN IS OUT OF TOWN NOW, BUT AUDIENCE WITH HIM IS
BEING REQUESTED FOR OCTOBER 2 OR 3, JUST BEFORE
AMBASSADOR'S DEPARTURE FOR US ON OCTOBER 4.

SO FAR THE AFFAIR HAS BEEN COMMENTED ON BY TWO
LEADING NEWSPAPERS. ON SEPTEMBER 28 CONSERVATIVE
UUSI SUOMI CARRIED A PIECE DESCRIBING THE PROGRAM,
POINTING OUT THAT PART ON CIA WAS THOUGHT HAVE
VIOLATED PRINCIPLE OF UNBIASED NEWS REPORTING, AND
QUOTING PROGRAM PRODUCER HANNU VILPPONEN AS SAYING
THAT PROGRAM IN ACCORDANCE WITH PROGRAM RULES AND
PRINCIPLE CONCERNED NOT VIOLATED UNLESS CHARGES
COULD BE DISPROVED. FINLAND'S LARGEST NEWSPAPER,
INDEPENDENT HELSINGIN SANOMAT, CARRIED LONG REPORT
ON ISSUE SEPT 30 INCLUDING FACT THAT EMBASSY HAD
TAKEN IT UP WITH MFA AND HAD REQUESTED MEETING WITH
MATTILA. HELSINGIN SANOMAT ALSO STATED THAT PROGRAM
WAS RERUN ON SEPT 29 FOR VILPPONEN AND TWO MFA
REPRESENTATIVES WHO WOULD REPORT ON IT TO MATTILA.

VILPPONEN WAS QUOTED AS SAYING THAT "IF WE ARE SHOWN
TO HAVE GIVEN INACCURATE INFORMATION, WE SHALL OF
COURSE CORRECT IT." HE FURTHER ADDED THAT "IT MAY
HAVE BEEN A MISTAKE NOT HAVE QUOTED ANY SOURCES,
BUT THESE FACTS HAVE BEEN PUBLISHED FOR INSTANCE
IN THE AUTHORITATIVE INTERNATIONAL PRESS."

A NUMBER OF FINNISH POLITICAL FIGURES HAVE COMMENTED
TO EMBASSY STAFF MEMBERS ON ABUSIVE NATURE
OF THIS AND EARLIER TV PROGRAMS AND HAVE PRIVATELY
ENDORSED OUR MAKING COMPLAINT TO FOREIGN MINISTER AND/OR
PRESIDENT KEKKONEN ABOUT REPEATED DISPARAGING OF US.

EMB HAS ALSO INVITED ATTENTION OF LEAGUE OF
FINNISH AMERICAN SOCIETIES TO POTENTIAL DAMAGE TO
US-FINNISH RELATIONS FROM FREQUENT DENIGRATION OF
US ON FINNISH GOVERNMENT TV AND RADIO. AUSTAD.”


Eldridge Cleaver?

In a November 18, 1975 report (2 reports), called RETURN OF FUGITIVE TO US: ELDRIDGE CLEAVER.

It says, “TWA FLIGHT 803 WITH SUBJECT ABOARD DELAYED APPROXI-
MATELY TWO HOURS ON RUNWAY DUE TO OBSTRUCTION. WILL
CABLE WHEN AIRBORNE. RUSH.”

It says, “TWA FLIGHT 803 WITH SUBJECT ABOARD DEPARTED PARIS
1540 ETA NEW YORK 1800. RUSH.”

Patty Hearst?

In an April 9, 1975 report called PATTY HEARST TO ALGIERS?

It says, “EMBASSY HAS BEEN DELUGED WITH REQUESTS FOR INFORMATION
ABOUT REPORT THAT PATTY HEARST ARRIVING TODAY IN ALGIERS.

PRESS, MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS, AIRPORT AND
PRESIDENCY CONTACTS PROFESS TOTAL IGNORANCE ABOUT RUMOR.
THEY ALL PROMISE CHECK FURTHER AND SO WILL WE.

ABERKANE, CHIEF OF NORTH AMERICAN AND WESTERN
EUROPEAN AFFAIRS IN FONMIN, ASKED WHAT OUR
POSITION WOULD BE IF SHE WERE TO ARRIVE. I RESPONED THAT
SHE FUGUTIVE FROM JUSTICE, THAT THERE WAS WARRANT OUT FOR
HER ARREST, AND THAT WE HOPED GOA WOULD HOLD MISS HEARST
UNTIL WE COULD SEND SOMEONE TO BRING HER BACK TO US. HE
STATED THAT SIMILAR CASES HAVE OCCURRED IN PAST, HAVE
BEEN WORKED OUT TO MUTUAL SATISFACTION, AND THAT
ALGERIANS WOULD DO WHAT THEY COULD TO SEE THAT IF
MISS HEARST ARRIVES, THIS SITUATION WOULD ALSO BE
RESOLVED TO SATISFACTION OF ALL.

IF SHE DOES ARRIVE, UNLIKELY SHE WILL SLIP IN
UNNOTICED. SECURITY AT AIRPORT AT ALL TIME HIGH IN
ANTICIPATION GISCARD ARRIVAL TOMORROW.LYNE.”

In a July 5, 1974 report, called NICARAGUAN AMBASSADOR RECEIVES THREAT ALLEGEDLY FROM SYMBIONESE LIBERATION ARMY PANAMA FOR RSO.

It says, “FOLLOWING IS TEXT OF LETTER POST-MARKED SAN FRANSICO
RECEIVED BY NICARAGUAN AMBASSADOR SEVILLA-SACASA AND TURNED
OVER TO FBI.

BEGIN TEXT:

MR. GUILLERMO SEVILLA-SACASA
NICARAGUAN EMBASSY
WASHINGTON, D.C.

WE WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT WE ARE AWARE OF THE MISERY HUNGER
AND EXPLOTATION (SIC) WICH (SIC) ARE THE LOT OF OUR
NICARAGUAN BROTHERS.

YOU ARE GETTING EVER FATTER THROUGH THE HUNGER OF THE
DESTITUTE PEOPLE OF NICARAGUA.

THE PIGS SHELTON, YOUR PARTNERS ON YOUR SHAMELESS BUSINESS
HAVE BEEN WARNED, THAT THEY AS WELL AS YOU AND THAT PIG
BROTHER IN LAW OF YOURS, WILL HAVE TO PAY DEARLY FOR YOUR
CRIMES.

UPPER LEFT HAND CORNER OF LETTER HAS INSIGNIA OF A
SEVEN-HEADED COBRA WHICH HAS BEEN USED AS SIGNATURE REPRE-
SENTING THE "SYMBIONESE LIBERATION ARMY." APPROPRIATE
STEPS TO INCREASE SECURITY IN WASHINGTON ARE BEING TAKEN
AND FBI PRESENTLY CONDUCTING FULL FIELD INVESTIGATION TO
DETERMINE ORIGIN AND AUTHENTICITY. ASSUME EMBASSY WILL
REVIEW SECURITY PROCEDURES AND TAKE APPROPRIATE STEPS. SISCO.”


In a January 10, 1977 report, called VIKTOR LOUIS ON TERRORIST INCIDENT IN MOSCOW.

It says, “FOLLOWING IS FULL TEXT OF ARTICLE BYLINED "FROM
VICTOR LOUIS IN MOSCOW," WHICH APPEARED ON PAGE ONE
OF JANUARY 10TH ISSUE OF LONDON "EVENING NEWS," UNDER

HEADLINE, "KILLER BOMB ON MOSCOW TUBE."

BEGIN TEXT. A TERRORIST BOMB EXPLODED IN A CROWDED
TRAIN IN MOSCOW'S UNDERGROUND KILLING AND INJURING

PASSENGERS, IT WAS REVEALED TODAY.
THE OFFICIAL NEWS AGENCY TASS DESCRIBED THE BLAST
AS "SMALL" AND SAID IT CAUSED SOME CASUALTIES. BUT

REPORTS CIRCULATING IN MOSCOW SAID MANY PEOPLE HAD
BEEN KILLED OR MAIMED.

THE BOMB WAS PLANTED TWO DAYS AGO WHEN THE TRAINS
WERE CROWDED WITH HOLIDAYMAKERS CELEBRATING THE RUSSIAN
CHRISTMAS.

MANY PASSENGERS WERE SAID TO BE CHILDREN ON THEIR

WAY TO SPECIAL CHRISTMAS THEATRE SHOWS.
THE BOMB WENT OFF IN A SUBURBAN RESIDENTIAL AREA
BETWEEN IZAMAILOVSKAYA AND PERVOMAYSKAYA STATIONS.

OFFICIAL SOURCES HINTED IT MAY HAVE BEEN PLANTED BY
A SOVIET DISSIDENT GROUP AND COMPARING THEM TO THE

ACTIVITIES OF THE BADER MEINHOFF TERRORIST GROUP IN
WEST GERMANY AND THE SYMBIONESE LIBERATION ARMY WHICH

KIDNAPPED AMERICAN HEIRESS PATTY HEARST.
THOSE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE EXPLOSION HAVE NOT BEEN
CAUGHT, IT WAS SAID.

THE KREMLIN RARELY RELEASES NEWS OF TERRORISTS'
ACTIVITIES OR DISASTERS SUCH AS PLANE CRASHES.

SOME MUSCOVITES FEEL THE PROBLEM OF CONTEMPORARY
VIOLENCE HERE IS DUE TO THE UNCONTROLLED FLOW OF

INFORMATION FROM THE WEST.

THERE IS GROWING CONCERN IN THE PRESS AND OFFICIAL

CIRCLES OF THE EFFECT OF PUBLICISING WORLD WIDE ACTS OF
TERRORISM.

THERE ARE FEARS CRIMINAL ELEMENTS IN RUSSIA MAY
COPY THEM.

RECENTLY THE RUSSIAN CORRESPONDENT IN WASHINGTON

FOR ONE NEWSPAPER WAS RECALLED TO MOSCOW AND SEVERELY
REPRIMANDED FOR FILING COLOURFUL DESCRIPTIONS OF THE
PATTY HEARST CASE.

DISSIDENT RUSSIAN GROUPS HAVE COPIED WESTERN

TERRORISTS ACTIVITIES BEFORE. ONCE A FATHER AND SON
HIJACKED A PLANE TO TURKEY, KILLING A STEWARDESS.

IT IS BEING ASSUMED IN MOSCOW THAT THOSE RESPONSIBLE
FOR THE TUBE EXPLOSION ARE MENTALLY UNSTABLE--AND

STATISTICS ARE BEING QUOTED SHOWING THAT THOSE WHO
THREATEN THE LIVES OF OTHERS ARE GENERALLY SO.

WE ARE INTRIGUED BY LOUIS' ABILITY TO CONDEMN

URBAN TERRORISM WITH A TUG AT THE HEARTSTRINGS ("MANY
PASSENGERS WERE SAID TO BE CHILDREN . . . ") AND
SMOOTHLY GO ON TO BLAME SUCH INCIDENTS IN THE USSR ON

THE " . . . UNCONTROLLED FLOW OF INFORMATION FROM THE
WEST."

WOULD WELCOME MOSCOW'S COMMENTS ON THIS RATHER ODD,
THINLY VEILED ATTACK ON THE CSCE BASKET III ISSUE OF
FREEFLOW OF INFORMATION. ARMSTRONG.”


Henry Kissinger and the White House Plumbers.

In a December 12, 1973 report called, PRESS MATERIAL.
It says, “HEREWITH FULL TEXT NEW YORK TIMES ARTICLE DEC. 12, 1973
HEADED "KISSINGER REPEATS DENIAL ON PLUMBERS"

LONDON, DEC. 11 -- SECRETARY OF STATE KISSINGER RE-
PEATED HIS DENIAL TONIGHT THAT HE HAD HAD ANY INVOLVEMENT
IN THE WHITE HOUSE PLUMBERS OR HAD KNOWN THAT DAVID R.
YOUNG, JR., HIS FORMER AIDE, WAS ENGAGED IN THE GROUP'S
CLANDESTINE ACTIVITIES.

IN A BRIEF STATEMENT ISSUED ABOARD HIS AIR FORCE 707
JET FLYING BETWEEN BRUSSELS AND LONDON, MR. KISSINGER SAID:
"I STICK EXACTLY TO WHAT I SAID TO THE SENATE FOREIGN
RELATIONS COMMITTEE" REGARDING THE PLUMBERS AND MR. YOUNG.

HE WAS RESPONDING TO NEWSMEN'S QUESTIONS ABOUT A
NEW YORK TIMES ARTICLE THAT SAID HE HAD PLAYED A MAJOR ROLE
IN SETTING UP THE PLUMBERS OPERATION WHICH WAS CREATED TO
STEM NEWS LEAKS AND WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE BREAK-IN OF THE
OFFICES OF DR. DANIEL ELLSBERG'S FORMER PSYCHIATRIST IN
SEPTEMBER, 1971.

THE TIMES SAID THAT MR. KISSINGER NOT ONLY KNEW ABOUT
MR. YOUNG'S INVOLVEMENT IN THE UNDERCOVER OPERATION BUT

ALSO WAS INVOLVED IN DISCUSSIONS ABOUT HIS JOINING THE
OPERATION.

WIDE BRITISH PUBLICITY -
THE ASSERTIONS IN THE TIMES ARTICLES HAVE BEEN WIDELY
PUBLICIZED IN THE BRITISH PRESS, AND SOME AIDES TO MR.
KISSINGER EXPRESSED CONCERN THAT HE WOULD BE CONTINUALLY
HARASSED ON THE SUBJECT BY NEWSMEN THROUGHOUT THE TRIP,
WHICH GOES ON TO THE MIDDLE EAST FROM HERE.

MR. KISSINGER BELIEVES THAT HIS DENIALS WERE SO
POSITIVE WHEN HE APPEARED BEFORE THE FOREIGN RELATIONS
COMMITTEE ON SEPT. 7 FOR HIS CONFIRMATION AS SECRETARY OF
STATE THAT HE WOULD DO NO MORE THAN REFER QUESTIONERS
BACK TO HIS TESTIMONY.

AT THE HEARING, SENATOR CHARLES H. PERCY, REPUBLICAN
OF ILLINOIS, ASKED MR. KISSINGER IF HE KNEW THAT WHEN
MR. YOUNG LEFT HIS JOB ON THE NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL
TO WORK FOR JOHN D. EHRLICHMAN, THEN HEAD OF DOMESTIC
AFFAIRS IN THE WHITE HOUSE, "AT THAT TIME OR ANY SUBSE-
QUENT TIME THAT HE WAS TO BE REQUESTED TO ENGAGE IN
ILLEGAL ACTIVITIES?"

MR. KISSINGER REPLIED: "SENATOR, I HAVE NO
KNOWLEDGE OF ANY SUCH ACTIVITIES THAT DAVID YOUNG MAY HAVE
ENGAGED IN. I DID NOT KNOW OF THE EXISTENCE OF THE
'PLUMBERS GROUP' BY THAT OR ANY OTHER NAME. NOR DID I
KNOW THAT DAVID YOUNG WAS CONCERNED WITN INTERNAL SECU-
RITY MATTERS."

HE SAID THAT MR. YOUNG HAD TRANSFERRED TO MR.
EHRLICHMAN'S STAFF EITHER ON HIS OWN INITIATIVE OR ON
MR. EHRLICHMAN'S. HE SAID THAT HE HAD BEEN TOLD THAT
MR. YOUNG WOULD WORK ON A PROJECT "DEALING WITH DECLASSI-
FICATION PROCEDURES," AND "I HAD NO CONTACT WITH DAVID
YOUNG EITHER BY TELEPHONE OR IN MY OFFICE OR IN ANY OTHER
WAY AFTER HE LEFT MY STAFF, ALTHOUGH I CONTINUED TO HAVE
HIGH REGARD FOR HIM."

"IN SHORT, I DID NOT KNOW EITHER FROM HIM OR ANYONE
ELSE ABOUT THE EXISTENCE OF THE 'PLUMBERS' AS I SAID, BY
THIS, OR ANY OTHER NAME, OR ABOUT HIS ACTIVITIES IN
CONNECTION WITH INTERNAL SECURITY MATTERS," HE ADDED. "I
THINK IT WAS A DEPLORABLE EVENT." PORTER.”


The Pentagon Papers.

In a July 12, 1973 report called, "PENTAGON PAPERS" DISCUSSION OF CANADIAN ROLE IN ICC.

It says, “IN PAST WEEK TORONTO GLOBE AND MAIL HAS CARRIED EXTENSIVE
EXCERPTS FROM "PENTAGON PAPERS", MADE PUBLIC DURING TRIAL OF
DANIEL ELLSBERG, DISCUSSING GOC ROLE IN ICC (COPIES POUCHED
DEPT.). PARTICULAR ATTENTION HAS BEEN GIVEN TRIPS MADE TO
HANOI IN 1964-65 BY ICC DELEGATES BLAIR SEABORN AND VICTOR
MOORE, AND IN 1966 BY SPECIAL ENVOY CHESTER RONNING. PAPERS
GIVE IMPRESSION THAT U.S. OFFICIALS TENDED REGARD CANDIAN
DIPLOMATS AS "MESSENGER BOYS," AND SUGGEST THAT U.S. WISHED
THEM TO EXPRESS U.S. POLICY POSITIONS AS PERSONAL OPINIONS
IN DEALING WITH NVN. OTHER SECTIONS ALLEGE THAT SEABORN,
INSTRUCTED BY PRMIN LESTER PEARSON, WARNED NVN THAT U.S.
WOULD COMMENCE BOMBING OF NORTH UNLESS HANOI AGREED TO
NEGOTIATE. PEARSON ALLEGED TO HAVE EXPRESSED "UNDERSTANDING"
OF U.S. POSITION SHOULD U.S. FIND IT NECESSARY BOMB IN NVN.

THERE HAVE BEEN QUESTIONS IN COMMONS WHICH GOVERNMENT HAS
FIELDED WITHOUT DIFFICULTY. EXTAFF SECRETARY SHARP AGREED
TO CONSIDER REDUCING DECLASSIFICATION PERIOD RELEVANT DOCUMENTS
FROM TWENTY TO TEN YEARS, BUT LATER SPOKE OF PROBLEMS IN
RELEASING INFO RECEIVED ON PRIVILEGED BASIS. CONSERVATIVE
SOURCES TELL US THEIR PARTY WILL NOT SEEK MAKE A POLITICAL

ISSUE OF REVELATIONS, IF FOR NO OTHER REASON THAN THAT CRITI-
CIZING PEARSON SOON AFTER HIS DEATH WOULD BE FUTILE AND
UNPOPULAR.

THERE HAS BEEN SOME ADVERSE EDITORIAL COMMENT. GLOBE AND
MAIL'S CHARLES TAYLOR PUBLISHED UNJUSTIFIED COLUMN JULY 10,
TITLED "A GLIMPSE OF U.S. SCORN FOR CANADA'S VIET DOVES."
COLUMN SAYS U.S. OFFICIALS SAW CANADIAN ENVOYS AS
"EMBARRASSING AND UNTRUSTWORTHY INTERMEDIARIES WHO WERE
HINDERING U.S. PLANS TO ESCALATE THE CONFLICT", AND CONTINUES
IN SIMILAR VEIN.

IN OUR TALKS WITH EXTAFF OFFICIALS IT WOULD BE USEFUL IF
DEPARTMENT COULD MAKE COPIES OF RELEVANT DOCUMENTS AVAILABLE
TO US.

COMMENT: WHILE CURRENT REVELATIONS MAY NOT HAVE SERIOUS OR
PERMANENT IMPACT ON CANADIAN PUBLIC AND WHILE NEW DISCLOSURES
MAY NOT APPEAR EVEN TO GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS AS SUBSTANTIALLY
DIFFERENT FROM OR ANY MORE EMBARRASSING THAN ORIGINAL 1971
RELEASES, THEY POINT UP ONCE AGAIN THE DAMAGE WHICH THE THEFT
OF SUCH CLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS CAN DO THE U.S. AND THE TRUST
WE GO TO SUCH PAINS TO DEVELOP. WHY SHOULD FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS
GIVE THEIR COOPERATION SO WILLINGLY IN THE FUTURE IF THIS IS
HOW THEIR SUPPOSEDLY SECRET OR CONFIDENTIAL ACTIVITIES ARE
TO BE TREATED? SCHMIDT.”

>>>>>>
>>>>>>

In a January 13, 1974 report called, PRESS MATERIAL.

It says, “HEREWITH ROBERT C. TOTH BY-LINER FRONT PAGE SATURDAY LOS
ANGELES TIMES HEADED "WHITE HOUSE BLAMES LEAKS IN 1971 ON
SECURITY STAFF CLERK":

SAN CLEMENTE - THE WHITE HOUSE FRIDAY BLAMED A LOW LEVEL
CLERICAL EMPLOYEE OF THE NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL STAFF FOR
1971 LEAKS TO THE NEWS MEDIA OF "EXTREMELY SENSITIVE INFOR-
MATIO N OF INTEREST TO OTHER NATIONS."

THE SO-CALLED PLUMBERS, A SECRET INVESTIGATIVE GROUP AT THE
WHITE HOUSE WHICH MASTER MINDED ELLSBERG BURGLARY, CON-
DUCTED THE INVESTIGATION OF THOSE DECEMBER 1971 LEAKS. THE
WHITE HOUSE DID NOT MENTION THE QUASI-LEGAL GROUP FRIDAY,
HOWEVER.

IT'S STATEMENT CAME IN RESPONSE TO QUESTIONS BASED ON
IT'S STATEMENT CAME IN RESPONSE TO QUESTIONS BASED ON
PUBLISHED REPORTS THAT ADMIRAL THOMAS A. MOORER, CHAIRMAN
OF THE JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF HAD AN ADMIRAL ON THE NSC STAFF
OF HENRY A. KISSINGER WHO "SPIED" FOR MOORER ON KISSINGER.

"TODAY'S NEW ACCOUNTS CONVEY AN INCORRECT IMPRESSION OF
THE KNOWLEDGE AND ACTION" OF ADMIRAL MOORER, THE WHITE
HOUSE SAID.

"THE PUBLISHED STORIES," THE WHITE HOUSE STATEMENT CON-
TINUED, "TOUCHED ON A MATTER PERIPHERAL TO THE NATIONAL
SECURITY ISSUE WHICH WAS FOUND TO INVOLVE DELIBERATE
LEAKS TO THE MEDIA OF EXTREMELY SENSITIVE INFORMATION OF
INTEREST TO OTHER NATIONS.

"THE ADMINISTRATION CONSIDERES IT INAPPROPRIATE FOR
PUBLIC DISCLOSURE. IT MAY BE THAT AT A LATER TIME THE
FACTS CAN BE MADE PUBLIC WITHOUT DETRIMENT TO THE NATIONAL
INTEREST," THE STATEMENT SAID.

"UNTIL THEN, HOWEVER, THE MOST THAT CAN PROPERLY BE STATED
...IS THAT THE SOURCE OF THESE LEAKS WAS A LOW LEVEL
EMPLOYEE WHOSE CLERICAL TASKS GAVE HIM ACCESS TO HIGHLY
CLASSIFIED INFORMATION AND THAT TODAYS NEWS STORY ARE
BASED ON FRAGMENTARY ACCOUNTS OF THE INCIDENT.

"AT THE PRESIDENT DIRECTION, THE INFORMATION REGARDING
THIS LEAK AS BEING PROVIDED ON A CONFIDENTIAL BASIS TO THE
CHAIRMAN OF THE ARMED SERVICES COMMITTEE OF THE HOUSE AND
SENATE, THE SPECIAL WATERGATE PROSECUTOR, AND THE CHAIRMAN
AND VICE CHAIRMAN OF THE SENATE C OMMITTEE (ON WATERGATE),"
IT CONCLUDED.

WHITE HOUSE OFFICIALS HAVE SAID THAT SENATORS SAM ERVIN
AND HOWARD BAKER OF THE WATERGATE COMMITTEE AND FORMER
SPECIAL WATERGATE PROSECUTOR ARCHIBALD COX, HAD ACCEPTED
THE WHITE HOUSE VIEW THAT ITS PLUMBERS OPERATIONS IN-
VOLVED A BONA FIDE NATIONAL SECURITY ISSUE.

ERVIN TOLD THE TIMES FRIDAY THAT HE KNEW NOTHING ABOUT THE
VERSION OF THE INCIDENT PRINTED IN THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE
FRIDAY. "THIS IS NOT THE SAME THING WE WERE BRIEFED ON,
"ERVIN SAID BY TELEPHONE FROM HIS HOME IN MORGANTON, N.C.

THE TIMES PREVIOUSLY LEARNED THAT AN ADMIRAL ON THE NSC
STAFF HAD BEEN FOUND TO BE A SECURITY PROBLEM. THIS
OCCURRED DURING THE PLUMBERS INVESTIGATION OF THE LEAKS
OF PROCEEDINGS OF THE SO-CALLED WASHINGTON SPECIAL ACTION
GROUP TO COLUMNIST JACK ANDERSON IN DECEMBER 1971 ON WSAG
DELIBERATIONS ABOUT THE INDO-PAKISTANI WAR.

ONE ANDERSON STORY QUOTED KISSINGER AS SAYING THAT
PRESIDENT NIXON WANTED THE UNITED STATES TO "TILT MORE
TOWARD PAKISTAN," AND ANOTHER SAID THAT MR. NIXON WAS
GIVING KISSINGER "HELL EVERY HALF HOUR" BECAUSE
PRESIDENTIAL WISHES WERE NOT BEING IMPLEMENTED FAST
ENOUGH.

DAVID YOUNG, THE FORMER KISSINGER STAFF MEMBER DETAILED TO
JOHN D. EHRLICHMAN'S DOMESTIC COUNCIL STAFF, CONDUCTED
THE INTERROGATION OF THE ADMIRAL. THE ADMIRAL WAS FLATLY
SAID NOT TO HAVE BEEN THE SOURCE OF THE LEAK TO ANDERSON,
HOWEVER, BUT WAS A "SELF-ADMITTED SECURITY PROBLEM -- A
MA N WHO WAS NOT HIMSELF," AND WAS BEING TRANSFERRED.

THE TIMES DID NOT PUBLISH THIS INFORMATION BECAUSE
SENS. ERVIN AND BAKER AND FORMER PROSECUTOR COX WERE
UNDERSTOOD TO HAVE ACCEPTED THE WHITE HOUSE VIEW ON THE
SENSITIVITY OF THE BROADER PLUMBERS INVESTIGATION TO
WHICH THIS EPISODE WAS ONLY INCIDENTAL.

ASSOCIATED PRESS IDENTIFIED THE ADMIRAL FORMERLY ON THE
NSC STAFF AS REAR ADM. ROBERT O. WELANDER, WHO HAD BEEN
MILITARY LIAISON OFFICER BETWEEN THE JOINT CHIEFS
AND KISSINGER, THE PRESIDENT'S NATIONAL SECURITY AFFAIRS
ADVISER AND SECRETARY OF STATE.

WELANDER, ACCORDING TO A SPOKESMAN FOR ADM. MOORER, WAS
TRANSFERRED TO SEA DUTY IN JANUARY, 1972. THE AP SAID
THAT WELANDER IS NOW ASSISTANT DEPUTY CHIEF OF NAVAL
OPERATIONS FOR PLANS AND POLICY.

UNCONFIRMED REPORTS SAID THAT THE CLERK WHO WAS FOUND TO
HAVE BEEN THE SOURCE OF THE NEWS LEAKS FROM WSAG WAS A
NAVY YEOMAN, CHARLES E. RADFORD, ON WELANDER'S STAFF IN
THE NSC.

CAPT. JACK MACKERCHER, SPOKESMAN FOR ADM. MOORER, SAID IT
WAS "RIDICULOUS AND LUDICROUS" TO ALLEGE THAT THE JOINT
CHIEFS HAD A SPY ON KISSINGER'S STAFF OR RECEIVED
UNAUTHORIZED INFORMATION. MOOERE "NEVER FELT THAT HE
LACKED FOR ANY KIND OF INFORMATION HE SHOULD HAVE HAD FROM
DR. KISSINGER," MACKERCHER SAID.

"ADM. MOORER HAS THE HIGHEST REGARD FOR ADM. WELANDER;"
MACKERCHER SAID, ADDING THAT WELANDER'S TRANSFER WAS NOT
CAUSED BY ANY DISSATISFACTION ON THE PART OF THE NAVY.

WELANDER WAS QUOTED LAST WEEK AS DENYING ANY INVOLVEMENT
IN UNAUTHORIZED DISTRIBUTION OF NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL
INFORMATION. RADFORD WAS QUOTED BY THE WASHINGTON POST
FRIDAY AS SAYING THAT HE HAD BEEN FALSELY ACCUSED OF
LEAKING INFORMATION TO COLUMNIST ANDERSON, WHOM HE CALLED
A FRIEND.

"I WENT THROUGH A MERRY-GO-ROUND OF INTERROGATION,"
RADFORD WAS QUOTED. "AND I AGREED TO NEVER TALK ABOUT
WHAT HAPPENED AND I NEVER WILL."

INVESTIGATION OF THE NSC SECURITY PROBLEM BY THE PLUMBERS,
SOME OF WHOSE MEMBERS WERE LATER INVOLVED IN THE BREAK-IN
OF DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL HEADQUARTERS AT THE WATERGATE, WAS
BELIEVED TO BE PART OF A STILL SECRET OPERATION OF A
HIGHLY SENSITIVE NATURE.

IN HIS UPCOMING LOS ANGELES TRIAL FOR CONSPIRACY, BURGLARY
AND PERJURY IN CONNECTION WITH THE PLUMBERS BREAK-IN AT
THE OFFICE OF DANIEL ELLSBERG'S PSYCHIATRIST, EHRLICHMAN
MIGHT ATTEMPT TO JUSTIFY PLUMBER OPERATIONS BY CLAIMING
THAT KISSINGER KNEW ABOUT THE NSC SECURITY OPERATION,
EHRLICHMAN REPORTEDLY CONTENDS THAT KISSINGER KNEW THAT
YOUNG, WHO HAD WORKED FOR KISSINGER AND WAS STILL ON
KISSINGER'S NSC PAYROLL DURING HIS WORK FOR EHRLICHMAN,
WAS INVOLVED IN THE PLUMBERS OPERATION.

KISSINGER HAS DENIED TWICE UNDER OATH THAT HE KNEW ANY-
THING ABOUT THE PLUMBERS, HOWEVER. RUSH.”


In a December 30, 1976 report called, Press Material.

It says, “HEREWITH FULL TEXT DON OBERDORFER BYLINER WASHINGTON
POST THRUSDAY DECEMBER 30 HEADED "KISSINGER'S TELEPHONE
NOTES WERE KEPT AT ROCKEFELLER ESTATE."

SECRETARY OF STATE HENRY A. KISSINGER'S DISPUTED
RECORDS OF HIS TELEPHONE CONVERSATIONS WHILE IN OFFICE
WERE HELD UNTIL THIS WEEK IN A "SECURE STORAGE AREA" OF
VICE PRESIDENT NELSON A. ROCKEFELLER'S NEW YORK ESTATE,
THE STATE DEPARTMENT REVEALED YESTERDAY.

THIS ANNOUNCEMENT, BY SPOKESMAN JOHN TRATTNER, WAS
THE LATEST DEVELOPMENT IN THE SAGA OF KISSINGER'S DETAILED
AND VOLUMINOUS TELEPHONE RECORDS.

KISSINGER HAS CLAIMED THE PAPERS ARE HIS PRIVATE
PROPERTY. HOWEVER, HE DONATED THEM TO THE LIBRARY OF
CONGRESS IN A DEED SIGNED CHRISTMAS EVE AND HAD THEM
DELIVERED THERE BY PRIVATE VAN TUESDAY "IN ORDER TO REMOVE
ANY POSSIBLE MISINTERPRETATION OF HIS MOTIVES IN HIS FINAL
WEEKS OF GOVERNMENT SERVICE."

UNDER THE AGREEMENT WITH THE LIBRARY, KISSINGER OR
PERSONS NAMED BY HIM WILL CONTROL ACCESS TO THE TELEPHONE
DOCUMENTS FOR 25 YEARS OR FIVE YEARS AFTER HIS DEATH,
WHICHEVER IS LATER. BUT THE REPORTERS COMMITTEE FOR
FREEDOM OF THE PRESS ANNOUNCED TUESDAY IT WILL FILE A
LAWSUIT AGAINST THE GOVERNMENT TO GAIN GREATER PUBLIC
ACCESS TO THE PAPERS.

BOB WOODWARD AND CARL BERNSTEIN REPORTED IN THEIR
BOOK "THE FINAL DAYS," PUBLISHED EARLIER THIS YEAR, THAT
KISSINGER MOVED SOME OF HIS MOST SENSITIVE PAPERS SUCH
AS THE TELEPHONE TRANSCRIPTS TO ROCKEFELLER'S ESTATE
AT POCANTICO HILLS, N.Y., DURING THE LAST DAYS OF THE
NIXON PRESIDENCY. THE BOOK REPORTED THAT "KISSINGER HAD
THE FILES RETURNED TO THE WHITE HOUSE" AFTER BEING TOLD
BY A LEGAL ADVISER THAT IT WAS AGAINST THE LAW TO STORE
CLASSIFIED MATERIAL OUTSIDE GOVERNMENT FACILITIES.

IN WRITTEN ANSWERS LATE LAST YEAR IN CONNECTION WITH
A SUIT BROUGHT BY FORMER NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL
AIDE MORTON H. HALPERIN, KISSINGER SAID THE RECORDS OF
HIS TELEPHONE CALLS WHILE IN THE WHITE HOUSE WERE
PHYSICALLY AT THE STATE DEPARTMENT IN THE CUSTODY OF HIS
EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT, LAWRENCE S. EAGLEBURGER.

THE STATE DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN COULD NOT SAY YESTERDAY
WHEN OR UNDER WHAT CIRCUMSTANCES THE KISSINGER TELEPHONE
TRANSCRIPTIONS WERE TAKEN TO THE ROCKEFELLER ESTATE.
TRATTNER SAID THE RECORDS, INCLUDING CONVERSATIONS WITH
MANY U.S. AND FOREIGN LEADERS, ARE UNCLASSIFIED,

ALTHOUGH KISSINGER IS KNOWN TO CONSIDER THEM EXTREMELY
SENSITIVE. ROBINSON.”


In a January 12, 1974 report called PRESS MATERIAL.

It says, “HEREWITH FULL TEXT BOB WOODWARD AND CARL BERNSTEIN BY-LINER
LEAD STORY PAGE ONE WASHINGTON POST JANUARY 12 HEADED
"PENTAGON GOT SECRET DATA OF KISSINGER'S":

MILITARY LIAISON AIDES IN THE WHITE HOUSE PASSED INFOR-
MATION FROM DR. HENRY A. KISSINGER'S FILES AND MEETINGS TO
THE PENTAGON IN 1971 WITHOUT KISSINGER'S AUTHORIZATION,
ACCORDING TO INFORMED SOURCES.

THE INFORMATION, WHICH INCLUDED COPIES OF CLASSIFIED
DOCUMENTS AND VERBATIM NOTES OF SECRET TAPE RECORDINGS OF
NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL MEETINGS, WAS SOUGHT BY HIGH
PENTAGON OFFICERS WHO WERE UNCERTAIN ABOUT RADICALLY
SHIFTING U.S. FOREIGN POLICY TOWARD RUSSIA, CHINA, AND
OTHER COUNTRIES, THE SOURCES SAID.
AT LEAST TWO MILITARY AIDES TO THE NATIONAL SECURITY
COUNCIL, THE TOP FOREIGN POLICY MAKING BODY IN THE WHITE
HOUSE, WERE REMOVED WHEN KISSINGER, THEN THE PRESIDENT'S

CHIEF NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISER, LEARNED OF THE DISTRI-
BUTION OF UNAUTHORIZED INFORMATION TO THE PENTAGON, THE
SOURCES SAID.

THE TWO OUSTED AIDES ARE NAVY REAR ADMIRAL ROBERT O.
WELANDER, WHO WAS IN CHARGE OF LIAISON BETWEEN THE JOINT
CHIEFS OF STAFF AND THE WHITE HOUSE, AND NAVY YEOMAN FIRST
CLASS CHARLES E. RADFORD, WHO WAS AN AIDE TO WELANDER.

RADFORD, APPARENTLY THE CENTRAL FIGURE IN THE MATTER,
WAS FOUND TO BE MAKING COPIES OF NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL
DOCUMENTS WITH SOME REGULARITY, SPECIFICALLY WHEN HE
TRAVELED WITH KISSINGER AND GENERAL ALEXANDER M. HAIG,
THEN KISSINGER'S DEPUTY AND NOW THE WHITE HOUSE CHIEF OF
STAFF, THE SOURCES SAID.

