THIRD/FOURTH US-BASED FMLN/FDR SUPPORT

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• Document Creation Date: December 23, 2016
• Document Release Date: May 3, 2013
• Sequence Number: 48
• Publication Date: December 3, 1986
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TAGS: PGOV, PREL, ES
SUBJECT: THIRD/FOURTH US-BASED FMLN/FDR SUPPORT
ACTIVITIES UNDERWAY
REF: A) SAN SALVADOR 14988 B) SAN SALVADOR 15158
- C) SAN SALVADOR 8057
1. SUMMARY: THE FMLN/FDR CONTINUES EFFORTS TO
ACTIVATE ITS US-BASED SUPPORT NETWORK. COORDINATED
BY THE WASHINGTON-DC-BASED NATIONAL OFFICE OF
SALVADORAN COMMUNIST PARTY FRONT-ORGANIZATION CISPES'?~
(COMMITTEE IN SOLIDARITY WITH THE PEOPLE OF EL
SALVADOR) FOUR ACTIVITIES HAVE BEEN INITIATED IN THE
PAST FEW WEEKS: THE NOVEMBER 13-15 FENASTRAS LABOR
CONVENTION (REF A), THE NOVEMBER 22-23 UNTS/CISPES
CONFERENCE (REF B), AND THE NOVEMBER 30-DECEMBER 4
MEDICAL AID FOR EL SALVADOR VISIT. A FOURTH EFFORT
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BY BERKELEY, CALIFORNIA-BASED NEW EL SALVADOR TODAY
(NEST) IS ALSO .UNDERWAY TO RAISE FUNDS FOR FMLN
PROJECTS IN FPL AREAS OF INFLUENCE IN CHALATENANGO
PROVINCE. END SUMMARY.
2. MAES: MEDICAL AID FOR EL SALVADOR (MAES)
AIRCRAFT AND 32 MEMBER DELEGATION ARRIVED IN
EL SALVADOR NOVEMBER 29. CHARTER AIRCRAFT DELIVERED
MEDICAL SUPPLIES TO THE ARCHBISHOPRIC OF
SAN SALVADOR. POINT OF CONTACT IN THE
ARCHBISHOPRIC'S OFFICE IS REV. OCTAVIO CRUZ, WHO HAS
BEEN IDENTIFIED-BY DEFECTORS FROM THE FMI.N-CONTROLLED
NON-GOVERNMENTAL HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION AS A POINT
OF CONTACT OF THE FMLN IN THE ARCHBISHOPRIC. WE CAN
NOT CONFIRM THIS ASSERTION. DELEGATION BEGAN A
FOUR-DAY FACT FINDING VISIT INCLUDING BRIEFING BY
CHARGE DECEMBER 1. IN DISCUSSION, DELEGATION
MEMBERS, WHO INCLUDED REPRESENTATIVES FROM SEVERAL
OTHER U.S. PEACE AND CHURCH GROUPS, DESCRIBED MAES AS
A NON-PARTISAN HUMANITARIAN ORGANIZATION PRIMARILY
CONCERNED ABOUT THE INTERNATIONALLY PROTECTED MEDICAL
RIGHTS OF CIVILIANS LIVING IN AREAS OUTSIDE
GOVERNMENT CONTROL (NOTE: CONGRESSIONAL SPONSORS OF
MAES INCLUDE: REPS.CONYERS, GEORGE BROWN, GEORGE
CROCKETT, RON DELLUMS, JULIAN DIXON, MERVYN DYMALLY,
WALTER FAUNTROY, THOMAS FOGLIETTA, ROBERT GARCIA,
MICKEY LELAND,PARREN MITCHELL, PETE STARK, BRUCE
VENTO AND SEN. TOM HARKIN). MAES REPS DEFENDED THE
AUGUST 1985 PROGRAM TO PROVIDE MICROSURGERY FOR
CAPTURED PRTC-MEMBER NIDIA DIAZ AS CONSISTENT WITH
GROUP'S DECLARED CHARTER. GROUP MEMBERS DID NOT
COMMENT ON JUNE 19, 1985 PRTC ASSASSINATION OF
EMBASSY MARINES, DIAZ'S EXCHANGE FOR THE KIDNAPPED
DAUGHTER OF PRESIDENT DUARTE OR HER CURRENT
BROADCASTS FOR RADIO HAVANA. GROUP WAS DENIED A
MEETING WITH PRESIDENT DUARTE BUT DID MEET WITH OTHER
GOVE~ OFFICIALS, INCLUDING EMC CHIEF GENERAL
BLANDON. VISIT HAS RECEIVED VIRTUALLY NO PUBLIC
NOTICE IN THE LOCAL MEDIA.
