RESPONSES TO HWG QUESTIONNAIRE OF 31 JANUARY 1996

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• Publication Date: February 12, 1996

SUBJECT: Responses of
January 1996
DATE : 12 February 1996
to HWG Questionnaire of 31
1. My responses to the HWG Questionnaire of 31 January are
as follows:
I. Father Carney, the Olancho Operation, and Reyes Mata -
1983 - 84.
I know absolutely nothing about Carney, the Olancho
Operation or Reyes Mata.
II . State Department Human Rights Reports
A. I am unable to recall any specifics about
Headquarters provision of information or coordination regarding
the annual Honduras Human Rights report provided to the US
Congress. I assume, however, it was provided in
draft prior to final form for our comment.
B. The State Department Political Section was responsible
for drafting the US Mission, Honduras, Human Rights report.
- I believe that at least one of the reports, on Honduras-was
written by Mr. Kevin Whitaker, a State Department Political
Officer.
information which may. or may not have appeared in
the report would have come from
disseminations if any were pertinent.
-I recall no disagreements on the report during my tenure F
" CTrecall no classi ica n issues. Nor do I remember any
human rights information considered too sensitive for
the report.
D. I assume I read the draft human rights reports on
Honduras during my tenure It is my
recollection they depicted fairly the situation.
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 - I have no recollection that either the Ambassador or the
Embassy was pressured to downplay human rights abuses in the
report. I have no personal knowledge in this area.
IV. Congressional Notification and Politicization.
A. During my tenurew I recall only one
Congressional delegation is visited Honduras. The focus of
their visit was the US installation at Aguacate and whether it
should remain. This delegation visited only the military base C
I am aware of no report of human
rig is a uses that should have been but was not passed to
Headquarters, policymakers, and/or Congress.
B. I can recall no cases of politicazion of reporting on
Honduras.
I know of no analysis being altered in response to political
concerns.
V. Honduran Security/Intelligence Service Involvement in Human
rights Incidents
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B. I had no concerns that --
-,Ax allegation of human rights abusesmade1eitherrby lanyaHonduran
organization or media outlet or by the international ress
against the C-2 or any other unit
C. Durincf my t*ami,-o
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.y %J ese ts
might have been engaged in summa
ry killingsnotherrthansinncombat.
been engaged in specific human rightsrabusesr unit might have
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D. I know of no abuses or human rights-incidents possibly
committed by Honduran security or intelligence units that--for
lack of evidence or any other reason--were never reported
officially to Headquarters.
E. I never heard of the Honduran Anti-Communist Liberation
Army (ELACH) .
unit a low level employee of a
--- ~J Lilt! crime but only after
significant public pressure as well as intense pressure by the
Embassy, especially Ambassador Arcos. Outside of the obvious
human rights abuse of the victim the incident was no reflection
of any systematic policy or practice by the C-2 to commit human
rights abuses.
3. Please let me know if you need any additional
infnrmat-; .,,,
P~G
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