RADFORD ALSO WAS SUSPECTED BY THE WHITE HOUSE OF LEAKING
NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL DOCUMENTS TO SYNDICATED
COLUMNIST JACK ANDERSON. AS PART OF THE INVESTIGATION OF
RADFORD, HIS TELEPHONE WAS TAPPED FROM ABOUT DECEMBER,
1971, TO JUNE, 1972, UNDER AN ORDER GIVEN TO THE FBI BY
FORMER ATTORNEY GENERAL JOHN N. MITCHELL.

THE INVESTIGATION THAT REPORTEDLY UNCOVERED THE INFOR-
MATION-GATHERING ACTIVITIES OF BOTH RADFORD AND WELANDER
WAS ORDERED BY AN ANGRY KISSINGER AFTER DOCUMENTS ON U.S.
POLICY IN THE INDIA-PAKISTAN WAR WERE LEAKED TO COLUMNIST
ANDERSON IN LATE 1971.

WHITE HOUSE AND FBI SOURCES SAID THAT INFORMATION FROM THE
TAP ON RADFORD'S TELEPHONE WAS REGULARLY ROUTED TO DAVID
YOUNG, A FORMER KISSINGER AIDE WHO HELPED RUN THE WHITE
HOUSE "PLUMBERS" OPERATION WHICH INVESTIGATED GOVERNMENT
LEAKS TO THE NEWS MEDIA.

TWO SOURCES SAID THAT THE UNAUTHORIZED DISTRIBUTION OF
THIS INFORMATION IS THE MYSTERIOUS NATIONAL SECURITY MATTER
THAT THE PRESIDENT, BUZHARDT AND THE SENATE WATERGATE
COMMITTEE HAVE MENTIONED IN CONNECTION WITH INVESTI-
GATIONS OF THE PLUMBERS. FOUR OTHER SOURCES SAID, HOWEVER,
THAT NEWS ACCOUNTS CHARACTERIZING THIS INFORMATION
DISTRIBUTION AS SPYING ON OR SURVEILLANCE OF KISSINGER WAS
WRONG.

THE INVESTIGATION OF THE LEAK TO COLUMNIST ANDERSON,
DIRECTED BY J. FRED BUZHARDT, THEN THE PENTAGON GENERAL
COUNSEL AND NOW WHITE HOUSE COUNSEL, NEVER ESTABLISHED
THAT WELANDER OR RADFORD DID ANYTHING WRONG, THE SOURCES
SAID. IN ADDITION, THE SOURCES SAID, IT WAS NEVER CLEAR
WHO IN THE PENTAGON SET UP OR BENEFITED FROM THE UNAUTH-
ORIZED PIPELINE OF INFORMATION FROM KISSINGER'S FILES AND
EVEN THOUGH ADMIRAL THOMAS H. MOORER, THE CHAIRMAN OF THE
JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF, SAT IN ON MOST NATIONAL SECURITY
COUNCIL MEETINGS, SOURCES SAID THAT WELANDER, ALSO PRESENT
AT THE MEETINGS, MADE COPIOUS NOTES OR TAPE RECORDED THE
MEETINGS AND SENT THE INFORMATION TO OTHER SENIOR MILITARY
OFFICERS.

WELANDER COULD NOT BE REACHED FOR COMMENT YESTERDAY, BUT
LAST WEEK HE DENIED ANY INVOLVEMENT IN ANY UNAUTHORIZED
DISTRIBUTION OF NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL MATERIAL.

RADFORD TOLD A REPORTER TWO WEEKS AGO THAT HE HAD BEEN
FALSELY ACCUSED OF LEAKING INFORMATION TO COLUMNIST
ANDERSON, WHO, RADFORD SAID, IS A PERSONAL FRIEND OF HIS.
"I WENT THROUGH A MERRY-GO-ROUND OF INTERROGATION,"
RADFORD SAID. "AND I AGREED TO NEVER TALK ABOUT WHAT
HAPPENED AND I NEVER WILL."

A SPOKESMAN FOR ADMIRAL MOORER SAID YESTERDAY: "THE
CHAIRMAN AND THE CHIEFS (OF THE MILITARY SERVICES) AT
NO TIME HAVE AUTHORIZED, ACCEPTED OR COUNTENANCED THE
UNAUTHORIZED GATHERING OF INFORMATION OR DATA FROM DR.
KISSINGER,S OFFICE."

IN ONE OF THE LEAKED SECRET DOCUMENTS PUBLISHED BY
ANDERSON IN LATE 1971, KISSINGER WAS QUOTED AS SAYING:
"I AM GETTING HELL EVERY HALF HOUR FROM THE PRESIDENT THAT
WE ARE NOT BEING TOUGH ENOUGH ON INDIA ... HE WANTS TO
TILT IN FAVOR OF PAKISTAN" IN THE INDIA-PAKISTAN WAR.

THE SOURCES SAID THAT KISSINGER BECAME ANGRY WHEN HE
LEARNED THAT SUCH DETAILED, VERBATIM NOTES WERE BEING
TAKEN OF THE MEETINGS AND ORDERED THE PRACTICE STOPPED.

SOME SOURCES SAID YESTERDAY THAT WELANDER'S NOTES WERE NOT
THE DOCUMENTS LEAKED TO ANDERSON. THEY SAID WELANDER WAS
REMOVED FROM HIS NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL POST ONLY
BECAUSE RADFORD HAD WORKED FOR HIM. WELANDER'S JOB WAS
ELIMINATED AFTER HIS TRANSFER IN LATE 1971.

OTHER GOVERNMENT SOURCES SAID THAT KISSINGER HAD FOR SOME
TIME INTENDED TO ELIMINATE THE MILITARY LIAISON TO THE
NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL AND THE ANDERSON LEAK MERELY
GAVE HIM A REASON. IN ADDITION TO THE CHAIRMAN OF THE
JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF, THE PRESIDENT, VICE PRESIDENT, AND
SECRETARIES OF STATE, AND DEFENSE, AMONG OTHERS, SIT ON
THE NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL WHEN IT IRREGULARLY MEETS.

FBI AND OTHER SOURCES SAID YESTERDAY THAT THE TAP ON
YEOMAN RADFORD'S PHONE WAS CONDUCTED UNDER THE AUTHORITY
OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL TO ORDER WIRETAPS IN NATIONAL
SECURITY CASES. HOWEVER, THE TAP WAS REMOVED SEVERAL DAYS
AFTER A U.S. SUPREME COURT DECISION ON JUNE 19, 1972,
WHICH NARROWED THE AUTHORITY OF THE GOVERNMENT TO CONDUCT
SUCH NATIONAL SECURITY WIRETAPS.

UNDER THE RULING, THE COURT SAID THAT THE GOVERNMENT DID
NOT HAVE A RIGHT TO WIRETAP WITHOUT COURT ORDERS IN SO-
CALLED "DOMESTIC" INTELLIGENCE CASES THAT DO NOT INVOLVE
FOREIGN ESPIONAGE.

PRESIDENT NIXON AND FORMER WHITE HOUSE AIDE JOHN D.
EHRLICHMAN DISCUSSED THE SUPREME COURT DECISION FOR FOUR
MINUTES DURING A MORNING MEETING ON JUNE 20, 1972, A DAY
AFTER THE DECISION, ACCORDING TO WHITE HOUSE PAPERS FILED
IN COURT LATE LAST YEAR.

THE PRESIDENT HAS CLAIMED EXECUTIVE PRIVILEGE ON THE
CONVERSATION WITH EHRLICHMAN WHEN IT TURNED UP ON ONE OF
THE WHITE HOUSE TAPE RECORDINGS SUBPOENAED BY THE SPECIAL
WATERGATE PROSECUTOR. AFTER LISTENING TO THE TAPE, U.S.
DISTRICT COURT CHIEF JUDGE JOHN J. SIRICA GRANTED THE
CLAIM OF EXECUTIVE PRIVILEGE ON DECEMBER 19. SIRICA SAID
IN HIS RULING THAT "NOTHING IN THE CONVERSATION RELATES
TO WATERGATE."

RADFORD WAS TRANSFERRED FROM THE NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL
POSITION TO A NAVAL RESERVE UNIT IN OREGON. WELANDER IS
NOW ASSISTANT DEPUTY CHIEF OF NAVAL OPERATIONS FOR PLANS
AND POLICY, AN IMPORTANT JOB IN THE NAVY HIEARCHY THAT
PENTAGON OFFICIALS SAID WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN GIVEN TO
ANYONE SUSPECTED OF UNAUTHORIZED DISTRIBUTION OF CLASSIFIED
MATERIAL.

IN A STATEMENT ISSUED YESTERDAY, THE WHITE HOUSE SAID
THAT "THE SOURCE OF THESE LEAKS WAS A LOW-LEVEL EMPLOYEE
WHOSE CLERICAL TASKS GAVE HIM ACCESS TO HIGHLY CLASSIFIED
INFORMATION." RUSH.”


CIA Drugs - Air America - Lee Harvey Oswald.

In an April 28, 1976 report called, CIA ACTIVITIES IN JAPAN.

It says, “SUMMARY. PAST TWO DAYS HAVE SEEN A FLURRY OF REPORTING
ON ALLEGED CIA ACTIVITIES IN JAPAN, MOSTLY STIMULATED
BY RELEASE OF SENATE COMMITTEE REPORT IN WASHINGTON.
GOJ WAS QUESTIONED ON CIA IN APRIL 27 DIET SESSION.
PRESS COVERED SENATE COMMITTEE REPORT EXTENSIVELY AND
FONOFF REACTION TO ALLEGATIONS THAT US BASES HAD BEEN
USED FOR SPECIAL OPERATIONS. END SUMMARY.

REPORTS FROM WASHINGTON AND DIET INTERPELLATIONS
GAVE NEW LIFE TO COVERAGE OF CIA AND OTHER US INTELLIGENCE
ACTIVITIES IN APRIL 27 EVENING AND APRIL 28 MORNING
PRESS.

FOLLOWING IS APRIL 27 UPPER HOUSE BUDGET COMMITTEE
EXCHANGE ON CIA BETWEEN (JAPAN COMMUNIST PARTY) JCP'S KOICHIRO
UEDA AND GOVERNMENT SPOKESMEN (ROUGH TRANSLATION FROM ASAHI

UEDA: THERE IS SUSPICION THAT IMPORTANT MEMBERS OF
THE CIA ARE IN JAPAN. SHOULDN'T THEY BE ASKED TO LEAVE?
FONMIN MIYAZAWA: ORGANIZED CIA ACTIVITIES ARE NOT
PERMITTED IN JAPAN AND THIS HAS BEEN THE POLICY UP UNTIL
NOW. WHETHER ONE IS A MEMBER OF CIA OR NOT, IF A FOREIGN
DIPLOMAT DOES SOMETHING OFFENSIVE TO JAPANESE SOVEREIGNTY,
WE WILL DECLARE HIM PERSONA NON GRATA AND ASK HIM TO LEAVE JAPAN.
UEDA: WILL YOU NOT INVESTIGATE?

FONMIN: IF THERE SHOULD BE A CONCRETE ILLEGAL ACT
WHICH DAMAGES THE INTERESTS OF THE PEOPLE, WE COULD LODGE
A COMPLAINT. ASIDE FROM THIS, WE INTEND TO DO NOTHING.
UEDA: FORMER HIGH-RANKING STATE DEPARTMENT OFFICIAL
HILLSMAN SAID THAT THE CIA GAVE MONEY TO ONE OR MORE
POLITICAL PARTIES IN JAPAN. IF IT WAS THE RULING PARTY
THAT RECEIVED THE MONEY, WHAT DO YOU INTEND TO DO?
PRIMIN MIKI: AS THIS IS A VERY SERIOUS QUESTION,
WE HAVE QUESTIONED ALL OF THE FORMER LDP FINANCE CHAIRMEN,
AND FOUND THAT CIA MONEY HAS DEFINITELY NEVER FLOWED TO THE LDP.
UEDA: IS NOT THE FONMIN EXCHANGING INFORMATION
WITH CIA PERSONNEL?
FONMIN: IT IS NOT.

UEDA: HOW ABOUT THE CABINET REASEARCH OFFICE (CRO)?
CHIEF CABINET SECRETARY IDE: ABSOLUTELY NOT.
UEDA: I HAVE A 1955 CRO DOCUMENT. REGISTERED
NUMBER 129, CASE NUMBER 36. IN THIS DOCUMENT IS WRITTEN
THAT LIAISON SHOULD BE MAINTAINED WITH THE FOLLOWING ORGANI-
ZATIONS: CIA, CIC, OSI, ONI, OTHER US INTELLIGENCE ORGANI-
ZATIONS AND AMERICAN NEWSPAPERS.

IDE: THE PRESENT CRO WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1957.

UEDA: HOW ABOUTS ITS PREDECESSOR?

IDE: WITHIN THE PRIME MINISTERS OFFICE (PMO) THERE
WAS "SECRETARIAT RESEARCH CHAMBER."

UEDA: THE ORGANIZATION I SPOKE OF WAS THE ONE AT
THAT TIME, IS THERE ANY CONTINUITY?

PMO GENERAL AFFAIRS DIRECTOR UEKI: I WILL INQUIRE
ABOUT THINGS AT THAT TIME.
UEDA: ARE NOT THE SELF DEFENSE FORCES SECRETLY
COOPERATING WITH THE CIA, KCIA, ETC$571'3 '3//2
84GEN SAKATA: THE JDA HAS ABSOLUTELY NO RELATIONS
WITH THE CIA OR KCIA.

BUDGET COMMITTEE EXCHANGES ON 500 MI ACTIVITIES IS
BEING REPORTED SEPTEL.

WASHINGTON DATELINE APRIL 27 EVENING PRESS ACCOUNTS OF
RELEASE OF SENATE SPECIAL COMMITTEE REPORT ON INTELLIGENCE
ACTIVITIES TENDED TO FOCUS ON CIA BACKING OF AIR AMERICA,
CIVIL AIR TRANSPORT, SOUTHERN AIR TRANSPORT, ETC., AND USE
BY AIR AMERICA AND SAT OF TACHIKAWA AIR BASE IN THE 1960S.
AS A BASE FOR SPECIAL OPERATIONS. ACCOUNTS ALSO REFERRED TO
OPERATION "DERBY HAT" WHICH SENATE REPORT STATES WAS
CONDUCTED IN FAR EAST AND SPECULATES WHETHER IT MIGHT NOT
BE RALATED TO PREVIOUSLY ALLEGED CIA EXPERIMENTATION WITH
LSD ON HUMANS AT ATSUGI NAS (TOKYO 4979). (TOKYO TEXT OF
YOMIURI ACCOUNT IS CARRIED BY FBIS.)

APRIL 28 YOMIURI ALSO CARRIES REPORT THAT FONMIN HAS
OPENED AN INVESTIGATION INTO ALLEGATIONS BY SENATE COMMITTEE
REPORT THAT TACHIKAWA HAD BEEN USED AS BASE FOR CIA
OPERATIONS IN ASIA. REPORT ADDED, HOWEVER, THAT FONMIN
DID NOT INTEND TO SEEK ASSISTANCE OF US AUTHORITIES IN DOING SO.

IN A RELATED STORY, APRIL 28 YOMIURI CARRIES REPORT
FROM WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENT TAKAHAMA WHICH REPORTS
DISCOVERY OF A "CONFESSION" OF FORMER ARMY CAPTAIN, RICHARD
C. NAGEL (PHONETIC), WHO HAD BEEN STATIONED IN JAPAN AND ROK
FROM 1956-58, ALLEGEDLY UNDER CIA DIRECTION. ACCORDING TO
NAGEL, THE CIA INDIRECTLY ASSISTED IN THE PLAN TO ASSASSINATE
PRESIDENT RHEE IN OCTOBER 1956 AND ASSISTED MANY AGENTS IN
SURREPTITIOUS ENTRIES INTO JAPAN, USING FALSE US PASSPORTS.
REPORT ALLEGES THAT NAGEL BECAME ACQUAINTED WITH LEE HARVEY
OSWALD WHILE IN JAPAN AND THAT HE KNEW OF KENNEDY ASSASSINATION
BEFOREHAND. (FULL TEXT BY FBIS)

IN AN ARTICLE APPEARING IN APRIL 28 JAPAN TIMES, BUT
NOT IN JAPANESE PRESS, TOKYO BUSINESS EXECUTIVE HYAKUSABURO
IKEDA, ALLEGES THAT HE TRAVELLED TO CHINA IN 1950 AS AN
AGENT FOR A US INTELLIGENCE AGENCY, PURPORTEDLY TO SECURE
THE RELEASE OF US POWS. ACCORDING TO IKEDA, HE AND SEVERAL
OTHERS DEPARTED FOR CHINA IN DECEMBER 1950 AND WERE
ARRESTED BY CHINESE AUTHORITIES IN JANUARY 1951, AND
IMPRISONED FOR SIX AND A HALF YEARS. IKEDA SAID THAT THE
OPERATION WAS DIRECTED BY G-2 OF GHO AND RELATED TO THE
ACTIVITIES OF YOSHIO KODAMA.

COMMENT. DESPITE EXTENSIVE MEDIA COVERAGE OF
WASHINGTON REPORTS OF US INTELLIGENCE ACTIVITIES, THERE HAS
BEEN REMARKABLY LITTLE COMMENT THUS FAR. WASHINGTON REPORTS
PROVIDE EXCELLENT AMMUNITION FOR JCP ATTACKS ON THE
GOVERNMENT IN THE DIET, HOWEVER, AND JCP WILL TAKE EVERY
OPPORTUNITY TO USE THEM TO ADVANTAGE. CIA ISSUE WAS NOT
RAISED IN HIGH-EXPOSURE APRIL 28 UPPER HOUSE BUGET COMMITTEE
SESSION AND ONLY ONE MORE DAY REMAINS TO UTILIZE THIS FORUM.
ISSUE COULD CONCEIVABLY BE RAISED IN OTHER COMMITTEE
HEARINGS, HOWEVER, WHICH RECEIVE LESS PUBLICITY AND ARE NOT
SCHEDULED TO RESUME UNTIL AFTER MAY HOLIDAYS. HODGSON.”


A September 4, 1996 report, called, AFGHANISTAN: WHEREABOUTS OF EXTREMIST SUPPORTER OSAMA BIN LADEN.

It says, “OSAMA BIN LADEN

ROME FOR STORELLA, LONDON FOR TUELLER, PARIS FOR RAVELING,
NAIROBI FOR AMB. CARNEY

(U) CLASSIFIED BY LEE 0. COLDREN, DIRECTOR, SA/PAB,
DEPARTMENT OF STATE. REASON: 1.5(D).

(C) SUMMARY: OSAMA BIN LADEN ASKED THE NANGARHAR SHURA
FOR PERMISSION TO REMAIN IN THE EASTERN PROVINCES OF
AFGHANISTAN, ACCORDING TO AN EASTERN SHURA OFFICIAL
VISITING THE U.S. AFTER DELIBERATIONS IN LATE JULY-EARLY
AUGUST, THE SHURA DECIDED THAT BIN LADEN WOULD NOT BE
ALLOWED TO LIVE IN OR WORK IN TERRITORY UNDER ITS CONTROL.
BIN LADEN THEN LEFT FOR KABUL WHERE HE REPORTEDLY STILL
REMAINS. END SUMMARY.

(C) NANGARHAR PROVINCIAL MINISTER OF DISABLED PERSONS
AND ORPHANS COMMANDER ABDUL SADAQAT TOLD AFGHAN DESKOFF
CHEW ON AUGUST 26 IN SAN FRANCISCO THAT OFFICIALS IN THE
NANGARHAR SHURA OPPOSED TERRORISM AND THE USE OF AFGHAN
TERRITORY FOR PURPOSES OF TERRORISM. AS AN ILLUSTRATION,
HE SAID, AN ARAB HAD CAME TO NANGARHAR IN LATE JULY WITH
EXPLOSIVES. HE SAID THAT THE ARAB WAS LOOKING FOR SUPPORT
AMONG AFGHANS FOR HIS INTENDED TERRORIST ACTIVITIES.
HOWEVER, HE DID NOT RECEIVE ANY SUPPORT. SUBSEQUENTLY, THE
ARAB WAS KILLED, APPARENTLY BY ONE OF HIS OWN BOMBS.

(C) WHEN ASKED ABOUT REPORTS THAT OSAMA BIN LADEN HAD
MOVED TO AFGHANISTAN, COMMANDER SADAQAT CONFIRMED BIN
LADEN'S PRESENCE. SADAQAT SAID THAT BIN LADEN HAD SENT A
REPRESENTATIVE TO JALALABAD TO ASK THE NANGARHAR SHURA
(COUNCIL) FOR SAFEHAVEN FOR BIN LADEN. THE COUNCIL MET IN
LATE JULY-EARLY AUGUST; IT DECIDED THAT BIN LADEN WOULD NOT
BE ALLOWED TO WORK OR LIVE IN THEIR TERRITORY. SADAQAT
SAID THAT HE HAD HEARD THAT BIN LADEN THEN WENT TO KABUL
WHERE HE REMAINS. (COMMENT: BIN LADEN HAS HAD A LONG
RELATIONSHIP WITH NOW PRIME MINISTER HEKMATYAR. END
COMMENT.)

(C) WHEN ASKED ABOUT BIN LADEN'S ARAB FOLLOWERS, SADAQAT
SAID THAT THEY WERE NOT IN NANGARHAR, BUT IN SAROBI
(HEKMATYAR'S STRONGHOLD). HE SAID NANGARHAR OFFICIALS WILL
NOT ALLOW "THESE PEOPLE" TO LIVE IN THE EASTERN PROVINCES.
SADAQAT SAID THAT AFGHANS WERE ALREADY LIVING IN AN
"EMERGENCY SITUATION" AND DID NOT NEED MORE PROBLEMS. HE
RECOUNTED A RUMOR THAT SOME ARABS HAD MOVED TO PAGHMAN IN
ORDER TO BE NEARER THE KABUL AUTHORITIES, HELP THEM WITH
FOOD SUPPLIES, AND OTHERWISE EASE THEIR BURDEN. (COMMENT:
KABUL HAS BEEN UNDER SEIGE BY THE TALL BAN SINCE LAST
OCTOBER. JUST TWO DAYS AGO, THE ROAD TO MAIDAN SHAHR WAS
CUT DUE TO FIGHTING BETWEEN PRO-KABUL TROOPS AND THE
TALIBAN. THE ROAD IS A MAJOR ARTERY FOR FOODSTUFFS, FUEL,
LIVESTOCK AND OTHER NECESSITIES REACHING KABUL. END
COMMENT.)

(C) BIO NOTE: COMMANDER SAYED HOSSEINI ABDUL SADAQAT
IS CONFINED TO A WHEELCHAIR, PARALYZED FROM A BULLET WOUND
DURING THE SOVIET OCCUPATION. HE IS A RESPECTED TRIBAL
LEADER AND MEMBER OF THE 18-MAN BLACK MOUNTAIN COUNCIL. HE
IS ALSO A MEMBER OF KHALIS'S HEZB-I-ISLAMI FACTION.
AVOWEDLY PRO-U.S., HE HAS MADE HIS FIRST TRIP TO THE U.S.
TO ACCOMPANY THE AFGHAN AND PAKISTANI PARALYMPICS ATHLETES
TO EVENTS IN ATLANTA AND SAN FRANCISCO. WE BELIEVE HIM TO
BE A CREDIBLE SOURCE. HE DOES NOT SPEAK ENGLISH. TALBOTT.”


A March 23, 2003, report, called MEDIA REACTION ON WAR ON IRAQ.

It says, “Lead stories in all papers today, March 23,
continue to focus on the war on Iraq. Wire service
reports appeared under banner headlines highlighting
"resistance" encountered by coalition forces, civilian
casualties and growing anti-war protests. Headlines
in several papers refer to Iraqis killed to date as
"martyrs." One paper featured a graphic color
photograph (from Al Jazeera television) of a child
with his head blown apart. Papers also carried color
photos of a burning Baghdad. Another lead story
focuses on King Abdullah's meeting with the Jordanian
Cabinet, during which he expressed satisfaction with
his government's efforts to maintain order and
security, while calling for sympathetic treatment for
those demonstrating against the war.

Editorial Commentary

-- "Who picks up the war bill?"

Centrist, influential among the elite English daily
Jordan Times (03/23) editorializes: "U.S. President
George W. Bush and British Prime Minister Tony Blair
have publicly stated their long-term commitment to the
rebuilding of Iraq on several occasions. But they
have been less than transparent with their own
constituencies on what that means, especially on a
financial level. The United States has a long record
of forsaking countries which it entered as a
`liberator'. The last such example is Afghanistan,
where Washington's promises of aid, progress and
prosperity are still light-years away from
materializing. As a politician, Bush cannot afford to
leave a mess in Iraq. But, put aside his chances for
re-election, the United States at this stage does not
look like a country capable of taking care of itself,
let alone Iraq.. The Bush administration has over the
past few days craftily avoided questions on how much
the war alone would cost. It might be a long time, if
ever, before Washington spells out how much exactly it
thinks to commit to piece Iraq back together."

-- "A war, not a `crusade'"

Daily columnist Bater Wardam writes on the back page
of center-left, influential Arabic daily Al-Dustour
(03/23): "President George Bush may be using many
religious phrases and words in his speeches, and he
may be personally under the impression that he is
fulfilling a `sacred mission' authorized to him by
`god' when he launches war on Iraq. The fact is,
however, Bush is fulfilling a mission given to him by
the lobby of the oil companies, such as those of
Cheney and Rice, to control the Iraqi oil, by the
hawks of the military industry, such as Rumsfeld,
Powell and Wolfowitz, to effect an American military
hegemony over the world, and finally by the right-wing
Zionist Lobby, such as Richard Pearl, Douglas Feith
and Eliot Abrams, to protect Israel and strike any
force that could pose a threat to it. This is the
American war on Iraq: a colonialist, Zionist, oil-
related war, but definitely not a crusader
war..Statements issued by many Islamic organizations
and parties describing the American-Zionist war
against Iraq as a `crusader' war are contributing to
making many friends into enemies. They force us into
the American-Zionist trap that is seeking to create a
war of cultures between Islam and Christianity, all in
the service of Zionism. This war on Iraq is not the
last one. It might as well be called the `Iraq first'
war. It is going to be followed by other war against
countries and regimes in the region that do not abide
by the U.S. policy. This long war will not only be in
the military sense, but also on the cultural, economic
and social levels. The Arabs and Muslims will not be
able to fight it alone, that is if they decide to
fight it at all. They will need those millions of
Christians, Budhists, Jews and other who took to the
streets in protest.. The haphazard speeches, the
extremism and turning friends into enemies is a first-
class foolish policy that cannot be justified by anger
against the American aggression. Our real enemies are
those who colonize our lands, implement Zionist plans
and protect Israel." GNEHM.”

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The greatest story never told Pt. 4.

By Lynda Carson

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Paul Robeson (April 9, 1898 - January 29, 1976)

https://www.archives.gov/research/african-americans/individuals/paul-robeson

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Robeson

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February 6, 1976 report, called GDR PRESS CAMPAIGN ACCUSING THE U.S. OF "CLASS JUSTICE" AND "IMPERIALIST BARBARITY.”

THE PAST TWO WEEKS HAVE SEEN A MOUNTING CAMPAIGN IN THE GDR
CENTRAL PRESS CENTERED ON PAUL ROBESON'S DEATH AND THE PREMIER
OF A FRENCH TV FILM, "THE ROSENBERGS MUST NOT DIE", BY ALAIN
DECAUX AND SELLIO LORENZI, WHICH HAS BEEN FEATURED ON GDR TV
IN FOUR INSTALLMENTS CONCLUDING ON FEBRUARY 2, 1976. THE CAMPAIGN,
WHICH ACCUSES THE U.S. OF "CLASS JUSTICE" AND "IMPERIALIST BARBARITY",

HAS BEEN PLAYED MOST HEAVILY IN THE CULTURAL SECTIONS OF THE PRESS, BUT
TODAY (FEBRUARY 6), HAS MADE ITS WAY TO THE FRONT PAGE OF THE SED
PARTY ORGAN NEUES DEUTSCHLAND, UNDER THE HEADLINE: "ROSENBERG SONS:
THE GDR SUPPORTS OUR STRUGGLE",; SUBHEADLINE: "FROM THE CRIME AGAINST
THE PARENTS STRETCHES A DIRECT LINK WITH THE PRESENT."

THE CAMPAIGN SEEKS TO ESTABLISH A LONG HISTORY OF U.S.
LEGAL TRANSGRESSION FROM THE SACCO AND VANZETTI CASE, THROUGH
THE ROSENBERG CASE AND PERSECUTION OF PAUL ROBESON AND ANGELA
DAVIS, ON TO THE SO-CALLED "WILMINGTON TEN", THE LEADER OF WHICH,
REVEREND BEN CHAVIS, IS FEATURED IN AN ARTICLE AND IN PICTURES
TOGETHER WITH ANGELA DAVIS, IN ND OF FEB 6. THE ARTICLE CONSISTS
OF AN INTERVIEW WITH CHAVIS CONDUCTED BY ND CORRESPONDENT, HORST
SCHAEFER IN A MOTEL IN WILMINGTON, NORTH CAROLINA BEFORE HIS
ARREST AND SENTENCING IN RALEIGH ENTITLED: "IMPRISONED UNTIL THE
YEAR 2009". IN THE ARTICLE, CHAVIS IS QUOTED PRAISING THE GDR FOR
ITS SUPPORT AND NOTING THAT HE HAS HEARD WHAT A GREAT RACE PREJUDICE
FREE PLACE IT IS FROM ANGELA DAVIS AND HIS OWN SISTER, WHO IS STUDING
THERE NOW. ON THE AMERICAN BICENTENNIAL, HE IS QUOTED IN PART
STATING: "THE BLACK AMERICANS, THE OTHERMINORITIES, AND THE POOR
IN THE USA CAN LOOK ONLY BACK ON TWO HUNDRED YEARS OF OPPRESSION
AND RACISM." HE ALSO IS QUOTED THAT HIS THOUGHTS ARE WITH LUIS
CORVALAN AND OTHER BRAVE MEN IN CHILE, WHO ARE "IN MUCH GREATER
DANGER THAN WE (THE WILMINGTON TEN) ARE."

DURING THE CURRENT CAMPAIGN, THERE HAS BEEN A TENDENCY TO FEATURE
THE ATTACKS ON U.S. JUSTICE ALONGSIDE A DETAILING OF ALLEGED JUNTA
ATROCITIES IN CHILE, PLUS THE LONG-TIME CAMPAIGN CALLING FOR
"FREEDOM FOR LUIS CORVALAN."

THE BERLINER ZEITUNG OF TODAY FEATURES A NUMBER OF INDIGNANT
LETTERS FROM GDR WORKERS AND SCHOOL CHILDREN UNDER SUCH LURID
HEADINGS AS: "LEGALIZED MURDER IN THE 'LAND OF UNLIMITED
OPPORTUNITY'".

COMMENT: IT WOULD NOT BE SURPRISING IF THE EMBASSY WERE
TO BEGIN TO RECEIVE PROTEST LETTERS FROM FACTORIES AND SCHOOLS OF
THE TYPE FORWARDED PROTESTING THE "CHILDREN'S AIR LIFT" IN VIET
NAM LAST YEAR. IF SO, IT WOULD BE USEFUL FOR THE EMBASSY TO
RECEIVE VIA WIRELESS FILE OR OTHER CHANNELS, ANY EXPLANATORY
MATERIALS AVAILABLE ON "THE WILMINGTON TEN", AS WELL AS THE
ROSENBERG CASE. THESE COULD BE USED IN REPLY TO LETTERS OF
PROTEST AS WERE MATERIALS ON THE "CHILDRENS' AIR LIFT."
(75-BERLIN 5569). GROVE.”


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October 6, 1978 report, called UNGA'S SPECIAL COMMITTEE AGAINST APARTHEID TO ISSUE SPECIAL AWARDS THE UNGA WILL MEET IN PLENARY SESSION AM OCTOBER 11 IN OBSERVANCE OF INTERNATIONAL APARTHEID YEAR. AT THE.

It says, “GENERAL MURTALA MOHAMED, FORMER HEAD OF STATE OF NIGERIA.
(4) THE LATE PANDIT JAWAHARHAL NEHRU, FORMER PRIME
MINISTER OF INDIA. (5) THE LATE OSEGYEFO KWAME NKRUMAH,
FORMER PRESIDENT OF GHANA. (6) MR. OLAF PALME, FORMER
PRIME MINISTER AND LEADER OF THE SOCIAL DEMOCRATIC
PARTY OF SWEDEN. (7) THE LATE MR. PAUL ROBESON, FAMOUS
BLACK AMERICAN SINGER, ACTOR AND LEADER IN THE
STRUGGLE AGAINST RACISM. YOUNG.”


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June 20, 1978 report, called, ROSENBERG EXECUTION ANNIVERSARY.

It says, “IN ADDITION TO VARIOUS ARTICLES APPEARING IN LOCAL
MEDIA TO MARK 25TH ANNIVERSARY OF EXECUTION OF JULIUS
AND ETHEL ROSENBERG, USINT HAS NOTED TWO TELEVISION
PROGRAMS--AT MINIMUM--FOCUSSED ON ROSENBERGS. BOTH
WERE INTERVIEW SHOWS. THE FIRST FEATURED MICHAEL ROSENBERG
(NOW MEEROPOL) AND WAS FILMED DURING A HAVANA VISIT THIS
SPRING, WHILE THE SECOND FEATURED BOTH SONS AND WAS FILMED IN
THEIR HOME, PROBABLY IN NEW YORK STATE. THE LATTER, BILLED
AS A "TELEVISION CUBANA" PRODUCTION, WAS CONDUCTED BY
FEMALE INTERVIEWER COMMUNICATING IN FRACTURED SPANISH.

COMMENT: IF CUBAN TV NETWORK ACTUALLY CONDUCTED INTERVIEW
IN US, WE WOULD VIEW THIS AS IMPROPER - SINCE CUBANS NEITHER
ASKED NOR RECEIVED PERMISSION AND MATTER IS US INTERNAL AFFAIR.
USINT BELIEVES THAT MATTER SHOULD BE DISCUSSED BY DEPT WITH
CUBAINT WASHINGTON. GLASSMAN.”

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April 29, 1976, report, called ROSENBERG SON VISITS THE GDR.

ROBERT MEEROPOL, SON OF JULIUS AND ETHEL ROSENBERG,
VISITED THE GDR FOR THREE DAYS DURING THE WEEK OF APRIL 19.
MEEROPOL WAS ACCOMPANIED BY MORTEN SOBELL, CONVICTED WITH
THE ROSENBERGS IN THE EARLY 1950'S FOR ESPIONAGE AGAINST THE
U.S. AND SUBSEQUENTLY IMPRISONED FOR 19 YEARS, AND A LAWYER,
MARSHALL PERLIN. ALL THREE WERE GUESTS OF THE PEACE COUNCIL
OF THE GDR AND THE LOCAL PAUL ROBESON COMMITTEE. THEIR SHORT
STAY CENTERED IN BERLIN WHERE THEY WERE AWARDED THE "PEACE
MEDAL OF THE GDR" BY THE SECRETARY GENERAL OF THE GDR PEACE
COUNCIL.

THE MEEROPOL VISIT MADE A SMALL PUBLICITY SPLASH IN EAST
BERLIN MEDIA WHICH SUPPORTED MEEROPOL'S AIM OF CLEARING HIS
PARENTS' NAME THROUGH EXPOSURE OF THE "INJUSTICES" OF
AMERICAN LEGAL AND JUDICIAL PRACTICES. THE LOCAL MEDIA
REPORTEDLY ARE CONVINCED THAT THE ROSENBERGS HAD BEEN
CONVICTED ILLEGALLY AND THAT THEIR EXECUTION FOR ES-
PIONAGE WAS AN ACT OF "IMPERIALISTIC" REVENGE AGAINST
THOSE WHO SYMPATHIZED WITH COMMUNIST CAUSES. GDR MEDIA
FULLY BACKED MEEROPOL'S DEMAND THAT ALL THE DOCUMENTS
RELATING TO HIS PARENT'S CASE BE RELEASED BY U.S.
AUTHORITIES.

