OCB WORKING GROUP OF LATIN AMERICA 72ND MEETING THURSDAY, AUGUST 16, 1956 11:00 A.M. AT OCB

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? OPFRAT IONS CO ORDI;!1A T ING BOARD
TrTashington 2~ ~ D. C.
August 20, 196
MEMORANDUM OF MEETXNG ~ OCB WORKING GR~I P ON LATIN AMg?,ICA
72nd meeting
Thursdays August 16, 195
11:00 A. iii. at OCB
Working Grau Members or.Alternates Present:
STATE Mr. Spencer Ni. King, Chairman
DEFENSE Lt. Gol. Henry W. Taylor
CIA Representative present
USIA. Nir. George R. Manson
ICA NIr. Z~da~lter Bauer
LABOR i~Ir. Joseph Harmon
COMMERCE T~?r. A. J. ?airier
TREA~Ry Nir. Herman J. Koenig
N~1r+ Thomas D. Kingsley Assistant Staff ~cepresentative
UCB
The OCB tr3ox'king Group on Latin America met on August 16, 1956, an d
discussed the following items:
1. Briefin on Secretary I?ulles~ Conference w~inform dbahe members
the Suez Crisis -The hairman of the Working Group Dulles an the Suez
o .the tees to br~.efing of LA Ambassadors by Secretary
problem. He explained t4 them eZyCan ~Aonathenbasisbthatlthose invitedehad
the London Conference on the Su
either participated in the 18p8eiori trade# or wereCcount iesewha e'citizens
dent on the Canal for their g
awned significant ship for ghat bathhthesCanalhandgherhship tonnage eTntitle
connections Panama argue
her to attend the London meeting. There was consi~~~cQeanas$ritain and its
Secretary~s meeting regarding the use of force by
justification under the UNa hharter y~olation.A Ambassadors believed that
the use of farce would be C
2. LA Polic=,t Paper in Planning Board -? The LA policy paper was men- .
tinned anc~i was noted 'that the Plannr~ng Board was. considering it again on
Augu,~t 16; including the Financial App
3e gemisphere TV -Copies of theerstand theiesubjectmdiscussed byrthe
possibilities were distributed to memo
D SIA representative. TJix'. Monson saki that inter :Ame rican TV was definitely
possible and was te~hn~ca,~-ly feasible. Certain legal aspects of interna-
tional TV broadcast~.nb we re being worked out at Present and direct trans-
mission to Niexi.co and- Cuba from the U. S. this Fall was ~.ike~.y~ He said it
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was also possible that by 1957 direct U. S. transmission to the Alorth Coast
of South America would be feasible. He continued that an inter-American TV
network was technically possible, but was several years .away. I-ie thought
that USIA could arrange for broadcasts of special events to LA once private
companies had made network arrangements, but that in general he felt locally-
produced shows, such as USIA is now doing in the radio field, were more suit-
', able. Local editing of U.S.-produced TV programs has many advantages over
full shows transmitted from th a U. S. in order to meet the local require~-
ments of various audiences in LA. Borne TV shows are already being produced
and sent to Argentina; for example.
Mr. Monson is ;going to check on Argentine and Venezuelan TV equip
went to see whether British TV equipment which they employ is compatible
with the I:~ . ~. system,
'~ Thy Group .felt that under present circumstances there was npth~.ng
that' Could ~be done in connect~.on with the TV question.
~~ Engi~ rie~er Battalions -~ Mr, Bauer said- nothing had developed in th3.s
connection,
1~, South At~.antic Conference. Proposal of Argentina w Col. Taylor in-
quired whether any developments zn this respect had occurred, and I~Ir. King
replied that, the U. S, was not going to offer to send observers to such a
meeting] ~.f held as suggested in a recent telegram from Buenos Aires,
The Argentine Navy apparently made this proposal in an ill-timed manner and
little support has since been forthcoming from any source. It is now mu ch
watered down to point maneuvers of I3razilian~ Uruguayan and Argentine navies
and talks under the prov:i.sions of existing inter-.American defense treaties.
If they are-held within this frameworks the U. S. will not oppose them, ac-
cording to the Chairman.
5. Communist Pi.an for Latin America -The field replies to .the inquir-
ies-sent by S ate and U SZA on the progress being made under the directives
in the Communist Plan for LA are coming ins but not s1.1 have been received,
Mr. King said State was preparing to remind those Missions which have not
replied of the need to send them in at an early date, OCB-will make asum-
.mart' analysis of the replies far the information of the Working Group members
in order to determine the effectiveness of the field implementation. of the
Plan..
b. 1290'd Papers - At this point the Treasury, Commerce and Labor
members of the Lu'orking Group left, since the Chairman indicated that the
remainder of the meeting would, be devoted to a discussign of the 1?_?0-d
program i.ri LA.. He read a Memorandum on the subject which he had prepared
for Mr. Harrison in U/UP summarising to date all. developments in the field.
Mr. King asked Col, Taylor if he would sound out his superiors on the ques-
tion. of accrediting a publ~.c i#~formation officer to the Army Mission in
Bolivia to assist the ~.nistry of Defense in develgping a public relations
program to build public confidence in the Artrly'a an objective recommended in
the 1290-~d paper on Bolivia.
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The Chairman also asked the USIA member what the possibiliti es
were of amore indirect approach to this problem than that recommended by
the Embassy in ~,a Pa.z which would not involve USIA excessively with the
Ministry of S}efense~
~~ention was also made of the qu estion of priorities in dealing
with the genexa~. 1290~,d ,program in connection with Venezuela, Costa Mica,
Brazil and Chile;.
Details of the 1290-d discussion are omitted since they are all
:contained in 11x',. Kings s Memorandum on the subaect which provided the bulk
of the mater~.al for this part of the meeting. This Ntemorandum can be r~b-
tained by the OCB Staff Representative for any Working Group member to
examine upon request
7. UN Back~fo~Ambassador dodge - Mr. Spencer King provided the
Group with a ist t~f pos5~.ble topics which LA countries mi.gkit bring up in
the UN llth General Assembly this Fall Copy of this list is attached to
these Ntinutes.
8M Next Meetin -The next meeting of the pCB ?7orking Group on Latin
America wi e at~:00 A. M. Thursday] August 34f at OCB, ?OO Jackson
place, N. Wt
Thomas D. Kingsley
Acta,ng OCB Staff Representative.
ATTACHMENTS:. (2)
1. SECRET -USIA Report on T V Activities
~. WO - UNGA Items of Special Interest to LA Governments (8/x.5/56)
SECRET
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