CITES NEW REFORMS IN LATIN AMERICA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP73-00475R000100400015-7
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 27, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 30, 2013
• Sequence Number: 15
• Publication Date: April 14, 1964
• Content Type: OPEN SOURCE

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ST. LOUIS
P')ST-DISPATCR
APR 1 4 1964
CITES NEW PENN
EN LATIN AVERICA
?
About half the 'netiobS in Latih
America haveiiPstitut8 tax and.
land refOrms since the Alliance
for Progress was formed three
years ? ago, Richard 1. Phillips,
director of the office of news of
the Departriient Of 'State, said
here last bight, ? ;
sPeakingSat St. Louis
University under sponsorship of
the University International
Club, said that,progress.. is en-
couraging., ,?
However, he said, a generation
probably will pass before most
Latin American countries can be
described as developed. `;. and attention to South American
be enntinued longer than tfie.16
years:originally Planned, he Mid ,
ecoriomic.growth in exces a of 2
South America needs * rate of .1
per cent. a year to keep abreast
of its population expansion; he 4
said.
An 'increasing task of the Al-
liance, Phillips said,, Is to at-
tract private capital to South
America: CTovernment Aid can
provide only a small part of,the
capital needed, he said.
The Alliance presents Latin
American' Countries with an al-
ternative to Communism, Phillips
said.
He urged students to improve
their understanding of South
American affairs.
The ',American press, Phillips
said, has devoted more space
The work of the Alliance Mity, news since Fidel Castro won
? itja
11 I
power in Cuba. There is still a
tendency, to report only sensa-
tional events, he asserted./
He warned against a tendency.
to think that democracy can be,
!
exported. "Democracy," he said ?
'Is something that peopio .ovust,
leArTI#ILtSsilVeLv#4Z,?.,:,1 ted
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