COMMENT: THE MEEROPOL VISIT SERVED THE GDR'S
PROPAGANDA INTERESTS BY PLAYING THE THEME THAT COMMUNISTS
IN THE UNITED STATES ARE OFFICIALLY RESTRICTED AND
OCCASIONALLY, AS IN THE ROSENBERG CASE, FACE THE POSSI-
BILITY OF DEATH OR IMPRISONMENT AT THE HANDS OF "RIGHT-
WING" EXTREMISTS. THE VISIT ALSO GAVE GDR GROUPS
LIKE TH FDJ, THE MASS YOUTH ORGANIZATION, AN OPPORTUNITY
TO RENEW THEIR DEDICATION TO BATTLE "IMPERIALISTIC"
FORCES IN THE WORLD AND TO REHASH THE ROSENBERG CASE IN
PARTICULAR ABOUT SIX WEEKS AFTER GDR TELEVISION CARRIED
A FRENCH SERIES ON THE CASE. THE EMBASSY UNDERSTANDS
THAT A PLANNED MEETING WITH KLAUS FUCHS, CONVICTED IN
THE U.K. FOR AN OFFENSE SIMILAR TO THAT OF THE ROSENBERGS AND
NOW RESIDENT IN DRESDEN, DID NOT TAKE PLACE, PARTLY
BECAUSE FUCHS WAS IN THE SOVIET UNION BUT ALSO DUE TO
A LACK OF ENTHUSIASM FOR THE MEETING ON THE PART OF
MEEROPOL'S GDR HOSTS. MEEROPOL REPORTEDLY DEPARTED BERLIN
MUCH BUOYED UP BY HIS GDR RECEPTION AND WITH RENEWED
CONFIDENCE THAT HE WOULD EVENTUALLY SUCCEED IN OVERTURNING
HIS PARENTS' CONVICTION. COOPER.”


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March 8, 1977 report, called HUMAN RIGHTS DEBATE ESCALATES IN HUNGARIAN MEDIA.

It says, “BUDAPEST 0718 REPORTED STORIES WHICH APPEARED IN
HUNGARIAN MEDIA MARCH 1 THRU 4 AND WHICH REFLECTED IN-

TENSIFYING DEBATE ON HUMAN RIGHTS GOING ON IN MEDIA
WORLD-WIDE AND PARTICULARLY IN SOVIET AND EE COMMUNIST
PRESS.

OVER MARCH 5-6 WEEK-END HUNGARIAN PARTICIPATION IN
THIS DEBATE HAS ESCALATED FURTHER. NINE DIFFERENT ARTICLES

ON THE SUBJECT APPEARED IN VARIOUS DAILIES, MANY
OF THEM IN SEVERAL PAPERS. IN ADDITION TO CARRYING
TASS STORIES, WHICH HAD BEEN THE PATTERN SO FAR,

HUNGARIAN EDITORIAL COMMENT ALSO MADE ITS APPEARANCE.

NEWS STORIES FROM TASS AND MTI SOURCES INCLUDED
THE FOLLOWING;

A. TASS STORY CONDEMNING SENATOR CHURCH FOR
INTRODUCING RESOLUTION PASSED BY SENATE ON
TREATMENT OF SOVIET JEWS. CLAIMS THAT
800,000 JEWS LIVE IN POVERTY IN U.S. WHERE
ANTI-SEMITISM RAMPANT, AND HUMAN RIGHTS DIS-
REGARDED. CRITICIZED U.S. FOR NOT SIGNING
UN DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS

B. MTI STORY FROM WASHINGTON CRITICIZING US FOR
NOT DOING ANYTHING ABOUT GROSS VIOLATIONS
OF HUMAN RIGHTS IN NICARAGUA.

C. TASS STORY ON LETTER TO IZVESTIA BY S.L.
LIPAVSKI ON ALLEGED CIA ACTIVITIES IN MOSCOW
AND QUOTING NAMES OF US EMBASSY OFFICERS.

D. MTI STORY FROM MOSCOW CORRESPONDENT REPORTING
SOVIET TV COMMENTARY BY MATVEJEV DENOUNCING
BUKOVSKY WHITE HOUSE VISIT.

E. NEPSZABADSAG STORY ON EFFORTS TO REHABILITATE
JULIUS AND ETHEL ROSENBERG.

F. TASS STORY ON ONE BENJAMIN CHAVIS ALLEGEDLY
LANGUISHING IN A NORTH CAROLINA JAIL AS A
POLITICAL PRISONER FALSELY ACCUSED OF ARSON,
WHO WROTE A LETTER TO PRESIDENT CARTER

DEMANDING RELEASE OF AMERICAN POLITICAL
PRISONERS.

G. QUOTE FROM TV INTERVIEW BY SHAH OF IRAN ASKING
HOW US COMES TO HAVE RIGHT OF QUESTIONING
OTHER COUNTRIES POLITICAL SYSTEMS.

IN ADDITION TO AVOVE ITEMS, TWO MAJOR EDITORIAL
ARTICLES ALSO APPEARED. NEPSZABADSAG FOREIGN EDITOR
FERENC VARNAI STRONGLY CONDEMNS US GOVERNMENT STATEMENTS
ON HUMAN RIGHTS AND THEIR ALLEGED EFFECT OF INTERFERING
IN INTERNAL AFFAIRS. VARNAI SAYS THAT THOSE WHO DENY
HUMAN RIGHTS TO MILLIONS OF THEIR OWN CITIZENS HAVE NO
RIGHT TO PASS JUDGMENT ON WHAT SOCIALIST COUNTRIES DO.
VARNAI ASKS WHAT US WOULD HAVE DONE HAD SOVIET UNION

MADE THE FREEING OF ANGELA DAVIS, OR THE "FREEING" OF
REBELLIOUS INDIANS AT WOUNDED KNEE A PRE-CONDITION FOR
IMPROVING US-SOVIET RELATIONS, OR THE NIXON MOSCOW VISIT.

MAGYAR HIRLAP EDITOR ISTVAN DARVASI IN FOUR-COLUMN
ANGRY EDITORIAL SAYS SOCIALIST COUNTRIES HAVE TRUE
DEMOCRACY, FULL SOVIAT JUSTICE, RESPECT FOR HUMAN RIGHTS,
ETC.... AND QUOTE REJECT LECTURES ON DEMOCRACY FROM THE
HISTORIC HEIRS OF EVERY FORM OF OPPRESSION AND DENIAL
OF HUMAN RIGHTS, QUNQUOTE, REFERRING AMONG OTHERS TO US
SUPPORT FOR PINOCHET GOVERNMENT, SOUTH AFRICA, SEOUL,
THE FORMER SAIGON REGIME, ETC.

BOTH EDITORIALS SUGGEST THAT THE "HUMAN RIGHTS
CAMPAIGN" IS THE NEWEST INSTRUMENT FOR RESTARTING
THE COLD WAR AND FOR TRYING TO OVERTHROW THE COMMUNIST
SYSTEM.

IN SPITE OF MARKEDLY STEPPED UP MEDIA OFFENSIVE,
SO FAR AT LEAST, EXCEPT IN CONNECTION WITH BUKOVSKY
MEETING, PRESIDENT CARTER OR OTHER US LEADERS PRESENTLY
IN OFFICE HAVE NOT BEEN MENTIONED BY NAME, NOR HAS
ANY REFERENCE YET BEEN MADE TO US-HUNGARIAN RELATIONS.
MUDD.”


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August 23, 1978 report, called W/W ASSISTANCE TO U.S. CITIZEN.

FROM GENEVA BRANCH OFFICE CONSUL

NINA SIMONE, WHOSE LEGAL NAME IS EUNICE K. STROUD, NEE
WAYMON, HAS PROVIDED PRIVACY ACT RELEASE FOR AMBASSADOR
ANDREW YOUNG, WHOM SHE CLAIMS IS AN OLD FRIEND OF HERS.
DEPT. IS REQUESTED TO CONTACT AMBASSADOR YOUNG'S OFFICE
AT UN, NEW YORK AND PASS TO HIM MS. SIMONE'S REQUEST THAT
HE CONTACT HER. SHE IS PRESENTLY STAYING WITH A FRIEND AT
22 AVENUE LUSERNA, PETIT SACONNEX, GENEVA, TELEPHONE
(022) 45 45 48.

MS. SIMONE HAS ALSO PROVIDED PRIVACY ACT RELEASE FOR
ATTORNEY MAXWELL T. COHEN, 1 PENN PLAZA, NY 10001,
TELEPHONE (212) 868-3434 IN THE EVENT HE INQUIRES ABOUT HER
CASE. VANDEN HEUVEL.”

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August 28, 1978 report, called W/W ASSISTANCE TO U.S. CITIZEN.
It says, “AMBASSADOR YOUNG IS TRAVELING IN AFRICA AND WILL
RETURN TO OFFICE SEPTEMBER 5. REQUEST WILL BE
BROUGHT TO HIS ATTENTION AT THAT TIME. LEONARD.”



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September 6, 1978 report, called W/W: NINA SIMONE.

CHECK WILL BE MADE OF PASSPORT FILES RATHER THAN VISA
FILES, UNLESS MISSION BELIEVES INFORMATION REQUIRED IS IN
THOSE FILES. YOU WILL BE INFORMED OF RESULTS.

REFERENCE TO GENEVA'S 11363 SEEMS TO BE IN ERROR AS
THERE IS NO "NO. SIX" IN THAT TELEGRAM. PLEASE ADVISE. CHRISTOPHER.”

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October 13, 1977 report, called AMERICAN INDIAN MOVEMENT DELEGATION IN THE.

NEUES DEUTSCHLAND OF OCTOBER 13 REPORTS THE VISIT
TO EAST BERLIN OF AN AMERICAN INDIAN MOVEMENT (AIM)
DELEGATION HEADED BY RUSSEL MEANS AT THE INVITATION
OF THE GDR "PEACE COUNCIL." THE DELEGATION WAS GREETED
ON BEHALF OF THE COUNCIL BY PROF. FRANZ LOESER WHO
EXPRESSED THE GROUP'S SOLIDARITY WITH AMERICAN
INDIANS AGAINST "IMPERIALISTIC DEPRIVATION OF RIGHTS,
OPPRESSION, DISCRIMINATION AND PERSECUTION." MEANS
IS REPORTED TO HAVE STATED THAT AMERICAN INDIANS HAVE
LEARNED THAT THE SOCIALIST STATES HAVE PREVENTED
IMPERIALISM FROM LAUNCHING A NEW WORLD WAR AND THAT
"THE STRENGTH OF THE SOCIALIST CAMP HAS GIVEN TO MANY
OPPRESSED NATIONS THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCCESSFULLY
FIGHTING FOR THEIR FREEDOM."

LOESER LIVED IN THE US FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS AND
STUDIED AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA. HE RETURNED
TO THE GDR IN THE 1950'S, BECAME A PROFESSOR AT
HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY AND HAS FROM TIME TO TIME WRITTEN
AND GIVEN SPEECHES ON THE US, OFTEN CRITICAL BUT
GENERALLY NOT STRIDENT. HE IS THE HEAD OF THE LOCAL
"PAUL ROBESON COMMITTEE."

COMMENT: THE ATTENTION GIVEN TO THE VISIT HAS SO
FAR NOT BEEN AT THE FRONT-PAGE LEVEL BUT THIS MAY BE
BECAUSE OF THE ATTENTION CURRENTLY GIVEN TO THE STATE
VISIT OF CONGOLESE PRESIDENT YHOMBY-OPANGO. AIM VISIT
IS PRESUMABLY WELCOME TO THE GDR AS IT SERVES TO
REINFORCE ITS CLAIMS THAT US VIOLATES HUMAN RIGHTS.
BOLEN.”

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August 29, 1974 report, called EXCHANGES: CULTURAL PRESENTATIONS: COUNTRY MUSIC PRESENTATION ITEMS.

From: Department of State
To: Russia Moscow

It says, “A) RECORDS: 20 COPIES EACH "THE BEST OF THE CARTER FAMILY",
BOB DYLAN'S "NASHVILLE SKYLINE", MIKE SEEGAR'S "SECOND ANNUAL
FAREWELL" CHARLEY PRIDE'S "PRIDE OF COUNTRY MUSIC", AND "THE
ESSENTIAL DOC WATSON" AIRDHIPPED AUGUST 21. 50 COPIES "WILL
THE CIRCLE BE UNBROKEN" TO BE AIRSHIPPED THIS WEEK.

B) SONGBOOKS: AIRSHIPPED LAST WEEK WERE 25 COPIES EACH NEW
YORK TIMES GREAT SONGS OF THE 1960'S AND JOAN BAEZ SONGBOOK AND
10 COPIES NEW YORK TIMES 100 GREAT COUNTRY SONGS. TO BE AIRSHIPPED
THIS WEEK 30 COPIES JUDY COLLINS SONGBOOK AND 10 COPIES THE
BLUEGRASS SONGBOOK.

C) BACKGROUND BOOKS: AIRSHIPPED LAST WEEK WERE 10 COPIES
COUNTRY MUSIC, USA, 3 COPIES JOHNNY CASH: WINNERS GOT SCARS,
TOO AND 2 COPIES SING A SAD SONG: THE LIFE OF HANK WILLIAMS. TO
BE AIRSHIPPED THIS WEEK 5 COPIES OF THE NASHVILLE SOUND.

D) CASSETTES: KUEGEMAN ADVISES BROUP DOES NOT HAVE SUFFICIENT TIME
TO TAPE REHEARSAL SESSION FOR CASSETTES. FOR SAME RMS COST AGENCY
CAN PROVIDE 100 COMMERCIAL CASSETTES. IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE ARE:
JOHNNY CASH, "GREATEST HITS"; "STARS OF THE GRAND OLE OPRY,
1026-1974"; BILL MONROE AND JAMES MONROE, "FATHER AND SONE"; EARL
SCRUGGS, "I SAW THE LIGHT" AND "DUELING BANJOS"; LYNN ANDERSON,
"GRESTEST HITS" AND CHARLES RICH, "BEHIND CLOSED DOORS"; CABLE
ASAP IF AND HOW MANY OF EACH DESIRED.

E) ARPICLE ON PLACE OF COUNTRY MUSIC IN U.S. TODAY WILL BE AIRSHIPPED
THIS WEEK.

F) VIDEO-TAPES REQUESTED REF B HAVE BEEN ORDERED AND ARE EXPECTED
WASHINGTON THIS WEEK. WILL AIRSHIP ASAP. KISSINGER.”

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January 10, 1975 report, called CULTURAL PRESENTATIONS: POPULAR MUSIC GROUP.

From: Russia Moscow
To: Department of State

It says, “EMBASSY SUGGESTS, FOR DEPARTMENT CONSIDERATION,
FOLLOWING AMPLIFICATION OF PARA 4 REFTEL DISCUSSION OF
POSSIBLE POPULAR MUSIC GROUPS FOR USSR TOUR. BELIEVE
"SOUL" GENRE NOT OF TOP INTEREST HERE, AND SUGGEST PRIORTY
CONSIDERATION BE GIVEN TO "SOFT ROCK", "BLUES/ROCK", OR "COUNTRY
ROCK". WHILE THIS WOULD BE NEW FOR SOVIET TOUR, AS
WOULD MOST ASPECTS CURRENT MUSIC, BELIEVE TIME RIPE TO MAKE
ATTEMPT. WHATEVER POPULAR STYLE IS REPRESENTED BY GROUP
FINALLY SELECTED, WE HOPE TOP INDIVIDUALS OR GROUPS (WHO ARE
CREATIVE AND INFLUENTIAL FORCES IN CONTEMPORARY POPULAR
MUSIC) CAN BEAPPROACHED FIRST IN PREFERENCE TO LESSER-KNOWN,
MORE DERIVATIVE ARTISTS.

THESE ARE SOME EXAMPLES; LIST OF COURSE NOT
EXHAUSTIVE:

A. SOFT ROCK--BOB DYLAN, JAMES TAYLOR, DON MCLEAN, OR
JONI MITCHELL

B. BLUES/ROCK--THE ALLMAN BROTHERS BAND, LYNYRD
SKYNRYD, "ATLANTA RHYTHM SECTION", OR RICHARD BETTS

C. COUNTRY ROCK--POCO, CACTUS, THE NITTY GRITTY DIRT
BAND, OR LEON RUSSELL. STOESSEL.”


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February 12, 1976 report called, PAG'S: BOB DYLAN.

From: Russia Moscow
To: Department of State

It says, “EMB IS VERY ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT POSSIBILITY OF BOB
DYLAN AND ROLLING THUNDER REVUE TOURING SOVIET
UNION. THREE POSSIBLE METHODS OF BRINGING GROUP TO SOVIET
UNION EXIST.

OPTIONS ARE: FIRST POSSIBILITY IS THAT GROUP COME
UNDER CULTURAL AGREEMENT AUSPICES, BUT THAT ALL ARRANGEMENTS
BE MADE DIRECTLY BETWEEN DYLAN'S MANAGEMENT AND GOSKONTSERT,
WITH EMB ASSISTANCE. NO DEPT. SUBSIDY IS ENVISIONED UNDER THIS
OPTION. THIS ESSENTIALLY WOULD BE COMMERCIAL ARRANGEMENT, BUT
CULTURAL AGREEMENT SPONSORSHIP WOULD FACILITATE NEGOTIA-
TIONS, LEND PRESTIGE TO EVENT, AND ENABLE EMBASSY TO
CONDUCT MULTI-MEDIA PROGRAM USING TOUR TO EXPLAIN
ASPECTS OF AMERICAN SOCIETY REPRESENTED BY GROUP.

EMBOFF WOULD TRAVEL WITH GROUP TO DEVELOP THESE MEDIA
AND COMMUNITY CONTACT PROGRAMS. BEST TIME WOULD BE AFTER SEPTEMBER
1976 OR IN 1977.

OPTION TWO: GROUP COULD COME AS FULLY SPONSORED
PAG WITH ALL ATTENDENT SUPPORT.

OPTION THREE: GROUP COULD COME ON COMPLETELY
COMMERCIAL TOUR WITHNO DEPT. OR EMB INVOLVEMENT. IN
THIS CASE WE BELIEVE GOSKONTSERT WOULD MAKE EVERY
EFFORT TO KEEP EMBASSY OUT OF TOUR AND THIS WOULD
ELIMINATE POSSIBILITY OF AFFECTING GROUP'S PRESENTATION
AND OTHER PROGRAMMING.

POST BELIEVES OPTIONS ONE OR TWO ABOVE PREFERABLE
TO THREE AS THEY WOULD ENABLE US TO DEVELOP FULLER
IMPACT OF GROUP AS EXAMPLE OF ARTISTIC CREATIVITY AND
WIDE ROOM FOR EXPRESSION OF VARYING IDEAS IN OUR SOCIEITY.

SHOULD ONE OR TWO ABOVE BE FEASIBLE IN DEPT.'S VIEW,
POST REQUESTS NAMES OF PRINCIPALS TO ACCOMPANY GROUP
AND APPROXIMATE NUMBER IN GROUP SO WE MAY MAKE INFORMAL
PRESENTATION TO GOSKONTSERT.

POST BELIEVES THAT POWERFUL MESSAGE OF EXISTENCE
AND TOLERANCE OF DISSENT IN FREE SOCIETY
IMPLICIT IN SONGS OF DYLAN, BAEZ AND MITCHELL
WORTH EXTRA EFFORT ON PART OF DEPT. AND EMB TO
BRING TO SOVIET UNION. ADVISE. STOESSEL.”

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August 7, 1973 report, called YOUTH POLICY.

It says, “NZ DELEGATION 10TH INTERNATIONAL YOUTH FESTIVAL
INCLUDED WARREN GRANT HENSLEY, MRS MARILYN GAY TUCKER,
MISS G. FRYER, MISS PENNY HOY AND NORMAN TUIASAU.

HENSLEY, BORN 30 SEPT 48, EMPLOYED AS STOREMAN, IS
PRESIDENT DEMOCRATIC YOUTH FRONT, AND NZ SOCIALIST
UNITY PARTY (NZSUP) MEMBER. MBR CPNZ CONTROLLED
AUCKLAND PROGRESSIVE YOUTH MOVEMENT SINCE 1970.

TUCKER BORN 20 JAN 48, PHARMACIST, MARRIED FELLOW
NZSUP MBR, IAN DOUGLAS TUCKER. MBR NZSUP SINCE
1970. SHE AND HUSBAND PREVIOUSLY ATTENDED SIX MONTH
COURSE INSTITUTE OF SOCIAL SCIENCES, MOSCOW, SHE
CURRENTLY SECRETARY OF AUCKLAND DEMOCRATIC YOUTH FRONT
AND ON NATIONAL EXECUTIVE NZ-USSR SOCIETY.

FRYER MEMBER NZ LABOUR PARTY, HOY ACTIVE IN
WELLINGTON SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS ASSOC; TUIASAU
MBR POLYNESIAN PANTHER PARTY.

FESTIVAL EXPECTED 26,000 YOUTHS FROM 130 COUNTRIES.
SPECIAL GUESTS WERE TO INCLUDE ANGELA DAVIS, JANE FONDA
AND PETE SEEGER. WOOD.”

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February 17, 1977 report, called CULTURAL PRESENTATIONS.

TO FULFILL FY-77 CULTURAL PRESENTATIONS PLAN AS PER NEW
DELHI A-286, POST WOULD MUCH APPRECIATE CU/ARTS LOCATING
OUTSTANDING FOLKSINGER FR MINIMUM 4 WEEKS OF PROGRAMMING IN

INDIA ANY TIME BETWEEN JULY-SEPTEMR 1977, PREFERABLY
SEPTEMBER.

WE PREFER SINGER WHO IS ALSO AN ACCOMPLISHED INSTRUMENTALIST
OF CALIBER OF BOB DYLAN, ODETTA, ARLO GUTHRIE AND PETE
SEEGER, CU SUGGESTIONS ARE WELCOME.

KNOWLEDGEABLE CONTACT RECOMMENDS FOLKSINGER CLARK JONES
WHO WE UNDERSTAND HAS PREVIOUSLY PERFORMED UNDER USIS
AUSPICES IN MEXICO. UNDERSTAND ALSO THAT HE MADE VTR FOR
NORTH CAROLINA EDUCATIONAL TV. REQUEST ADVISE EVALUATION
ON JONES AND PROVIDE VTR FOR POST REVIEW SOONEST. JONES'
ADDRESS: 2602 WATSON AVENUE, SANFORD, N.C. 27330.
PHONE: 919/776-9119.

WE WOULD COVER INTERNATIONAL AND INTERNAL TRAVEL AND PAY

SUBSISTENCE (DOLS36 IN DELHI, DOLS52 IN BOMBAY, DOLS42 IN
CALCUTTA, DOLS30 ELSEWHERE) PLUS HONORARIUM DOLS200 PER
PERFORMANCE. ALL PAYMENTS IN INDIAN RUPEES. IF NECESSARY,
COULD PAY HALF PERFORMANCE FEES IN DOLLARS. ADVISE. SCHNEIDER.”


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April 5, 1973 report, called ALLENDE CALL TO HALT SEIZURES DISREGARDED.

It says, “SUMMARY. DESPITE APRIL 3 NETWORK APPEAL BY PRES ALLENDE
TO WORKERS TO ABSTAIN FROM SEIZURES OF ROADS AND FACTORIES,
INCIDENTS HAVE CONTINUED. UNDER SECINTERIOR DANIEL
VERGARA HAS CHARGED " EXTREME LEFTISTS" WITH CONCOCTING " DELIBERATE
PLAN" TO CAUSE DISORDERS AND PROVOKE GOVT. END SUMMARY.

IN NATIONWIDE TV/ RADIO BROADCAST LATE APRIL 3, REPORTEDLY
ARRANGED ON SHORT NOTICE, PRES ALLENDE CALLED ON WORKERS AND
SLUM DWELLERS TO FOREGO SEIZURES ( TOMAS) OF FACTORIES, ROADS,
AND GOVT OFFICES AS MEANS OF DRAMATIZING THEIR PROBLEMS. GOVT
IS KEENLY AWARE OF SITUATION, SAID ALLENDE, AND IS ALREADY WORK-
ING TOWARDS SOLUTION OF SUCH QUESTIONS AS SUPPLY OF FOODSTUFFS.
DIRECT ACTION IS " MISTAKEN ROAD" WHICH ONLY SHOWS " LACK OF
DISCIPLINE AND RESPONSIBILITY.--- TO ALLEGE THAT PROBLEMS CAN
BE SOLVED THROUGH SEIZURES OF STATE AND PRIVATE DISTRIBUTION
AGENCIES IS NOT ONLY AN ERROR BUT A PROVOCATION." THEREFORE,
ALLENDE CONCLUDED, WORKERS SHOULD REJECT SIREN SONG OF " CERTAIN
SMALL GROUPS ( I. E., THE EXTREME LEFT) WHO ARE IN REALITY WORKING
AGAINST BEST INTERESTS OF THE WORKERS."

PREVIOUS DAY SAW FOUR SEPARATE INCIDENTS IN SANTIAGO AREA.
MOST EMBARRASSING WAS ROAD BLOCKADES SET UP BY LOW INCOME
RESIDENTS OF DISTANT SUBURB OF PUENTE ALTO PROTESTING INADEQUATE
DISTRIBUTION OF BASIC FOODSTUFFS. STRIKING WORKERS IN GOVT CON-
TROLLED PRODINSA, MANUFACTURER OF STEEL CABLES, BLOCKED SAN
ANTONIO ROAD IN LABOR DISPUTE AND WERE JOINED BY OTHERS FROM
CERRILLOS INDUSTRIAL " CORRIDOR." STUDENTS SEIZED TWO VOCATIONAL
SCHOOLS, IN ONE DEMANDING OUSTER OF PRINCIPAL AND IN OTHER DE-
MANDING GOVT RECOGNITION OF DEGREES IN " DENTAL MECHANICS."

DAY FOLLOWING PRESIDENT' S SPEECH SAW FOUR ADDITIONAL INCIDENTS,
MOST SERIOUS OF WHICH WAS ATTEMPT TO SEIZE WAREHOUSE OF CENADA,
PRIVATE CONSUMER GOODS DISTRIBUTOR. VARIOUS CARABINEROS AND
ATTACKERS WERE ALIGHTLY INJURED. ATTEMPT TO SEIZE INDUS LEVER
FACTORY ( DETERGENTS, MARGARINE) BROKEN UP BY POLICE AS WERE EFFORTS
TO BLOCK SAN ANTONIO ROAD AT VILLAGE OF TALAGANTE AND TO IMPEDE
HIGHWAY TRAFFIC BETWEEN VALPARAISO AND VINA DEL MAR.

CITING ALLENDE' S SPEECH, UNDER SEC INTERIOR VERGARA APR 4
CLAIMED THESE INCIDENTS, AND STRIKE BY DRIVERS ON GOVT- OWNED
SANTIAGO BUS LINES WHICH BEGAN THAT MORNING, ARE PART OF
" DELIBERATE AND CONCERTED PLAN BY EXTREME LEFT, USING HUMBLE
WORKERS AND SLUM DWELLERS, TO PROVOKE DISORDERS." VERGARA
PRAISED " RESTRAINED ATTITUDE" OF POLICE AND WARNED THAT GOVT
WILL NOT TOLERATE SUCH PROVOCATIONS. COMMUNIST EL SIGLO CHARGED
DIRECTLY THAT MIR, IN TANDEM WITH EXTREME RIGHT, IS BEHIND
INCIDENTS. OTHER COMMENTATORS LINK THEM TO THOSE OF MID- MARCH
( SANTIAGO 1132 AND 1215).

CERRILLOS WORKERS TODAY BLOCKADED HIGHWAY LEADING WEST FROM
SANTIAGO, THIS TIME TO PROTEST " BRUTAL BEATINGS" BY POLICE YESTERDAY.
( BOTH EL MERCURIO AND LA SEGUNDA PUBLISHED PHOTOGRAPH OF APR 4
DEMONSTRATOR BEATING CARABINERO.) DAVIS.”

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April 11, 1973 report, called ALLENDE CHARGES CIA- ITT COLLUSION, IMPLIES NO ITT COMPENSATION.

SUMMARY. PRES ALLENDE' S ADDRESS APR 10 OPENING CUT-
SPONSORED " WORLD LABOR ASSEMBLY" CONVOKED TO CONSIDER
ACTIVITIES OF MULTINATIONALS FEATURED POINTED ATTACKS ON CIA
AND ITT. TEXT NOT YET RELEASED, BUT FOLLOWING POINTS EMERGED
FROM OFFICIAL SUMMARIES AND TEREATMENT ELSEWHERE IN PRESS.
END SUMMARY.

ACCORDING OFFICIAL SUMMARY, REFERRING TO ITT DISCLOSURES,
ALLENDE SAID " SINCE CIA IS OFFICIAL USG AGENCY WHOSE PARTICIPA-
TION WAS PROVED IN US SENATE, OFFICIALS AND AGENCIES SUBORDINATE
TO ( DEPENDIENTES) USG HAVE SOUGHT TO THWART THE WILL OF CHILEAN
PEOPLE. THEY ( SIC) DIDN' T SUCCEED NOR WILL THEY SUCCEED, BUT THEIR
ATTEMPT TO DO SO IS REGISTERED FOR HISTORY... THIS IS NOT MY
JUDGMENT BUT THAT OF THE FACTS EMANATING FROM TESTIMONY."
LATER ON, OFFICIAL SUMMARY HAS ALLENDE DECLARING THAT
" FORMER AMBASSADOR KORRY RECOGNIZED THAT IN JUNE 1970 CIA
HAD AGREED TO BACK TWO OF THE CANDIDATES. ACCORDING TO EVI-
DENCE REVEALED IN US SENATE, 400 THOUSAND DOLLARS WAS PRO-
GRAMMED FOR THAT OBJECT."

ACCORDING RESUME OF AUGUSTO OLIVARES ( A PRESIDENTIAL
PRESS ADVISOR) IN CLARIN, ALLENDE CHARACTERIZED SELF AS
" HAVING SHOWN CAUTION IN EARLIER PRONOUNCEMENTS REGARDING
PARTICIPATION OF THE US ADMINISTRATION IN CHILEAN INTERNAL
AFFAIRS. TEMPERING ( MY) INDIGNANT PATRIOTISM ( I) ASSEMBLED
EVIDENCE UNTIL IT WAS POSSIBLE TO ASSERT THERE IS A REAL RELA-
TION BETWEEN USG ACTIONS AND ITT ACTIONS."

ON ITT COMPENSATION, EL SIGLO QUOTES ALLENDE AS STATING
" I DON' T BELIEVE THERE IS ANY DREAMER AROUND WHO WOULD HAVE
US PAY A CENT AFTER THE HARM THAT ITT HAS DONE TO OUR COUNTRY."
SIGLO REPORTS ALLENDE CHARGED ITT " MANEUVERS CULMINATED IN
SCHNEIDER ASSASSINATION." ( ACCORDING FBIS PRENSA LATINA
VERSION, ALLENDE SAID, " I HOPE THE BILL PASSED BY CONGRESS
WILL DEFEND THE DIGNITY OF CHILE AND PUNISH ITT FOR ITS INSOLENCE.")

REFERRING TO HISTORY OF COPPER DISPUTE, ALLENDE, ACCORDING
OFFICIAL ACCOUNT, " AFFIRMED CATEGORICALLY THAT WE HAVE NOT PAID
NOR WILL WE PAY INDEMNIFICATIONS," ALTHOUGH GOC HAS HAD TO
ASSUME COPPER COMPANY DEBTS WHICH WOULD BE PAID.

PRESIDENT ALSO ALLUDED TO 1914 TREATY. OFFICIAL SUMMARY
STATES ALLENDE NOTED " THIS GOVT' S RESPONSIBLE STANCE IN HOLDING
CONVERSATIONS WITH USG AS A WAY TO SOLVE DISPUTES WHICH HAVE
ARISEN."

IN ADDITION, HE ASSERTED THAT " WHEN MOMENT COMES, HE WOULD RESORT
TO 1914 TREATY ESTABLISHING A TRIBUNAL, WHICH EMPOWERED TO MAKE
RECOMMENDATIONS ALTHOUGH IT HAS NO AWARD AUTHORITY." ACCORDING
PRENSA LATINA, ALLENDE MADE THIS RECOURSE CONTINGENT UPON FAILURE
OF CURRENT BILATERAL TALKS. DAVIS.”


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May 22, 1973 report, called ALLENDE STATE OF NATION ADDRESS.

It says, “SUMMARY. PRESIDENT ALLENDE' S THIRD ANNUAL MESSAGE ON
STATE OF THE NATION, DELIVERED AS REQUIRED BY CONSTITUTION AT
MAY 21 FORMAL OPENING OF NEW SESSION OF CONGRESS, WAS DE-
VOTED PRINCIPALLY TO DOMESTIC POLITICS AND ECONOMIC PROBLEMS.
HE SAID VIRTUALLY NOTHING HE HAS NOT SAID BEFORE. REFERENCES TO
U. S. WERE LIMITED, INCLUDING BLAST AT MULTINATIONAL CORPORATIONS
WITH PASSING REFERENCE IN THIS CONNECTION TO U. S. AGENCIES AND
" ECONOMIC BLOCKING" OF CREDITS. ALLENDE REVEALED MORE DETAILS
OF HIS LONG- GESTATING PROPOSED NEW CONSTITUTION. GENERAL TONE
WAS REASONABLE AND MODERATE BUT WITHOUT CEDING ANY BASIC POINT
OF UP PLATFORM. END SUMMARY.

FOREIGN RELATIONS. ALLENDE STRESSED THAT CHILE UNDER
UP HAD FREED ITSELF FROM DICTATES OF U. S. WORLD STRATEGY,
ESTABLISHED RELATIONS WITH OTHER COUNTRIES IRRESPECTIVE OF
IDEOLOGY, AND IDENTIFIED ITSELF WITH STRUGGLE OF THIRD WORLD.
HE CITED ITT AND KENNECOTT, THE FORMER " IN COLLABORATION
WITH ORGANS OF U. S. GOVERNMENT" AS EXPOSED IN U. S.
SENATE HEARINGS, AS EXAMPLES OF PERNICIOUS INFLUENCE EXERTED
BY MULTINATIONAL CORPORATIONS. CALLING FOR RESTRUCTURING OF
OAS TO ESTABLISH AN ORGANIZATION REALLY CAPABLE OF MAINTAINING
GENUINE DIALOGUE WITH U. S., ALLENDE PRONOUNCED CONCEPT OF
HEMISPHERIC SOLIDARITY AS GENERALLY UNDERSTOOD " FICTITIOUS."

DOMESTIC POLITICS. REITERATING HIS VIEW THAT DEMOCRACY
AND CIVIL PEACE IN CHILE ARE ENDANGERED, ALLENDE TICKED OFF
WHAT HE TERMED THE OBSTANACY AND RESISTANCE TO SOCIAL CHANGE
BY OPPOSITION WHICH HE BLAMED FOR SITUATION OF SERIOUS CON-
FRONTATION. GOVT WILL PRESERVE PUBLIC ORDER USING ALL LEGAL
MEANS AT ITS DISPOSAL, HE SAID, BUT WILL NEVERTHELESS FORGE
AHEAD WITH ITS PROGRAM OF SOCIAL CHANGE. BASIC PROBLEM IS
TRANSITION FROM THE OLD ORDER TO NEWLY EMERGING SOCIALIST
STRUCTURE; DURING THIS PERIOD, WORKERS AND IMMENSE MAJORITY
OF CHILEANS WILL DEFEND GOVT FROM INTRANSIGENT OPPOSITION
ELEMENTS WHO SEEK CIVIL WAR AS ONLY WAY TO RECOVER THEIR LOST
PRIVILEGES. EXECUTIVE WILL RESIST EFFORTS BY OPPOSITION-
DOMINATED CONGRESS TO ESTABLISH A PARLIAMENTARY REGIME.
PRAISING ARMED FORCES, PRESIDENT CALLED FOR THEIR FULL
" INTEGRATION" INTO NATIONAL ACTIVITIES.

NEW CONSTITUTION. REVIVING UP IDEA OF A NEW CONSTITUTION
FIRST UNVEILED LAST SEPTEMBER ( SANTIAGO 4097, SEPT 1972). ALLENDE
CITED NEED FOR NEW FLEXIBILITY IN ADJUSTING INSTITUTIONS TO CHANGING
SOCIAL STRUCTURE. SPECIFICALLY, HE ENVISIONED A MORE
" DEMOCRATIC" JUDICIAL SYSTEM, CREATION OF ADMINISTRATIVE
TRIBUNALS, EXPANDED POWERS FOR CONSTITUTIONAL TRIBUNAL,
AND SUBSTITUTING NEW AGENCY CALLED SOLICITOR GENERAL
( PROCURADURIA GENERAL) FOR CONTROLLER GENERAL.

