REPORT ASSAILS U.S. POLICY ON CENTRAL AMERICA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP90-00806R000100500033-9
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• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 25, 2010
• Sequence Number: 33
• Publication Date: April 8, 1983
• Content Type: OPEN SOURCE

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8 APPTL 1983
eport Assay
entral'America
U.S. Polic 'o
vadoi and new turmoil inNicaregaa
It denounced.-past "overk:and To
vent -`U.S. intervention" in Latin
America :and said ; "sharp' sex a al
confronfation with revolutionary re
gimes"-is more likely to`,hbreed rev-
olutionary sentiment than, quell it. `
"The United States=:; could do
much.to foster a climate of security
in the region by making, unequivo.
-:ply-clear its commi erit to respect
national sovereignty; the group said
in a study known as the Inter-Amer-
-ican Dialogue report.
It also urged "a many-sided dia-
"logue" to end disputes among all the
governments of Central America and
their opposition movements peace-
fully. It should include talks between
the United States, Cuba and the So-
viet Union, the study said.
MContinued fighting in El Sal-
vador, continuing counterrevolu-
tionary activities in Nicaragua, es-
calating,violence in Guatemala; all
are,-likely to feed each other and
even. raise the specter of wider re-
gional conflict,- it said. "We believe,
therefore, 'that negotiations should
be tried."
Issued after a six-month study,
--the ,report was prepared:under,the
iouiX ,direction of :. I;,M..,Linoaitz.
former' U.S. representative to. the Or-
anization of American&ates',and
Galo Plaza, former "president of
-masks prolonged bloodshed = n`-E1 S-1--
.Latin 4 American citizens said Wed-
. taesday that a .flawedl teagaii adinin-
A group of. prominent -U.S.. and
Participants included "former po-
litical leaders as well as business
leaders, academics and clerics from
the ,region. The U.S. members in-
cluded former secretary of state Ed-
mund S. - Muskie and former secre-
tary of defense Elliot L. Richardson.
Ecuador. -
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