JOHNSON TO SCAN U.S. LATIN POLICY

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP73-00475R000100400019-3
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 27, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 30, 2013
• Sequence Number: 19
• Publication Date: March 9, 1964
• Content Type: OPEN SOURCE

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Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release @ 50-Yr 2013/12/30: CIA-RDP73-00475R000100400019-3
NEW. XORIC limus MAR ? 9 1964
jciiNsON To sau to:nn,";.?.,\.rcHsteernis eager, hi
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say, to give a persc:ms.1" imprint
7,7 Alliance based or his
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1,ATIN in 'the: Administra-
Linn. of Franklin Roosevelt,
'lid-March is an a.pproprille
time for such a review. It. was
in March 13,-1961, that. Presi-
Future of Alliance aent Kennedy. pledged his Ad-
ministration's full support to
the program the Alliance for
Progress seeks to implement.
Envoys Called to Discuss
? By:HEN-MY RAYMONT
Special to The New York Times $2 Billion Yearly Cast ,
WASHINGTON, March 8 ? . The United States contribu-
. President Johnson will begin, a tion to the plan is estimated .
? broad inquiry this week into at the rate of $2 billion a year
in public and private funds.
. United States relations with, Tne program has had the,
! Latin America. , general support of Congress,'
?. ? The ?President plans to meet: although lately it has been
with high State Department of-, threatened by growing opposi- ,
. ficials .. and the United States. tion to foreign aid.
' ?. f.r.voys: to the hemisphere coun-; There has aiso been consider-
?,.,-7:,tr, in what may develop into, able criticism, both here and
, Lie most comprehensive policy
Latin America, concerning its
:review since the Alliance for. !administration.
? in
- . Progress was inaugurated three P::?esident Johnson made a
'years ago. . . pointed reference to Congress
?? Mr. Johnson is expected to. at his news conference yester-
, meet with Secretary of State' day .in what seemed to be an
. Dean Rusk and Thomas C. ? implied appeal. *for continued
: Mann,. Assistant Secretary of support for the Alliance.
. State for Inter-American Af- S?ieaking in the East Room,
ifaiTrgh where Mr. Kennedy proclaimed
Tho 'ambassadors and. chiefs .the alliance to the Latin-Amer-
Of? mission of the Agency of lean ambassadors, Mr. Johnson
International Development in.: said:
1.8 ,Latin-American countries "My Commitment to the Al-
have been called, here for three; ,lianie for Progress is complete,
: days of- meetings, tentatively' ? and it also enjoys strong sup-
set to begin March 16. The port from Congress. We will
.. United States has no relations beIvorking with our arnbassa-
, with ?Cuba and Panama, the dors and aid directors ? to
remaining two Latin republics.' strengthen our efforts in this
? Meetings Have Intervened .; field." . .
I i ; Administration officials con-
Such an ambassadorial con-- cede privately that the support
. ference was first mentioned' of which Mr. Johnson speaks
three weeks ago. Since then;
as. far ?from unqualified. ?
. President Johnson has conferre,1 ?
..
; with President Adolfo Lopez. ., O.A.S. to Hear Johnson
. Mateos of Mexico, and only last: i The Latin-American policy:
. week a group of 2P Mexican: lexamination will be highlighted:
' legislators. visited Washington,. by a, speech' Mr. Johnson is pre-'
; arid exchanged. ideas with Sen-, :paring to' deliver before the,
? : ators, ? Representatives and; )`,:i.A.S. here ,on March 16, The;
C members of the Adm in
inistration.' eeting .Will inaugurate the In-1
Most of the meetings .duringi ter-American Committee for the'
the three-day policy .conference. Alliance ; for Progress, a new.
: will be under the chairmanship) high-level coordinating agency..
? of Mr. Mann, but President; Tie timing of the conference.;
? Johnson expects to have one on will Prevent Mr. Rusk and Mr.1
more sessions with the enveys, Mann from attending the in-'
at the White House. . ; :.augiration of President-electl
? The President was said to 'Rail Leoni in Venezuela Thurs-!
-, have two aims in mind: ! day. . .
? cTo obtain a direct account', Secretary of , the Interior.:
, of 'the area's problems, an ap-, 'Stewart Udall will head the'
prtItsal of the relations of in-! *United States. delegation. . . .
? e.f.V.-lual nations with tho United . The absence of any major:
...States and of the effectiveness, foreign policy official has dis-':
:.
'of Alliance programs. He is alsol rna'yed the Venezuelans, partic-
expected to gauge the climate
,ularly. bbcause :)f Washington's
.1nthe hemisphere for sanctions' high; regard for -,outgoing. Pres.;
against : against Cuba by the Organizai iderit, R6muIo -Betancourt. , ' ? . ,t
...Lion of American States.
L. q TO impress on United States 1- ?
' personnel . in the field his own
i
views and hoes for the future.1
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Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release @ 50-Yr 2013/12/30: CIA-RDP73-00475R000100400019-3