ECONOMIC PROBLEMS. ALLENDE' S PRESENTATION WAS MOSTLY
REHASH OF PREVIOUSLY ANNOUNCED GOVT POLICIES AND EXCUSES FOR
PRESENT PROBLEMS. PRESIDENT DEVOTED SPECIAL EMPHASIS TO
INFLATION, DISTRIBUTION OF GOODS, PAYMENTS PROBLEMS, AND
FORMATION OF GOVT- CONTROLLED SECTOR OF ECONOMY, OFFERING
ESSENTIALLY NO NEW SOLUTIONS FOR THESE PROBLEMS. ( FULLER
COVERAGE OF ECONOMIC TOPICS FOLLOWS BY SEPTEL.)

IN SUBSEQUENT HALF- HOUR ADDRESS TO UP PARTISANS GATHERED
AT LA MONEDA, ALLENDE DEPLORED CONTINUING EL TENIENTE COPPER
STRIKE, URGED WORKERS TO DEVELOP " REVOLUTIONARY CONSCIENCE"
AND FORESAKE OLD MENTALITY WHICH STRESSED BREAD- AND- BUTTER
DEMANDS, WARNED OF CONTINUED SEVERE ECONOMIC PROBLEMS,
AND URGED TRUE SUPPORTERS OF UP TO STOP SUCH ACTIONS AS ROAD
BLOCKADES AND SEIZURES OF PUBLIC BUILDINGS WHICH ONLY
EMBARRASS GOVT AND PROVIDE AMMUNITION TO OPPOSITION.

UP POLITICIANS PREDICTABLY ARE PRAISING SPEECH AS
REALISTIC AND HARD- HITTING. OPPOSITION PARLIAMENTARIANS
TERM IT VAGUE , OLD HAT, THREATENING, AND INCOMPLETE IN
FAILING DISCUSS SUCH PRESSING PROBLEMS AS SHORTAGES OF
CONSUMER GOODS AND ADEQUATE HOUSING. PN PUBLICLY BOY-
COTTED SESSION AND PDC ATTENDANCE WAS SPARSE. DAVIS.”


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June 28, 1973 report, called COUP REPORTEDLY FRUSTRATED.

It says, “SANTIAGO EMERGENCY ZONE COMMANDER GENERAL MARIO SEPULVEDA
REPORTEDLY TOLD NOON PRESS CONFERENCE TODAY THAT A COUP ATTEMPT HAD
BEEN FRUSTRATED BY ARREST NIGHT OF JUNE 26 OF UNDISCLOSED NUMBER OF
PLOTTERS, BOTH MILITARY AND CIVILIAN. HE REPORTEDLY REFUSED TO GIVE
FURTHER DETAILS AT THIS TIME, AS INTERROGATIONS STILL UNDER WAY, BUT
HE DID INDICATE THAT MILITARY ARRESTEES WERE NOT OF HIGH RANK.
SENATE MEETING TONIGHT TO CONSIDER THIS DEVELOPMENT, IN SPECIAL
SESSION REQUESTED BY PDC SENATORS WHO WONDER HOW, IF COUP
DISCOVERED, ARMY CINC PRATS COULD HAVE OFFERED RESIGNATION
YESTERDAY AFTER INCIDENT AND WHY NO MENTION MADE OF COUP PLOT IN
DECREE CREATING SANTIAGO EMERGENCY ZONE.

BOTH SENATE AND CHAMBER HELD SPECIAL SESSIONS JUNE 27
DEVOTED TO DEFENDING SUPREME COURT FROM UP ATTACKS. PDC
LEGISLATORS PRESENTED LIST OF HIGHLY SALARIED UP GOVT OFFICIALS TO
REBUT UP CHARGES OF EXCESSIVE REMUNERATIONS OF SUPREME COURT
JUDGES ( SANTIAGO 2805). PRESIDENT ALLENDE REJECTED SUPREME
COURT' S JUNE 25 PUBLIC LETTER ( SANTIAGO 2782) AS " DISRESPECTFUL
AND ABUSIVE." SUBSEQUENT TO SURFACING OF GEN PINOCHET' S LETTER
( SANTIAGO 2782), SENATE PRES FREI AND MINDEFENSE TOHA EXCHANGED
NASTY PUBLIC LETTERS CONCERNING POTENTIAL SENATE INVESTIGATION OF
FINANCIAL SITUATION OF GOVT- APPOINTED INTERVENTORS, INCLUDING
THREE MILITARY OFFICERS.

CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES APPROVED IMPEACHMENT CHARGES AGAINST
INTENDENTES OF TALCA AND NUBLE PROVINCES, SUSPENDING THEM FROM
OFFICE. CHAMBER COMMITTEE BEGAN INVESTIGATING IMPEACHMENT
CHARGES AGAINST MININTERIOR ESPINOZA GROWING OUT OF JUNE 21 RAID
ON TV/6. OPPOSITION PDR DEPUTY RAFAEL OTERO PRESENTED BILL
WHICH WOULD DECLARE PRES ALLENDE INCOMPETENT TO PERFORM DUTIES
OF PRESIDENT, BUT ACTION WAS DISAVOWED BY OTERO' S PARTY.

SOME 100 WIVES OF CARABINEROS STAGED PEACEFUL DEMONSTRATION
DOWNTOWN SANTIAGO AFTERNOON JUNE 27 TO PROTEST INADEQUATE SALARIES
AND HIGH COST OF LIVING, NOTING CARABINERO COMMANDER GENERAL
SEPULVEDA IS PRESENTLY ON ALL- EXPENSE PAID JUNKET IN EUROPE.

REPORTS OF EARLY MORNING DYNAMITE EXPLOSIONS CONTINUE, LATEST IN
SANTIAGO YESTERDAY AT ENAMI GOVT- MINING AGENCY OFFICERS AND
AT VINA DEL MAR GARAGE. VIOLENCE REPORTED YESTERDAY IN CHILLAN,
INCLUDING ATTACK ON PDC RADIO STATION AND LOCAL PATRIA Y LIBERTAD
OFFICE.

PDC ISSUED STATEMENT TODAY DEPLORING PRATS' INCIDENT AS PRO-
DUCT OF CLIMATE OF HATRED FOMENTED BY UP. STATEMENT AFFIRMED THAT
RATIONALE FOR DECLARING SANTIAGO EMERGENCY ZONE, AS SPELLED OUT
IN CABINET STATEMENT ( REFTEL), IS INSUFFICIENT FOR THIS LIMITING
EXERCISE OF THEIR LIBERTIES BY CHILEANS.

COMMENT. PRATS PRESUMABLY KNEW ABOUT ARRESTS ANNOUNCED
TODAY BY SEPULVEDA, AND KNOWLEDGE THAT A COUP PLOT HAD BEEN DIS-
COVERED MAY HAVE PLAYED A ROLE IN ACTION BY PRATS IN YESTERDAYS'
INCIDENT. LATTER IN ANY CASE TERMINATES FOR THE MOMENT ANY POSSI-
BILITY OF ARMED FORCES PARTICIPATION IN CABINET, ALTHOUGH
EVENTUALLY AFTER DECENT INTERVAL THIS POSSIBILITY COULD BE REVIVED.
DAVIS.”

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September 8, 1973 report, called WAITING FOR THE BOOT TO DROP.

It says, “SUMMARY: MILITARY INTENTIONS DOMINATE INTEREST ALL OBSERVERS,
AS NAVY COMMAND CRISIS REMAINS UNRESOLVED AND INTENSE ARMS
SEARCHES BY MILITARY LEAD TO SERIOUS SHOOTING FOR FIRST
TIME. PRES ALLENDE MEETING WITH UP LEADERS AND CINCS. ANTI-
GOVERNMENT STRIKES CONTINUE, AS WORSENING BREAD SHORTAGE
LEADS TO TAKEOVERS OF BAKERIES BY FRUSTRATED CUSTOMERS.
CLOSED PDC MEETINGS OF LAST FEW DAYS PRODUCE NO PUBLIC RESULTS.
BOMB EXPLOSIONS AT GOVERNOR'S OFFICES ACONCAGUA AND
TELECOMMUNICATIONS RELAY TOWER SERVING SOUTH CHILE. END SUMMARY.

DETAILED REPORTS APPEARED IN MORNING PRESS 9/8 OF MEETINGS
YESTERDAY OF NAVY ADMIRALS WITH CINC ADMIRAL MONTERO, AND MIN
DEF LETELIER, AND ADMIRAL MERINO WITH PRES ALLENDE. SEPT 8 AM
RADIO REPORTS ALLENDE WILL MEET AM WITH UP LEADERS, PM WITH MILITARY
CINCS. ACCORDING LA PRENSA, (PDC), ADMIRALS IN LINE REFUSED
ACCEPT CINC POST, DEMANDED APPOINTMENT FIRST-IN-LINE MERINO.
SQUADRON COMMITTED TO UNITAS EXERCISE REMAINS IN VLAPARAISO,
WITH PUBLIC REPORTS OFFICERS AND CREWS REFUSE SAIL UNTIL MONTERO
RESIGNS AND MERINO APPOINTED. MINDEF LETELIER QUOTED AS ANGRILY
STATING SQUADRON WILL SAIL MONDAY 9/10. MEANWHILE INTENSE
ARMS SEARCHES BY MILITARY CONTINUED. FACH RAIDED SUMAR TEXTILE PLANT
SANTIAGO 9/7 AND MET SNIPER FIRE. THREE CIVILIANS REPORTED
WOUNDED, TWO MORE IN PASSING CAR INJURED WHEN THEY FAILED
HEED FACH ORDERS TO STOP, TEN ARRESTED. IN OTHER INCIDENTS,
MARINES ALLEGEDLY INVADED KINDERGARTEN IN "LENIN" NEIGHBORHOOD
IN TALCAHUANO, CAUSING DEATH BY HEART FAILURE OF OLD WOMAN,
WHILE ARMY RAIDED CONSTRUCTION SITE IN RANCAGUA AND FACTORY
IN SANTIAGO. ON 9/6 NAVY SEARCHED GDR SHIP IN VALPARAISO
TO INSPECT RELIEF SUPPLIES SENT BY GDR, WITHOUT RESULT EXCEPT
THREAT OF PROTEST BY GDR AMBASSADOR AND OUTRAGE OF UP PRESS.

TRANSPORT AND MERCHANTS STRIKES CONTINUE, WHILE MEDICAL STRIKE
APPARENTLY ENDED WITH AGREEMENT WITH GOVERNMENT PROTESTED BY SOME
MEDICAL ELEMENTS (REFTEL). GOVERNMENT HELD TO HARD LINE WITH
THREATS BY MINECON CADEMARTORI TO CUT ALL SUPPLIES TO ESTABLISHMENTS
"NOT HONORING CONTRACTS" AND TO FUNNEL FOOD SUPPLIES TO NEIGHBORHOOD
ORGANIZATIONS, STATE ORGANS, AND COOPERATIVE MERCHANTS.
MININT BRIONES TOLD SENATE PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE CONGRESS HAS NO
AUTHORITY TO LEGISLATE ON TRANSPORT STRIKE. MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES
OF PROVIDENCIA, LAS CONDES, AND NUNOA, UPPER AND MIDDLE CLASS
DISTRICTS IN SANTIAGO,REPORTEDLY JOINED STRIKE IN SUPPORT
GUILDS. BREAD SHORTAGE APPEARS TO BE WORSENING, WITH WHEAT
STOCKS AT PORT SAN ANTONIO CUT OFF BY BOMBING OF RAIL LINE TO
SANTIAGO. THERE WERE SEVERAL REPORTS OF SANTIAGO BAKERIES
INVADED BY MOBS SEEKING BREAD.

PDC LEADERSHIP HAS BEEN MEETING IN LONG, CLOSED SESSIONS WITH
NO PUBLIC STATEMENT, EXCEPT SECGEN CERDA COMMENT 9/7 THAT PDC
"DECISION" MIGHT COME SOON. OTHER SOURCES QUOTED TO EFFECT
PDC MAY INITIATE IMPEACHMENT PROCEEDINGS MONDAY 9/10 AGAINST
MININT BRIONES, MINECON CADEMARTORI, MINAGRIC TOHA, MINJUST
INSUNZA FOR VARIOUS FAILURES COVERED IN 8/22 RESOLUTION CHAMBER
OF DEPUTIES. THE PS WILL RALLY SUNDAY 9/9 IN SUPPORT OF NAVY
PERSONNEL HELD FOR "ANTI-GOLPISTA" (I.E. SUBVERSIVE) ACTIVITY,
AND OF PS SECGEN ALTAMIRANO WHO OBJECT COURT ACTION BY NAVY.

INCIDENTS OF VIOLENCE CONTINUED, INCLUDING BOMBING OF TELE-
COMMUNICATIONS RELAY TOWER IN O'HIGGINS PROVINCE CUTTING OFF
SOUTH FROM SANTIAGO FOR ESTIMATED 24 HOURS, AND BOMBING
WITHOUT INJURIES OF PROVINCIAL GOVERNOR'S OFFICE IN ACONCAGUA.

LEFTIST PRESS CONTINUES HEAVY PLAY ON INTENTIONS OF
ARRESTED PATRIA Y LIBERTAD CHIEF ROBERTO THIEME, INCLUDING
HIS ALLEGED PLANS TO CALL IN US "RANGER" INSTRUCTORS, AND TO
ESTABLISH CLANDESTINE AIRFIELDS FOR CONNECTIONS WITH SUPPORTERS
IN BOLIVIA. THOMPSON.”


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September 11, 1973 report, called CHILEAN MILITARY UPRISING - ALLENDE STATEMENT.

Allende’s Last Words:

FOLLOWING IS ROUGH EMBASSY TRANSLATION OF STATEMENT BY
PRESIDENT ALLENDE AT 0930 ON UP RADIO MAGALLANES:
"I HAVE JUST TOLD THE WORKERS THAT I AM NOT GOING TO RESIGN.
I WILL REMAIN IN THE MONEDA. I WILL PAY WITH MY LIFE MY LOYALTY
TO THE PEOPLE. THEY HAVE POWER. THEY CAN CRUSH US BUT
THEY WILL NOT STOP THE SOCIAL PROCESS. WORKERS OF THE COUNTRY
I WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU IN THIS DEFINITIVE MOMENT IN WHICH I
CAN SPEAK TO YOU PERHAPS FOR THE LAST TIME. FOREIGN CAPITALS
AND IMPERIALISM HAVE THE ARMED FORCES AND REACTIONARY GROUPS
IN THEIR HANDS. I ADDRESS MYSELF TO THE CAMPESINO WOMAN TO
ALL MOTHERS, TO THE PROFESSIONALS OF THE COUNTRY, TO THE YOUTH,
TO THE INTELLECTUALS TO ALL CHILEANS. HISTORY WILL ABSOLVE ME.
CERTAINLY RADIO MAGALLANES THROUGH WHICH I AM SPEAKING WILL
BE SILENCED AND PERHAPS NO ONE IS LISTENING TO ME. THE PEOPLE
SHOULD DEFEND THEMSELVES BUT NOT SACRIFICE THEMSELVES. I HAVE
FAITH IN CHILE AND ITS DESTINY. OTHER MEN WILL SURVIVE
THIS BITTER MOMENT AND AS OF THIS TREACHEROUS CRISIS VIVA CHILE,
VIVA THE PEOPLE, VIVA THE WORKERS. THESE ARE MY LAST WORDS. DAVIS.”

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Salvador Allende

“As president, Allende sought to nationalize major industries, expand education, and improve the living standards of the working class. He clashed with the right-wing parties that controlled Congress and with the judiciary. On 11 September 1973, the military moved to oust Allende's democratically elected government in a coup d'état supported by the CIA.  Declassified documents showed that US president Richard Nixon and his national security advisor Henry Kissinger were aware of the military's plans to overthrow Allende in the days before the coup d'état.  As troops surrounded La Moneda Palace, Allende gave his last speech vowing not to resign. Later that day, Allende died by suicide in his office; the exact circumstances of his death are still disputed.”

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salvador_Allende

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The greatest story never told Pt. 5.

By Lynda Carson

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A May 13, 1974 report, called BAALBECK FESTIVAL.

Beirut, Lebanon

It says, “AS PER EARLIER DISCUSSIONS WITH CU/CP, POST HAD
ANTICIPATED UNFAVORABLE HARKNESS RATING FORWARDED REFTEL.
UPON RETURN FROM US IN FEBRUARY, CAO CONTACTED FESTIVAL
CHAIRMAN BUT LEARNED THAT CONTRACT ALREADY SIGNED. FESTIVAL
COMMITTEE CONCERNED BUT PREPARED STICK BY AGREEMENT AND
MAKE BEST OF SITUATION.

FESTIVAL DIRECTOR RECENTLY IN NEW YORK AND SELECTED WHAT
HE CONSIDERED BEST EXAMPLES OF CHOREOGRAPHY FOR BAALBECK
PERFORMANCES. FESTIVAL CHAIRMAN ARRIVING IN NEW YORK
SHORTLY AND WILL CONTACT CU/CP ABOUT NEXT YEAR.

MEANWHILE LEARN THAT SARAH VAUGHN NO LONGER APPEARING
AT FESTIVAL. DEFINITE JOAN BAEZ APPEARING JULY 28.
NEGOTIATIONS UNDERWAY FOR CHARLIE MINGUS FOR AUGUST 3 OR 25
OR JULY 7. FESTIVAL SEEMS AWARE THAT NO FINANCIAL SUPPORT
FORTHCOMING FROM CU THIS YEAR ALTHOUGH NO SPECIFIC DISCUSSION.
POST WOULD APPRECIATE MOST RECENT RATINGS OF BAEZ AND MINGUS
FOR OUR OWN INFORMATION. GODLEY.”

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May 17, 1974 report, called CU/CP:EVALUATION OF ARTISTS AT BAALBECK FESTIVAL.

It says, “FOR POST'S INFORMATION ONLY:
CHARLIE MINGUS IS EXCELLENT PERFORMER WHOSE MUSIC DESCRIBED
IN 1973 WASHINGTON POST REVIEW AS "AT ONCE MELODIC AND
AVANT GARDE, RHYTHMIC AND UNFETTERED." MINGUS HAS
PREVIOUS HISTORY OF VOLATILE PERSONALITY, VIOLENCE, AND NOT
APPEARING AT CONCERTS. PANEL ADVISORS BELIEVE MINGUS
MORE SUBDUED IN RECENT YEARS.

2. DEP'T HAS NEVER HAD OCCASION TO EVALUATE JOAN BAEZ
ARTISTICALLY. NO EVALUATION EXISTS. RUSH.”

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Note: Joan Baez was sabotaged by Henry Kissinger and CIA.

See reports below… (LC)

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June 3, 1973 report, called CU/CP: DAMASCUS INTERNATIONAL FAIR - CULTURAL PRESENTATION.

It says, “ALTHOUGH LEAD TIME SHORT, DEPT (CU/CP) WILL DO BEST
PROVIDE PERFORMING GROUP FOR FAIR.

WOULD APPRECIATE ANY POST SUGGESTIONS AS TO SIZE
AND TYPES OF ARTISTIC GROUP IT THINKS MOST APPROPRIATE.
WHAT TYPE AUDIENCE DOES POST WANT TO ATTRACT--GENERAL
FAIRGOERS, ELITE, STUDENTS? SHOULD CLASSICAL MUSIC OR
DANCE ENSEMBLE BE RULED OUT?

ADVISE NUMBER OF PROGRAM DAYS AND NUMBER OF PERFOR-
MANCES NEEDED; ALSO MAXIMUM-SIZE GROUP POST BELIEVES
FEASIBLE IN TERMS OF HOTEL SPACE, LOGISTICS, AVAILABLE
STAGE FACILITIES. WILL PERFORMANCES BE GIVEN OUT-
SIDE AS WELL AS INDOORS? ARE NAME PROFESSIONAL STARS
DESIRABLE OR WOULD QUALITY UNIVERSITY GROUP BE ACCEPTABLE?

CU/CP TENTATIVELY THINKING IN TERMS OF SMALL PROFES-
SIONAL JAZZ GROUP (POSSIBLY WITH VOCALIST) AS CONTRAST
TO FOLKLORIC ENSEMBLES WHICH WE UNDERSTAND SEVERAL OTHER
COUNTRIES SENDING. THIS WOULD BE

DISTINCTLY AMERICAN ATTRACTION AND WOULD HAVE MINIMAL
THEATER STAGING REQUIREMENTS. AS ANOTHER POSSIBILITY
WE ALSO CONSIDERING COLLEGIATE-LEVEL GROUP WHICH DOES
POPULAR AND SHOW SONGS WHICH MAY RPT MAY BE IN AREA AT
TIME OF FAIR.

UNDERSTAND BEST DATES ARE AUG. 1-20 BUT THAT ONLY
AUG. 1-10 POSSIBLE IF THEATER REQUIRED. CONFIRM.

FYI: ALTHOUGH DEPT AWARE THAT THREE AMERICAN
ATTRACTIONS HAVE BEEN INVITED PERFORM BAALBECK FESTIVAL
THIS SUMMER, HARKNESS BALLET IS NOT RPT NOT ARTISTICALLY
ENDORSED BY DEPT'S DANCE PANEL AND JAZZ ARTIST CHARLIE
MINGUS AND SINGER JOAN BAEZ NOT SUITABLE FOR OTHER
REASONS. END FYI. KISSINGER.”

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A May 11, 1976 report, called MORE MEDIA SPECULATION ON CIA IN JAPAN.

It says, “JAPAN'S MOST PRESTIGIOUS MASS DAILY, ASAHI, ON MAY 7
PRESENTED ITS SPECULATIVE CONCLUSIONS ON CIA ORGANIZATION

AND METHODS IN JAPAN IN HALF-PAGE, PAGE FOUR SPREAD. ASAHI
ARTICLE, PREPARED BY ITS "LOCKHEED TASK FORCE," BREAKS NEW
GROUND ONLY IN ITS ASSERTION, SOURCED TO UNNAMED "PUBLIC
SECURITY OFFICIALS," THAT "THOUSANDS" OF JAPANESE ARE
AIDING THE CIA IN SOME FASHION. OVERALL, ARTICLE IS
PASTICHE OF RECENT REVELATIONS IN US AND
JAPAN. ASAHI'S TREATMENT IS MORE BALANCED THAN OTHER
JAPANESE INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISM THAT WE HAVE SEEN LATELY
ON THE CIA, AND PROBABLY FOR THAT REASON RATHER MORE
PERSUASIVE TO THE SOPHISTICATED PUBLIC. PRECIS OF
ARTICLE FOLLOWS.

(HEADLINES) THE CIA'S OMINOUS SHADOW; EMBASSY IS
CITADEL OF ACTIVITY; COOPERATORS NUMBER IN THE THOUSANDS.

MUCH THAT IS SAID ABOUT THE CIA IS HEARSAY, BUT
THERE IS NO DOUBT THAT TOKYO IS A MAJOR EAST ASIAN STRATEGIC
BASE. SUMMARIZING THE STORIES OF SECURITY OFFICIALS AND

THEIR ASSOCIATES, AT PRESENT THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE IN JAPAN
ARE COOPERATING WITH THE CIA. THEY ARE TO BE FOUND IN
THE GOVERNMENT, POLITICAL PARTIES, LABOR, EDUCATION, THE
ARTS, SCIENCE--IN ALL MAJOR SECTORS OF SOCIETY. (ARTICLE,
EVIDENTLY DRAWING ON AGEE, MARCHETTI AND OTHER EXPOSES,
THEN EXPLAINS HOW AN AGENT NETWORK IS ORGANIZED AND HOW
AGENTS ARE RECRUITED.)

THE US EMBASSY IS THE BASE OF ACTIVITY IN JAPAN. THE
POLITICAL SECTION'S POLITICAL-MILITARY UNIT, RPAO AND PMLD
ARE GENERALLY THOUGHT TO BE THE CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM.
THE EMBASSY'S FBI OFFICE SERVES A BACK-UP ROLE AS THE CIA'S
DEFENSIVE SCREEN. THE CIA IS THE OFFENSIVE ARM. ACCORDING
TO JAPANESE PUBLIC SECURITY OFFICIALS, IT IS ENGAGED IN
PROPAGANDA, PLOTS AND OPERATIONS, AND SHOWS EVIDENCE OF
DIRECT INTERVENTION IN JAPANESE POLITICS.

DESPITE CIA'S "JAMES BOND IMAGE," WHICH IS REINFORCED
BY CHURCH COMMITTEE REPORTS, TODAY'S SECRET WAR IS THE
COLLECTION, ANALYSIS AND EVALUATION OF INFORMATION. IN
THE EARLY '60'S, THE DUTIES OF THE TOKYO STATION SHIFTED TO
POLITICAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL OPERATIONS. PRESENTLY, WITH
JAPAN AS A BASE, IT IS SAID THAT THE PRINCIPLE OBJECT IS
COLLATION OF POLITICAL, CULTURAL, EDUCATIONAL AND MILITARY,
ETC., INFORMATION ON THE COMMUNIST BLOC. IT IS THOUGHT
THAT THE CIA EVEN USES ARTISTS AND SCIENTISTS TO COLLECT
SUCH INFORMATION.

THE COOPERATIVE RELATIONSHIP OF CIA AND GOJ AGENCIES
IS NOT CLEAR, BUT IT IS SAID THAT POLICE PERSONNEL ARE
SOMETIMES INFORMALLY DETAILED TO US BASES AS "INTERPRETERS."
THE PMLD HAS LOTS OF JAPANESE-AMERICANS AND KOREANS ON ITS
STAFF, WITH THE DUTY OF LIAISON BETWEEN US INTELLIGENCE
AGENCIES AND GOJ AGENCIES. SOME SAY THE PMLD IS AN ARM
OF THE CIA.

MAIN ASAHI STORY IS BUTTRESSED WITH SIDEBARS CONTAINING
JAPAN-RELATED ANECDOTES FROM US-ORIGIN EXPOSES AND SHORT
STATEMENTS BY JAPANESE "AUTHORITIES" ON CIA. FORMER
INCLUDE (1) BLACK PROPAGANDA OPERATION AT 1955 PRC EXPOSI-
TION IN OSAKA; (2) USE OF CIA "RAILWAY DESTRUCTION TEAM"
BASED IN JAPAN TO SABOTAGE RAILWAYS IN NORTH VIETNAM IN
1954; (3) BLACK-BAG FINANCING OF JAPANESE INVESTMENT IN
SOUTH VIETNAMESE ECONOMY IN MID-60'S; (4) DELIBERATE
MISTRANSLATION OF JOAN BAEZ'S ANTI-WAR RHETORIC AT 1967
CONCERT, AS RESULT OF IMPLIED THREATS AGAINST CONCERT'S
PRODUCER BY EMBASSY INTELLIGENCE STAFFER KNOWN AS HAROLD
COOPER; (5) FINANCING, REVEALED IN 1967, OF ASIA FOUNDATION,
WHICH IN TURN PASSED ON "STUDY AND TRAINING FUNDS" TO, IN
JAPAN, COLLEGES, THE BAR ASSOCIATION, THE SUPREME COURT AND
THE JUSTICE MINISTRY. THE THREE JAPANESE SOURCES QUOTED
ARE: (1) KIYOYUKI TOYAMA, IDENTIFIED AS A JOURNALIST
EXPERT ON INTELLIGENCE MATTERS; (2) YOSHIYUKI TSURUMI,
SAID TO BE AN EXPERT ON THE AMERICAN COMMUNITY IN JAPAN;
AND (3) MASAKI MATSUMOTO, A MAN WHO CLAIMS TO HAVE WORKED
FOR THE CIA UNTIL 1968 AS AN UNDERCOVER INVESTIGATOR.
TSURUMI, AN EMPLOYEE OF TOKYO'S "INTERNATIONAL HOUSE," ALLEGES THAT
RECENT RAPID INCREASE IN YOUNG US JAPANOLOGISTS DOING RESEARCH HERE,
AND PROLIFERATION OF ACADEMIC AND CULTURAL SOCIETIES FRIENDLY TO THE
US, IS TRACEABLE TO INDIRECT CIA FINANCING. FURTHER, HE CHARGES,
THESE CULTURAL SOCIETIES AND ALSO ANTI-COMMUNIST LABOR
UNIONS HAVE BECOME HOOKED ON CIA FUNDS AND HENCE ARE
ENTIRELY RESPONSIVE TO CIA DIRECTION.

ANOTHER ARTICLE, SOURCED ENTIRELY TO AGEE AND
MARCHETTI BOOKS, EXPLAINS CIA USE OF PERSONNEL UNDER EMBASSY
COVER AND UNDER DEEP COVER AS BUSINESSMEN, MISSIONARIES,
ETC. IT SAYS AGENCY'S EAST ASIA DIVISION IS ITS LARGEST.
ARTICLE ALLEGES ONE OBJECTIVE OF CIA OVERSEAS IS COLLECTION
OF INTELLIGENCE ON ACTIVITIES OF COMMUNIST BLOC BRANCH
OFFICES, ANOTHER IS RETARDING VIOLENT REVOLUTION AND
MAINTAINING STATUS QUO FAVORABLE TO US. CIA ACCOMPLISHES THIS
THROUGH "REMOTE CONTROL" OF SUBSIDIZED POLITICAL PARTIES AND
POLITICIANS OR INTELLECTUALS, AND IS FURTHER ABLE TO
ACQUIRE SECRET INFORMATION FROM THEM. ARTICLE IN ADDITION
CLAIMS CIA SUCCESSFULLY EMPLOYS BLACK PROPAGANDA AND
POLITICAL THUGS TO SOW DIVISION IN LEFTIST RANKS. IT ENDS
WITH ASSERTION THAT MANY OF THESE PURPOSES ARE ACHIEVED IN
SECRET COOPERATION WITH LOCAL SECURITY AGENCIES.

AS A SIDELIGHT TO THE CONTINUING LOCKHEED/CIA CHRONICLE,
RECENT WIRE SERVICE REPORT OF CIA STUDY PREDICTING THAT

WORLD'S WEATHER (AND CROPS) WILL GROW STEADILY WORSE HAS
RECEIVED RATHER HEAVY PRESS PLAY. EMBASSY CONCLUDES THAT
THIS NOT ONLY REVEALS JAPANESE CONCERN ABOUT NATION'S
ABILITY TO FEED ITSELF, BUT ALSO THAT DESPITE SCANDALS,
CIA CONTINUES TO HAVE HIGH REPUTATION FOR CREDIBILITY.
HODGSON.”

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December 17, 1976 report, called FOLKSINGER JOAN BAEZ.

It says, “PREFER IMPRESARIO CONTACT BAEZ MANAGER DIRECTLY.
HE IS MANUEL GREENHILL, FOLKLORE PRODUCTIONS, 739 BOYLSTON
STREET, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02116.

ASSUME EMBASSY AWARE BAEZ PRONOUNCED ANTI-GOVERNMENT
ATTITUDE WHICH WIDELY PUBLICIZED IN U.S. AND WILL AVOID
OFFICIAL IDENTIFICATION WITH HER POSSIBLE VISIT.
ROBINSON.”

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A December 27, 1976 report, called PRESS MATERIAL.

It says, “EREWITH FULL TEXT WASHINGTON STAR EDITORIAL
MONDAY DECEMBER 27 HEADED "CIVIL RIGHTS IN VIETNAM."

IT WOULD BE EASY ENOUGH TO REGISTER SOPHISTICATED
SCORN FOR JOAN BAEZ, THE BERRIGANS AND THE OTHER DOVE
MILITANTS OF YESTERYEAR WHO HAVE TURNED TO PROTESTING
"GRIEVOUS AND SYSTEMATIC VIOLATIONS OF HUMAN RIGHTS" BY
THE VICTORIOUS DISCIPLES OF HO CHI MINH WHO NOW CONTROL A
UNITED VIETNAM. WHAT DID THEY EXPECT? DIDN'T THEY EVER
HEAR OF THE MOSCOW TRIALS AND THE GULAG ARCHIPELAGO?
DON'T THEY SEE WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE RE-EDUCATION CAMPS
OF CHINA TODAY?

THERE ARE, OF COURSE, MANY ANSWERS TO THESE RHETORICAL
QUESTIONS, AND NOT ALL OF THEM ARE EITHER PERFUNCTORY
OR DISMISSIVE. BETWEEN THE DEBRIS OF FRENCH COLONIALISM
AND THE BLUNDERING CRUELTIES AND CORRUPTIONS OF A SOCIETY
TRYING TO REMAKE ITSELF IN AN ALIEN STYLE IN THE MIDST
OF A WAR, NON-COMMUNIST VIETNAM OFFERED PLENTY OF OUTRAGES
FOR IDEALISM TO DEPLORE. AND, WHEN THE IMPULSE TO DO
SOMETHING ABOUT CLEARLY PERCEPTIBLE EVILS IS REINFORCED

BY UTOPIAN HOPE, IT'S EASY TO IGNORE THE IDEA THAT WINNING
MIGHT NOT BE ALL GOOD.

IT HAS HAPPENED BEFORE, CERTAINLY. THE LIST OF
WESTERN INTELLECTUALS WHO, EVEN UNDER STALIN, CLUNG TO
THEIR FAITH IN THE SOVIET UNION AS A JUST AND FREE
SOCIETY IS ALL TOO LONG. BECAUSE IT WAS SO HARD TO ADMIT
BEING WRONG, AND SO HARD TO SEE AN EMOTIONAL INVESTMENT
TURN SOUR--SO HARD, ALSO, TO FIND THEMSELVES ON THE SAME
SIDE WITH PEOPLE THEY WERE IN THE HABIT OF CONSIDERING
THE ENEMY--THEY, FIRST, DENIED EVIDENCE AND THEN TOOK
A TOUGH LINE ON HOW YOU CAN'T MAKE AN OMELET WITHOUT
BREAKING EGGS.

THAT SORT OF THING IS GOING ON NOW IN AN OPPOSING
FACTION OF THE AMERICAN ANTI-WAR MOVEMENT. FOR EXAMPLE,
GARETH PORTER OF THE INDO-CHINA RESOURCE CENTER HAS
SHARPLY CRITICIZED THE CITIZENS' ORGANIZATION FOR A SANE
WORLD AND AN AD HOC GROUP INCLUDING JOAN BAEZ, DANIEL
ELLSBERG AND THE BERRIGANS, BOTH OF WHICH HAVE PROTESTED
TO HANOI AND THE U.N. ABOUT THE HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS
OF PEOPLE REPORTED TO BE IN VIETNAMESE RE-EDUCATION CAMPS.

IT ISN'T SO, HE SAYS. AND, BESIDES, DIDN'T THE THIEU
GOVERNMENT'S "REPRESSIVE APPARATUS" INCLUDE AT LEAST
395,000 PEOPLE? RE-EDUCATING THEM WOULDN'T BE AT ALL THE
SAME THING AS PERSECUTING SOMEONE FOR POLITICAL OR
RELIGIOUS BELIEFS, WOULD IT?

WHEN, A GENERATION AGO, ARTHUR KOESTLER WAS CHANGING
ALLEGIANCES, HE SUMMED UP ONE ASPECT OF THE PROBLEMS
IT GAVE HIM BY SAYING THAT THE TROUBLE WITH BEING ANTI-
COMMUNIST WAS THAT YOU FOUND YOURSELF IN SUCH BAD
COMPANY. TO HIM, AS A RELUCTANT SUPPORTER OF WESTERN
DEMOCRACY, IT BECAME A MATTER OF "DEFENDING THE BAD
AGAINST THE WORSE."

WHETHER HISTORY WILL BE REPETITIOUS ENOUGH TO MAKE
JOAN BAEZ AN EX POST FACTO DEFENDER OF LYNDON JOHNSON
REMAINS TO BE SEEN. MEANWHILE, IT IS REFRESHING TO FIND
HER AND OTHERS LIKE HER APPLYING THE SAME STANDARD OF
CIVIL RIGHTS TO HANOI AS TO SAIGON. (END TEXT.)
ROBINSON.”

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Note: On December 28, 1976
Reportedly:
“LAT EDITORIAL WRITER ERNEST CONINE TAKES NOTE OF PROTEST
LETTER BY JOAN BAEZ, OTHER VIETNAM WAR ACTIVISTS,DECRYING
ABSENCE HUMAN RIGHTS IN VIETNAM. SAYS WILL BE SUR-
PRISING IF ANYTHING COMES OF IT. WESTERN NEWSMEN CONTINUE
HAVE ACCESS TO COUNTRIES FRIENDLY TO US WHICH HAVE
HUMAN RIGHTS PROBLEMS, UNLIKE MOST COMMUNIST COUNTRIES.
BELIEVES NONE OF THIS SHOULD STAND IN WAY OF OUR ESTABLISH-
ING RELS WITH SRV WHICH COULD PERMIT US BUSINESSMEN COMPETE
FOR CONTRACTS. CLAIMS FOREIGN AID WOULD BE OUT OF QUESTION
HOWEVER, BECAUSE OF SRV HUMAN RIGHTS POLICIES.

