LETTER TO RUSSELL E. MARKS, JR. FROM GEORGE V. LAUDER

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• Publication Date: March 4, 1985
• Content Type: LETTER

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
PUBLIC AFFAIRS
Phone: [phone]
4 March 1985
Mr. Russell E. Marks, Jr.
President, Americas Society
Dr. Margaret Daly Hayes
Director, Council of the Americas
1000 Sixteenth Street, N.W.
Suite 600
Washington, DC 20036
Dear Mr. Marks and Dr. Hayes:
Thank you for inviting CIA Director William J. Casey to attend the
Council of the Americas' 1985 inaugural meeting on Tuesday, 19 February, in
the law offices of Arnold and Porter in Washington, DC.
As a member of my staff informed you last week on the phone, Mr. Casey
was unable to attend due to a conflict in his schedule for that evening and
has asked us to send his regrets.
We wish your organization a successful 1985.
Sincerely,
STAT
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Director, Public Affairs
STAT
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P-resident of the Americas Society Mr. Russell E. Marks, Jr., and Director
of the Washington office of the Council of the Americans Dr. Margaret Daly
Hayes have invited you to attend the inaugural meeting of its 1985 discussion
series "Beyond the Debt Crisis: Restarting Growth in Latin America." The
meeting will be held on Tuesday, 19 February, in the law offices of Arnold and
Porter in Washington, DC. Dr. Enrique V. Iglesias from Uruguay who is
Executive Secretary of the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin
American and the Caribbean will be the guest speaker. According to the
Coun:il, they believe the new series will serve as a catalyst for creative
thinking about new policies and needed actions. The Council of the Americas
is made up of corporations with direct investments or other business interests
in Latin America. David Rockefeller is Chairman of the Council'.
Approximately 80 U.S. Government officials, several U.S. Congressmen,
Ambassadors, and businessmen from Latin America will attend this off-the-
record session. The media will not be invited. Since room is limited, they
request that only you as Director attend and not a substitute from your staff.
I doubt you will want to attend this seminar. May we decline for you?
Lauder
ACCEPT:
Director of Central Intelligence- Date
DECLINE:
/s/. William J uaso j
J. FE S 7985
Director of Central Intelligence . . Date
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COUNCIL OF THE AMERICAS
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January 21, 1985
Mr. William J. Casey
Director
Central Intelligence Agency
Washington, D.C. 20505
Dear Mr. Casey:
The Americas Society - Council of the Americas is pleased to invite you to
the inaugural meeting of its 19,85 discussion series "Beyond the Debt
Crisis: Restarting Growth in Latin America." The meeting Will take place
on February 19, 1985, and Dr. Enrique V. Iglesias, Executive Secretary of
the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean
will be our guest speaker.
In undertaking this new discussion series, it is the Council's purpose to
engage a cross section of persons representing the business,' government and
academic community in Latin America in a candid discussion of practical
means for promoting an early return to sustained growth in Latin America in
the evolving world economic climate. We believe that this climate will be
quite different from that which prevailed in the 1950s and '1960s when the
region's dramatic growth took place. New approaches will be needed. At
the same time, the solutions adopted in the recent debt crisis -- deep
austerity and restructuring and stretching out of debt payments -- provide
an immediate solution to the debt problem, but may not contain the seeds of
an early return to growth. Moreover, just as new investment is needed,
neither local entrepreneurs, foreign private investors, nor commercial
banks are providing sufficient capital to the region. The Americas Society
- Council of the Americas believe that these issues need to be reviewed and
discussed with an eye to developing effective policies for, dealing with
them. The new seminar series is intended to serve as a catalyst for
creative thinking about new policies and needed actions.
We are particularly fortunate to have Dr. Enrique Iglesias as our inaugural
speaker. ECLAC was one of the most influential purveyors of the economic
development model known as import substituting industrialization. This
model served Latin America well in the 1950s and into the 1960s. Most
Latin American countries turned to export-led growth in the mid-1970s as
world economic conditions changed. Many economists recognize that a new
model for economic development is required in the world environment of the
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next decade. Both Latin America and the world economy have changed drama-
tically due to growth in the 1950s to 1970s and as a result of the debt-led
economic crisis of the 1980s. Dr. Iglesias and ECLAC are at the forefront
of the search for a new set of rules for economic development.
The Americas Society - Council of the Americas seminar "Beyond the Debt
Crisis" will be held on February 19, 1985 in the facilities of Council of
the Americas member Arnold and Porter, 1200 New Hampshire Avenue, N.W., 8th
floor. We will gather at 5:45 for sherry. Dr. Iglesias' presentation will
begin at 6:30 promptly and will be followed by dinner and discussion. The
session will end at 9:30.
Please confirm your participation in this February 19 seminar by calling
Mrs. Cross or Ms. Domingo at 202/347-3406.
We look forward to having you join us in a lively and thought-provoking
discussion.
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Russell E. F rks, Jr. (Dr.) Margaret Daly H yes
President Director, Washington Office
Americas Society Council of the Americas
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