HUMAN RIGHTS CORRESPONDENCE: ANOTHER TOOL FOR THE LEFT

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• Publication Date: September 30, 1986
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SUBJECT: HUMAN RIGHTS CORRESPONDENCE: ANOTHER TOOL FOR
THE LEFT
REF: SAN SALVADOR 8057
1. SUMMARY
OVER THE PAST TWO YEARS, EMBASSY SAN SALVADOR HAS
RECEIVED AN ENORMOUS NUMBER OF LETTERS, TELEGRAMS, AND
TELEPHONIC INQUIRIES AND PROTESTS ON HUMAN RIGHTS
CASES. A SURVEY OF THOSE CASES WHICH BROUGHT AN INQUIRY
FROM A CONGRESSMAN, OR WHICH GENERATED ENOUGH U.S.
CITIZEN INQUIRIES TO CAUSE US TO DRAFT A STANDARD LETTER
OF REPLY, SHOWS THAT THE MAJORITY OF THE INQUIRIES ARE
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ABOUT PERSONS WITH TIES TO THE GUERRILLAS. THE RISE IN
THE NUMBER OF CASES IN WHICH LETTERS ARE RECEIVED AND
THE INCREASE IN THE VOLUME OF LETTERS PER CASE INDICATE
THAT THE SALVADORAN LEFT IS INCREASING ITS USE OF THIS
FORM OF PRESSURE ON THE U.S. GOVERNMENT VIA ITS WITTING
OR UNWITTING CONTACTS IN THE UNITED STATES. END SUMMARY.
2. THE SURVEY
SEARCHING ITS ARCHIVES,, POST ASSEMBLED A LIST OF 70
CASES FOR WHICH WE DRAFTED A STANDARD REPLY, OR SENT
INFORMATION TO-A MEMBER OF CONGRESS. THE CASES INCLUDE
DEATHS, DISAPPEARANCES, ARRESTS, VISA DENIALS, AND
MILITARY OPERATIONS. THE EARLIEST CASE IS FROM JULY
1983; THE MOST RECENT ARE CASES IN WHICH WE ARE STILL
RECEIVING LETTERS. THE FORMS OF INQUIRY INCLUDED
LETTERS, TELEGRAMS, TELEPHONE CALLS, AND PRE-PRINTED
POSTCARDS WHICH THE SENDERS MERELY SIGN AND STAMP. THIS
LIST BY NO MEANS INCLUDES ALL THE CASES ABOUT WHICH WE
HAVE RECEIVED INQUIRIES, BUT DOES INCLUDE THOSE IN WHICH
WE RECEIVED THE GREATEST NUMBER OF INQUIRIES.
3. WHERE DO THEY COME FROM?
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POST'S RECORDS ARE INCOMPLETE, ESPECIALLY IN THE CASES
WHICH ARE MORE THAN A YEAR OLD. AMONG THE RECORDS STILL
AT OUR DISPOSAL, WE FIND INQUIRIES FROM 44 OF THE 50
STATES PLUS THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA (MISSISSIPPI,
NEVADA, SOUTH DAKOTA, TENNESSEE, UTAH, AND WYOMING ARE
NOT REPRESENTED), SIX CANADIAN PROVINCES, THE VIRGIN
ISLANDS, THE UNITED KINGDOM, THE NETHERLANDS, ITALY,
DENMARK, THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY, AND AUSTRALIA.
4. FINDINGS
MOST OF THE CASES INVOLVE ARRESTS. SOME OF THE CASES
INVOLVE MEMBERS OF LABOR UNIONS OR PERSONS WITH
CONNECTIONS TO THE CATHOLIC OR OTHER CHURCHES. IN A FEW
OF THE CASES, THE WRITERS' CONCERN WAS ENTIRELY
JUSTIFIED. HOWEVER, IN MANY CASES THE ARRESTEE WHOSE
RELEASE WAS BEING SOUGHT HAD CLEAR TIES TO THE FARABUNDO
MARTI NATIONAL LIBERATION FRONT (FMLN), THE UMBRELLA
ORGANIZATION OF THE FIVE GUERRILLA ARMIES WHICH ARE
ATTEMPTING TO OVERTHROW THE GOVERNMENT OF EL SALVADOR BY
FORCE OF ARMS. POST SURMISES THAT, AS IS THE CASE WITH
TELEPHONE CAMPAIGNS, FMLN MEMBERS OR SYMPATHIZERS IN EL
SALVADOR ALERT U.S. RESIDENTS WHEN SOMEONE IMPORTANT TO
THE LEFT IS DETAINED, AND THESE RESIDENTS -- EITHER FMLN
SYMPATHIZERS, OR CONCERNED CITIZENS UNAWARE OF THE
SOURCE OF THE INFORMATION (OR DISINFORMATION, SINCE
ERRORS OF FACT ARE FREQUENT) -- SEND LETTERS OR
TELEGRAMS AND CONTACT OTHERS TO DO THE SAME.