WSTAR ALSO TAKES NOTE OF BAEZ PROTEST, FINDS IT REFRESHING
THAT SHE APPLYING SAME STANDARD ON CIVIL RIGHTS TO HANOI
AS DID TO SAIGON.”

December 30, 1976-

“NYT AND WP CARRY EXTENSIVE STORIES REPORTING VIETNAM WAR
ERA DOVES PROTESTING AGAINST VIOLATIONS OF HUMAN RIGHTS
IN SRV. GROUP INCLUDING JOAN BAEZ, BERRIGANS,
CONGRESSMAN FRASER SEND LETTERS TO VIETS WHICH REMAINED
UNANSWERED. WHEN MEMBERS OF GROUP VISITED VIETS AT UN
THEY MET BY LOCKED DOORS. HOLD PRESS CONFERENCE AND
ANNOUNCE DISAPPOINTMENT WITH SRV'S LACK OF RESPONSIVENESS
AND FAILURE TO LIVE UP TO THEIR WARTIME EXPRESSIONS OF
CONCERN FOR HUMAN RIGHTS AND FREEDOM.”

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A December 28, 197 report, called JOAN BAEZ CONCERT.

It says, “FOR THE RECORD, PLANNED BAEZ CONCERT DECEMBER 24 AT
NOTRE DAME DID NOT TAKE PLACE. EFFORT TO HOLD CONCERT
INSIDE CATHEDRAL UNSUCCESSFUL DUE SCHEDULING PROBLEMS.
CONTROVERSY SURROUNDING OUTDOOR CONCERT REMAINED UNRE-
SOLVED. EMBASSY REMAINED IN TOUCH WITH BAEZ PARIS AGENT
AND BENEFICIARY ORGANIZATION SOS ENFANTS, BUT ON ADVICE
OF BOTH AND IN ACCORD WITH DEPARTMENT DID NOT INTERVENE
OFFICIALLY DUE TO HIGH-LEVEL POLITICAL NATURE OF THE
CONTROVERSY.”

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A July 5, 1978 report, called THOUSANDS THRONG TO CANCELLED ROCK CONCERT.

It says, “IT'S HARD TO STOP A "HAPPENING" EVEN IN LENINGRAD.
HAVING ANNOUNCED PREMATURELY IN LENINGRAD PRAVDA THAT
THERE WOULD BE A GREAT ROCK SESSION ON PALACE SQUARE
OUTSIDE WINTER PALACE ON JULY 4 FEATURING JOAN BAEZ,
SANTANA AND THE BEACH BOYS, THE SOVIET AUTHORITIES
EVIDENTLY HOPED THAT WHOLE THING WOULD JUST GO AWAY IF
THEY SAID NOTHING FURTHER. IT DIDN'T.

ALERTED AROUND 10:00 P.M. ON JULY 4 THAT PALACE SQUARE
HAD BEEN CORDONED OFF, CONGENOFF TOURED AREA AND SAW THAT
THERE WERE LITERALLY THOUSANDS OF MOSTLY YOUNG PEOPLE
BEING PUSHED BY POLICE AND SOME TROOPS AWAY FROM PALACE
SQUARE ACROSS THE BRIDGE TO VASILIEVSKIY ISLAND OR DOWN
NEVSKIY PROSPEKT. AT ONE POINT, FOUR SPRINKLER TRUCKS
DROVE TOGETHER PAST REAR ADMIRALTY, FORCING EVERYONE BACK
OFF THE SIDEWALK ONTO THE ADMIRALTY GARDEN LAWN. ALL
ENTRANCES TO THE SQUARE WERE BLOCKED BY POLICE CARS AND
TRUCKS. CROWDS OF YOUNG PEOPLE AT THIS POINT WERE MORE
CURIOUS BYSTANDERS THAN ACTIVE PARTICIPANTS, ALTHOUGH
SOME WHISTLED AT POLICE AND OTHERS ARGUED WHEN BEING
PUSHED IN DIRECTION THEY DID NOT WANT TO GO. ASKED WHAT
HAD HAPPENED, ONE YOUNG MAN REFERRED TO SCHEDULED CONCERT,
NOTED THAT IT HAD BEEN ANNOUNCED BY VOA, AND SAID WITH
SMILE THAT POLICE APPARENTLY DID NOT LIKE A CROWD.
"PERHAPS THEY ARE AFRAID OF A COUP" (PEREVOROT). ANOTHER
YOUNG MAN SAID HE HEARD CONCERT HAD BEEN POSTPONED TO
JULY 12.

PRESIDENT OF TEXAS TECH, MACKEY, WAS NEAR
CROWD AROUND 10:00 P.M. AND SAID IT HAD EXPLOSIVE
QUALITY REMINDING HIM OF STUDENT RIOTS IN U.S. (COMMENT:
HE HAS NOT BEEN IN USSR BEFORE AND IS UNACQUAINTED WITH
EXTENT TO WHICH SOVIET PUBLIC IS GENERALLY PASSIVE IN FACE
OF AUTHORITY.) HE SAW ONE YOUNG MAN BEING ROUGHED UP
BY POLICE WHO GRABBED HIM BY LONG HAIR AND THREW HIM IN
PADDY WAGON.

IREX STUDENT WAS INFORMED BY SOVIET FRIEND THAT SHE
HAD SEEN CROWD OF PERHAPS 100 PEOPLE BEING FORCED DOWN
NEVSKIY PROSPEKT TO FONTANKA WHERE SEVERAL WERE PUSHED
IN, FISHED OUT AND THROWN IN PADDY WAGON. SHE ALSO
WONDERED IF THERE WAS SOME CONNECTION WITH OUR JULY 4
CELEBRATION SINCE SHE HAD SEEN SIGN WITH "FREEDOM" ON IT.

COMMENT: WE CAN EXPECT THAT "HAPPENING" WILL EXPAND
WITH EACH TELLING, SO THAT WE WILL BE BUSY SORTING OUT
FACT FROM FICTION FOR NEXT DAYS. AT PRESENT HARD FACTS
WOULD SEEM TO BE THE FOLLOWING. SOVIET OFFICIALS WITH
USUAL PUBLIC RELATIONS OBTUSENESS, CHOSE NOT TO INFORM
THEIR PUBLIC THAT CONCERT WOULD NOT TAKE PLACE. SINCE
ONE SOURCE REPORTED RECEIVING CALL FROM BAKU ASKING
ABOUT THE CONCERT, WORD OBVIOUSLY SPREAD LIKE WILD-FIRE
OF TINY ANNOUNCEMENT IN LENINGRAD PRAVDA. CROWDS BEGAN
TO GATHER BY NOON WHEN CONGENOFF SAW MORE THAN USUAL
NUMBER OF YOUNG PEOPLE AROUND MONUMENT ON PALACE SQUARE
AND ONE POLICE WAGON IN SIGHT. WHEN CROWD KEPT GROWING,
POLICE EVIDENTLY BECAME ALARMED AND TRIED TO BREAK UP
THE CROWDS, CLEAR PALACE SQUARE AND SEND EVERYONE HOME.
TO WHAT EXTENT ARMY TROOPS WERE INVOLVED IS NOT CLEAR.

THE AMOUNT OF VIOLENCE APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN LOW, ISOLATED
AND ESSENTIALLY POLICE INITIATED. ACTUALLY, MANY OF THE
POLICE APPEARED TO BE SOMEWHAT AMUSED THEMSELVES BY THE
SITUATION AND NOT PARTICULARLY BELLIGERENT BY SOVIET
STANDARDS. BUT EVEN INERT SOVIET CROWDS DO NOT
APPRECIATE BEING SHOUTED AT BY MEN AND CARS WITH BULL
HORNS, AND PUSHED AROUND. THEY MUST DRAW THE OBVIOUS
LESSON THAT A ROCK CONCERT ON PALACE SQUARE IS SOMEHOW
CONSIDERED DANGEROUS BY THE AUTHORITIES, WHO BEHAVE IN
THEIR USUAL TROGLYDITE FASHION.

OFFICIAL REACTION WILL OBVIOUSLY DEPEND TO SOME EXTENT
ON WHETHER DEMONSTRATION WAS SEEN TO HAVE LARGER POLITICAL
OVERTONES (E.G., WERE THERE POSTERS?). ONE THING IS CER-
TAIN: THE EVENTS YESTERDAY EVENING HAVE NOT MADE LIFE
EASIER FOR EDITORS OF LENINGRAD PRAVDA. AT OUR
RECEPTION ON JULY 3, LENFILM DIRECTOR BLINOV SAID THAT
FILM SHOOTING HAD BEEN SCHEDULED FOR JULY 2-8 PERIOD.
HE SPECULATED THAT THE EVENT MIGHT STILL TAKE PLACE NEXT
YEAR. WE ARE NOT PLANNING TO BUY ADVANCE TICKETS.
BUCHANAN.”

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September 19, 1979 report, called VISIT BY JOAN BAEZ GROUP.

It says, “AMERICAN SINGER JOAN BAEZ HAS INFORMED DEPARTMENT OF
TRIP SHE PLANS TO MAKE TO INTERVIEW INDOCHINESE REFUGEES
TO OBTAIN FIRST-HAND INFORMATION ON HUMAN RIGHTS CONDITIONS IN VIETNAM,
LAOS, AND CAMBODIA. VISIT WILL BE
MADE ON BEHALF OF THE HUMANITAS/INTERNATIONAL HUMAN
RIGHTS COMMITTEE (WHICH SHE HEADS), AND WILL INCLUDE
AUTHOR ELIE WIESEL, CHAIRMAN OF THE PRESIDENT'S
HOLOCAUST COMMISSION, BAYARD RUSTIN, PRESIDENT OF THE
PHILLIPS RANDOLPH INSTITUTE, AND TWO OR THREE OTHERS.

AIM OF VISIT IS TO GATHER FIRST HAND REPORTS FROM
REFUGEES ON HUMAN RIGHTS SITUATION IN THE INDOCHINA
COUNTRIES. MS. BAEZ PUBLISHED "OPEN LETTER" TO THE SRV
IN LEADING US NEWSPAPERS ON MAY 30 (TEXT SEPTEL) CALLING
ATTENTION TO SERIOUS HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS IN VIETNAM.
ON JULY 19 SHE GAVE A FREE CONCERT ON BEHALF OF THE BOAT
PEOPLE AT LINCOLN MEMORIAL, FOLLOWED BY SILENT MARCH TO
THE WHITE HOUSE, WHERE PRESIDENT CARTER ANNOUNCED HIS
INTENTION TO HAVE US NAVY TO RESCUE REFUGEES AT SEA.
3. MS. BAEZ ANTICIPATES PRESS INTEREST IN THE TRIP AND
EXPECTS TO HAVE PRESS CONTACT OR CONFERENCES EN ROUTE.
HOWEVER, NO PUBLIC DISCLOSURE OF THE TRIP SHOULD BE MADE
UNTIL SHE ANNOUNCES IT BEFORE HER DEPARTURE FROM CALIFORNIA
OCTOBER 9. FOLLOWING VISIT TO INDOCHINA COUNTRIES
SHE PLANS STOP IN PARIS WHERE SHE PLANS PRESS CONFERENCE
ON HER FINDINGS (POSSIBLY WITH ASSISTANCE OF SIMONE
DEBEAUVOIR AND OTHER LEADING FIGURES).

MS. BAEZ IS MAKING OWN ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE TRIP, BUT
HAS ASKED OUR ASSISTANCE IN SUGGESTING BEST USE OF HER
TIME, ITINERARY, ETC., WHILE EN ROUTE. THE FOLLOWING
SUGGESTED ITINERARY IS PROVIDED FOR MISSIONS' COMMENTS
AND SUGGESTIONS:

LEAVE SAN FRANCISCO ON PA 5 OCTOBER 9.

ARRIVE HONG KONG 1930 OCTOBER 10.

OCTOBER 11 IN HONG KONG TO VISIT REFUGEE CAMPS AND
CENTERS. POSSIBLE PRESS CONFERENCE.

EVENING OF OCTOBER 11 OR MORNING OCTOBER 12 CONTINUE TO
BANGKOK.

OCTOBER 13 0745 DEPART BANGKOK ON THAI AIRWAYS 221
10:20 ARRIVE LOEI FOR VISIT TO BAN VINAI REFUGEE CAMP.
OVERNIGHT IN LOEI.

OCTOBER 14 PROCEED TO UDORN FOR VISIT TO NONGKHAI
REFUGEE CAMP AND DETENTION CENTER. OVERNIGHT IN UDORN.
OCTOBER 15 RETURN TO BANGKOK. (MR. WIESEL DEPARTS FOR
NEW YORK).

OCTOBER 16 VISIT TO ARANYAPRATHET REFUGEE CAMP AND
RETURN TO BANGKOK.

OCTOBER 17 DEPART FOR KL AT 1300 ON MH 831.

OCTOBER 18 FLY TO TRENGGANU (BY CHARTER IF NECESSARY)
FOR VISIT TO PULA BIDONG. RETURN TO KL SAME EVENING IF
POSSIBLE.

OCTOBER 19 DEPART FOR SINGAPORE ON MH 605 AT 1000.

CONTINUE BY AIR TO ANABAS. OVERNIGHT ON RESIDENTIAL
BARGE.

RETURN TO SINGAPORE OCTOBER 20.

DEPART FOR PARIS OCTOBER 21 ON SABENA 272 AT 1920.
(EARLIER OR MORE DIRECT FLIGHT IF SUCH EXISTS --

MS. BAEZ HAS FOLLOWING QUESTIONS ON THIS ITINERARY:

A) SHE ASSUMES SHE COULD USEFULLY MEET AND INTERVIEW
VIETNAMESE REFUGEES IN HONG KONG. THIS IS DESIRABLE
BECAUSE MR. WIESEL MUST RETURN TO NEW YORK BY OCT. 16,
AND HONG KONG PROVIDES BEST CHANCE FOR HIM TO JOIN IN
MEETINGS WITH REFUGEES WHO CAN SPEAK ABOUT HUMAN RIGHTS
CONDITIONS IN VIETNAM.

B) DEPARTURE TIME FROM HONG KONG DEPENDS ON SUGGESTED
SCHEDULE THERE AND AVAILABILITY OF FLIGHTS TO BANGKOK.

C) MS. BAEZ WOULD LIKE TO KNOW COST OF CHARTER FROM
KUALA LUMPUR TO TRENGANNU AND RETURN, TO MAKE POSSIBLE
A VISIT TO PULAU BIDONG IN ONE DAY. WE ASSUME TRIP
TO BIDONG COULD BE MADE BY HIGH-SPEED BOAT. THERE MAY
BE PRESS ACCOMPANYING PARTY SO TOTAL GROUP FOR FLIGHT
COULD BE LARGER.

D) MS. BAEZ WOULD APPRECIATE EMBASSY ADVICE ON HOW TO
ARRANGE TO VISIT VIETNAMESE REFUGEES AT THE ANAMBAS,
WHERE SHE UNDERSTANDS SHE COULD INTERVIEW LARGEST NUMBER
OF RECENT ARRIVALS FROM SRV. COULD ARRANGEMENTS BE MADE
FOR HER TO TRAVEL ON AN OIL COMPANY OR OTHER FLIGHTS, OR
WOULD SHE HAVE TO CONSIDER A SPECIAL CHARTER, AT WHAT
COST?

ALTHOUGH THIS MISSION IS PRIVATE AND INDEPENDENT OF
USG, MS. BAEZ WILL APPRECIATE APPROPRIATE ASSISTANCE FROM
EMBASSY STAFF IN ARRANGING FOR VISITS TO REFUGEE CAMPS,
IDENTIFYING REFUGEES, INTERPRETATION AS NEEDED, ETC. THE
SERVICES NEED NOT BE PROVIDED BY EMBASSY AND WE ASSUME
PRIVATE VOLUNTARY GROUPS WOULD BE WILLING TO ASSIST
MS. BAEZ ONCE CONTACT HAS BEEN MADE. FOR THE TIME BEING
SHE DOES NOT PLAN A FORMAL CONCERT WHILE IN ASIA,
ALTHOUGH SHE ANTICIPATES THERE MAY BE OPPORTUNITIES FOR
INFORMAL GATHERINGS IN THE CAMPS AND POSSIBLE ELSEWHERE.
(SHE DOES PLAN A FORMAL CONCERT IN PARIS OCTOBER 26.)
7. WE WOULD APPRECIATE RECEIVING MISSION COMMENTS ON
THIS ITINERARY AS SOON AS POSSIBLE, SO THAT NECESSARY
AIR BOOKINGS CAN BE MADE. WHERE BOOKINGS NEED TO BE
MADE LOCALLY REQUEST MISSION MAKE TENTATIVE ARRANGEMENTS. VANCE.”

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The greatest story never told Pt. 6.

By Lynda Carson

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A September 21, 1979 report, called VISIT BY JOAN BAEZ GROUP REF STATE 245904.

It says, “WE WELCOME VISIT OF JOAN BAEZ, ELIE WEISEL, BAYARD
RUSTIN AND OTHERS TRAVELLING IN HER PARTY.

SUGGESTED TENTATIVE SCHEDULE WOULD INCLUDE VISIT
TO GOVERNMENT DOCKYARD (WHERE IMMEDIATE ARRRIVALS FROM
VIETNAM ARE HOUSED) AND KAI TAK NORTH REFUGEE CAMP,
ACCOMPANIED BY JOINT COLUNTARY AGENCY REPRESENTATIVES
AND CONSULATE REFUGEE OFFICERS WHO WOULD PROVIDE INTERPRETERS
AND BRIEFINGS IF DESIRED. MEETINGS CAN ALSO
BE ARRANGED WITH REPRESENTATIVES OF VARIOUS OTHER
VOLUNTARY AGENCIES IF PARTY WISHES. HOWEVER TIME IS
SHORT, AND VISITS TO CAMPS AND TALKS WITH INDIVIDUAL
REFUGEES CAN EASILY CONSUME AN ENTIRE DAY.

WE RECOMMEND THAI INTERNATIONAL FLIGHT 603, LV
HONG KONG 0900 OCT 12, AR BANGKOK 0930 WITH TIME
CHANGE TWO HOURS. THIS WILL PERMIT GOOD NIGHT'S
SLEEP ON 11TH TO CATCH UP JET LAG. DOES PARTY WISH
TO BE MET ON ARRIVAL HERE? WOULD APPRECIATE
KNOWING WHERE PARTY IS STAYING IN HONG KONG.

WE APPRECIATE MS. BAEZ'S DESIRE THAT NO PUBLIC
DISCLOSURE BE MADE HERE OF HER VISIT UNTIL SHE MAKES
ANNOUNCEMENT IN CALIFORNIA. HOWEVER, SINCE HONG KONG
IS FIRST STOP ON TRIP, WE DO NEED TO KNOW ASAP WHETHER
SHE IS MAKING HER OWN PRESS ARRANGEMENTS OR WHETHER
SHE WISHES ASSISTANCE FROM HONG KONG GOVERNMENT (HKG)
INFORMATION SERVICE (GIS) AND/OR CONGEN USICA. IF
SHE WISHES GIS OR ICA HELP, ADVANCE NOTICE IS NEEDED
TO SET UP TIME AND PLACE FOR PRESS CONFERENCE (WE
SUGGEST PRE-DEPARTURE CONFERENCE).

ALSO, WE NEED TO NOTIFY THE HKG WHO MAY BE
CONCERNED WITH THE PHYSICAL SECURITY OF THE PARTY,
PARTICULARLY AT THE CAMPS, AND WHO MAY WANT TO
SUPPLY ESCORTS AT THE GOVERNMENT DOCKYARD.

(FYI: NORMALLY THE HKG DOES NOT PROVIDE SECURITY
ARRANGEMENTS FOR NON-OFFICIAL VISITORS EXCEPT WHEN
VISITORS ARE ACTUALLY ON HKG PREMISES FOR MEETINGS OR
TOUR OF FACILITIES.)

THERE IS NO QUESTION THAT INTEREST HERE WILL BE HIGH,
ON THE PART OF BOTH LOCAL PRESS AND US PRESS BASED IN
HONG KONG. ON THE BASIS OF OUR EXPERIENCES WITH OTHER
RECENT PROMINENT VISITORS, UNLESS PARTY INDICATES THAT
IT WISHES ONLY PRESS COVERAGE AT A
SCHEDULED PRESS CONFERENCE, THEY WILL BE ACCOMPANIED
BY DOZENS OF REPORTERS AND PHOTOGRAPHERS DURING ENTIRE
STAY, INCLUDING CAMP VISITS. IF BAEZ ARRANGING OWN
PRESS INTERVIEWS HERE, SHE SHOULD BE ADVISED THAT
SEVERAL RESIDENT PRESS HAVE BEEN INTERVIEWING, PURSUING
AND WRITING ON SUBJECT CONCERNED AND PROBABLY WOULD BE
WILLING TO DISCUSS ISSUES WITH HER AND ASSOCIATES ON
BACKGROUND BASIS.

THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT CAN TAKE STEPS TO
DISCOURAGE ACCOMPANYING PRESS. DOES MS. BAEZ WISH
THIS? WOULD BE GRATEFUL FOR ADVICE ON THIS AND
QUESTIONS PARA 3 SOONEST.

CONSULATE CONTACTS WILL BE REFUGEE COORDINATOR
ANNE W. HENSHAW, HOME TEL (5) 257400, OFFICE 239011,
X354 ASSISTED BY JIM MCHALE DPAO/IO HOME 746954,
OFFICE 239011, X 259. SHOESMITH.”


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A few more trips of Joan Baez, and there are so many others to be mentioned, that perhaps someday I will look into those. (LC)

Sat, 22 Sep 1979
(U) VISIT BY JOAN BAEZ GROUP
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Mon, 24 Sep 1979
VISIT BY JOAN BAEZ GROUP
Jakarta, Indonesia
Mon, 24 Sep 1979
JOAN BAEZ TRIP: POSSIBLE CONCERT IN KUALA LUMPUR
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Tue, 25 Sep 1979
JOAN BAEZ TRIP REFERENCES: A. KL 14939, 14906 B. JAKARTA 15250 C. BANGKOK 38092
Department of State
Wed, 26 Sep 1979
JOAN BAEZ'S VISIT TO FRANCE
Paris, France
Thu, 27 Sep 1979
JOAN BAEZ VISIT
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Fri, 28 Sep 1979
MS. BAEZ'S TRIP TO INDONESIAN REFUGEE CAMPS STATE 252711
Jakarta, Indonesia
Fri, 28 Sep 1979
JOAN BAEZ AND ACVA COMMITTEE VISITS
Singapore, Singapore

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November 3, 1976 report, called PEELETIER (PELTIER), LEONARD JOHN.

it says, “THE PROVINCE (MORNING EDITION) OF OCTOBER 30 REPORTED
THAT LONDON-BASED AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL HAS ASSIGNED JAMES
LOCKYER, BRITISH-BORN LAW INSTRUCTOR NOW TEACHING AT UNIVERSITY
OF WINDSOR, ONTARIO, AS OBSERVER TO REPORT ON CANADIAN LEGAL
PROCEEDING IN PELLETIER CASE. LOCKYER WAS QUOTED AS SAYING HE HAD
INTERESTED AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL IN PELLETIER CASE DURING VISIT
TO BRITAIN LAST SUMMER AND THAT AMNESTY WISHES HIM "TO DECIDE
WHETHER HE (PELLETIER)FALLS WITHIN THE ORGANIZATION'S
DEFINITION OF POLITICAL PRISONER OR PRISONER OF CONSCIENCE."
HE PLANS SUBMIT REPORT TO AMNESTY BEFORE NOVEMBER 15.”

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A November 8, 1976 report, called PELLETIER (PELTIER), LEONARD JOHN.

It says, “VANCOUVER SUN OF NOVEMBER 5 REPORTED THAT PELLETIER S
LAWYERS ANNOUNCED NOVEMBER 4 THAT THEY WILL NOT RPT NOT TAKE
EXTRADITION CASE TO SUPREME COURT OF CANADA, BUT WILL SUBMIT
CASE TO JUSTICE MINISTER BASFORD HOPEFULLY BY NOVEMBER 22 AND
THAT BASFORD WILL CONSENT TO ORAL HEARING ON OR NEAR THAT DATE.
SUBMISSION TO BASFORD, ACCORDING TO PRESS REPORT, WOULD OUTLINE
POLITICAL CHARACTER OF CONFRONTATIONS BETWEEN AMERICAN INDIAN
MOVEMENT AND U.S. GOVERNMENT AGENTS. LAWYERS WILL ASK CANADA TO
GRANT POLITICAL ASYLUM TO PELLETIER ON GROUNDS THE CANADIAN
EXTRADITION ACT STATES NO FUGITIVE IS LIABLE TO SURRENDER IF
IT APPEARS THE OFFENSES OR THE PROCEEDINGS AGAINST HIM ARE OF
A "POLITICAL CHARACTER."

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A December 18, 1978 report, called CUBANS ASSAIL U.S. ON POLITICAL PRISONERS.

It says, “GRANMA, DECEMBER 16, CARRIES LENGTHY ARTICLE ON
ALLEGED "POLITICAL PRISONERS" IN U.S. CITING AMBASSADOR
YOUNG'S LE MATIN INTERVIEW AND STATEMENTS BY U.S.
CONGRESSMEN PERREN MITCHELL, JOHN CONYERS, CHARLES
DIGGS, AND LOUIS STOKES. ARTICLE PRESUMABLY IS
MEANT TO SHOW CONTRAST BETWEEN CUBAN MOVE IN RELEASING
POLITICAL PRISONERS AND "REPRESSIVE" SITUATION IN U.S.

AS SECONDARY PURPOSE, ARTICLE MAY BE INTENDED TO CALL ATTENTION
TO FIDEL CASTRO'S STATEMENT IN PAST THAT U.S. POLITICAL
PRISONERS HERE WOULD BE RELEASED IF U.S. RELEASED
"POLITICAL PRISONERS" SUCH AS CONGRESS AND BLAIR HOUSE
ASSAILANTS LOLITA LEBRON, RAFAEL CANCEL, OSCAR COLLAZO,
AND IRVING FLORES OR THE WILMINGTON 10. (ANOTHER ARTICLE,
IN GRANMA SAME DAY, ON U.S. NATIONAL CONFERENCE
OF BLACK LAWYERS--WHOSE LEADERS RECENTLY WERE IN
CUBA--NOTES THAT WILMINGTON 10, WITH EXCEPTION OF
REV. BENJAMIN CHAVIS, HAVE ALL BEEN RELEASED. NO
MENTION IS MADE OF JUSTICE DEPARTMENT EFFORTS IN THIS CASE.)

ARTICLE IS HEADED BY SEVEN PHOTOGRAPHS OF U.S.
PRISONERS WHO PRESUMABLY ARE AT THE CENTER OF CUBAN
ATTENTION: LEBRON, CANCEL, COLLAZO, AND FLORES PLUS
REVEREND BENJAMIN CHAVIS, ACCUSED MURDERER JOHN HARRIS,
AND "POETESS-HISTORIAN" ASSATA SHAKUR.”

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A June 21, 1973, report, called PERON' S RETURN.

It says, “AS CROWD DISPERSED LAST NIGHT, THOUSANDS MARCHED BACK INTO CITY
CHANTING " WE WANT PERON", AND " WE MUST SEE PERON". WITH GROWING
CROWD IN FRONT OF CASA ROSADA AND PERON' S OWN HOUSE IN VICENTE
LOPEZ, RUMOR SPREAD THAT LEADER WAS PRISONER. IT WAS APPARENTLY IN
VIEW OF THIS ATMOSPHERE OF INCREASING UNCERTAINTY AND CONFUSION
THAT PERON DECIDED TO APPEAR BRIEFLY ON TELEVISION LAST NIGHT IN
ORDER CALM CROWDS AND ENCOURAGE PEACEFUL DISPERSEMENT.

IN TELEVISED ADDRESS AT 2200, PERON APOLOGIZED TO ALL THOSE WHO
HAD GONE TO EZEIZA TO GREETHIM. PLANE HAD ARRIVED LATE AND HAD
BEEN DIVERTED TO MORON BECAUSE OF REPORTS THAT PEOPLE HAD INVADED
THE RUNWAYS AT EZEIZA. BECAUSE OF DISORDERS AND INADVISABILITY OF
ADDRESSING CROWD AFTER DARK, HIS PERSONAL GREETING TO THOSE
ASSEMBLED FOR HIS RETURN HAD BEEN CANCELLED. HE ASSURED ALL THAT
HE WAS WELL AND LAUGHED OFF RUMORS THAT HE WAS PRISONER. ON
CONTRARY, HE WAS EXTREMELY GRATEFUL TO PRESIDENT CAMPORA FOR
LATTER' S HOSPITALITY IN OFFERING HIM ROOMS IN RESIDENCE IN OLIVOS
( WHERE THE TWO ARRIVED BY HELICOPTER). PERON PROMISED TO SPEAK TO
PEOPLE ON SUBSTANTIVE ISSUES AT TELEVISED PRESS CONFERENCE WHICH
SCHEDULED FOR 2100 ON JUNE 21. HE SAID HE WOULD SOON MAKE TOUR OF
COUNTRY SO THAT HE COULD GREET THEM ALL IN THEIR OWN PROVINCES.
PRESIDENT CAMPORAAPPEARED ON CAMERA WITH HIM, BUT DID NOT SPEAK.

PERON LOOKED EXTREMELY TIRED AND SOMEWHAT DISTRAUGHT. MESSAGE
APPARENTLY HAD DESIRED EFFECT, HOWEVER, SINCE CROWDS THEREAFTER
BEGAN TO DISPERSE AND THERE WERE NO REPORTS OF SERIOUS ACCIDENTS.

MORNING- AFTER PRESS REPORTS INDICATESHOOT OUTS AT OFFICIAL
WELCOMING SITE EVEN MORE SERIOUS THAN EARLIER REPORTED. LATEST
REPORTS INDICATE 20 DEAD AND OVER 250 WOUNDED. ERP-22 ADHERENTS ARE
SAID TO HAVE JOINED IN WITH FAR AND MONTENERO ELEMENTS IN FIRE-
FIGHTS WITH ORTHODOX PERONIST LABOR AND YOUTH SECTORS WHO WERE IN
CHARGE OF SECURITY IN THE AREA. SEVERAL SEPARATE PERIODS OF SHOOTING
APPARENTLY TOOK PLACE, EGINNING IN LATE MORNING JUNE 20 - THOUGH
MOST SERIOUS BY FAR WAS THAT IN FRONT OF SPEAKERS PLATFORM JUST
PRIOR TO PLANE' S ARRIVAL. PRESS SPEAKS OF SHOTS FIRED BY SHARP-
SHOOTERS WITH TELESCOPIC SIGTS FROM WOODS IN VICINITY OF THE SITE.
POLICE REPORTEDLY DID NOT INTERFERE.

IN HIS TV APPEARANCE, PERON GAVE NO CLUE AS TO HIS FUTURE LINE
WITH THE TERRORISTS. HE MERELY MENTIONED THE DISORDERS NEAR EZEIZA
WITHOUT COMMENT. LODGE.”



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A June 28, 1974 report, called TURNOVER CEREMONY: REMAINS US MIA.

It says, “K -- THE WORK WILL GO ON.

"I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT TO RECOGNIZE THAT THIS OPERATION WAS
CONDUCTED SOLELY BY SOUTH VIETNAMESE. WOODCUTTERS LOCATED
THE SITE, REPORTED THEIR DISCOVERY AND RETURNED TO THE SITE
WITH ARVN PERSONNEL TO RECOVER THE REMAINS AND OTHER EVIDENCE
AND RETURNED THEM TO REPRESENTATIVES OF THE FPJMT AND JCRC.
THE US IS DEEPLY GRATEFUL TO THE VIETNAMESE WHO PARTICIPATED IN
THIS OPERATION AND TO THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF VITNAM
FOR MAKING IT POSSIBLE. THE RVN IMPOSED NO CONDITIONS FOR
THEIR HELP, THEY DEMANDED NO COMPLICATED NEGOTIATIONS OF THIS
SIMPLE, STRAIGHTFORWARD HUMANITARIAN TASK.

"THIS OPERATION DID NOT REPRESENT A NEW DEVELOPMENT IN RVN
COOPERATION IN ATTEMPTS TO RESOLVE THE QUESTION OF US MISSING AND
DEAD. IT WAS THE LATEST IN A SERIES OF COOPERATIVE ACTS PERFORMED
BY THE RVN IN AN EFFORT TO RELIEVE THE HEARTBREAK AND ANGUISH
OF US FAMILIES AND LOVED ONES AT HOME. AS YOU KNOW, MANY
SIMILAR OPERATIONS HAVE BEEN SUPPORTED BY THE RVN OVER THE
PAST YEAR--AND NOT WITHOUT EXPENSE TO OUR ALLY. MY
REFERENCE TO 'EXPENSE' HERE IS THE EXPENSE OF RVN DEAD AND
WOUNDED INCURRED DURING THEIR EFFORTS TO RECOVER US REMAINS
OR PROVIDE INFORMATION ABOUT OUR DEAD AND MISSING.

"ALL THE WORLD WILL RECOGNIZE THAT THE US AND THE RVN ARE
MAKING THE ATTEMPT TO OBTAIN INFORMATION ABOUT THE DEAD AND
MISSING. MANY MORE SUCH REMAINS COULD BE RECOVERED FOR
ALL PARTIES IF HANOI WOULD OPENLY AND SINCERELY MEET THOSE OBLI-
GATIONS WHICH IT INCURRED WHEN ITS REPRESENTATIVES SIGNED THE
PARIS AGREEMENT AND THE JOINT COMMUNIQUE. ONE OF THE MOST
DISAPPOINTING AND FRUSTRATING ASPECTS OF THE FPJMT NEGOTIATIONS
HAS BEEN THAT THE ACTIONS OF THE DRV AND THE "PRG" HAVE STARKLY
REVEALED THAT THEY HAVE NO INTENTION OF MEETING THESE HUM-
ANITARIAN OBLIGATIONS--WITHOUT EXACTING A CAREFULLY CALCULATED
PRICE. THE MISSION OF THE FOUR PARTY JOINT MILITARY TEAM IS
UNEQUIVOCALLY NONPOLITICAL. ITS MISSION IS TO EASE THE PAIN
AND SUFFERING EXPERIENCED BY THE LOVED ONES OF ALL SIDES PARTY
TO THE CONFLICT AND TO THOSE INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE
IN NO WAY ASSOCIATED WITH THE CONFLICT. AS STATED IN ARTICLE
2 OF THE PARIS AGREEMENT, THE US AND RVN DELEGATION ARE
WILLING AND ABLE' TO PURSUE THIS MISSION AND HAVE DEMONSTRATED
THEIR FULL SUPPORT OF THIS SACRED
MISSION." MARTIN.”

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A December 3, 1978 report, called GUYANESE DEATH CERTIFICATES.

Jones Town death certificates as a result of the murderous Jim Jones.