3. NEST: A FOURTH FMLN SUPPORT ACTIVITY IS ALSO
UNDERWAY. NEW EL SALVADOR TODAY (NEST) HAS BEGUN A
FUNDRAISING DRIVE FOR PROJECTS IN FPL-INFLUENCED
AREAS OF NORTHERN CHALATENANGO. NEST DEFINES ITSELF
AS "A TA%-EXEMPT NON-PROFIT FOUNDATION SENDING
HUMANITARIAN AID TO THOSE WHOSE LIVES ARE MOST
AFFECTED BY .THE VIOLENCE OF THE U.S. SUPPORTED WAR."
OTHER LITERATURE STATES THAT "TODAY, IN AREAS
PROTECTED BY THE FMLN, ZONES OF CONTROL, 300,000
SALVADORANS ARE BEGINNING TO LIVE NEW LIVES, TO BUILD
A NEW SOCIETY." AMONG NEST'S BOARD OF DIRECTOR'S IS
BERKELEY, CA. MAYOR GUS NEWPORTw(NEWPORT IS
IDENTIFIED AS A MEMBER OF THE WORLD PEACE COUNCIL AND
THE U.S.-PEACE.COUNCIL:_=-THE LATTER .IS 'A MEMBER OF..~
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THE ADVISORY COUNCIL OF CISPES.THE U.S. PEACE COUNCIL
IS RUN BY MEMBERS OF TBE COMMUNIST PARTY USA).
4. CONGRESSIONAL TESTIMONY: MAYOR NEWPORT TESTIFIED
IN THE MAY 14, 1986 HEARINGS BEFORE THE HOUSE WESTERN
HEMISPHERE SUBCOMMITTEE ON THE "AIR WAR10 IN EL _ _
SALVADOR CONCERNING HIS MARCH 1985 VISIT TO FPL
"ZONES OF CONTROL" IN CHALATENANGO. THIS IS THE SAME
AREA VISITED IN SEPTEMBER-OCTOBER 1985 BY MEDICAL AID
FOR EL SALVADOR DIRECTOR SAND BRIM AND PRESIDENT
CHRISTINA CORTWRIGHT (NOTE: DAVE CORTWRIGHT IS
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF SANE AND WAS A PARTICIPANT IN
THE UNTS CONFERENCE. SUSANNA CEPEDA, IDENTIFIED
TOGETHER WITH FENASTRAS US-REP FRANCISCO ACOSTA AS A
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SUBJECT: THIRD/FOURTH US-BASED FMLN/FDR SUPPORT
DIRECTOR OF THE UNTS CONFERENCE AND AS A FORMER
MEMBER OF THE RAINBOW COALITION AND SANE, IS ALSO
IDENTIFIED BY NEST AS A MEMBER OF THE NEST BOARD OF
ENDORSERS REPRESENTING SANE). ALL OF THE ABOVE WERE
BRIEFED BY THE EMBASSY NOVEMBER 2~4.
5. THE NEST FUNDRAISING REQUEST WENT OUT UNDER THE
SIGNATURE OF REP. JOHN CONYERS (D-MI) WHO ALSO
TESTIFIED IN THE MAY 14, 1986 HEARINGS. (NOTE: REPS.
CONYERS, DYMALLY AND DELLUMS HOSTED A RECEPTION
WELCOMING NEST TO WASHINGTON JULY 10, 1986.
