LATIN DEMOCRACY

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP75-00149R000200620005-0
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: November 17, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 21, 2000
• Sequence Number: 5
• Publication Date: November 18, 1963
• Content Type: NSPR

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bpproved For Release 2000/0
Latin'bemocracy
Sir: Nathan" Miller's informativei
article fron"~Rio on November e, cart-~
cerning ;rzlltary -coups in Latin Amer??
ice, points to a subject which to mtr~i;
neglccfed-preventive measures. Thexq;~
' has'.been a strong and persistent tend-,!
~ enry, not without hypocritical purer!
poaefulnesa in some sectors, to ~
(wolf only after the obviously exposed
thirteens had been devoured. I sua+='
gest the fallowing steps: ~ Mr: Miller wrote that the aalicoups
1. The formation of a military coup-, i conference might be held in Washh~'~
cIl with representatives from all Latin ~ on in December. This is absurd. Ones'
American and Caribbean countries. I does not hold a conference on law"
Y. This council, with the help of 'enforcement in a den of thieves. This;:
international experts, would. write a ~ ~ exactly what the United Statgt{,;
Declaration of Democracy, to which military and the CLA have been via-ty;,
all countries would pledge themselves= vis Latin American and Carl6bean-
3. Among the statements in this dec= politics, throughout the[r existence. =I ~~
laration would be one in which .suggest, as a demonstration of abso-'
all participants swear not to over-
throw a freely elected government
until the matter had been referred to
lute freedom from United States''
machinat}ons, that the conferenp be
organized by the United Nations and
the council and received its approval.. `that it meet in Havana, at the invite-a
4. The United States would not be
member of the ,council. Its part iA,.
this historic development would be to
pledge in a formal treaty with the?.
council that it would furnish no ma::
terial or military assistance, train ~o'
military personnel in Latin American'
countries or the United States for any
country which did not adhere to the
pledge of the council; further, the
United States would agree that !t _
world have no sxret agents in Latin ,
America-that United Stater em--
ployeea, direct or indirect, in they
areas would be named on a public,.
list which would be kept up to date'.
and always freely available. Thee
United States would encourage ali^~
other nations to conform to this policy.
S. That all council countries would
immediately and aulon~tically break,
all relations with any' government
which came into existence in viola- ,,
lion o[ the Declaration of Democracy. '
lion of the Cuban Governtt~nt which '
will, in turn, show that ft dasi:nrep~
such an honor by having. United Na- i
lions supervised national electloos .tti
coincide with the meeting. iThe bads...;:.
boys of the Pearl of the, Antilka haYW ~'~`
had theft Sing; they are ready to come '.
home if the (amity has sufficiently at`e-
formed to accept them- with grace BtIL~ ~ ;
reasonableness.!
The peoples of the P: extern Hemi-
sphere have pioneered in new pattCrnt~;'
of national "ili[e. Now is the time tor',
them to take a major step [onward to .
rid themselves of the cancer which:
has grown from many oil acare~atrd;
bruises, and lapses which have k[t R
wide gap between their ideals and
their performance. '['he population of
the New N'orld is composed of great''
and creative peoples; the time is ripd;
for this greatness to take a tangible .
town. Ben Everinghim:
Baltimore, Nov. !0. .
Approved For Release 2000/08/26 :CIA-RDP75-001498000200620005-0