It says, “U.S.A.F. MORTUARY AUTHORITIES HAVE PROVIDED FOLLOWING
ADDITIONS TO LIST OF IDENTIFIED DECEASED AS OF 2000
HRS. ETS DECEMBER 2:

BREIDENBACH, LOIS F., MAY 29, 1928, OKLA.
BREIDENBACH, MELANIE, SEPT. 14, 1960, CALIF.
BREWER, DOROTHY ANN, OCT. 24, 1938, TEXAS
CONEDY, INEZ STRICKIN, MARCH 5, 1909, ARK.
FITCH, BETTY JEAN, JUNE 2, 1955, CALIF.
FLOWERS, REBECCA ANN, JULY 7, 1953, IND.
KENNEDY, EMMA ADDIE, OCT. 28, 1911, GEORGIA
LIVINGSTON, BEVERLY MARIE GERALDINE, APRIL 15, 1932, CALIF.
MERCER, HENRY, SR., APRIL 3, 1902, GEORGIA
SNEED, CLEVYEE LOUISE, AUG. 14, 1920, TENN.
TOWNS, ESSIE MAE, JULY 3, 1903, OKLA.
WADE, ROBERTA LEE, DEC. 12, 1910, TEXAS
BOUQUET, CLAUDIA JO, MAY 1, 1956, CALIF.
BOWER, DONALD ROBERT, FEB. 3, 1927, CALIF.
FAIN, TINETRA, NOV. 8, 1958, CALIF.
FAIR, AMANDA, DEC. 10, 1908, OKLA.
JONES, LEW ERIC, NOV. 23, 1956, KOREA
KERNS, CAROL
MUTSCHMANN, JANE ELLEN, DEC. 27, 1947, WISC.
O'BRYANT, WINNIE ANN, FEB. 2, 1899, OKLA.
OLIVER, SHANDA JAMES, APRIL 4, 1959, CALIF.
PURIFOY, DENISE, NOV. 4, 1952, CALIF.
ROCHELL, JACKIE, APRIL 20, 1956, MISSOURI
TSCHETTER, BETTY JEAN, AUG. 17, 1959, KOREA
WARREN, GLORIA FAYE, JAN. 9, 1959, MISS.
PARKS, PATRICIA, APRIL 29, 1934, OHIO
FYE, KIMBERLY ANNE, DEC. 10, 1959, CALIF.
LEWIS, LISA MICHELLE, FEB. 2, 1962, CALIF.
REESE, BERTHA JONES, APRIL 18, 1909, TEXAS
HARRIS, LIANE IS NOW HARRIS, LINDA SHARON "NEE AMOS",
JULY 4, 1936, CALIF.
HARRIS, LINDA ALIAS SHARON AMOS IS NOW HARRIS, LIAN,
NOV. 27, 1956, CALIF.
CARROLL, MILDRED ADA
RODRIGUEZ, GLORIA MARIA, MARCH 23, 1952, CALIF.
ROSS, ELSIE ZILPHA, JULY 15, 1889, LOUISANA
CAIN, RUTHIE MAE "NEE QUINN", SEPT. 30, 1940, MISS.
JONES, ELIZA, JUNE 25, 1910, ALABAMA
MOSES, EURA LEE, SEPT. 12, 1899, TEXAS
JACKSON, ROSA LEE, OCT. 21, 1939, TENN.
ROBINSON, LEE OSE, MAY 11, 1919, LOUISIANA
WINTERS, CURTIS LAURINE
SMITH, JERRY GILBERT SMITH, APRIL 17, 1951, CALIF.
MC COY, CAROL, ANN, SEPT. 9, 1945, INDIANA
DUNCAN, CORRIE, NOV. 6, 1906, TEXAS
COLEY, ALMA "NEE COACHMAN", MARCH 10, 1924, LA.
MOTEN, DANNY MC CARTER, DEC. 2, 1956, CALIF.
ADDISON, STEPHEN MICHAEL, MAY 4, 1944, MISSOURI
GARDENER, JOHN LAWRENCE, SEPT. 20, 1960, CALIF.
HAYDEN, EYVONNE PARIS, SEPT. 8, 1959, CALIF.
SOUDER, MARTHA MAE, MARCH 5, 1916, ARK.
ROGER, MARY JOHNSON, JAN. 25, 1926, LOUISIANA
JOHNSON, DENISE
ANDERSON, ORELIA, JUNE 8, 1910, LOUISIANA
BUCKLEY, MINNIE LUNA MAE, MAY 6, 1941, MISS.
FRANKLIN, EDDIE LEE, JR., JUNE 17, 1958, MISSOURI
HILL, EMMA MAE, DEC. 5, 1915, TEXAS
SLY, MARK ANDREW, MARCH 30, 1961, CALIF.
BOGUE, MARILEE FAITH, MARCH 31, 1959, CALIF.
FORTSON, RHONDA, AUG. 26, 1954, COLORADO
LEWIS, LUE ESTER, APRIL 21, 1930, LA.
MAISON, IRENE
JONES, VALERIE YUETTE
CHAVIS, LORETTA DIANE, APRIL 1, 1955, CALIF.
PEARL, JULY 29, 1902, TEXAS
WAGNER, MICHELLE RENEE, MAY 18, 1954, CALIF.
MORGAN, LYDIA
SHARON, ROSE O., JULY 22, 1907, VA.
JACKSON, LUVENIA, JULY 5, 1897, LA.
SCHROEDER, DEBORAH FAYE, JULY 12, 1949, CALIF.
MCKNIGHT, ROSE MARIE, AUG. 23, 1953, CALIF.
JONES, NANCY MAE, MAY 5, 1901, ARK.
HOWARD, DORIS HELLEN, JAN. 27, 1922, LA.
CARTMELL, PATRICIA PAULINE, JULY 3, 1954, OHIO
CARTMELL, WALTER CLAYTON, MAY 15, 1928, KENTUCKY
MASON, FRANCINE RENITA, NOV. 21, 1954, CALIF.
BEAL, GENEVA MATTIE, SEPT. 4, 1920, MISS.
JEFFERY, EARTIS, FEB. 18, 1913, TEXAS
DENNIS, ELLIRUE, AUG. 2, 1948, LA.
WASHINGTON, ANNIE BELL, MAY 24, 1912, ALA.
CORDELL, CHRIS MARK, SEPT. 13, 1957, INDIANA
MOTON, VIOLA MAE, NOV. 7, 1920, FLA.
SCOTT, KAREN LOUISE, OCT. 23, 1959, OKLA.
DEAN, BURGER LEE, NOV. 14, 1916, ARK.
SIMON, MELANIE WANDA, NOV. 7, 1955, LA.
FIELDS, SHIRLEY ANN, DEC. 15, 1937, MICH.
EICHLER, EVELYN MARIE, AUG. 19, 1955, CALIF.
DAVIS, FRANCES BERNADETTE
NELSON, ENOLA MARTHENYA, DEC. 9, 1920, TEXAS
YOUNG, ELOIS CHRISTINE "NEE COBB", MARCH 29, 1928
WILLIS, MARY PEARL, DEC. 21, 1940
MOREHEAD, LEOLA KENNEDY, FEB. 26, 1926, ARK.
PETERSON, ROSE LEE, OCT. 22, 1900, ARK.
JOHNSON, JESSIE A., SEPT. 17, 1900, ARK.
BRADSHOW, PAMELA GAIL, AUG. 17, 1956, N.Y.
FIELDS, JAMES DONALD, JUNE 4, 1932, N.Y.
LANG, LOSSIE MAE, FEB. 16, 1904, TEXAS
SIMON, PAULINE LOUISE, NOV. 6, 1932, ILL.
WASHINGTON, HULDAH EDDIE
MARSHAL, DANNY LEON, DEC. 24, 1954, TEXAS
JONES, AVA PHENICE, AUG. 6, 1951, IND.
GILL, BETTY JEAN
HELLE, JOSEPH LEO, 3RD, JUNE 6, 1950, CALIF.
GIEG, ROB WENDELL
CHRISTIAN, VERNETTA C., DEC. 25, 1944, TEXAS
GEE, HERMON W., MARCH 27, 1897, TEXAS
SCHEID, DONALD EUGENE, JULY 22, 1961, CALIF.
OLIVER, WILLIAM, DEC. 25, 1926, GEORGIA
TSCHETTER, MARY ALICE, JUNE 7, 1928, IND.
SCHETTER, MARY ALICE,-JUNE0, 1955, CALIF.
LANGSTON, MARIANITA, DEC. 10, 1955, CALIF.
MCKNIGHT, DIANA, JULY 7, 1910, LA.
THOMAS, BERNICE, DEC. 31, 1946, CALIF.
LUNDQUIST, DIANE
CASTILLO, MARY FRANCES, JAN. 7, 1920, MD.
ARTERBERRY, LINDA THERESA, DEC. 6, 1948, CALIF.
CORDELL, TERESA LAVERNE, MARCH 11, 1958, GA.
ROLLINS, DOROTHY JEAN, JAN. 10, 1956, CALIF.
CLIPPS, IDA MAE PLEASANT, DEC. 4, 1917, TEXAS
CATNEY, GEORGIA MAE, OCT. 26, 1917, ARK.
HARRIS, NEVADA, JAN. 21, 1910, TEXAS
JOHNSON, BESSIE MARIE JANCE, MARCH 26, 1936, ARK.
SINES, NANCY VIRGINIA, SEPT. 25, 1949, CALIF.
WARREN, BRENDA ANNE, NOV. 9, 1961, MISS.
DAVIS, BARBARA MARIE, OCT. 3, 1925, TEXAS
GRUBBS, GERALD RICHARD, FEB. 15, 1945, WASHINGTON
GARCIA, MARY HELEN, SEPT. 19, 1938?
GRIMM, RONALD WINDUS, JAN. 16, 1937, CALIF.
WILKINSON, DEANNA KAY, OCT. 19, 1950, ILL.
SMITH, ENDRENA DEMETRIA, OCT. 4, 1958, CALIF.
CORDELL, EDITH EXCELL, FEB. 6, 1902, IND.
WRIGHT, ARLISA LAVETTE, JULY 23, 1961, CALIF.
BOUTTE, MARK ANTHONY, APRIL 14, 1957, CALIF.
HALL, HELOISE JANICE, DEC. 7, 1911, KANSAS
PARTAK, THOMAS JOSEPH, JULY 16, 1946, ILL.
GUIDRY, MENCEDESE MAVIS CLARE, SEPT. 6, 1908, LA.
PROBY, BESSIE MAE, NOV. 23, 1915, LA.
RANKIN, ROBERT LOUIS, OCT. 19, 1939, TENN.
BROWN, JOHNNY MOSS, JR., JULY 19, 1950, TEXAS
SHAVERS, MARY OCT. 19, 1923, LA.
ALBUNDY, IDA MARIE, AUG. 26, 1906, MO.
NAILOR, GERTRUDE, MARCH 21, 1910, MISS.
KENDALL, ELFREIDA, OCT. 30, 1909, TEXAS
DAVIS, ROBERT EDWIN, APRIL 27, 1936, WASH.
HINES, MABLE ELLEN WALKER (MABEL E.)
SOLOMON, DORRUS (DORRUS HENRY), DEC. 23, 1956, GA.
JEFFERY, MARGRETTE, SEPT. 4, 1913, TEXAS
LENDO, KAREN MARIE, OCT. 5, 1960
KISLINGBURG, SHARON JEAN, OCT. 16, 1956, CALIF.
FARRIS, MARSHALL, AUG. 5, 1907, ARK.
WOTHERSPOON, PETER ANDREW, OCT. 26, 1949, MICH.
SIMON, BARBARA ANN, OCT. 11, 1955, CALIF.
PARKER, BEATRICE LUCY, AUG. 27, 1894, N. C.
HARPER, ARTEE, JAN. 28, 1912, LA.
TURNER, BRUCE EDWARD, APRIL 11, 1954
KNIGHT, EARL
MULDROW, YVETTE LOUISE, OCT. 23, 1958, CALIF.
SIMON, ALVIN HAROLD, OCT. 8, 1972, CALIF.
MOORE, EDWARD, AUG. 26, 1915, CALIF.
CARTMELL, WALTER CLAYTON
RUGGIERO, ELIZABETH, AUG. 8, 1954, N.Y.
DAVIS, MARGARITA V. JAN. 10, 1950, PA.
KELLY, ANITA CHRISTINE, MARCH 15, 1950, IND.
RUGGIERO, ROSEANN, JUNE 12, 1951, CALIF.
HOLLEY, PATRICIA ANN (RHEA), NOV. 18, 1957, WASH.
JAMES, MARGARET, FEB. 27, 1918, MISS.
ANDERSON, MARICE ST MARTIN, JULY 22, 1962, CALIF.
SMART, ALFRED LAUFTON, JR., JUNE 3, 1960, CALIF.
JOHNSON, BERDA TRUSS, APRIL 2, 1892, MISS.
JACKSON, THELMA, AUG. 27, 1936, LA.
LAYTON, KAREN LEA, AUG. 10, 47, CA.
GRIFFITH, ARMONDO, MARCH 10, 1960, CALIF.
GRIFFITH, MAE KATHRYN, DEC. 26, 1941, TEXAS
WESLEY, BESSIE MAE, OCT. 8, 1915, ALA.
GIEG, STANLEY, BRIAN, JAN. 20, 1959, CALIF.
WOTHERSPOON, MARY BETH
WILSON, JOSEPH LAFAYETT
MILLER, LUCH JANE, MARCH 31, 1913, ALA.
THOMPSON, VENNIE, APRIL 3, 1902, LA.
RAMEY, DARLENE, SEPT. 30, 1959, CALIF.
DOWNS, NENA BELLE, APRIL 22, 1928, TEXAS
FOUNTAIN, BETTY JEWELL, AUG. 14, 1949, WASH.
ROBERSON, ODENIA ADAMS
BOWIE, KENNIETH BERNARD, APRIL 20, 1960, LA.
BAILEY, MARY JANE, SEPT. 6, 1915, ARK.
BRIDGEWATER, MILLER, FEB. 11, 1908, TEXAS
MC CALL, ESTELLE DUNN, OCT. 7, 1930, TEXAS
KUTULAS, DEMOSTHENIS, FEB. 20, 1927, CALIF.
BREWSTER, KIMBERLY LOUISE, AUG. 25, 1955, CALIF.
RAILBACK, ESTELLA MAE, FEB. 22, 1904, TEXAS
JACKSON, LOURECE, DEC. 26, 1941, LA.
BRYANT, PRINSCOLA, ARK.
GODSHALK, VIOLA MAY
MORRISON, LUGENIA, JUNE 22, 1927, TEXAS
REWELL, CHRISTOPHER, JULY 10, 1961, MISS.
ROCHELLE, TOMMIE CHARFNE
SOLOMAN, DOROTHY PEARL, SEPT. 19, 1940, GA.
NEWELL, HAZEL, JUNE 15, 1927, MISS.
CONLEY, CORLIS DENISE (BOUTTE), MARCH 12, 1959, CALIF.
GRIFFITH, EMMETT ALEXANDER, JR., JULY 11, 1958, CALIF.
BERRYMAN, RONNIE DE WAYNE, FEB. 26, 1952, CALIF.
TYLER, GARY LEE, AUG. 3, 1958, CALIF.
SNEED, WILLIE DELOISE, AUG. 1, 1919, ILL.
HILTON, OSIALEE, JAN. 4, 1894, ARK.
GOODSPEED, LUE DIMPLE, JAN. 3, 1907, TEXAS
WRIGHT, LEOMY, MAY 22, 1921, TEXAS
GRIMM, SUE L., MARCH 4, 1941
KARNES, VELMA LEE AKA DARNES, NAJUANDRNEE S., APR. 29,
1936, LA.
BENTON, LENA MAE, FEB. 2, 1910, TEXAS
HARMS, KAREN MARIE, JUNE 14, 1958, N.C.
CLANCEY, MARY LOUISE, APRIL 16, 1954, CALIF.
BREIDENBACH, MELANIE LEE
PONTS, LOIS AGUES, JAN. 21, 1927, CALIF.
FINNEY, CASEY NAKYIA, JULY 15, 1959, CALIF.
MORTON, MARY NATHANIEL, JAN. 24, 1942, S.C.
SMITH, OLLIE MARIE
DAVIS, ISABEL (MINNIE)

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July 28, 2006 report, called MONTREAL HOSTS THE FIRST EVER OUTGAMES.

It says, “Montreal is set to host the 1st World OutGames from
July 26-August 5. An offshoot of the Federation of Gay
Games (held this year in Chicago), which has traditionally
focused on providing a venue for homosexuals to openly
engage in sports competitions, the OutGames has added a
three-day international conference on Lesbian, Gay,
Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) human rights issues to the
sports competition. Consulate representatives met with the
organizers who expect 1,500 conference participants from
more than 100 countries, some 12,000 athletes/competitors,
including 2,000 Americans, 300 foreign journalists, and as
many as 250,000 visitors/spectators. To attract more LGBT
visitors, Montreal tourism officials and businesses have
deliberately developed marketing efforts to show and brand
Montreal as a tolerant, gay-friendly vacation destination
on par with Amsterdam, Paris, and San Francisco. Given the
large number of Americans involved, Consulate officers also
briefed the conference organizers on American Citizen
Services and provided a welcome message and ACS/CIS
reference page for distribution to American participants.
Copenhagen has been designated as the host of the next
World OutGames in 2009.

OUTGAMES OVERVIEW

The 1st World OutGames opens with the International
Conference on LGBT Human Rights, July 26 - July 29.
Conference participants will have five plenary sessions,
featuring a number of Canadian, American, and
internationally-renowned keynote speakers, and workshop
sessions organized around the conference's five themes:
Essential Rights, Global Issues; the Diverse LGBT
community; Participation in Society; and Creating Social
Change. In addition, several sub-conferences are planned
including: "Workers Out!" the labor unions' examination of
LGBT rights in the workplace; and "Out for Business," the
Quebec Gay Chamber of Commerce-led networking effort aimed
at chambers of commerce, professionals and business
associations in the LGBT community. Montreal's Anglican
bishop Barry Clarke will hold OutMass: celebrating
diversity.

Canadian federal, provincial, and municipal officials
have made supportive statements, highlighting a policy of
tolerance and inclusion. Keynote speakers include UNHCHRQs
Louise Arbour (who also wrote an OpEd and gave media
interviews on the importance of LGBT rights), Montreal
Mayor Gerald Tremblay, Canadian Olympic Medalist Mark
Tewksbury, Gene Robinson, Bishop of the New Hampshire
Episcopal Church, and Irshad Manji, New York Times
columnist and author of "The Trouble with Islam Today."
The mood at the opening plenary session that focused on
LGBT rights in the U.S. and Canada was positive; one
participant noted to Econoff that it was "uplifting to be
surrounded by so many people from so many different
countries" focused on taking positive steps for the
protection of LGBT rights. Mark Tewksbury received a
standing ovation after speaking about the need to break
through the "culture of silence about homosexuality and
sport" and praised Montreal as a city where "[LGBT people]
are not just tolerated, we are celebrated." Conference
organizers told Consulate officials they hope the legacy of
the conferenceQs "Declaration of Montreal" will be an
action plan to mobilize the United Nations and national
governments to support LGBT rights.

The OutGames stemmed from a dispute between the
Federation of Gay Games and organizers in Montreal, which
had been slated to host the 7th Annual Gay Games. The
Federation of Gay Games, which had seen its last two games
turn into money losing ventures, were not inclined to
include a human rights conference and other side events to
the 2006 Games, opting instead to keep them as pure
sporting events, and moved the location of the 7th Annual
Gay Games (which concluded this week) to Chicago. Unlike
the 7th Annual Gay Games, OutGames events will cater to all
levels of athletic ability and include traditional sports
such as basketball, rowing, and track and field, as well as
same sex versions of figure skating, ballroom dancing and
synchronized swimming. The week-long program of 35 sport
competitions will take place at 40-plus different venues
throughout Montreal, including facilities originally built
for the 1976 Olympic Games. The opening and closing
ceremonies will be held at the Olympic Stadium (Consulate
rep to attend) and will be broadcast by Radio-Canada.
Viger Square, dubbed "Rendez-Vous Square," will serve as a
hub for the "cultural portion" of the OutGames, where
participants will gather for informal musical, dance, and
social activities.

A special two-for-one ticket sale promotion for the
opening ceremony immediately sent waves of concern in a
city sensitive about grand sports events deficits. (Mayor
Tremblay already has a projected $400 million budget
deficit; Montrealers still remember the huge deficit of the
1976 Olympics, which was only recently paid off, as well as
last summerQs World Aquatic Competition that also fell
short.) OutGames president Louise Roy said at the opening
press conference that the OutGames had already broken even,
and that private financing had already covered the
extravagant opening ceremony planned, though she did not
disclose financial details or percentages of public/private
support. Some media speculated that the low ticket sales
and the absence of a last-minute surge in hotel
reservations provide proof that the event will not live up
to the organizers' expectations and hype, though "breaking
even is already ahead" for Montreal finances. (Note: While
one columnist cited a strong Canadian dollar and gasoline
prices as contributing to a drop in summer tourism, no
reference to WHTI requirements or border security issues
was made.) Conference organizers also explained to
Consulate representatives that they had received a
combination of federal, provincial, and municipal funding
as well as significant private industry support. Several
prominent Canadian and American companies, such as CGI,
Pepsi, Speedo, Bell Canada, GlaxoSmithKline and Intel, are
among the variety of official sponsors.

Quebec's Track Record and Montreal's Capitalizing on LGBT
Rights

Montreal has already attained the reputation of North
AmericaQs "City of Festivals" and hosts a large and vibrant
Gay and Lesbian community. It has a neighborhood known as
the "Gay Village," that boasts a wide variety of antique
shops, bistros, pubs, and night clubs. The city has been
playing up the appeal of its Gay Village in its advertising
campaigns, hoping to draw more Gay and Lesbian travelers
(even dedicating an entire section of its tourism website
to "gay friendly accommodation") and has been highlighting
the OutGames as evidence of the cityQs progressive and open
nature. Each year, between 900,000 and one million gay and
lesbian visitors come to Montreal. Even beyond the rainbow-
flagged and banner-lined streets of the gay quarter,
souvenir shops throughout the city are giving equal
treatment to OutGames apparel and souvenirs, prominently
placing them as they would for MontrealQs established
cultural and sporting events. Montreal media is reporting
that shop owners are already seeing a business boom.

OutGames organizers explained how over the years,
MontrealQs special spirit of openness and acceptance
between the general public and the LGBT community made
Montreal the perfect place for this event. They explained
also how the gay-friendly environment has been further
nurtured by numerous government policies. In 1977, Quebec
was the first government in the world (other than a city)
to include sexual orientation in its anti-discrimination
legislation. In 2002, Quebec also legalized same-sex union.
In July 2005, Quebec became the first jurisdiction in the
world to have laws that clearly grant full legal equality
to same-sex couples at both the federal and provincial
levels. Pursuing pro-LGBT human rights policies and
promoting LGBT tourism and business opportunities are
likely to continue to be essential parts of MontrealQs
urban identity based on pluralism, social inclusion and
tolerance. Sheaffer.”

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August 24, 2006 report, called MONTREAL CELEBRATES OUTGAMES SUCCESS - PART 2 OF 2.

“SUBJECT: Montreal Celebrates OutGames Success - Part 2 of 2.”

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Summary
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It says, “The 1st World OutGames, held in Montreal June 26-August
5, drew some 500,000 spectators, 10,248 athletes, and 5,200
volunteers and has been touted by officials, media, and
human rights activists alike as a success. The three-day
conference on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender
(LGBT) Human Rights, which preceded the sports events,
produced the Declaration of Montreal, a statement intended
to guarantee the rights of the LGBT community throughout
the world. Organizers and the Montreal Police told ConGen
officers there were no reported homosexual hate crimes or
incidents. By pursuing an LGBT human rights agenda
simultaneously, the OutGames elicited public statements on
LGBT rights and participation from a range of Canadian
federal, provincial, and municipal elected officials, as
well as business and community leaders. Finally, the
OutGames reinforced Montreal's urban identity as an open
and tolerant tourist destination, while also signaling LGBT
human rights as a potential defining issue for Montreal
voters in future elections.

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Montreal vs. Chicago
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The decision to host the 1st World OutGames in Montreal
resulted from a dispute over the number of participants and
over the scope of activities between Federation of Gay
Games (FGG) and Montreal organizers, as the Gay Games were
destined originally for Montreal. Montreal's organizers
envisaged a large participant base, and wanted to include a
human rights conference and many other side activities
around the games. The Gay Games organizers, due to a
history of financial trouble, wanted to pare down the event
and focus only on sports competitions. After FGG
organizers awarded the location of the Gay Games to Chicago
(held June 15-22), Montreal organizers contemplated the
future of Gay sports and as a result, founded a new
international organization, the Gay and Lesbian
International Sports Association (GLISA), currently
headquartered in Ontario but soon to relocate its
headquarters to Montreal. Two sports competitions resulted,
both geared towards similar audiences, held within days of
each other, six hundred miles apart. Despite the political
gains, many considered the OutGames a financial risk for
Montreal, particularly given the high debt incurred after
previous experiences here hosting international sporting
events.[See Reftel]

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Outgames a "financial success?"
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Despite the Outgames being held on the heels of the Gay
Games, Montreal organizers and the Montreal Board of Trade
quickly pointed to the financial benefits the games brought
to the city, with an estimated C$100 million being spent by
athletes and other visitors during the games, according to
the Montreal Board of Trade. (note: the Quebec Gay Chamber
of Commerce offers a much higher estimate of C$180 million)
A representative from MontrealQs MayorQs office told
Econoff that the city's investment in the OutGames had a
"long-term strategy, strictly from a business sense" to
attract more gay tourists to the city, and convince
OutGames participants to return to Montreal in the future.
Despite this upbeat message, Montreal organizers had
earlier announced that it would require a minimum of 13,000
paying participants to break even, and the games themselves
only drew some 10,248 athletes, some of whom were sponsored
by the Canadian government (though the number increases to
more than 18,000 when one includes Conference participants,
cultural event participants, and volunteers). OutGames
organizers have yet to release any clear data on financial
revenues (or losses) from the games, so details on the
reality of their financial success remain sketchy. As with
the majority of cultural and sporting events in Quebec, the
OutGames received funding from the municipal, provincial,
and federal government. OutGames organizers told Consulate
officers that there were "significant" private industry
contributions, although no precise figures on or breakdown
of public or private assistance were provided, nor have any
been published to date.

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MONTREAL 00000922 002 OF 003


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Aside from declaring financial success, OutGames
organizers and Montreal city officials point to the human
rights conference and the Declaration of Montreal the
legacy and long-term impact of the OutGames. Montreal
Police contacts as well as OutGames organizers told
Consulate officials that the games occurred without any
reported incidents of hate crimes or gay-targeted offensive
behavior. However, a few media reports of homophobic
comments made by four members of a Montreal-area water
polo team emerged and led to calls for a formal apology
and the four athletesQ being removed from the team. The
only frustration police encountered was actually found
among their own ranks, for having to absorb the costs for
force deployment and closing down many streets for a
relatively small number of marathon runners (only 92) on
the final day. Similarly, news about one Senegalese
participant coming under fire upon his return to his home
country traveled fast in human rights circles here. Cheikh
Doudou Mbaye, a Senegalese social worker, who spoke at a
workshop on homosexual discrimination in the workplace,
faced public humiliation and harassment upon his return to
Senegal, according to a senior representative of the
Montreal-based International Center for Human Rights and
Democratic Development and press reports. Otherwise, the
city of Montreal (recently reported to be CanadaQs top
tourist destination) provided participants with a welcoming
atmosphere, with banners throughout the city promoting the
games and gay pride, and OutGames participants to ride free
on the cityQs public transportation.

The Human Rights conference, June 26-29, included a
keynote speech by UN Commissioner for Human Rights, Louise
Arbour, and drew 1,500 participants in the first human
rights conference of its kind to focus specifically on the
rights of the LGBT community. The Conference included a
section on homosexuality in the workforce, in partnership
with the Quebec Gay Chamber of Commerce (QGCC). The
president of the QGCC told Econoff that he was especially
pleased at the success of the Conference, because it
allowed participants to focus on the concerns shared by
homosexuals in a professional setting, and to develop
strategies for better mobilizing actions within the LGBT
business communities. He stated that although Montreal is
an open and welcoming city for homosexuals, he encountered
initial resistance from large Montreal-based corporations
in making donations to both the QGCC as well as the
OutGames. He said, however, he overcame this resistance and
in fact, had succeeded in his fundraising efforts, adding
"I have not gotten one 'no' in two years."

The Declaration of Montreal builds on the statement
from the Universal Declaration of Human Rights that Qall
human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights
and expands the acceptance of human diversity to cover
different sexual orientations and gender identities. The
Declaration of Montreal notes that "the oppression of LGBT
people is a reality in most parts of the world" but that
"more and more brave people are standing up for LGBT human
rights." The Declaration sets out the "essential rights"
for LGBT peoples, including the protection from state and
private violence, freedom of expression, assembly, and
association (for a full text of the declaration, go to
http://www.montreal2006.org).


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Outgames gain political support
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Politicians from all levels of government attended
OutGames events and awards ceremonies. MontrealQs Mayor
Gerald Tremblay was a constant vocal advocate for the games
throughout their preparation and execution, spoke at the
LGBT human rights conference, and hosted a number of
receptions at city hall. In keeping with sporting events
tradition, he passed the OutGames flag to Martin Geerson,
Mayor of Culture and Leisure of Copenhagen, where the next
OutGames is scheduled to take place in 2009. Benot
Labonte, the mayor of Ville-Marie, MontrealQs downtown
borough covering the financial and commercial district as
well as the Gay Village, was an active supporter. Line
Beauchamp, Minister of Culture and Communication,
represented the Quebec Provincial government, while Yvone
Marcoux, QuebecQs Minister of Justice, was a keynote
speaker at the LGBT Human Rights Conference. Gilles
Duceppe, leader of the Bloc Quebecois, made an appearance
at the OutGames opening ceremony and OutGames golf
tournament. Real Menard, the openly-gay Bloc Quebecois
Member of Parliament from the riding that encompasses the
Olympic village, competed in the menQs wrestling
competition. Federal Minister of the Treasury Board John
Baird attended a reception in honor of athletes from his
home province of Ontario. Several Quebec and Ottawa Members
of Parliament, from all parties, also attended the Games.

Just as it opened, the OutGames ended with a festive
closing ceremony that included participation by American
icon Liza Minnelli and popular Quebec musical artists,
MontrealQs Mayor Gerald Tremblay, CopenhagenQs Mayor Martin
Geerson, Quebec Minister for Culture and Communication,
Line Beauchamp, and Jean-Marc Fournier, Minister of
Education, Sports, and Recreation, as well as Michael
Fortier, Federal Minister of Public Works. In sharp
contrast to the opening ceremony when Michael Fortier,
Federal Minister of Public Works and Services, received
stadium-wide jeers because of the LGBT communityQs
dissatisfaction with the Conservative PartyQs position on
LGBT rights, particularly same sex marriage, (Mayor
Tremblay intervened, asking the audience to extend the same
tolerance and respect that Montrealers are known for and
expect), Jean-Marc Fournier, Minister of Education, Sports
and Recreation, was better received during the closing
ceremonies.

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Comment
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In addition to being a good news story for human rights
in Montreal (and the desire to extend those rights
elsewhere in the world), the popularity of the OutGames in
Montreal demonstrates how many Quebeckers take issue with
the Conservative governmentQs stance on gay marriage.
Virtually all polls taken in Quebec have shown that a
majority of the provinceQs population favors gay marriage,
with a recent poll conducted by Environics between May 29
and June 2 indicating that two thirds of Quebeckers support
gay marriage. As GLISA prepares to move its headquarters
to Montreal and looks ahead to the 2009 world OutGames in
Copenhagen, the issue of LGBT rights will continue to be an
important one for Montrealers, and could play a role in
future municipal, provincial and federal elections, as
Quebec pursues its self-proclaimed international role on
social and cultural issues. Marshall.”

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September 11, 2001 report, called SITREP NUMBER ONE: TERRORIST ATTACKS IN CONUS.

It says, “THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION IS TO PROVIDE POSTS WITH THE
LATEST INFORMATION ON A RASH OF TERRORIST ATTACKS THAT
OCCURRED ON SEPTEMBER 11, 2001 IN NEW YORK CITY AND
WASHINGTON, D.C. BE ADVISED THAT THIS INFORMATION IS
DRAWN FROM OPEN SOURCES AS THE SITUATION IS DEVELOPING.
THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION IS KNOWN AT THIS TIME.
CURRENTLY WE ARE NOT AWARE OF A CREDIBLE CLAIM OF
RESPONSIBITY FOR THESE ATTACKS.

AT APPROXIMATELY 0900 TWO SEPARATE AIRCRAFT
DELIBERATELY CRASHED INTO THE TOWERS OF THE WORLD TRADE
CENTER (WTC) CAUSING BOTH TOWERS TO COLLAPSE. THERE IS AN
UNKNOWN NUMBER OF CASUALTIES. WITHIN ONE HOUR OF THE WTC
BOMBINGS AN EXPLOSION OCCURRED AT THE PENTAGON ALSO
CAUSING AN UNKNOWN NUMBER OF CASUALTIES.

ELEMENTS OF DEPARTMENT OF STATE PERSONNEL ARE
CURRENTLY EVACUATING DEPARTMENT OFFICES, HOWEVER,
EMERGENCY PERSONNEL WILL REMAIN. THE DEPARTMENT HAS
ESTABLISHED AN ALTERNATE OPERATIONS CENTER AT NFATC IN
ARLINGTON. CONTACT NUMBERS ARE THE SAME; 202-647-1512.
AT THIS TIME A TASK FORCE IS BEING ESTABLISHED.

POSTS SHOULD CONVENE EAC MEETINGS IMMEDIATELY TO
REVIEW ALL SECURITY MEASURES AND ENLIST LOCAL GOVERNMENT
AND POLICE SECURITY SUPPORT. WHILE THERE IS NO
INTELLIGENCE AVAILABLE INDICATING THAT U.S. FACILITIES
OVERSEAS WILL BE TARGETED, POSTS SHOULD REMAIN AT THE
HIGHEST STATE OF ALERT UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.

POSTS WILL APPRISED OF DEVELOPING INFORMATION AS IT
OCCURS.

BELGRADE, DUSHANBE, FREETOWN, PRISTINA, AND NDJAMENA MINIMIZE
CONSIDERED. POWELL.”

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October 9, 2001 report, called TFUS1 - PD; MEDIA REACTION STRIKE AGAINST TERROR; HARARE.

It says, “EDITORIALS IN THE OCTOBER 9 EDITIONS OF THE
GOVERNMENT-CONTROLLED DAILY "THE HERALD" AND THE
INDEPENDENT DAILY "THE DAILY NEWS" FOCUS ON THE
UNITED STATES-LED STRIKES IN AFGHANISTAN. FULL
EDITORIAL TEXTS FOLLOW:

UNDER HEADLINE "U. S. GOVERNMENT MUST ACT
CORRECTLY," THE "HERALD" COMMENTS:

"THE U. S. FACES BOTH OPPORTUNITIES AND DREADFUL RISKS
NOW THAT IT HAS STARTED ITS BOMBING CAMPAIGN IN
AFGHANISTAN. UNDER INTERNATIONAL LAW ANY STATE IS
ENTITLED TO DEFEND ITSELF AND IS ENTITLED TO RETALIATE
AGAINST THOSE WHO ATTACK IT AND THOSE WHO ACTIVELY
SUPPORT ITS ATTACKERS. THE U. S. WAS BRUTALLY ATTACKED
ON SEPTEMBER 11. THE MAIN ATTACKS IN NEW YORK WERE
CARRIED OUT AGAINST CIVILIAN TARGETS WITH THE
DELIBERATE INTENTION OF KILLING CIVILIANS. SO ASSUMING
THAT THE EVIDENCE AGAINST AL-QUAEDS, LED BY OSAMA BIN
LADEN, IS AS GOOD AS THE AMERICANS CLAIM, THEN THE
ATTACKS ON AL-QUAEDS AND THE TALIBAN RULERS OF
AFGHANISTAN ARE JUSTIFIED. THE TALIBAN HAVE SUPPORTED
AND PROTECTED AL-QUAEDS. BUT THIS RIGHT OF SELF-
DEFENSE IS NOT A BLANK CHECK. THE U. S. WOULD HAVE
BEEN BETTER ADVISED TO HAVE MADE PUBLIC THE EVIDENCE IT
HAS BEEN PRESENTING TO MANY OF ITS ALLIES, BOTH OLD AND
NEW, AS TO THE BLAMEWORTHINESS OF BOT AL-QUAEDS AND THE
TALIBAN. THE EVIDENCE IS SAID TO BE IMPRESSIVE. YET
MOST PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD WOULD LIKE TO SEE IT FOR
THEMSELVES AND MAKE UP THEIR OWN MINDS. IT IS
UNFORTUNATE THAT THEY HAVE NOT BEEN ALLOWED TO DO SO.
CARPET BOMBING OF AFGHANISTAN, FOR EXAMPLE, WOULD PUT
THE U. S. IN THE SAME CAMP AS THOSE WHO FLEW THE PLANES
INTO THE WORLD TRADE CENTER. KILLING CIVILIANS FOR
IGNOBLE MOTIVES OF REVENGE IS TERRORISM. THE INITIAL
ATTACKS APPEAR TO HAVE BEEN AGAINST LEGITIMATE TARGETS
AND IT ALSO APPEARS, FROM THE CASUALTY TOLL, THAT THE
BOMBING EXHIBITED A HIGH DEGREE OF PRECISION. IT IS
ESSENTIAL THAT FUTURE ATTACKS FOLLOW THE SAME COURSE.
IT IS ALSO ESSENTIAL THAT THE U. S. RESTRICTS ITS WAR
AIMS. THE U. S. MUST RESISTS THE TEMPTATION TO TRY AND
IMPOSE SOME SORT OF GOVERNMENT ON AFGHANISTAN. THAT
MUST BE LEFT TO THE AFGHAN PEOPLE WITH THE ADVICE AND
HELP OF NEIGHBORING COUNTRIES. IT IS HIGHLY LIKELY
THAT ANY FUTURE GOVERNMENT OF AFGHANISTAN WILL BE BOTH
NATIONALISTIC AND ISLAMIC. AFTER ALL ALMOST ALL
AFGHANS ARE MUSLIMS AND, AS FOREIGN INVADERS HAVE
DISCOVERED, ARE INTENSELY NATIONALISTIC. IT IS INDEED
HIGHLY LIKELY THAT ANY FUTURE AFGHAN GOVERNMENT WILL BE
ALLIED TO BOTH IRAN AND PAKISTAN, ITS MOST IMPORTANT
NEIGHBORS, AND WILL BE CLOSER TO RUSSIA AND CHINA AMONG
THE GREAT POWERS THAN TO THE U. S. SUCH A GOVERNMENT
IS UNLIKELY TO REGARD THE U. S. AS ITS BEST FRIEND AND
IT WOULD BE UNREASONABLE OF THE AMERICANS TO EXPECT
THIS. ALL THAT THE U. S. CAN EXPECT, AND IS ENTITLED
TO EXPECT, IS A GOVERNMENT THAT ACCEPTS INTERNATIONAL
LAW. THE U. S. IS REGARDED, JUSTIFIABLY, WITH GREAT
SUSPICION IN MUCH OF THE ISLAMIC WORLD. ANY MEDDLING
IN AFGHAN POLITICS WOULD DOOM A RESULTANT GOVERNMENT.
THE ISLAMIC SUSPICION OF THE U. S. HAS THREE STRANDS.

