NEW NOISES IN THE CARIBBEAN

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP90-00552R000201040047-5
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 1, 2010
• Sequence Number: 47
• Publication Date: March 27, 1982
• Content Type: OPEN SOURCE

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27 March 1982
structure for peace:
One crucial point, though. Let's make darned' ,
sure that other Latin.-American nations get into
the: act;, especially Mexico.
So far,: the Mexicans-keep insisting. they just
:wantto'be "communicators" in Central America,
not "mediators:' But we don't need somebody. to
hold our coats and carry our messages. We need _
some ful1-fledged' partners-ones with?stature .
and .clout in ,Latin--America--to help,.:build.. a
team - to , explore . every . ! path toward:-peace:
So,: itcertainly makes. sense forrthe Reagan
that Richard Nixon: would soon broker an. open
-last weekend to chat with Fidel Castro! J
It all sounds too upbeat to be true=-and sad to
`say, it~probably is. Let's, remember that so far,
-folks are just talking about talking-no one has..
actually -sat down-at the conference table. .. "-'
And. it may be quite a while, if ever, before
rthathappens.. First;-a1ot'of mutual suspicions -1
must be:cleared away.,Suppose, just to cite one
'.example,. the U.S.. does enter into- negotiations
with. Castro.. How can: we be sure the bearded
wonder won't just. use-the -talks to distract us
while-he continues to- pour ar-ns-into ;,Central
American guerrilla movements?
Still, -.there have. been more. surprising
breakthroughs in the-history of diplomacy.. Who'
would have drearimed.back in 1968, for.;instance,
some kind of p?wer-sharmgdeal: =
work out
..Sandinistas -in Nicaragua' are`-saying 'they
wouldn't'mind. sitting* down with Americans to
..straighten 'out differences. Why, the-,Reagan
. administration even sent a former CIA honcho
about getting.togetber with -the government to
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?. guerrillas in El. Salvador are making.:noises ' ?
everybody else.
TheMexican foreign minister is hopscotchang
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all, over : the Caribbean, apparently finding-will---.4
Suddenly;' it seems that. everybody who has a J
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