GOODWIN'S POWER CONTINUES TO RISE

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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP75-00149R000300180059-9
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• Document Creation Date: November 11, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 25, 1998
• Sequence Number: 59
• Publication Date: December 1, 1961
• Content Type: NSPR

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CPYRGHT
JFK IGNORES COMPLAINTS
t named him Deputy
tant Secretary of
State .for Inter-American
Affairs.
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Ass
'Phu White
Department shuffle added
sheen to Richard N. Good-
win's fast-rising star, tho
he seems to lack enough
background for his new
position. Mr. Goodwin, 29,
had been President Ken-
nedy's chief advisor on
atm America. In this
ek's shake-up, the Pres-
By CHARLES KEELY
Oopley News Service
Goodwin's Pa wer
Continues to Rise
Mr. Goodwin's youth, his
limited experience in Latin
America, his inability to
speak Spanish all caused con-
siderable criticism while he
was White House adviser.
But his new post is the
second most important job in
he State Department's inter-
American bureau, ranking
only behind Assistant Secre-
tary Robert F. Woodward. In
this new post, Mr. Goodwin
will be responsible for U. S.
policy derived from day to
clay events in Latin America.
Over the weekend, Mr.
Goodwin took part iii talks
in Port of Spain, Trinidad,
between U. S. Ambassador
Adlai Stevenson and Argen-
tine President Arturo Fron-
dizi.
He also attended Ikst fall's
economic conference in Punta
del Este, Uruguay, and has
made several brief official
trips south of the border for
the President.
State Department com-
plaints have been -.'frC4yent
that Mr. Goodwin was con-
fusing lines of authority in
Latin American policy-mak-
ing.
Sanitized
CPYRGHT
RICHARD N. GOODWIN
who claimed Mr. Goodwin was
making policy.
But that seems to have had
sligiht effect on the President.
Mr. Goodwin will be one of
three deputy assistant secre-
taries-the political secretary
-by far the most important
of the three posts. Milton
Barall Is the Deputy Assis-
tant Secretary for Economic
Affairs and Arturo Morales
Carrion, a Puerto Rican, han-
dles cultural matters.
The political assistant rep-
resents his chief, Mr. Wood-
ward, when the latter is out
of town and speaks in his
stead on all important mat-
ters dealing with Latin Amer-
ica.
Indication of. the Presi-
dent's esteem for Mr. Good-
win is that he will replace a
veteran Latin America ex-
pert in the State Department.
The former assistant secre-
tary was Wymberley DeR.
Coerr, 48, now said to be in
line for an ambassadorial
post in South America.
Mr. Coerr has served in
Latin American affairs for
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