FIRST, AND MOST IMPORTANT, IS THE U. S. BACKING IN
ALMOST ALL CIRCUMSTANCES OF ISRAEL. THERE HAVE BEEN
INDICATIONS IN THE LAST WEEK THAT THE U. S. DOES
BELIEVE THAT THE PALESTINIANS TOO HAVE RIGHTS, BUT MANY
WILL WANT TO SEE ACTION BEFORE THEY BELIEVE THIS.
SECONDLY, THERE IS THE GENERAL THIRD WORLD IRRITATION
WITH THE U. S.'S ASSUMPTION OF GLOBAL DOMINANCE. THE
U. S. NEEDS TO BE LESS DOMINEERING. AND THIRDLY THERE
IS A DISTASTE OF THE SECULAR CONSUMER CULTURE OF THE U.
S., A GAP THAT IS NOT GOING TO BE BRIDGED BUT WHICH
NEEDS TO BE UNDERSTOOD. SO THE U. S. HAS THE
OPPORTUNITY OF CRIPPLING AL-QUAEDS IN THE WAR ON
TERRORISM AND GIVING THE AFGHAN PEOPLE A CHANCE TO HAVE
A GOVERNMENT THEY DESERVE. IT RUNS THE RISK OF BEING
SEEN AS A BIG ANTI-ISLAMIC BULLY. THE CHOICE IS UP TO
THE U. S. GOVERNMENT AND IT MUST ACT AS CORRECTLY AS IT
HAS STARTED."

UNDER HEADLINE "AMERICA HAS ACTED RASHLY," THE
"DAILY NEWS" COMMENTS:

"SUNDAY'S U. S. STRIKES AGAINST AFGHANISTAN MAY HAVE
ANSWERED AMERICAN DOMESTIC PRESSURE FOR THE
ADMINISTRATION OF PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH TO RESPOND
TO THE 11 SEPTEMBER 2001 TERRORIST ATTACKS IN NEW YORK
AND WASHINGTON, BUT THE REAL DANGER IS THAT THE U.S.
COULD BE SUCKED INTO A LONG-DRAWN CONFLICT. BUSH HAS
IGNORED WORLD OPINION NOT TO ACT HASTILY. IT WAS
ESSENTIAL TO FURNISH THE REST OF THE WORLD WITH
SPECIFIC EVIDENCE LINKING THE CHIEF SUSPECT IN LAST
MONTH'S ATTACK ON THE U. S., OSAMA BIN LADEN, TO THE
DASTARDLY ACTS. THAT EVIDENCE REMAINS PRIVY TO THE
AMERICAN ADMINISTRATION AND THEIR BRITISH ALLIES. IT
WOULD HAVE BEEN FAR MORE PREFERABLE TO LET THE WHOLE OF
THE WORLD KNOW OF THIS EVIDENCE FOR THEM TO MAKE AN
INFORMED DECISION, WHETHER OR NOT IT WAS GOING TO BE IN
CONCERT WITH THAT OF THE AMERICANS. BUT SUCH AN
ARGUMENT HAS ALREADY BEEN OVERTAKEN BY EVENTS. AMERICA
IS ENTITLED TO PURSUE ITS INTERESTS AND SECURITY, BUT
IN SO DOING IT IS ERODING THE ENORMOUS SYMPATHY AND
SUPPORT IT GARNERED SINCE THE ATTACKS ALMOST A MONTH
AGO. AMERICAN INTELLIGENCE IS SUPPOSED TO BE SO
SOPHISTICATED THAT THEY SHOULD NOT BE STRIKING TARGETS
OTHER THAN EXACT LOCATIONS OF BIN LADEN, IF IT IS
ACCEPTED THAT HE BE CONVICTED BEFORE A TRIAL. BUT THAT
THEY SHOULD BE DROPPING BOMBS ALL OVER AFGHANISTAN
RAISES FAR MORE SERIOUS CONCERNS: THE CASUALTIES ARE
GOING TO BE MORE THAN THE ALLEGED PERPETRATORS OF THE
11 SEPTEMBER ATTACKS. AFGHANISTAN IS A NATION OF
DISPLACED PEOPLE. SUNDAY'S BOMBINGS WILL HAVE HASTENED
THE WAVE OF AFGHANS FLEEING THEIR COUNTRY. WHILE THEY
SEEK REFUGE IN NEIGHBORING COUNTRIES, THERE IS
POTENTIAL FOR DESTABILIZATION OF THE REGION. THERE
COULD BE MORE CASUALTIES AMONG LEADERS IN THAT REGION
AS RESENTMENT AGAINST DISPLACEMENT AND AMERICA BUILDS
UP. IT IS IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND THE PSYCHE THAT
DRIVES PEOPLE WHO ARE PREPARED TO SACRIFICE THEIR LIVES
FOR A CAUSE. AMONG THOSE FLEEING AFGHANISTAN INTO
NEIGHBORING STATES ARE PEOPLE COMMITTED TO A CAUSE, ONE
OF THEM BEING TO FIGHT AMERICA. THEY WILL BE DIFFICULT
TO DETECT BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT AN ARMY, BUT THE EFFECTS
OF THEIR ACTIONS ARE DEADLY. THE FORMER SOVIET UNION
KNOWS THE LESSON TOO WELL. IT MET ITS WATERLOO AGAINST
THE TALIBAN. MANY OF THOSE BACKING THE AMERICAN
STRIKES AGAINST AFGHANISTAN DO SO BECAUSE THEY BELIEVE
THE OUTCOME WILL CONVENIENTLY SOLVE THEIR OWN LONG-
STANDING PROBLEMS, WHOSE ORIGINS ARE SEEN AS EMANATING
FROM AFGHANISTAN OR THAT REGION OF THE WORLD. BY
BOMBING AFGHANISTAN, THE U. S. AND ITS ALLIES ARE
MERELY VICTIMIZING THE ORDINARY AFGHANS WHO HAVE NO
CAPACITY TO ESCAPE OR HIDE FROM THE ATTACKS. THE
QUESTION THEY WILL ASK IS: WHAT DO WE HAVE TO DO WITH
BIN LADEN'S AGENDA? INSTEAD OF SYMPATHY MORE HATRED IS
ENGENDERED. THE AMERICANS SHOULD HAVE LEARNT FROM THE
NORTH ATLANTIC ORGANIZATION'S EXPERIENCE IN YUGOSLAVIA.
THE AMERICANS SHOULD HAVE USED THEIR SOPHISTICATED
INTELLIGENCE TO TRACK DOWN BIN LADEN AND BRING HIM TO
JUSTICE WITHOUT RISKING UNNECESSARY CIVILIAN
CASUALTIES. IT IS POSSIBLE THE CHIEF SUSPECT IS
NOWHERE NEAR THE PLACES BEING BOMBED AS HE WOULD HAVE
LONG ANTICIPATED THIS ACTION. THE LIVES AND SECURITY
OF NATIONALS BELONGING TO THE U. S. AND ITS ALLIES
THROUGHOUT THE WORLD ARE NOW IN SERIOUS JEOPARDY. NO
ONE WILL EVER KNOW WHERE AND WHEN THE NEXT ATTACK WILL
BE. THE 11 SEPTEMBER ATTACKS DEMONSTRATE THE DILEMMA
THE WORLD FACES IN ANTICIPATING THE ACTION OF THE
TERRORIST ENEMY. BUT THIS MAY BE AN ENEMY FOR WHICH
THERE IS NO DEARTH OF RECRUITS. SO EVEN THE EVENTUAL
CAPTURE OF BIN LADEN WILL NOT BE SUFFICIENT GUARANTEES
AGAINST FURTHER ACTS OF TERRORISM. IF BIN LADEN IS THE
MAN BUSH SAYS HE IS, THEN THE U. S. AND ITS ALLIES MAY
HAVE FALLEN FOR THE CHIEF SUSPECT'S PLAN." SULLIVAN.”

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At Least Two Saudi Officials May Have Deliberately Assisted 9/11 Hijackers, New Evidence Suggests
September 11, 2024

https://www.propublica.org/article/saudi-officials-may-have-assisted-911-hijackers-new-evidence-suggests

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The greatest story never told Pt. 7.

By Lynda Carson

The struggles and history of a world in turmoil...

See more below...

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Archbishop Oscar Romero Was Assassinated In 1980.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%93scar_Romero

HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT: NOVEMBER 1978

In part, it says “SUMMARY: KIDNAPPING OF THREE FOREIGN BUSINESS
EXECUTIVES DURING NOVEMBER BY TERRORIST ORGANIZATION
FARN CAST FURTHER DOUBTS ON GOES ABILITY TO CONTROL
INTERNAL SECURITY SITUATION IN EL SALVADOR. DEATH
OF CATHOLIC PRIEST RAFAEL ERNESTO BARRERA MOTTO IN
REPORTED SHOOTOUT ON NOV 28 IN SAN SALVADOR BETWEEN
SECURITY FORCES AND ALLEGED FPL "COMBAT CELL" LED
TO CONTROVERSY BETWEEN CHURCH AND SECURITY FORCES
CONCERNING CIRCUMSTANCES SURROUNDING BARRERA'S
DEATH. CHURCH, HOWEVER, DID NOT DENY THAT FATHER
BARRERA MAY HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN POLITICAL ACTIVITIES
AND BPR CLAIMED THAT PRIEST WAS ONE OF ITS MEMBERS.
CONTROVERSY BETWEEN LIBERAL AND CONSERVATIVE
ELEMENTS IN CHURCH HIERARCHY SHOWED NO SIGNS OF
ABATING AS ARCHBISHOP ROMERO DISMISSED MSGR. MARCO
RENE REVELO, AUXILIARY BISHOP OF SAN SALVADOR AND
ONE OF LEADERS OF CONSERVATIVE GROUP WITHIN CHURCH,
FROM ONE OF HIS CHURCH POSTS. DURING NOVEMBER,
MEMBERS OF PDC AND ANEP CONTINUED DISCUSSIONS
CONCERNING POSSIBILITY OF A "POLITICAL OPENING".

FATHER BARRERA MOTTO CASE: ON NOV 28, SECURITY
FORCES ENGAGED IN A FIVE-HOUR SHOOTING IN SAN
SALVADOR WITH FOUR MEMBERS OF ALLEGED FPL "COMBAT
CELL" (78 SAN SALVADOR 6229), THREE OF WHOM DIED
DURING SHOOTOUT (FOURTH WAS WOUNDED AND LATER DIED,
ALLEGEDLY ON WAY TO HOSPITAL). ONE OF THREE DEAD
WAS IDENTIFIED AS RAFAEL ERNESTO BARRERA MOTTO, ACATHOLIC PRIEST.

ON NOV 29, ARCHBISHOP ROMERO ANNOUNCED
FORMATION OF CHURCH COMMISSION TO INVESTIGATE INCIDENT
WHILE RUMORS CIRCULATED CONTRADICTING OFFICIAL VERSION
(78 SAN SALVADOR 6261). CHURCH COMMISSION CITED EVIDENCE WHICH IT SAID
INDICATED THAT BARRERA MOTTO AND TWO OTHERS MAY
HAVE BEEN KILLED PRIOR TO ALLEGED INCIDENT.
HOWEVER, ARCHBISHOP ROMERO STOPPED SHORT OF DENYING
THAT FATHER BARRERA MAY HAVE BEEN ENGAGED IN
POLITICAL ACTIVITIES AND LEFTIST POPULAR REVOLUTIONARY BLOC (
BPR) CIRCULATED HANDOUTS CLAIMING
THAT FATHER BARRERA AND THREE OTHERS KILLED AS
RESULT OF INCIDENT WERE BPR MEMBERS (78 SAN
SALVADOR 6350). ON DEC 8, NEWSPAPERS PUBLISHED
COMMUNIQUE ALLEGEDLY ISSUED BY FPL CLAIMING THAT
FATHER BARRERA HAD BEEN ONE OF ITS MEMBERS.

ARCHBISHOP ROMERO QUESTIONED AUTHENTICITY OF
COMMUNIQUE, WHILE A CONSENSUS APPEARED TO EMERGE
THAT FATHER BARRERA MAY WELL HAVE BEEN A MEMBER
OF BPR BUT NOT NECESSARILY OF FPL (78 SAN SALVADOR
6489). HOWEVER, BPR IS KNOWN TO HAVE TIES TO FPL.

CHURCH-STATE RELATIONS: IN HIS SERMON OF
NOV 5, ARCHBISHOP ROMERO ALLEGED THAT SECURITY
FORCES ON NOV 3, HAD SURROUNDED A CATHOLIC SCHOOL IN
SAN SALVADOR WHERE 300 STUDENTS WERE TAKING AN EXAMINATION.
IN HIS SERMON OF NOV 12, ARCHBISHOP ROMERO STATED THAT
HE HAD WRITTEN A LETTER TO PRESIDENT ROMERO PROTESTING
A CHANGE IN STATUTES GOVERNING CARITAS OPERATIONS
IN EL SALVADOR THAT HAD BEEN EFFECTED BY GOES
OFFICIALS WITHOUT THE ARCHBISHOP'S APPROVAL. HE
CLAIMED HIS APPROVAL WAS REQUIRED BY SALVADORAN LAW
THAT HAD SET UP CARITAS. IN HIS SERMON OF NOV 26,
ARCHBISHOP ROMERO EXPRESSED HIS GRATITUDE FOR
HAVING BEEN NOMINATED BY A GROUP OF BRITISH
PARLIAMENTARIANS FOR THE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE
(78 SAN SALVADOR 6143). SPLIT BETWEEN LIBERAL
AND CONSERVATIVE ELEMENTS IN CHURCH HIERARCHY
SHOWED NO SIGNS OF ABATING AS ARCHBISHOP
ROMERO DISMISSED AUXILIARY BISHOP OF SAN SALVADOR
MARCO RENE REVELO (ONE OF LEADERS OF CONSERVATIVE
GROUP WITHIN CHURCH HIERARCHY) FROM HIS POST AS
VICAR GENERAL OF ARCHBISHOPRIC OF SAN SALVADOR
(78 SAN SALVADOR 6230). DURING A TRIP TO EUROPE,
FOREIGN MINISTER JOSE ANTONIO RODRIQUEZ PORTH ON
NOV 30 CALLED ON POPE JOHN PAUL II, OSTENSIBLY TO
REVIEW SITUATION OF CHURCH IN EL SALVADOR (78 SAN
SALVADOR 6143).

HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT - MARCH 1979

In part, it says, “CHURCH-STATE RELATIONS: LIKE OTHER SECTORS OF
SALVADORAN SOCIETY, CHURCH WAS CAUGHT UP IN LABOR SITUATION
DURING MARCH. AFTER SOLUTION OF LA CONSTANCIA-LA TROPICAL
STRIKE, ARCHBISHOP ROMERO REPORTEDLY ISSUED STATEMENT
CALLING ON WORKERS TO BE WARY OF THOSE (I.E., BPR)
WHO INTERVENE INLABOR DISPUTES FOR THEIR OWN ENDS (SAN
SALVADOR 1347). ROMERO ALSO REFERRED TO EFFORTS MADE
BY THREE PRIESTS TO SEE THAT LA CONSTANCIA DISPUTE WAS
RESOLVED. IN HIS MARCH 25 HOMILY, ARCHBISHOP
ROMERO, REFERRING TO RECENT ESCALATION OF LABOR
PROBLEMS, CALLED FOR "JUST" LABOR LAWS AND STATED
THAT IT SHOULD BE RECOGNIZED THAT GOES HAD REFRAINED
FROM "BRUTAL" ACTS IN RESPONSE TO 23-HOUR BLACKOUT BY
STRIKING ELECTRICAL WORKERS. IN MARCH 27 ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION
AT NATIONAL UNIVERSITY, ROMERO REPORTEDLY MADE STATEMENT
TO EFFECT THAT WHILE HUMAN RIGHTS POLICIES OF CHURCH
AND PRESIDENT CARTER APPEAR THE SAME, THEY ARE IN
REALITY DIFFERENT SINCE U.S. CAN ABANDON SUCH "POLICIES
WHEN CONVENIENCE SO DICTATES" WHILE THE CHURCH WOULD DO
NO SUCH THING. INTRA-CHURCH TENSIONS SHOWED FEW SIGNS
OF ABATING IN MARCH. BISHOP PEDRO ARNALDO APARICIO Y
QUINTANILLA, ONE OF LEADERS OF ANTI-ROMERO FACTION
WITHIN CHURCH, WAS QUOTED ON MARCH 22 AS SAYING:
"CATHOLIC CHURCHES ARE FOR PRAYER, NOT FOR POLITICAL
CONCENTRATIONS OR SPEECHES."

September 13, 1973 report, called WASHINGTON POST EDITORIAL.

It says, “FOLLOWING WASHINGTON POST EDITORIAL "COUP IN CHILE"
APPEARED IN SEPT 13 EDITION:

BEGIN QUOTE: CHILE'S COUP IS DIFFERENT. ITS SPECIAL
TRAGEDY IS THAT IT ENDS LATIN AMERICA'S LONGEST DEMOCRATIC
TRADITION AND ALSO ITS MOST SERIOUS EFFORT TO CARRY OUT
RAPID SOCIAL CHANGE WITHIN A FRAMEWORK OF REPRESENTATIVE
GOVERNMENT. WHETHER THE COUP WILL ARREST THE COUNTRY'S
SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC DISINTEGRATION, OR LEAD CHILE INTO AN
INTENSIFIED CLASS WAR, CANNOT YET BE KNOWN. THE LEADERS
OF THE ARMED FORCES, UNTIL NOW ON THE SIDELINES OF POLI-
TICS, CONDUCTED THEIR TAKEOVER IN THE NAME OF "LIBERATING
CHILE FROM THE MARXIST YOKE," AS THEY DESCRIBED THE
ELECTED GOVERNMENT OF SALVADOR ALLENDE. AT THE SAME TIME,
IN AN EVIDENT BOW TO THE ALLENDE CONSTITUENCY, THE MILITARY
LEADERS ASSURED THE WORKERS THAT THEIR ECONOMIC AND
SOCIAL BENEFITS "WILL NOT SUFFER FUNDAMENTAL CHANGES."
PERHAPS THE CHILEAN MILITARY CAN RETURN THEIR COUNTRY IN A
REASONABLE TIME TO ITS DEMOCRATIC HERITAGE. THE EXPER-
IENCE OF OTHERS IS NOT ENCOURAGING. THAT IS WHAT IS SO
REGRETTABLE ABOUT THE FAILURE OF THE ALLENDE EXPERIMENT.

IT IS AN OUTCOME LIKELY TO HARDEN BOTH LATIN LEFT AND LATIN
RIGHT IN THE VIEW THAT SOCIAL CHANGE IN A DEMOCRATIC
CONTEXT DOESN'T WORK.

MR. ALLENDE'S TRULY UNFORTUNATE DEATH--BY HIS OWN HAND,
ACCORDING TO THE NEW JUNTA--IMPARTS AN ADDITIONAL SOMBER
AND OMINOUS NOTE. MANY IN LATIN AMERICA WILL NO DOUBT
REGARD HIM AS A MARTYR WHOSE DEATH, LIKE THAT OF CHE
GUEVARA, SYMBOLIZES THE IMPLACABILITY OF AMERICAN
IMPERIALISM." HIS POLITICS, PERHAPS ALSO HIS MYTH, ARE
BOUND TO MOVE TO THE CENTER OF LATIN AND INTER-AMERICAN
POLITICS, AND TO BECLOUD OBJECTIVE JUDGMENT OF HIM. IT IS
IMPOSSIBLE NOT TO NOTE, HOWEVER, THAT HIS 30 EARLIER YEARS
IN THE POLITICAL WILDERNESS HAD ILL PREPARED HIM TO
EXERCISE POWER. HE IGNORED THE LIMITATIONS OF HIS MINORITY
SUPPORT AND ATTEMPTED TO GOVERN AS THOUGH HE WIELDED A
MAJORITY. HE LOST CONTROL OF MANY OF HIS OWN SUPPORTERS.
HIS ADMIRERS CAN ARGUE THAT HE WAS BEQUEATHED A POLITICAL
AND ECONOMIC LEGACY THAT WOULD HAVE BURDENED ANY
LEADER, BUT THAT IS HARDLY A PERSUASIVE DEFENSE; THE JOB
WAS NOT FORCED UPON HIM.

ON THE EVE OF ALLENDE'S ELECTION IN 1970, HENRY
KISSINGER, CALLING HIM "PROBABLY A COMMUNIST," SAID THAT
AN "ALLENDE TAKEOVER" WOULD POSE "MASSIVE PROBLEMS FOR US,
AND FOR DEMOCRATIC FORCES AND FOR PRO-U.S. FORCES IN
LATIN AMERICA." THE CIA AND ITT DISCUSSED--APPARENTLY
WITHOUT FURTHER ACTION--HOW TO KEEP MR. ALLENDE FROM POWER.
WHEN CHILEAN MODERATES SEEMED TO BE LOOKING FOR A SATIS-
FACTORY WAY TO RESOLVE THE COPPER-NATIONALIZATION DIS-
PUTES, THE ADMINISTRATION DELIVERED A NUMBER OF SYMBOLIC
REBUFFS TO MR. ALLENDE AND THEN PROCEEDED TO USE ITS
INFLUENCE TO DENY HIM ACCESS TO LOANS FROM THE INTER-
NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT BANKS. THE EVIDENT RESULTS WERE TO
STIFFEN THE CHILEAN POSITION ON COMPENSATION FOR THE
COPPER FIRMS, TO WORK ECONOMIC HARDSHIP ON CHILE, AND TO
AGGRAVATE POLITICAL TENSION THERE. MEANWHILE, THE U.S.
KEPT UP CLOSE LINKS WITH THE CHILEAN MILITARY. MILITARY
AID FLOWED; AT THE MOMENT OF THE COUP, FOUR U.S. NAVY
SHIPS WERE STEAMING TOWARD CHILE FOR JOINT MANEUVERS WITH
CHILE'S NAVY. IN DENYING CIA INVOLVEMENT IN THE COUP
YESTERDAY, THE STATE DEPARTMENT DID NOT OFFER REGRETS
EITHER FOR THE TAKEOVER OR FOR MR. ALLENDE'S DEATH.

SOBERING AS IT IS TO HAVE TO ASK WHETHER AMERICAN
IDEOLOGICAL COOLNESS AND CORPORATE INFLUENCE PLAYED A ROLE
IN THE UNDOING OF THE ALLENDE EXPERIMENT, IT IS UNAVOID-
ABLE. INDEED, THE DENOUEMENT LEAVES HANGING THE WHOLE
QUESTION OF WHAT OUGHT TO BE THE AMERICAN POLICY TOWARD
THE FORCES OF ECONOMIC NATIONALISM CHURNING MUCH OF LATIN

AMERICA. THE ISSUE IS UNQUESTIONABLY WORTHY OF THE
RECALL OF SECRETARY OF STATE-DESIGNATE KISSINGER BEFORE
THE SENATE FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMITTEE FOR A CLOSER LOOK
AT OUR PERFORMANCE IN CHILE AND ITS IMPLICATIONS FOR
FUTURE POLICY, OR A SEPARATE CONGRESSIONAL INVESTIGATION,
OR BOTH. RUSH.”


Reportedly “On 21 September 1976, Orlando Letelier, a former Chilean diplomat and outspoken opponent of dictator Augusto Pinochet, was assassinated in Washington, D.C., by a car bomb planted by agents of the Chilean secret police (DINA) as part of Operation Condor.” - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassination_of_Orlando_Letelier

Letelier-Moffitt Assassination: State Department Officials Pushed for Pinochet’s Ouster

https://nsarchive.gwu.edu/briefing-book/chile/2019-09-20/letelier-moffitt-assassination-state-department-officials-pushed-pinochets-ouster

January 7, 1999 report, called CASTRO SPEAKS ON REVOLUTION'S 40TH BIRTHDAY.

It says, “SUMMARY: IN A RELATIVELY SHORT JANUARY 1
SPEECH, FIDEL CASTRO RECALLED THE HEROIC MOMENTS OF
HIS REVOLUTIONS TRIUMPH 40 YEARS AGO AND WARNED OF
THE GLOBAL ECONOMIC CRISIS HE SAID WAS INEVITABLE.
ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS, CASTRO SPOKE TO CUBAS YOUTH,
TELLING THEM THAT CUBAS REVOLUTION "HAS JUST BEGUN",
AND REMINDING THEM THAT "GLORIOUS ACCOMPLISHMENTS"
AWAIT THEM, TOO. CASTROS CHICKEN LITTLE SCENARIO
FOR WORLD FINANCES AND HIS TOTAL AVOIDANCE OF THE
CUBAN PEOPLES REAL PERSONAL CRISES GIVE NO EVIDENCE
OF A PLAN FOR RESCUING CUBA FROM THE ECONOMIC AND
OTHER CRISES IT FINDS ITSELF IN. END SUMMARY.

(C) CASTROS SPEECH, PRINTED IN ITS ENTIRETY IN
THE JANUARY 4 EDITION OF THE WEEKLY "TRABAJADORES",
TOOK PLACE IN SANTIAGO DE CUBAS CESPEDES PARK.
CASTRO SPENT THE FIRST THIRD OF HIS SPEECH RECALLING
THE SACRIFICES AND HEROISM OF THE GUERRILLAS WHO
HELPED WIN THE FIRST BATTLES OF THE REVOLUTION IN
SEVERAL EASTERN CUBA TOWNS. FIDEL CALLED CAMILO
CIENFUEGOS AND CHE GUEVARA "MEN OF IRON", AND
ENCOURAGED CUBAN YOUTH TO READ CHES WAR NARRATIVE
"PASAJES DE LA GUERRA REVOLUCIONARIA." CASTRO NOTED
THAT THE ONLY OUTSIDE ASSISTANCE THE REVOLUTION
RECEIVED WERE 150 SEMI-AUTOMATIC RIFLES SENT BY THE
VENEZUELAN ADMIRAL LARRAZABAL. OTHERWISE, SAID
FIDEL, "MORE THAN NINETY PERCENT OF THE ARMS AND
MUNITIONS WITH WHICH WE MADE AND WON THE WAR WERE
TAKEN FROM THE ENEMY IN COMBAT."

(U) TRANSITIONING FROM THE BATTLEFIELD TO
PRESENT-DAY CUBA, CASTRO SAID "FOR THE NEWER
GENERATIONS, THE REVOLUTION HAS JUST BEGUN." CASTRO
NOTED THAT THOSE PRESENT WERE NOT THE SAME AS THOSE
CUBANS PRESENT AT THE TIME OF THE REVOLUTIONS
TRIUMPH. CASTRO ADDED THAT HE HIMSELF WAS "NOT
EXACTLY THE SAME MAN" THAT HE WAS FORTY YEARS AGO.
"HE IS ONLY SOMEONE MUCH YOUNGER, WHO HAS THE SAME
NAME, WHO DRESSES THE SAME, WHO THINKS THE SAME, WHO
DREAMS THE SAME."

(U) COMPARING DEMOGRAPHICS OF 1959 CUBA TO 1999
CUBA, CASTRO SAID OF THE ROUGHLY 11 MILLION CUBANS IN
CUBA TODAY, 7.2 MILLION WERE BORN AFTER THE TRIUMPH
OF THE REVOLUTION, AND ANOTHER 1.35 MILLION WERE LESS
THAN TEN YEARS OLD. HE CLAIMED THAT "THIRTY PERCENT"
OF CUBANS IN 1959 COULD NOT READ, AND "SIXTY PERCENT"
HAD NOT COMPLETED SIXTH GRADE. NOW, SAID CASTRO,
TEACHERS AND PROFESSORS IN CUBA NUMBER 250,000;
THERE ARE 64,000 DOCTORS, AND 600,000 UNIVERSITY
GRADUATES. "AN ILLITERATE PERSON DOES NOT EXIST, AND
IT IS EXTREMELY RARE THAT SOMEONE NOT HAVE A SIXTH
GRADE EDUCATION." IN SUM, CASTRO SAID THE "HEROIC"
CUBAN PEOPLES MOST GLORIOUS AND REVOLUTIONARY EPOCH
HAS BEEN THE STILL-ONGOING "SPECIAL PERIOD", "AS WE
REMAIN ABSOLUTELY ALONE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE WEST, 90
MILES AWAY FROM THE UNITED STATES, AND WE HAVE
DECIDED TO KEEP GOING FORWARD."

(U) CASTRO DEVOTED ALMOST THE ENTIRE REMAINDER
OF HIS SPEECH, ROUGHLY SIXTY PERCENT, WARNING
LISTENERS THAT THE CURRENT ECON0MIC SYSTEM IS
"UNSUSTAINABLE", THAT "THE ECON0MIC ORDER THAT
PREVAILS TODAY ON THE PLANET WILL INEVITABLY FALL",
AND THAT "MARKET THEOLOGY IS SECTARIAN,
FUNDAMENTALIST, AND ANTIECUMENICAL."

(U) USING INFLAMMATORY RHETORIC, CASTRO
DISCUSSED THE "WOLVES" WHO SPECULATE IN FOREIGN
CURRENCIES, CREDITING GEORGE SOROS WITH "BRINGING
GREAT BRITAIN TO ITS KNEES" THROUGH SPECULATION IN
THE BRITISH POUND. THE CUBAN LEADER ALSO SAID "THE
WHOLE WORLD IS TALKING ABOUT AN INTERNATIONAL
FINANCIAL CRISIS, THE ONLY ONES WHO HAVENT FOUND OUT
ABOUT IT ARE THE AMERICANS: THEY HAVE SPENT MORE
THAN EVER, AND THEIR SAVINGS ARE LESS THAN ZERO."

(U) CASTRO DESCRIBED TO THE SANTIAGO CROWD A
WORLD IN WHICH COMPLEX FINANCIAL STRUCTURES HAD
GOTTEN OUT OF CONTROL, COMPARING THE GLOBAL FINANCIAL
SYSTEM TO A HUMAN BODY INFECTED WITH AIDS. FIDEL
SAID THE WORLD HAD TURNED INTO "ONE BIG CASINO" WHERE
"CURRENCY SPECULATION" AND TRADING IN
DERIVATIVES--EVEN "EMPLOYING COMPUTERS" TO MAKE
"SOPHISTICATED CALCULATIONS"--HAD BECOME
COMMONPLACE. CASTRO CITED THE COLLAPSE OF THE LONG
TERM CAPITAL FUND IN WHICH "TWO NOBEL PRIZE WINNERS
IN ECONOMY AND SOME OF THE BEST PROGRAMMERS IN THE
WORLD" COMBINED TO BRING THE FUND TO THE VERGE OF
FINANCIAL COLLAPSE, THE CONSEQUENCES OF WHICH WERE
"INCALCULABLE."

(C) ALSO NOTEWORTHY IN CASTROS REMARKS WAS HIS
CALL FOR THE THIRD WORLDS (PRESUMABLY INCLUDING
CUBA) PROBLEMS TO BE RESOLVED FROM OUTSIDE. "THERE
ISNT THE MOST MINIMAL IDEA OF HOW TO RESOLVE THE
THIRD WORLDS PROBLEMS." "WHERE ARE THE CONSUMERS OF
THE THIRD WORLDS PRODUCTS?" CASTRO SAID THE
UNITED NATIONS, PROVIDED IT "PUTS AN END TO THE
DICTATORSHIP OF THE SECURITY COUNCIL", COULD HELP
PROGRAM WORLD DEVELOPMENT. CERTAINLY, SAID CASTRO,
THAT RESPONSIBILITY CANNOT BE "IN THE HANDS OF
MULTINATIONALS AND IN THE BLIND AND CHAOTIC LAWS OF
THE MARKET." CASTRO ADDED THAT THE AUTHORITY OF THE
U.N. GENERAL ASSEMBLY SHOULD BE BROADENED.

(C) COMMENT: CASTROS SPEECH IS TYPICAL IN ITS
FOCUS ON TWO CURRENT THEMES: THE "MILITARY MIRACLE"
OF HIS REVOLUTIONS OVERTHROW OF THE BATISTA
GOVERNMENT, AND THE "INEVITABLE" GLOBAL FINANCIAL
COLLAPSE BROUGHT ON BY UNBRIDLED FREEDOM OF THE
GLOBAL CAPITALIST SYSTEM. WITH LITTLE TO OFFER IN
DOMESTIC ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE, CASTRO (AGAIN)
CONCENTRATED HIS REMARKS ON THE CERTAINTY OF THE PAST
AND PLAYED ON FEARS OF A WORLD ECONOMIC CRISIS TO
VINDICATE THE CORRECTNESS OF HIS OWN INSISTENCE ON
RETAINING A SOVIET STYLE COMMAND ECONOMY. HIS
REMARKS COMMEMORATING THE REVOLUTIONS 40TH
ANNIVERSARY GIVE LITTLE ROOM FOR HOPE THAT HE IS
PREPARING FOR ADDITIONAL MARKET ORIENTED REFORMS.
APPARENTLY WE WILL HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL THE CUBAN
ECONOMY AGAIN REACHES THE SORT OF DIRE SITUATION IT
FACED IN 1994 BEFORE CASTRO AND HIS REACTIONARY
COLLEAGUES WILL BE FORCED TO COME TO TERMS WITH THE
NEED FOR REFORM. NOTE: FOR ANOTHER RECENT EXAMPLE
OF GOC SPEECHMAKING REMOVED FROM REALITY, SEE
NATIONAL ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT RICARDO ALARCONS SPEECH
ENDING THE ASSEMBLYS MOST RECENT SESSION (REFTEL).
KOZAK.”

Revolutionary, Che Guevara, killed by the CIA reportedly.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Che_Guevara

Reportedly, “The CIA was directly involved in the capture and execution of Che Guevara, working with Bolivian forces to hunt him down in Bolivia. The CIA provided intelligence support, including a Cuban-American operative named Félix Rodríguez, to assist the Bolivian military in tracking Guevara. After Guevara's capture on October 8, 1967, he was executed by Bolivian soldiers the following day, with declassified documents showing the CIA viewed this as a major victory.”

Santiago, Chile, April 24, 1973

Reportedly, “HEAD OF CHE GUEVARA STATUE IN SANTIAGO COMMUNE OF
SAN MIGUEL BLOWN OFF WITH EXPLOSIVES EARLY EASTER MORNING,
LEADING WAGS TO COMPARE INCIDENT TO RECENT NOTORIOUS MURDER
CASE IN WHICH VICTIM WAS DECAPITATED. UNDERSEC INTERIOR
VERGARA BLAMED OPPOSITION " FASCISTS AND REACTIONARIES."

September 28, 1973 report, called "WEEK OF THE GUERRILLA"

It says, “DURING THE WEEK OF OCTOBER 8-15, POSTS SHOULD BE ALERT TO
POSSIBILITY OF INCREASED ANTI-AMERICAN ACTIVITY. DENOMI-
NATED IN LEFTIST CIRCLES AS "WEEK OF THE GUERRILLA", THIS
PERIOD IS ANNIVERSARY OF 1967 CAPTURE AND DEATH OF "CHE"
GUEVARA IN BOLIVIA. IN PAST YEARS, LEFTIST STUDENT AND
TERRORIST GROUPS HAVE USED THIS AS OPPORTUNITY FOR ANTI-
AMERICAN EXPRESSIONS. KISSINGER.”

September 29, 1973 report, called CHE GUEVARA ANNIVERSARY.

It says, “POSTS ARE REMINDED TO TAKE ALL APPROPRIATE SECURITY
MEASURES IN CONNECTION WITH SIXTH ANNIVERSARY DEATH OF
CHE GUEVARA, OCTOBER 8-9. PERIOD OCTOBER 8-15 MAY BE
REGARDED AS GUEVARA WEEK IN SOME AREAS. KISSINGER.”

