REPORT ON MILITARY AND CHURCH IN LATIN AMERICA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: Library of Congress
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): LOC-HAK-316-2-57-6
• Release Decision: RIFLIM
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: January 11, 2017
• Document Release Date: May 18, 2010
• Sequence Number: 57
• Publication Date: July 12, 1969
• Content Type: MEMO

No Objection to Declassification in Full 2010/05/18 : LOC-HAK-316-2-576
NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL
WASHIr4GTON, D.C. 20506
July 12, 1969
NATIONAL SECURITY STUDY MEMORANDUM 68
The Secretary of State
The Director, Central Intelligence Agency
The Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff
SUBJECT: Report on Military and Church in Latin America
As a result of the NSC meeting of July 9 on Latin American policy,
the President has directed that the following reports be prepared by
the indicated agencies and processed through the IG/ARA and Review
Group:
CIA -- The Church in Latin America
This should include a country by country analysis
of the church establishment, its role in society,
the trends within it and the leading personalities.
It should also include an analysis of the role and
significance of foreign clergy and non-Catholic
groups and missionaries.
JCS The Military Establishments in Latin America
This should cover a country by country analysis
of the military establishments, their make-up,
tradition, role in society and political development,
different trends within them, and identification of
key leaders.
The Church report should be submitted to the Review Group by Octo-
ber 10, and the Military report by October 30.
In addition, the President directed that the State Department undertake
through our Embassies, and utilizing youth committees and other
sources, an effort to identify future leaders in each country and to
maximize contacts with them. The IG/ARA is asked to provide the
Under Secretaries) Committee by October I with a report of what has
and is being done in this regard for submission to the President.
ON-FILE NSC RELEASE
INSTRUCTIONS APPLY
No Objection to Declassification in Full 2010/05/18: LOC-HAK-316-2-57-6