LATIN ALLIANCE ACCORD SEEN

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP73-00475R000100400001-2
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 27, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 30, 2013
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: April 7, 1966
• Content Type: OPEN SOURCE

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By JERENITAII O'LEARY
Latin America Writer of The Star
U.S. officials, review' ?
results of two recent hem'.
pheric conferences, conceded
yesterday the L..dn American.
nations and the United States ,
do not see eye-to-eye on the
future course of the Alliance..
for Progress, but said there is
no major controversy on the
horizon.
? Analyzing the Panama
;conference to draw up Organi-
? zation of American States ?
charter revisions and the
Buenos Aires meeting last
' week of the Inter-American
?,:r2conomic end Social Council,
the officials assessed the /
former as midly disappointing,/
and the later as quite satisfac-I.
? tory.
Parting of the Ways
(-The latins know the Al-
liance for Progress is here to ,
stay end that the United
States is fully engaged in
finding ways to ? move it'.
forward,". officials said.
'There is no difference on ..
. basic 7yrinci,yles between us;
"..only? on details. President
. ;-.Johnson ?wants more done...:
faster in the Alliance and that
; is what we are trying to do." .
, It was ...et .Panama last. ?
month that representatives,
?
the OAS nations mat to try
agree on languae that woul ?
formalize the Aizaee f. ?
._?:gress as part c.. the OA
charters. There was a parting
of the ways when Latin
Delegates rammed through a
21-paint program which went
into great detail -about the
obligatins each . 'signatory
would owe under the alliance.
Washinton officials, perhaps
not as alert as they 'might
have been, found themselves
outnumbered end boxed in on
la..,guage .the Senate would
never rattly in treaty form.
Belatedly, the U.S. delegation
submitted an 11-point,.. pro-4
'gram couched in much more
general terms. Panama bore
all ?the earmarks of a power
play since sophisticated Latin
officials know full well what
the U.S. Congress will ap-
prove.
? In general, the Latins want
more continuity in aid, pro-
gram rather than project
loans, more international
participation in loans, 'termi-
natIon of the 50-50 shipping
requirement and an end to the
linkage of aid to procurement
'from U.S. production sources.,
Also, the United States insists
on a full national self-help
of resoures
?
instead, ?1
? effe-et budget
supplementing end will not be
? ..,inned down on precise
? commitments. In addition, the
shipping lause is :>l.attztor;
..
and is not likely to change.
? Secone.i Session Dae
? U.S. officials see this as
collision of viewpoint that w.
be worked out between no.
,and the July 30 second session
of the OAS foreign ministers'
meeting in Buenos ? Aires.
, After all, they point out, no
tradeJaid resolution passed by
? a majority in the OAS would
-,:mean a thing unless the U.S.,,
chief source of the aid, ,agreed
to the terms.
"This is not solid Latin
American line-up against the
United States," U.S. official:.
? said. They believe there
. general agreement on princi-
ples and that agreement on.
details will be achieved in timo.
for the Buenos Aires meeting. ?
The economic-social council
..mei.r.tin,g, on the other hand,
was harmonius, U.S. officials ,
'said. It was held to review the.
. 'stet's of Cie after ;
five ye.L-3 and officials made -
good ratasess.'in charting..
Nvvs to c..2.21y, the pl'incipleo
.of
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Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release @ 50-Yr 2013/12/30: CIA-RDP73-00475R000100400001-2