5. SOME MAILINGS ARE OBVIOUSLY GROUP PROJECTS; FOUR TO
A DOZEN LETTERS WILL ARRIVE ON IDENTICAL PAPER, IN
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IDENTICAL ENVELOPES, WITH THE SAME POSTMARK, ON THE SAME
CASE, ON THE SAME DAY. ON OTHER OCCASIONS MANY LETTERS
ON A PARTICULAR CASE, THOUGH FROM VARIOUS STATES, WILL
MAKE AN IDENTICAL SERIES OF ALLEGATIONS OR DEMANDS. IT
IS OBVIOUS THAT THESE ALLEGATIONS/DEMANDS ARE COPIED
FROM A COMMON SOURCE. WHILE IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO
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DETERMINE IN ALL CASES THEIR SOURCES OF INFORMATION,
LETTER WRITERS HAVE OCCASIONALLY CITED OR HAVE ATTACHED
LITERATURE FROM THE FOLLOWING ORGANIZATIONS:
-- THE COMMITTEE IN SOLIDARITY WITH THE PEOPLE OF EL
SALVADOR (CISPES);
-- THE U.S. OFFICE ON HUMAN RIGHTS IN EL SALVADOR
(CALIFORNIA);
-- THE UNITED CHURCH BOARD FOR WORLD MINISTRIES;
-- THE CARRIBEAN/CENTRAL AMERICA RELIGIOUS TASK FORCE
OF ATLANTA;
-- THE INTERFAITH COMMITTEE TASK FORCE (CALIFORNIA); AND
-- AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL.
THE INFORMATION NETWORK SELDOM CANCELS AN ALARM; AS LATE
AS JUNE 1986 POST RECEIVED AN INQUIRY ABOUT DR. EDUARDO
ESPINOSA FIALLOS, WHO WAS ONE OF THOSE TRADED TO THE
FMLN FOR PRESIDENT DUARTE'S KIDNAPPED DAUGHTER ON
OCTOBER 24, 1985. INQUIRIES ABOUT OTHER CASES HAVE BEEN
RECEIVED LONG AFTER THE ARRESTEE'S RELEASE.
6. "ARREST" IN SPANISH SPELLS "ABDUCT" IN ENGLISH
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OFTEN THE LITERATURE FROM THE ABOVE GROUPS URGES THE
RECIPIENT TO SEND A TELEGRAM OR LETTER TO THE U.S.
EMBASSY IN SAN SALVADOR, TO THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE, AND
TO PRESIDENT DUARTE. FREQUENTLY THE LITERATURE
DESCRIBES ARRESTEES AS "ABDUCTED," "DISAPPEARED," OR AS
HAVING BEEN SEIZED "BY MEN IN CIVILIAN CLOTHES." GIVEN
THE SALVADORAN SECURITY FORCES' STANDARD PROCEDURE OF
PROMPTLY NOTIFYING THE GOVERNMENTAL HUMAN RIGHTS
COMIISSION (CDH) AND THE INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE OF THE
RED CROSS (ICRC) OF ARRESTS, A SIMPLE TELEPHONE CALL TO
ONE OF THESE TWO ORGANIZATIONS WOULD ESTABLISH THE
WHEREABOUTS OF THESE "ABDUCTED" OR "DISAPPEARED" PEOPLE
-- A PHONE CALL WHICH THE SALVADORAN END OF THE
INFORMATION NETWORK EITHER DOES NOT BOTHER TO MAKE, OR
DOES NOT REPORT TO ITS CONCERNED CONTACTS IN THE U.S.
