HONDURAN BLAMES U.S. FOR HIS OUSTER

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP75-00149R000500280002-8
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: May 7, 2010
• Sequence Number: 2
• Publication Date: September 10, 1964
• Content Type: NSPR

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U.S. For H i Amer
itary junta that took power inI
Honduras after Villeda's ouster,
and halted its military and eco-I
nomic assistance to the Ira-,
poverished Central Americans
country. Relations were re-es-
tablished 10 weeks later.
What is more, it generally Isj
agreed in Honduras that t h e)
military pulled its coup prima-
rily block the probable elec-
tion of Modesto Rodas Alvarado;
presidential candidate of t h e
governing Liberal party. -
PLEDGED BUDGET CUT i
Rodas had declared that, if;
elected, as appeared likely with;
the government counting t h e~
votes, he would cut the budgets
of the Honduran regular arayj
sharply and strengthen the Lib-1
oral party's own private army
known as the Civil Guard. t
Villeda, came here to joint
other Latin Americans in and
"International Study Group on
Democratic Development."
Most of the participants in the
study group, like Villeda, seem
to feel that the United S t a t e s~
Villeda's outburst came as al should limit its role in the hemi-1
shock, Jt is recalled that t h elsphere to that of banker a n.df
%United States immediately sus- should not attempt to guide thel
other American republics polit-
ically. or ideologically.
VOICE DISTORTIONS
Although they consider them-
selves intellectuals and profess
admiration for the United States,
they often voice distortions of~
their own and Latin history in
apparent attempts to discredit)
the United States.
Pressed for specific recom-,
mendations as to improvement]
in U.S. policy toward Latin
America, Villeda declared,r
"First, you need to understand
Latin America. It is impossible
to use the same approach for
all of our nations. What is log-
ical in Honduras may. not - work
at 11 in Chile or Brazil." . i
Honduras' exiled former Pres-
ident Ramon Villeda Morales
~. blames the United States f o r
the military coup that ousted
him last October. . - '
Villeda insists that he Is "a
friend and admirer" of the Unit-
ed States but hints that U.S.
policy "is responsible for coups
in Latin America."
In an. exclusive interview, the
dapper' doctor turned politician
said "the United States needs to
change its view toward interns-
tonal politics, especially in the
Western Hemisphere."
COOPS BACKED
lie suggested that some indi-
viduals and groups in the U.S.
State Department, the Pentagon
and the Cenh,,4-ltetejligence
An pcy have been encouraging
military coups like the one that
sent hint into exile in Costa
Rica.
Villeda says that. "this U.S.
element" acts without the
knowledge or approval of' the
whole U.S. government.
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