HONDURAS

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: FOIA Collection
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0001338915
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: June 23, 2015
• Document Release Date: September 16, 2010
• Case Number: F-2001-01650
• Publication Date: February 6, 1996

4 SEQ ET
6 February 1996
MEMORANDUM FOR:
FROM:
SUBJECT:
memo dtd 31 Jan 96, subject as above
(b)(1)
(b)(3)
In response to your memo,
y answers a ow are eyed ~tothe questions as request
1. Father Carney, the Olancho Operation, and Reyes Mata - 1983-84:
I know nothing about the subject and do not recall ever having discussed it. I did read news
accounts re Father Carney and did discuss in a general wa the incident
I never knew any incriminating information re this incident.
II. State Department Human Rights Reports:
I was never involved in the State Department Human Rights reporting. I knew such a
requirement existed and there was a State Department officer designated as "Human Rights Officer". I
do not recall her name, but I heard from various officials in the embassy that she had a bias against the
316th MI Bn. I believe the human rights reporting was coordinated between
and the embassy Human Rights Officer. While I frequently talked with never
received any indication that was engag in a isagreement
with the embassy Human Rights Officer. I do not reca ever aving read the embassy Human Rights
reports on Honduras. I do recall reading about them in the news media. I thought that they correctly
depicted the state of human rights as it existed in Honduras at that time. That is, I knew of no human
rights violations in Honduras
APPROVED FOR RELEASE^ DATE:
29-Jun-2010
 IV. Congressional Notification and Politicization:
A. I do not know of any congressional delegations asking re human rights issues. At this time, I
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elegations or ongress 9se of any human rights abuses
in Honduras. I am not aware of any information on this su lect t at f ou
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he 316th, I was always aware of their reputation. ,
e were not babes in the woods, but there were no indications of human rights
violations.1 was questioned on at least three occasions by Dick Stolz (spelling?), the DDO. Each time
he would draw me away into a private comer and ask me what I knew concerning the unit and the
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have eel n passed to Congress or eadquarters. If I had been aware of any non-reporting on this
issue, I would have reported it.
B. I know of no cases of politicization of reporting on Honduras or of any analysis being altered
V. Honduran Security/Intelligence Service Involvement in Human Rights Incidents:
they were practicing torture as an interrogation technique. Each time I assured him i had not
ssibilityheard of any unprofessional tactics. He urged me to tell him the truth and he explained that he
had to go before Congress on a frequent basis and assure them that the 316th was not a "Death Squad".
His approach to me was honest and direct. I never lied to him and appreciated his concern for the truth.
 From his approach to me, I understood that he was more interested in the truth than he was in
punishment; therefore I had no reason not to tell him the truth. =
C. It was a frequent subject for discussion We tried to ascertain the
truth when the papers played up another allegation uman ng s a uses. Frequently the stories were
not credible on the face of the story, but we always held a requirement to look into any of these
allegations.
D. I never heard or had any knowledge of any abuses/human rights incidents possibly
E. I knew nothing about ELACH
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