IN AN ILLUSTRATIVE EXCHANGE, AN OFFICER FROM HA/HR
RECENTLY REPORTED A MEETING BETWEEN DR. IGNACIO
ELLACURIA, S.J., RECTOR OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL
AMERICA (UCA) OF SAN SALVADOR, AND HA ASSISTANT
SECRETARY RICHARD SCHIFTER, IN WHICH A WASHINGTON-BASED
HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVIST TRANSLATING FOR ELLACURIA
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REPEATEDLY TRANSLATED HIS WORD "ARRESTED" AS
"ABDUCTED." QUESTIONED BY AMBASSADOR SCHIFTER,
ELLACURIA SAID SPECIFICALLY THAT HE MEANT "ARRESTED,"
NOT "ABDUCTED." THIS SORT OF PURPOSEFULLY INCORRECT
TRANSLATION MEANS THAT WELL-INTENTIONED AMERICANS ARE
ALARMED THAT SALVADORANS HAVE BEEN ABDUCTED OR HAVE
VANISHED, WHEN IN REALITY THEY HAVE BEEN LEGALLY
ARRESTED BY THE SALVADORAN POLICE.
7. CASES
POST WILL POUCH DEPARTMENT (ARA/CEN) A COPY OF THE LIST
OF CASES, WITH FULL INFORMATION INCLUDING DATES AND
ORIGINS OF INQUIRIES. TO CONSERVE SPACE, THE LIST
PRESENTED HERE INCLUDES ONLY THE BASIC INFORMATION ABOUT
THE CASE INCLUDING GUERRILLA AFFILIATION IF APPLICABLE,
THE NAMES OF CONGRESSMEN INQUIRING ABOUT THE CASE IF
ANY, AND POST'S EVALUATION OF THE PROBABLE SOURCE OF THE
INFORMATION INSIDE EL SALVADOR. THE GUERRILLA GROUPS
WITH WHICH SOME OF THESE PERSONS ARE AFFILIATED ARE THE
ARMED FORCES OF NATIONAL RESISTANCE (FARM) OR ITS
POLITICAL ARM, THE NATIONAL RESISTANCE (RN); THE
PEOPLE'S REVOLUTIONARY ARMY (ERP); THE POPULAR
LIBERATION FORCES (FPL); THE ARMED LIBERATION FORCES
(FAL); THE WORKERS' PARTY OF CENTRAL AMERICA (PRTC), AND
THE CLARA ELIZABETH RAMIREZ FRONT (CERF). OTHER
ORGANIZATIONS LISTED ARE "AGEUS," THE STUDENT
ORGANIZATION OF THE NATIONAL UNIVERSITY, AND "ANDES 21,"
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A TEACHERS UNION. NAMES ARE. LISTED IN THE
"CONGRESSIONAL INQUIRY" COLUMN ONLY WHEN WE HAVE A
RECORD OF THE INQUIRY. TELEPHONE CAMPAIGNS WERE MOUNTED
IN THE CASES OF CARLOS FUENTES AND SON, MARTA VIZCARRA,
PETRONIDO GUEVARA AND FAMILY, THE GUAZAPA OPERATION
(OPERATION PHOENIX), THE ARCATAO OPERATION, THE ROSALES
BROTHERS, "MICHELE SALINAS" (LUZ ALFARO), AND THE HUMAN
RIGHTS ORGANIZATIONS WORKERS.
NAME/CIRCUMSTANCE CONGRESSIONAL PROBABLE
INQUIRY SOURCE
CLAUDIA CALDERON
DISAPPEARED JULY 4, 1983
MIGUEL TOMAS CASTRO GARCIA, BROWN PRIMARILY
BAPTIST MINISTER, BUYING REGULA CHURCH, SOME
MEDICINE FOR THE FARN,. FROM LEFT
ARRESTED OCT 28, RELEASED
OCT 30, 1984
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WILLIAM RAMOS, AGEUS, WILSON LEFT
ARRESTED AUG 9, RELEASED
DEC 20, 1984
REV. DAVID ERNESTO MOODY CHURCH
FERNANDEZ,-MURDERED REIGLE
NOV 21, 1984 CROCKETT
CO-MADRES, VISA DENIAL, BURTON LEFT
NOV 1984
CO-MADRES, BREAK-IN, OBERSTAR LEFT
JUNE 12, 1985
