U.S. CITIZENS WISH TO MEET CODELS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP90B01370R000801120101-8
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 21, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 2, 2008
• Sequence Number: 101
• Publication Date: March 10, 1984
• Content Type: CABLE

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SUBJ: U.S. CITIZENS WISH TO MEET CODELS
1. FOUR MEMBERS OF "COMMITTEE OF U.S. CITIZENS RESIDENT
IN NICARAGUA" CALLED ON AMBASSADOR AND CONSUL MARCH S.
COMMITTEE IS A PRO-SANDINISTA ORGANIZATION OF SOME 100 AMERICANS
LIVING
IN NICARAGUA. IT ARRANGES VISITS FOR INTERESTED AMERICANS. ACTS
AS LIAISON WITH INTEREST GROUPS IN THE U.S., ISSUES STATEMENTS
ON DEVELOPMENTS IN US-NICARAGUAN RELATIONS AND ORGANIZES A
WEEKLY DEMONSTRATION OF AMERICANS IN FRONT OF EMBASSY TO
PROTEST U.S. POLICY TOWARDS NICARAGUA. AFTER A DISCUSSION
OF U.S. POLICY REV. JAMES GOFF, HEAD OF THE COMMITTEE, ASKED
THAT THE EMBASSY TAKE THEIR VIEWS AND PRESENCE INTO GREATER CON-
SIDERATION.
SOME MEMBERS HAVE BEEN IN THE COUNTRY FOR 25 YEARS, GOFF SAID,
AND COULD BE A RICH SOURCE OF KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING OF
NICARAGUA AND ITS REVOLUTION.
GOFF CLAIMED THAT COMMITTEE MEMBERS ARE NEVER INVITED TO THE
EMBASSY TO SHARE THEIR VIEWS NOR TO EXPRESS THEIR THOUGHTS,
FOR EXAMPLE, WHEN THE ANNUAL HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT IS BEING
PREPARED.
2. AMBASSADOR POINTED OUT THAT MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE WERE
ALWAYS WELCOME TO COME TO THE EMBASSY AND TO HIM PERSONALLY TO
EXPRESS THEIR VIEWS. THE EMBASSY, HE POINTED OUT, WAS
CONSTANTLY TALKING WITH A WIDE RANGE OF GROUPS, BOTH PRO-AND ANTI-
GOVERNMENT, IN ORDER TO KEEP IN TOUCH WITH THE REALITY OF CON-
TEMPORARY NICARAGUA. MANY COMMITTEE MEMBERS, FOR A VARIETY
OF PERSONAL REASONS, WERE HESITANT TO MAKE THEIR PRESENCE IN
NICARAGUA KNOWN TO THE EMBASSY, AND SOME COMMITTEE MEMBERS
HAVE NOT ACCEPTED INVITATIONS TO EMBASSY FUNCTIONS.
ON VARIOUS OCCASSIONS WHEN THE AMBASSADOR HAD ASKED COMMITTEE
MEMBERS TO SHOW HIM THEIR WORK IN THE FIELDS OF AGRICULTURE,
SOCIAL WELFARE, ETC., THEY HAD BEEN RELUCTANT TO DO SO.
3. GOFF SAID THAT THE COMMITTEE WAS PARTICULARLY INTERESTED
IN MEETING WITH VISITING CODELS, BUT THAT OVER PAST TWO
YEARS, ONLY ONE (COND. ASPIN, WISC.) HAD MET WITH THEM.
GOFF ASKED THAT THE EMBASSY ASSIST THEM IN MEETING MORE
CONGRESSMEN. AMBASSADOR AGREED TO INFORM DEPT OF THIS
INTEREST, AND TO HAVE THE PRESENCE OF THE COMMITTEE KNOWN TO
THOSE WHO HELP ARRANGE CONGRESSIONAL VISITS TO NICARAGUA.
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AMBASSADOR POINTED OUT THAT CODEL VISITS WERE FREQUENTLY BRIEF,
THAT CONGRESSMEN USUALLY CAME WITH A FAIRLY GOOD IDEA OF WHOM
THEY WANTED TO SEE, AND THAT USUALLY THEY WISHED TO SEE NICARA-
GUANS IN ORDER TO LEARN HOW THEY FELT ABOUT THEIR COUNTRY'S
REVOLUTION.
5. ACTION REQUESTED: REQUEST THAT H AND ARA NOTE EXISTENCE OF
THIS GROUP IN CASE OF CONGRESSIONAL INTEREST IN MEETING WITH
U.S. CITIZENS RESIDENT IN NICARAGUA. THERE IS ALSO A SECOND
GROUP OF AMERICANS. THE AMERICAN SOCIETY, DATING BACK SEVERAL
DECADES WHICH COULD NOT BE CONSIDERED PRO-SANDINISTA. IF
ANY CONGRESSMAN WISHES TO MEET WITH EITHER GROUP OR WITH
THEIR CONSTITUENTS HERE (IF ANY). EMBASSY WOULD BE PLEASED
TO ARRANGE.
OUAINTON
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