INPUT TO CARL FORD/DCI MEETING

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP87R00529R000100050051-3
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: May 16, 2011
• Sequence Number: 51
• Publication Date: February 11, 1986
• Content Type: MISC

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11 February 1986
Input to Carl Ford/DCI meeting
The fraud perpetrated by Marcos has international implications for the US
as well:
In Latin America our well-founded case against the Sandanistas
has been based on their insistence on monolithic control and
refusal to take divergent opinions into account. If we
passively accept what Marcos has done and maintain our
relationship with him, the credibility of our case with Latin
America will be shattered.
Similarly, passive acceptance will reinforce the disturbing
trend in West European opinion to view the Soviet Union and the
US as moral equivalents. In the Philippine case, the charge
will be made that the US is willing to tolerate any dictatorship
in order to retain access to its bases and its so-called
imperial position.
To complicate the matter further, Soviet propaganda is laying
stress not on the Philippine election per se, but on the alleged
desire of Filipinos to see an end to US interference in their
affairs. Moscow is thereby seeking to create openings for
itself with whatever groups emerge dissatisfied with the
election outcome: most likely the Aquino opposition, but
possibly the Marcos forces who will resent any pressures even if
they are able to maintain political control
Approved For Release 2011/05/18: CIA-RDP87R00529R000100050051-3