October 9, 1973 report, called US FLAG BURNED BY LEFTIST STUDENTS.

It says, “APPROXIMATELY 75 STUDENTS CHANTING SLOGANS IN FAVOR OF
CHE GUEVARA, THE ELN AND THE EPL, BURNED AN AMERICAN FLAG
IN FRONT OF THE CONSULATE ON THE AFTERNOON OF OCTOBER 8.
THE DEMONSTRATION LASTED LESS THAN FIVE MINUTES BEFORE DIS-
PERSING WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. COOPER.”

May 3, 1974 report, called CHE GUEVARA'S BROTHER ARRESTED.

It says, “JUAN MARTIN GUEVARA, THE BROTHER OF CHE GUEVARA, WAS
ARRESTED ON MAY 1 IN CORDOBA AND CHARGED WITH POSSESSION
OF FALSE ID DOCUMENTS. HE ALSO HAD A PACKAGE WHICH
CONTAINED ERP PUBLICATIONS. HE REPORTEDLY CAME TO
ARGENTINA RECENTLY AFTER LEAVING HIS FAMILY IN CUBA.
HE HAS NOT PREVIOUSLY BEEN REPORTED TO BE ACTIVE IN
TERRORIST CIRCLES AND IN FACT IS VIRTUALLY UNKNOWN LOCALLY.
HILL.”

July 3, 1975 report, called PRESS STORY ON CIA ACTIVITIES.

It says, “JULY 3 CEYLON DAILY NEWS CARRIES FRONT PAGE STORY
HEADED "WAS SWRD A VICTIM OF CIA? - NEW YORK TIMES".
QUOTING SOVIET WEEKLY NEW TIMES ARTICLE SAID:

"ON MARCH 17 PRESIDENT GERALD FORD SAID AT A PRESS
CONFERENCE: "I WILL NOT CONDONE - IN FACT I CONDEMN -
ANY CIA INVOLVEMENT IN ANY ASSASSINATION PLANNING OR
ACTION."

"FOUR DAYS EARLIER THE NEW YORK TIMES HAD REPORTED,
CITING ADMINISTRATION SOURCES, THAT SECRET DOCUMENTS
RELATING TO VARIOUS YEARS CONCERNING "PLOTS BY CIA
AGAINST AS MANY AS SEVEN FOREIGN LEADERS" WERE TO BE
VERIFIED. AMONG THEM THE PRESS NAMED BESIDES LUMUMBA,
THE LATE PRIME MINISTER SOLOMON BANDARANAIKE OF
CEYLON, MUAMAR AL GADDAFI, CHAIRMAN OF THE LIBYAN
REVOLUTIONARY COMMAND COUNCIL, ARCHBISHOP MAKARIOS,
ERNESTO CHE GUEVARA, WHO WAS CAPTURED AND KILLED IN
BOLIVA, AND PRESENT LEADERS OF CUBA."

REQUEST DEPT CHECK ALL EDITIONS NEW YORK TIMES AROUND MARCH 13.
WE WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHETHER CEYLON DAILY
NEWS QUOTE IS ABSOLUTELY ACCURATE. APPRECIATE
RECEIVING WORD AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. VAN HOLLEN.

October 2, 1975 report, called GUEVARA ANNIVERSARY.

It says, “POSTS ARE REMINDED OCTOBER 8 ANNIVERSARY CHE GUEVARA
DEATH MAY STIMULATE LOCAL ANTI-U.S. ACTIVITY. KISSINGER.”

May 11, 1976 report, ASSASSINATION OF BOLIVIAN AMBASSADOR JOAQUIN ZENTENO ANAYA.

It says, “AP AND AFP REPORT SHOOTING AND KILLING OF BOLIVIAN
AMBASSADOR GENERAL JOAQUIN ZENTENO ANAYA ON MAY 11. HE
WAS STRUCK BY A VOLLEY OF SHOTS IN THE BACK AS HE WALKED
FROM EMBASSY TO CAR.

NO LEAD TO PERPETRATORS REPORTED BUT NEWS ITEM NOTES
HE WAS BOLIVIAN CHIEF OF STAFF WHEN ERNESTO CHE GUEVARA
WAS TRACKED DOWN AND KILLED IN BOLIVIA. GAMMON.”

May 13, 1976 report, called ASSASSINATION OF BOLIVIAN AMBASSADOR JOAQUIN ZENTENO ANAYA.

It says, “SERVICES WERE HELD AT 11:00 A.M. TODAY FOR
BOLIVIAN AMBASSADOR ZENTENO. FRENCH FONMIN
SAUVAGNARGUES, A REPRESENTATIVE FOR PRESIDENT
GISCARD D'ESTAIN, AND THE DIPLOMATIC CORPS ATTENDED.
FRENCH HAVE MADE AIRCRAFT AVAILABLE TO FLY BODY HOME.
BURIAL EXPECTED IN LA PAZ MAY 16.

CHE GUEVARA INTERNATIONAL BRIGADE CALLED AFP
HOURS AFTER ASSASSINATION CLAIMING AUTHORSHIP OF ACT
NOTING THAT ZENTENO HAD PROTECTED CLAUS BARBIE,
GESTAPO CHIEF IN LYON DURING THE WAR, FROM EXTRADI-
TION FROM BOLIVIA, AND OF BEING CHIEF OF STAFF OF
SANTA CRUZ MILITARY DISTRICT WHEN CHE GUEVARA
WAS KILLED. BRIGADE ALSO CLAIMED ACT COMMEMORATED
VE DAY (MAY 8).

ACCORDING TO PRESS REPORTS, "LIBERATION" RECEIVED
ANOTHER ANONYMOUS CALL FROM PERSON CLAIMING TO SPEAK
FOR BRIGADE STATING THAT GUN USED TO KILL ZENTENO ALSO
USED IN ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION OF SPANISH ASSISTANT
MILITARY ATTACHE CAPTAIN BARTOLOME GARCIA PLATA
VALLE IN PARIS IN OCTOBER 1975. POLICE HAVE ESTABLISH-
ED WEAPONS WERE OF SIMILAR MAKE. CHE GUEVARA
BRIGADE HAS NOT BEEN HEARD OF BEFORE, BUT OTHER
"INTERNATIONAL BRIGADES" HAVE CLAIMED AUTHORSHIP
FOR ASSASSINATING GARCIA PLATA AND URUGUAYN MILITARY
ATTACHE COLONEL RAMON TRABAL. POLICE HAVE SO FAR
CLAIMED NO LEADS.

PRESS REPORTS HAVE GENERALLY BEEN FACTUAL WITH
LITTLE EDITORIAL COMMENT EXCEPT FROM RADICAL LEFT
PAPERS WHO MAKE IT CLEAR ZENTENO GOT HIS JUST
DESSERTS FOR HAVING "KILLED" CHE GUEVARA. END

CHILEAN AMBASSADOR ERRAZURIZ TOLD EMBOFF MAY 13
THAT HE HAD DISCUSSED PAID PUBLICATION IN MAY 9
"LE MONDE" OF LATIN AMERICAN REVOLUTIONARY COORDINA-
TION JUNTA (JCR) DECLARATION AGAINST ARGENTINE REGIME
AND ARREST OF CHILEAN TERRORITST EDGARDO ENRIQUEZ TWO
HOURS BEFORE HIS ASSASSINATION. THEY HAD PLANNED TO
MEET THAT AFTERNOON TO DRAW UP A PROTEST TO THE
FOREIGN MINISTRY AGAINST SUCH PUBLIC CALLS TO
VIOLENCE BY EXILES. ERRAZURIZ CLAIMED HE NOW UNDER
DIRECT INSTRUCTIONS FROM PRESIDENT PINOCHET TO
PROTEST SUCH ACTIVITY. ERRAZURIZ, UNLIKE ZENTENO,
HAS OFTEN RECEIVED THREATS WHICH HE HAS TREATED WITH
NONCHALANT FATALISM. IN LIGHT OF ZENTENO'S DEATH
AND MOST RECENT THREAT THAT HE WOULD BE ASSASSINATED
IF ENRIQUEZ IS NOT RELEASED, HE UNDERSTANDABLY
TAKING THREAT MORE SERIOUSLY. END - GAMMON.”

January 3, 2007 report called, AN UNHAPPY EID; REACTIONS TO SADDAM,S EXECUTION.

It says, “(SBU) Summary: Many Jordanians we hear from are disturbed
and resentful after Saddam's hanging. Opposition political
parties and the professional associations staged a
non-violent demonstration, while a number of condolence
events took place in Kerak, Salt, and the Baq'a and Wihdat
Palestinian refugee camps. End Summary.

--------------
An Unhappy Eid
--------------

(C) According to a number of contacts, many Jordanians
scaled back their Eid celebrations, shocked by the timing of
Saddam's execution, and by the sectarian vengeance many
perceived in the footage of the execution. Emboffs heard
repeated comments to the effect that Saddam may have been a
tyrant, but he behaved better than his executioners at the
end. Electronic depictions of Saddam with the label, "The
Last Honorable Man" were passed among some Jordanians from
cell phone to cell phone. The timing of Saddam's hanging was
the focal point for many. Some interpreted it as a
deliberate sign of disrespect towards Sunnis by Shi'a leaders
in Iraq, while others focused their blame on the U.S.,
perceiving an attempt to demoralize Muslims at the start of
the Muslim holidays.

-------------------------------------
Saddam's Daughter Makes an Appearance
-------------------------------------

(C) Opposition political parties staged a licensed sit-in
on January 1 at the Professional Associations headquarters to
protest the execution. Minister of Political Development
Mohammad Oran attended and was shown on Al Jazeera weeping
over Saddam's death. COMMENT: Oran was appointed in the
November, 2006 cabinet reshuffle in a gesture toward the
opposition (ref B). Because of Oran's record of pronounced
anti-American behavior, the Ambassador has had no contact
with the new minister; there are no USAID dollars going to
his ministry. His attendance at this sit-in was undoubtedly
a personal gesture and does not reflect a position by the
government, which has remained silent except for an early
official statement on the day of the execution (see para 5).
END COMMENT. Saddam's eldest daughter Raghad Hussein
(resident in Jordan since April 2003 ) ref C) also appeared
briefly at the sit-in. She thanked the demonstrators and
called her father a martyr. NOTE: To post's knowledge, this
appearance was Raghad's first political, public appearance
since coming to Jordan. END NOTE. Meanwhile the Jordanian
Professional Associations issued a statement calling December
30 a "black day."

--------------
Media Coverage
--------------

(SBU) Footage of the hanging was widely viewed, including
the cell-phone stream that showed the taunts from the crowd
at the foot of the gallows, and Saddam's retorts. Ayman
Safadi, the chief editor of Al-Ghad, a centrist, independent
Arabic daily, published an editorial entitled, "Vengeance and
Not Justice" on January 3. "This made Saddam Hussein a
legend...in the final scene Saddam appeared as a leader and
his executioners as small-time begrudging sectarianists," he
wrote. Safadi continued, "It was a moment of vengeance and
not a moment of justice...Saddam Hussein ruled his people
with an iron fist. He oppressed and killed. Yet, those who
killed him also oppress and kill. It is a link in a series
of oppression where only the protagonists change while the
crimes endure. It is not justice then, rather more
injustice."

------------------------
Early Official Statement
------------------------

(SBU) Government Spokesman Nasser Joudah issued a
statement on December 30 expressing the GOJ's "hope that
there will be no negative consequences for the hanging of
former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein that would affect the
unity and solidarity of the Iraqi people."

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Lt. William L. Calley, Jr.

Lt. William L. Calley, Jr., pictured during his court martial at Fort Benning, Ga., on April 23, 1971. Calley, who as an Army lieutenant led the U.S. soldiers who killed hundreds of Vietnamese civilians in the My Lai massacre, the most notorious war crime in modern American military history, died on April 28 at a hospice center in Gainesville, Fla., The Washington Post reported on July 29. He was 80.

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May 23, 1974 report, called GUARD MEMBERS CHARGED WITH MISTREATMENT OF CAMPESINOS.

From: Nicaragua Managua
To: Commander in Chief Southern Command

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Guard_(Nicaragua)

It says, “AN EXTENSIVE NATIONAL GUARD OPERATION AGAINST BANDITS
AND POSSIBLY GUERRILLAS IN THE MOUNTAIN AREA AROUND MATAGALPA
OVER THE PAST FEW WEEKS HAS PRODUCED SOME POTENTIALLY DAMAGING
FALLOUT. THE STORY OF THE OPERATION BEGAN UNFOLDING ABOUT
ONE WEEK AGO WHEN RUMORS OF MASS DETENTIONS OF CAMPESINOS
FILTERED DOWN FROM MATAGALPA AND RECEIVED FRONT PAGE HEADLINES
IN OPPOSITION LA PRENSA. ON MAY 15, LA PRENSA CARRIED A
REPORT THAT THE CATHOLIC CHURCH WAS SERIOUSLY CONCERNED THAT
THE CIVIL RIGHTS OF CAMPESINOS WERE BEING VIOLATED IN THE
COURSE OF THE GUARD OPERATION AND WAS CONTEMPLATING
INTERVENTION ON THEIR BEHALF.

ON MAY 17 THE STORY TOOK ON A NEW AND EMOTIONALLY CHARGED
DIMENSION WHEN LA PRENSA PUBLISHED THE ACCOUNT OF A WOMEN FROM
THE AREA (MRS. AMADA PINEDA DE ARAUZ) WHO ALLEGED THAT SHE HAD
BEEN TAKEN FROM HER HOUSE BY AN AS YET UNIDENTIFIED GUARD
PATROL AND HELD FOR SEVERAL DAYS DURING WHICH SHE WAS BEATEN,
HUMILIATED AND RAPED BY 18 GUARD SOLDIERS, INCLUDING THE TWO
LIETUENANTS IN COMMAND. MRS. ARAUZ MAINTAINED THAT OVER 100
CAPESINOS WERE BEING HELD ON NEARBY FARMS AND SEVERAL OTHER
WOMEN IN THE GROUP HAS BEEN SIMILARLY MISTREATED AND VIOLATED..
SHE LATER APPEARED AT THE GN'S OFFICE OF LAWS AND PUBLIC
RELATIONS WITH AN ATTORNEY AND FORMALLY MADE HER CHARGES. THE
GUARD HAS SO FAR STATED THE MEDIA THAT IT IS CONDUCTING A
FULL, FORMAL INVESTIGATION OF THE ALLEGED INCIDENT AND WE ARE
INFORMED THAT IT HAS DISPATCHED A SPECIAL INVESTIGATORY TEAM
TO THE AREA.

ON MAY 20 SIX DOCTORS AT I.P. PAVIOV CLINIC, SOME OF WHOM
WERE TRAINED IN THE SOVIET UNION, ISSUED A POLITICO/MEDICAL
STATEMENT CONCERNING THEIR EXAMINATION OF MRS. ARAUZ WHICH WAS
MADE THE DAY FOLLOWING HER RELEASE. THEY CONFIRMED HER CHARGES
OF RAPE AND TURTURE AND CALLED FOR PUNISHMENT OF THOSE
RESPONSIBLE.

FOR THE PAST FOUR DAYS LA PRENSA HAS GIVEN EXTENSIVE
FRONT PAGE AND EDITORIAL COVERAGE TO THE PINEDA CASE PLAYING
HEAVILY ON THE THEMES OF "NATIONAL INDIGNATION" AND "DEMANDS
FOR JUSTICE." RADIO COVERAGE HAS ALSO BEEN EXTENSIVE.
CHURCH AUTHORITIES, WHILE NOT SPECIFICALLY REFERRING TO THE
CASE, HAVE MADE SEVERAL GENERAL STATEMENTS DEPLORING DISRESPECT
OF WOMEN AND THE HUMAN RIGHTS OF THE POOR AND SEVERAL PRIESTS
HAVE BEEN MORE EXPLICIT IN THEIR COMMENTS FROM
THE PULPIT.

COMMENT: WITH THE NICARAGUAN MAY 30 OBSERVANCE OF MOTHER'S
DAY NEAR AT HAND A MOTHER OF FIVE SMALL CHILDREN CHARGING
GANG RAPE BY GUARD SOLDIERS HAS OBVIOUS POTENTIAL FOR AROUSING
WIDESPREAD PUBLIC OUTRAGE. THE INCIDENT COULD ALSO POTENTIALLY
BESMIRCH THE NATIONAL COMMEMORATION OF ARMY DAY ON THE
GUARD'S 47TH ANNIVERSARY MAY 27. THE GUARD MAY THEREFORE
HAVE TO GO BEYOND ITS USUAL TERSE COMMUNIQUE WHEN A QUESTION
OF GUARD MISCONDUCT ARISES AND INSTEAD RENDER A FORTHCOMING,
FACTUAL RESPONSE TO THE CHARGES, INCLUDING DETAILS ON ANY
PUNISHMENT METED OUT IF THEY ARE FOUND TO BE TRUE. GIVEN THE
EXPLOSIVE NATURE OF THE PINEDA CASE, IF IT IS NOT CAREFULLY
AND JUDICIOUSLY HANDLED, IT COULD DAMAGE THE PUBLIC IMAGE OF
THE NATIONAL GUARD WHICH HERETOFORE HAD A RELATIVELY CLEAN
RECORD IN ITS RELATIONS WITH THE CAMPESINO POPULATION. WARNER.”

December 2, 1974 report about Patricia Harrison and George Harrison, called 212(D)(3)(A) WAIVER REQUEST.

It says, “EMBASSY DOES NOT BELIEVE THAT PATRICIA HARRISON HAS
GIVEN US CONFLICTING STATEMENTS REGARDING PURPOSE OF
PREVIOUS AND PRESENT VISITS TO U.S. ON APPLICATION FOR
VISIT IN JULY 74 SHE STATED SHE WISHED TO VISIT HER SIS-
TER IN LOS ANGELES, WHICH HER SECRETARY HAS ASSURED US
TODAY MRS. HARRISON DID. HER APPLICATION FOR AN EXTEN-
SION WAS PROMPTED BY DESIRE TO ACCOMPANY ERIC CLAPTON,
THEN ON CONCERT TOUR OF U.S., AFTER SHE COMPLETED VISIT
TO SISTER.

AS STATED IN LONDON'S 15058 THE PURPOSE OF THIS
VISIT IS TO ATTEND CONCERTS IN NEW YORK TO BE GIVEN BY
HUSBAND, GEORGE HARRISON. SHE PLANS TO ENTER U.S. AT NEW
YORK ON DEC 16 AND STAY IN PLAZA HOTEL. ON DEC 19 AND 20
SHE WISHES TO ATTEND HARRISON CONCERTS AND PLANS TO
RETURN TO ENGLAND ON DEC 21.

CONSULAR OFFICER DOES NOT KNOW WHAT SHE TOLD INS IN
AN ATTEMPT TO OBTAIN SIX MONTH EXTENSION OF STAY DURING
HER LAST VISIT, BUT SHE HAS BEEN CANDID WITH EMBASSY
OFFICIALS, APPEARS TO BE NO LESS A BONA FIDE NONIMMIGRANT
NOW THAN IN THE PAST, AND 212(D)(3)(A) WAIVER IS
RECOMMENDED.”

August 7, 1975 report, called EXCHANGES: CULTURAL PRESENTATIONS (CU/ARTS): SOFT ROCK GROUP: GOSKNOTSERT TURNS-DOWN DOOBIE BROS.

It says, “GOSK OFFICIALS KOKONIN AND NETTO VIEWED DOOBIE BROS.
TAPE AND AFTER STUNNED SILENCE KOKONIN REMARKED, "OF
COURSE WE COULD BRING THIS GROUP, BUT IT WOULD BE THE
LAST THING I EVER DID AT GOSK." BOTH OFFICIALS POINTED
TO COMBINATION OF LONG HAIR, STAGE DRESS AND HARD
ROCK IN REPERTOIRE AS BLOCKS TO ACCEPTANCE. EMBOFF
REQUESTED GOSK OFFICIALS SUGGEST MODIFICATIONS THAT WOULD
MAKE GROUP ACCEPTABLE, BUT KOKONIN REPLIED THAT THE
PRIMARY GOSK WORRY WAS CROWD CONTROL DURING PERFORMANCES
AND FEAR THAT HARD ROCK WOULD INFLAME YOUNG AUDIENCES.
KOKONIN RECOUNTED BAD EXPERIENCE WITH POLISH ROCK GROUP
WHICH WHEN ASKED TO SHORTEN HAIR FOR SOVIET TOUR SHAVED
THEIR HEADS AND PRESENTED A WILD SPECTACLE. KOKONIN
REQUESTED WE SUBMIT NEW SOFT ROCK GROUP FOR VEVIEW AS
SOON AS POSSIBLE AND GAVE THE EXAMPLE OF CROSBY, STILLS,
NASH AND YOUNG WHICH, ALTHOUGH NOW UNAVAILABLE, WOUD BE
ACCEPTABLE TYPE OF GROUP. EMBOFF POINTED OUT CSN&Y'S
LONG HAIR AND CASUAL DRESS AND KOKONIN REPLIED THAT IN
LIGHT SOFTNESS THEIR ROCK, DRESS PLAYED SMALL ROLL IN
GOSK'S OVERALL EVALUATION.

OMMENT: TURN-DOWN OF DOOBIE BROS. APPEARED MOTIVATED
PRIMARILY BY HARDNESS OF THEIR ROCK, BUT THEIR DRESS ON
STAGE SEEMED FINAL STRAW FOR GOSK AND THEY DID NOT WISH
DISCUSS MODIFICATIONS THAT MIGHT MAKE GROUP ACCEPTABLE.
KOKONIN HAD HEARD THREE MORE DOOBIE BROS. RECORDS
AFTER FIRST ONE, AND HIS OVERALL VIEW OF THEIR REPERTOIRE
AFTER HEARING ALL FOUR WAS NEGATIVE. MENTION OF
CSN&Y AS ACCEPTABLE INDICATES COMBINATION OF FACTORS:
MUSIC, DRESS, STAGE MANNERISMS AND GROOMING TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT
BY GOSK IN EVALUATING SOFT ROCK GROUPS, WITH SLIGHT
EXCESSES IN ONE FACTOR PERHAPS BEING BALANCED OUT BY OTHER MORE
ACCEPTABLE FACTORS. POST SUGGESTS FOLLOWING AS EXAMPLES
OF GROUPS WHICH MAY BE ACCEPTABLE TO GOSK: SIMON AND
GARFUNKLE (SEE "ROLLING STONE" AUGUST 14, 1975, PAGE 20),
JAMES TAYLOR, JOHN DENVER AND THE BEACH BOYS. POST
REGRETS FINE EFFORT BY CU/ARTS IN OBTAINING DOOBIE BROS.
HAS BEEN IN VAIN AND HOPES FURTHER INFORMATION GENERATED
BY EXPERIENCE WILL BE OF VALUE FOR NEXT NOMINATION. STOESSEL.”


August 10, 1976 report, called USIA AND ARS PARIS SUPPORT FOR POST'S AAHW CELEBRATION.

From: Ethiopia Addis Ababa

It says, “IN ORDER TO CONTINUE POST'S SUCCESSFUL TRADITION
OF HIGH IMPACT, WEEK-LONG SERIES OF MAJOR EVENTS
CELEBRATING AFRO-AMERICAN HISTORY, POST PLANS TO FOCUS
PROGRAM FOR FY-77 ON CONTRIBUTION OF CONTEMPORARY
BLACK AMERICANS TO ARTS IN AMERICA AND AMERICAN LIFE
STYLE.

AN AMERICAN SPECIALIST OR VOLUNTEER SPEAKER OF THE
STATURE OF REV. JESSE JACKSON, JULIAN BOND OR JOHN LEWIS
IS NECESSARY TO START OFF CELEBRATION ON HIGH LEVEL.

SECOND EVENING WILL CENTER AROUND EXHIBIT ON "CONTRI-
BUTIONS OF BLACK AMERICANS TO THE ARTS." POST REQUESTS
ICS/DP FURNISH EXHIBIT OF 20-25 LARGE ORIGINAL PRINTS OR
30 X 36, COLOR PRINTS WORKS OF PHOTOGRAPHERS PARKS, HIGGINS
AND ARTISTS OF CALIBER OF GILLIAM, JOHN DOWELL, LOU STOVALL
RICHARD HUNT OR BEARDON. ALSO BLOW-UPS, TRANSPARENCIES,
POSTERS AND PRINTS OF/BY PROMINENT BLACK AMERICAN PAINTERS,
DANCERS, ENTERTAINERS, SINGERS, MUSICIANS AND WRITERS.
REQUEST IMV PRODUCE TWO (2) COLOR VTRS ABOUT MAJOR BLACK
AMERICAN ARTISTS IN ALL FIELDS. NEED VIVID, LIVE ACTION
FORMAT COMPRISED MINIMUM 2 MINUTE SEGMENTS WITH SOME
PERFORMANCES BY ARTISTS; NO TALKING HEADS. REQUEST IBS/ICS
PRODUCE AUDIO TAPES WITH READINGS BY BLACK AMERICAN WRITERS
AND POETS SUCH AS NIKKI GIOVANNI, MAYA ANGELOU, JAMES
BALDWIN, RICHARD WILSON AND WRIGHT OF THEIR OWN WORKS AND
SHORT INTRODUCTION BY EACH ARTIST ADDRESSED TO ETHIOPIA
OR AFRICA AT LARGE, ALSO AUDIO TAPE PERFORMANCES BY BLACK
MUSICIANS.

REQUEST THOUGHT BE GIVEN TO BLACK CONTRIBUTIONS TO
NON-TRADITIONAL ARTS SUCH AS FASHION, INDUSTRIAL DESIGN,
ACHITECTURE.

POST PLANS GOSPEL GROUP AS MAJOR ATTRACTION AND
CENTERPIECE OF FESTIVITIES. REQUEST ARS PARIS OR CU/AF
PROVIDE GOSPEL GROUP FOR MINIMUM TWO PERFORMANCES.

POST PLANS CONCLUDE PROGRAM WITH TWO EVENINGS OF FILMS
HIGHLIGHTING BLACK ENTERTAINERS AND BLACK ACHIEVEMENTS
IN AMERICAN SOCIETY. REQUEST IMV PROVIDE INFORMATION AND
PRECIS OF TWO (2) FEATURE LENGTH, COMMERCIAL FILMS AVAILABLE
ON 16MM SUITABLE FOR SHOWING CELEBRATION. (SEPTEL FOLLOWS).

TO FACILITATE PROGRAMMING ALTERNATIVE DATES FOLLOW:
FEB. 14-19; FEB. 21-27. THESE DATES NECESSARY SINCE THEY
DO NOT CONFLICT WITH ETHIOPIAN OR THIRD COUNTRY HOLIDAYS.
GOULD.”

June 4, 1974 report, called STATUS REPORT ON VTR PRODUCTIONS FOR SEMINARS.

It says, “AGENCY HAS READY TO SHIP FOLLOWING VTR'S: "NATIONS
OF NATIONS" (INTERVIEW BETWEEN AUTHOR FATHER GREELEY AND
USIA'S JOE GLAZER ON ETHNIC MINORITIES IN U.S.) AND "IMPACT
OF FILM," (AUTHOR ROY PAUL MATSON TALKS WITH FRANK TURAJ).

IN PLANNING STAGE ARE "LITERATURE IN AMERICAN SOCIETY,"
WITH PARTICIPANTS THE CALIBER OF LARRY MCMURTRY (AUTHOR
OF "LAST PICTURE SHOW"), MAYA ANGELOU, RUBY DEE, DORIS
GRUMBACH OF "NEW REPUBLIC" AND JUDY BACHRACH OF "WASHINGTON
POST;" "FILM/UNDERGROUND FILM" WHICH MAY FEATURE SUCH PER-
SONALITIES AS PETER BOGDANOVICH, FRANCIS FORD COPPOLA AND
PAULINE KAEL; "THEATER" WILL FOCUS ON ARENA STAGE AND GEORGE-
TOWN UNIVERSITY; "THE AMERICAN AVERAGE" MAY PERHAPS BE
NARRATED BY AUTHOR TOM WOLFE.

STILL IN PRELIMINARY PLANNING STAGE IS "STUDENT-PROFESSOR
RELATIONSHIPS AT AN AMERICAN UNIVERSITY."

WITH EXTREMELY HEAVY DEMAND FOR LIMITED VTR FACILITIES,
REGRET THAT ABOVE SEVEN TITLES ARE ALL THAT CAN BE FURNISHED
FOR SEMINARS, WITH SEVENTH TO ARRIVE WARSAW NOT LATER THAN
AUGUST 14. WE HOPE TO PRODUCE REMAINING VTR'S REQUESTED IN
NEW FISCAL YEAR AS PERSONNEL AND FACILITIES BECOME AVAILABLE.
DECONTROL AUGUST 31, 1974. SISCO.”


April 13, 1976 report, called PROPOSED FILM WEEK THE NEW DIRECTORS.

It says, “Q. POST PROPOSES THAT A FILM WEEK BE HELD NOV 15-20 1976
IN THE AMERICAN LIBRARY ON THE THEME THE NEW DIRECTORS. A
SIMILAR THEMATIC APPROACH (USED LAST OCTOBER IN AN AMERICAN
HUMOR FILM WEEK (SEE REFTEL AND REF AIRGRAM)) GENERATED AN
INTEREST AND IMPACT BEYOND THAT WHICH AD HOC INDIVIDUAL FILMS
SHOWINGS CAN ACHIEVE. POST WISHES TO USE A CONTEMPORARY SELECTIONS
OF FILMS RATHER THAN ONE THAT IS RETROSPECTIVE ON A SINGLE
DIRECTOR OR ACTOR. THE NEW DIRECTORS THEME SEEMS TO US TO BE ONE
THAT CAPTURES THE IMAGINATION OF PRIMARY AUDIENCE WHOSE

FAMILIARITY WITH THE IDEAS OF THE NEW GENERATION OF HOLLYWOOD
FILM MAKERS IS MINIMAL. MANY OF THE FILMS WE BELIEVE APPROPRIATE
HAVE NOT PREVIOUSLY BEEN SHOWN IN ROMANIA AND THIS IS A KEY
CRITERION FOR THE TITLES REQUESTED.

THE FILM USED WOULD CONSIST OF FIVE OR SIX RECENTLY PRODUCED
(I.E., 1970'S) FILMS ONE PER DIRECTOR IN ADDITION TO VTRS IN WHICH
A TAPED FILM CRITIC WOULD SPEAK FOR 10 MINUTES ON EACH
DIRECTOR. POST PROPOSES ONE OF THE DIRECTORS VISIT BUCHAREST
UNDER EITHER AN AMSPEC GRANT OR AS A VOLUNTARY SPEAKER. VTR
AND AMSPEC/VOLSPKR REQUEST WILL BE SUBMITTED SEPARATELY.

THE POST WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT THE FOLLOWING DIRECTORS
AND SOME OF THE FOLLOWING FILMS IN THE "THE NEW DIRECTORS WEEK.
WE WELCOME AGENCY SUGGESTIONS ON OTHER FILMS BY THESE MEN WHICH
MIGHT BE SUITABLE AND ALSO SUGGESTIONS ON THE BEST WAY TO OBTAIN
PRINTS (I.E., UNDER LOAN FROM A STUDIO OR INSTITUTION OR BY
RENTAL).

DIRECTORS AND FILMS:

A) FRANCIS FORD COPPOLA - EITHER "GODFATHER II" OR "THE CONVERSATION"

B) GEORGE LUCAS - AMERICAN GRAFFITTI

C) PETER BOGDANOVITCH - THE LAST PICTURE SHOW

D) STEVEN SPIELBERG - SUGARLAND EXPRESS (FYI. WE EXPECT TO
RECEIVE JAWS EARLIER FOR AMBASSADORIAL SHOWING)

E) MARTIN SCORSESE - MEAN STREETS

F) TERRENCE MALICK - BADLEADS

G) JOHN HANCOCK - BANG THE DRUM SLOWLY

H) WOODLY ALLEN - PLAY IT AGAIN SAM (FYI: WE HAD PLANNED FOR AMER-
ICAN HUMOR WEEK)

I) BOBRAFELSON - FIVE EASY PIECES

THESE TITLES AND DIRECTORS ARE LISTED IN PRIORITY ORDER DESIRED AND
THE POST WOULD LIKE TO HAVE FIVE OR SIX OF THEM.
FIVE EASY PIECES HAS BEEN PRESENTED HERE ONCE BEFORE 1973
UNCLASSIFIED

BUT ONLY WITH SHORT ADVANCE NOTICE AND WE ARE SURE IT WOULD BE
POPULAR AGAIN THOUGH OF COURSE WE PREFER TO PRESENT FILMS
NOT PREVIOUSLY SHOWN. FOR THE AMERICAN HUMOR FILM WEEK THE
AGENCY ADVISED THE POST THAT THE DISTRIBUTOR OF PLAY IT AGAIN
SAM WANTED AN EXORBITANT RENTAL FEE. PERHAPS EITHER THAT FEE
HAS BEEN REDUCED OR THE FILM CAN BE OBTAINED FROM OTHER
SOURCES.

LIBRARY DIRECTOR STEVE CHAPLIN WILL BE IN WASHINGTON ON
CONSULTATIONS THIS WEEK AND WILL BE CALLING ON ADDRESSEES
TO DISCUSS PROJECT. FOR OUR PLANNING PURPOSES WE WOULD APPRECIATE
STATUS REPORT AGENCY BY MAY 15 ON THE AVAILABILITY AND CONDITIONS
(LOAN OR RENTAL) FOR OBTAINING THE REQUESTED TITLES. BARNES.”

January 24, 1975 report, VISIT OF FRANCIS FORD COPPOLA-FILM DIRECTOR.

It says, “ACCORDING TO INFORMATION WE HAVE, COPPOLA WILL BE IN BELGRADE
FOR FILM FESTIVAL AROUND FEBRUARY 12. WE ARE INTERESTED IN A
COPPOLA VISIT AND HAVE BEEN IN TOUCH WITH FRED SILL OF CINAMA
INTERNATIONAL IN LONDON. IN THE EVENT YOU HAVE ANY CONTACT
WITH COPPOLA, WE WOULD APPRECIATE IT IF YOU COULD MAKE A SPECIAL
PITCH FOR A VISIT TO OUR POST.I WOULD ALSO APPRECIATE ANY INFO
YOU MAY HAVE TO ADD TO OURS REGARDING HIS VISIT TO BELGRADE AND
WHETHER YOU WILL BE DOING ANY PROGRAMMING WITH HIM. BARNES.”

September 7, 1979 report, called 1979 MOSCOW INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL.

It says, “ALL FOUR CINE SHORT FILMS WERE SHOWN AT THE FESTIVAL;
"POWERS OF TEN," AND "THE FLIGHT OF THE GOSSAMER CONDOR"
WERE SHOWN IN COMPETITION. ALL RECEIVED DIPLOMAS OF
PARTICIPATION, WHICH WILL BE FORWARDED TO ICA FOR
PRESENTATION TO CINE. NONE OF THE FILMS WON AWARDS OR
SPECIAL RECOGNITION.

IT MIGHT BE NOTED THAT THE GOLD MEDAL WINNERS AMONG
THE SHORT DOCUMENTARIES WERE TWO HIGHLY POLITICAL FILMS,
"NICARAGUA: FREEDOM OR DEATH," AND "NO EVIL LASTS A
HUNDRED YEARS," ENTERED BY FILM MAKERS FROM COSTA RICA
AND COLUMBIA, RESPECTIVELY. ONE SILVER MEDAL WAS WON
BY A CANADIAN FILM, "MICHEL PELLUSE;" THE REMAINING
THREE PRIZES WENT TO SOCIALIST OR THIRD WORLD FILMS.

THE SHOWING OF FRANCIS FORD COPPOLA'S "APOCALYPSE
NOW" WAS A MAJOR HIGHLIGHT OF THE FESTIVAL. ALTHOUGH
SHOWN OUT OF COMPETITION, THE FILM GENERATED AN UNPRECEDENTED DEMAND FOR TICKETS FROM BOTH FESTIVAL GUESTS
AND SOVIET FILM FANS.

AMERICAN DIRECTOR KING VIDOR WAS AWARDED A SPECIAL
PRIZE FOR LIFELONG CONTRIBUTIONS TO WORLD CINEMA, ALONG
WITH SUCH FILM LUMINARIES AS SATYAJIT RAY, LUIS BUNEL,
AKIRA KUROSAWA, RENE CLAIR, ZOLTAN FABRI AND ANDRE AND
ANNALEE THORNDYKE.

A MORE COMPLETE REPORT ON THE FESTIVAL IS IN PREPARATION. TOON.”

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