YANETH SAMOUR, ERP BOXER LEFT
COMBATANT, ALLEGED
ARRESTED DEC 30, 1984
MAXIMINIA REYES, ERP BOXER LEFT
COMBATANT, ALLEGED
ARRESTED DEC 30, 1984
EMILERIA ACOSTA, GORTON CHURCH AND
ARRESTED JAN 22, RELEASED LEFT,
JAN 31, 1985
"POLITICAL PRISONERS" LEFT
(POSTCARD CAMPAIGN 1985)
JOSE MARIO GONZALEZ CASTRO BOSCO CHURCH
(CHURCH REFUGE WORKER),
ARRESTED MAR 16, RELEASED
MAR 19, 1985
NIDIA DIAZ, PRTC COM- BOXER LEFT
BATANT, CAPTURED APR 1985, DELLUMS
EXCHANGED OCT 24, 1985 EVANS
MIGUEL CASTELLANOS, FPL BOXER LEFT
COMANDANTE, DESERTED WILSON
APR 1985
CARLOS FUENTES (CATECHIST), LEFT AND
ARRESTED APR 14, RELEASED CHURCH
APR 26, 1985
CARLOS FUENTES' SON, LEFT AND
ARRESTED APR 14, RELEASED CHURCH
APR 30, 1985
CESAR VALLE, CAPTURED WILSON LEFT
MAY 17, TRADED OCT 24, PANETTA
1985, ERP, KIA APR 23,
1986
MIGUEL ORELLANA, CAPTURED WILSON LEFT
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MAY 17, RELEASED OCT 10, PANETTA
1985, ERP
BLAKE ORTMAN ET AL, GORTON CHURCH
ARRESTED MAY 9, RELEASED
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MAY 11,1985
EDUARDO ESPINOSA FIALLOS, DELLUMS LEFT
ARRESTED APR 12, EXCHANGED MOODY
OCT 24, 1985; FPL WILSON
"NINE STUDENTS" (ACTUALLY BURTON LEFT
4, AGEUS), PAULINO AGUILAR, LOWRY
OSCAR OSWALDO CHAVEZ, BOXER
GEOVANI RIVERA, RAUL
LOPEZ MARTINEZ
ARRESTED JUNE 20-22;
AGUILAR AND LOPEZ
RELEASED JUNE 24-28, 1985
ELSY ESPERANZA ALVARENGA, INQ THRU DEPT LEFT; LABOR
ARRESTED JUL 2, RELEASED
JUL 22, 1985, ANDES 21
JOSE JOAQUIN MENJIVAR CRUZ, INQ THRU DEPT LEFT; LABOR
ARRESTED JUL 2, 1985,
STILL HELD, ANDES 21, FPL
MODESTO RODRIGUEZ ESCOBAR BOXER LEFT; LABOR
(FESTIAVICES), ARRESTED
JUL 4, 1985, COMMUNIST
PARTY
MARIA ESTER GRANDE, OBERSTAR LEFT
ARRESTED JUL 9, RELEASED
JUL 10, 1985, FAL
HECTOR GRANDE, ARRESTED OBERSTAR LEFT
JUL 9, RELEASED NOV 85, FAL
"SECRET ANTICOMMUNIST PANETTA LEFT
ARMY" THREAT TO STUDENTS,
PUB. JUL 12, 1985
VILMA ANGELICA MENDEZ BARTON INQ THRU DEPT LEFT; LABOR
(BREADBAKERS' UNION),
ARRESTED JUL 17, 1985,
COMMUNIST PARTY
SALVADOR RODRIGUEZ DUARTE INQ THRU DEPT LABOR
(TRANSPORT UNION) ARRESTED
JUL 23, RELEASED JUL 26,
1985
MARTA ARACELY VIZCARRA LEFT
ALFARO, ARRESTED JUL 25,
RELEASED JUL 30, 1985
PETRONIDO DE JESUS GUEVARA LEFT
AND WIFE, ARRESTED JUL 24,
RELEASED JUL 30, 1985
SON OF PETRONIDO DE JESUS LEFT
GUEVARA, ARRESTED JUL 24,
1985, STILL HELD, CERF
NATIVIDAD BERNAL HERNANDEZ, INQS THRU DEPT LABOR
(METAL INDUSTRY UNION),
ARRESTED AUG 2, RELEASED
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AUG 8, 1985
RUFINO ANTONIO HERNANDEZ, INQS THRU DEPT LABOR
(METAL INDUSTRY UNION),
ARRESTED AUG 2, RELEASED
AUG 8, 1985
JUAN RAMON MARQUEZ NAVARRO, INQS THRU DEPT LABOR
(MONTSERRAT CO. UNION),
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ARRESTED AUG 9, 1985,