CARLOTTIA SCOTT, AA TO CONYERS SUBMITTED A STATEMENT
FOR THE RECORD IN THE MAY 1~ HEARINGS ON HER TRAVEL
APRIL 24-MAY 4, 1986 TO CHALATENANGO AS A MEMBER OF A
NEST DELEGATION). REF (A) NOTED THE PARTICIPATION OF
AFGE REP MICHAEL URQUHART AT THE UNTS/CISPES
CONFERENCE AND THAT HE HAD ALSO TESTIFIED IN THE
HEARING ON BEHALF OF THE WASHINGTON AREA LABOR
COMMITTEE ON CENTRAL AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN.
(NOTE: EILEEN PURCELL, WHO TESTIFIED IN THE HEARING
ON BEHALF OF SAN FRANCISCO ARCHBISHOP JOHN QUINN
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE SALVADORAN HUMANITARIAN AID
RESEARCH AND EDUCATION FOUNDATION (SHARE). PURCELL
TRAVELLED TO EL SALVADOR IN LATE OCTOBER AS PART OF
THE MAES ADVANCE TEAM).
6. MEMBERS OF THE VARIOUS VISITING GROUPS HAVE ALL
INDICATES TO THE EMBASSY THAT THEY INTEND TO CONTINUE
THEIR EFFORTS TO TERMINATE US MILITARY ASSISTANCE TO
EL SALVADOR, THAT THEY BELIEVE THE CLIMATE WILL BE
IMPROVED IN THE WAKE OF THE IRAN-CONTRA ISSUE, AND
THAT THEY INTEND TO PRESS EARLY ON IN THE NEW SESSION
OF CONGRESS FOR HEARINGS ON THE FINDINGS OF THEIR
CURRENT VISITS.
7. COMMENT: IN ANTICIPATION OF CONGRESSIONAL
HEARINGS BASED ON THE RESULTS OF THEIR VISITS AND THE
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REQUIREMENT TO PREPARE CONGRESSIONAL TESTIMONY,
EMBASSY RECOMMENDS THAT DEPARTMENT EARLY ON ESTABLISH
WITH MEMBERS OF THE RELEVANT COMMITTEES THE
BACKGROUND ON THE ORGANIZATIONS MENTIONED IN EMBASSY
REPORTING. CISPES LITERATURE OPENLY STATES ITS _
SUPPORT OF THE FMLN/FDR. FURTHER BACKGROUND ONE SAM
CISPES AND THE INTERLOCKING RELATIONSHIPS OF THE
VARIOUS FRONT GROUPS IS CONTAINED IN THE NOVEMBER 9,
1983 STATEMENTS FOR THE CONGRESSIONAL RECORD BY REPS.
CRANE, CRANE, AND BLILEY. THE THREE STATEMENTS
RECORDED AT THAT TIME ARE BASED ON A STUDY OF CISPES
PUBLISHED BY J. MICHAEL WALLER OF THE UNITED STUDENTS
OF AMERICA FOUNDATION. THE WALLER DOCUMENT IS BASED
PARTIALLY ON THE FARID HANDAL DOCUMENT RELEASED BY
THE DEPARTMENT WHICH EXPOSED THE ESTABLISHMENT OF
CISPES IN OCTOBER 1980 BY FARID HANDAL, BROTHER OF
SALVADORAN COMMUNIST PARTY HEAD SHAFIK HANDAL AND ON
TME CISPES-CIRCULATED STATE DEPARTMENT DISSENT MEMO
ENTITLED "DISSENT PAPER ON EL SALVADOR AND CENTRAL
AMERICA" DATED NOVEMBER 6, 1980 WHICH WAS IDENTIFIED
BY THE DEPARTMENT AS A KGB ACTIVE MEASURE. ACTIVITY
OVER THE PAST FEW WEEKS BY THESE FRONT GROUPS IS
CONSISTENT WITH THE PATTERN ESTABLISHED BY CISPES
SINCE ITS INCEPTION. END COMMENT.
DLOUHY
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