COMMUNIST PARTY
JORGE POZUELO URTILLA CHURCH
(ARCHBISHOPRIC WORKER),
ARRESTED AUG 30, RELEASED
SEP 3, 1985
PEDRO PABLO DUBON, ARRESTED SHELLEY LEFT; LABOR
SEP 12, 1985, RELEASED BOXER
NOV 27, 1985, FPL YATES
MARIA ISABEL TORRES DE SHELLEY LEFT; LABOR
DUBON, ARRESTED SEP 12, BOXER
1985, RELEASED JAN 23, YATES
1986, FPL
SALVADOR JUAREZ PEREZ GORTON LEFT
(NATIONAL UNIVERSITY)
ARRESTED SEP 15,
RELEASED OCT 3, 1985, CERF
GRACIELA DE IGLESIAS (AID SCHROEDER LEFT
EMPLOYEE), ARRESTED SEP 16,
RELEASED OCT 8, 1985, FPL
OSCAR RAMON ROSALES BENTSEN LEFT; CHURCH
MENENDEZ (CHURCH REFUGE),
ARRESTED OCT 4, 1985, FPL
LAZARO CORNEJO, ARRESTED MOODY CHURCH
OCT 10, 1985, FAL BRUCE
MATIAS BONILLA, ARRESTED MOODY CHURCH
OCT 10, 1985, FAL BRUCE
PEDRO RIVERA CASTILLO, LEFT
ARRESTED OCT 17, 1985
SANTIAGO DE JESUS RODRIGUEZ GILMAN CHURCH
LARA, ARRESTED OCT 25, EDWARDS
RELEASED OCT 30, 1985
ELEUTERIO HERNANDEZ, LABOR
AMERICO FUENTES$ ARRESTED
NOV 1, RELEASED NOV 7,
1985
JOAQUIN ANTONIO CACERES BOSCHWITZ LEFT
HERNANDEZ, ARRESTED NOV 8, WILSON
1985, FARN FAUNTROY
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UDALL
DICONCINI
WOLF
BEILENSON
BARNES
UNES STUDENTS BONKER LEFT
QUEZADA & ROSALES, (SELVES)
CLAIMED DANGER DURING US
SPEAKING TOUR OCT-NOV 1985
AGEUS -
SARA USEL GOMEZ DE MARTINEZ LEFT
AND 3 CHILDREN, ARRESTED
NOV 26, 1985, REGINA AND
DANIEL, RELEASED DEC 3, 1985;
SARA AND DAUGHTER
ROXANA HELD, ERP
BRIGIDO BELTRAN MOYNIHAN LEFT
SANCHEZ,
ARRESTED JAN 4, 1986,
CHARGED WITH MURDER AND
FPL
GUAZAPA/OPERATION PHOENIX LOWRY LEFT;
(MILITARY OPERATION) METZENBAUM CHURCH
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STARTED JAN 10, 1986 IN U.S.
YOLANDA MALDONADO LEFT
AVIEL, JOSE CRUZ,
AND ANGEL ANTONIO
MARTINEZ,
ARRESTED JAN 10, 1986
FPL
RAUL GUERRA RAMIREZ DURENBERGER
DISAPPEARED JAN 17, 1986 WOLF
WEISS
DECONCINI
ELEUTERIO LANDAVERDE
(ARCHBISHOPRIC EMPLOYEE)
ARRESTED JAN 22, 1986,
RELEASED FEB 7, 1986
GERARDO ANTONIO
LIZANO HERNANDEZ
(AGEUS), ARRESTED
FEB 9, RELEASED
FEB 21, 1986
GREGORIO AGUILLON EVANS
VENTURA (STIPSCES), WILSON
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ARRESTED FEB 11, 1986
FAL
TENANCINGO GEJDENSON
(ARMY INCURSION KOSTMAYER
FEB 16, 1986) MILLER
FEIGHAN
STUDDS
OSCAR ORLANDO DIXON
ALVAREZ SALGUERO KERRY
(BETANIA DISPLACED
CAMP WORKER),
LEFT,
CHURCH
LEFT;
CHURCH
ARRESTED FEB 19, 1986
FPL
CARLOS ARMANDO ARCE,
CHURCH
ARRESTED FEB 26, 1986,
RELEASED MAR 7, 1986
ANTONIO QUEZADA (AGEUS), WEAVER
LEFT
ARRESTED MAR 20, 1986,
RELEASED MAR 24, 1986
ADELA GUARDADO
LEFT
(RESIDENT DOMUS
CHURCH
MARIA CAMP),
ARRESTED MAR 23,
RELEASED APR 2, 1986
ALINA BETSABE DOMINGUEZ SENSENBRENNER
LEFT
ARRESTED MARCH 24, 1986, BOSCO
CHURCH
RELEASED APR 2, 1986
JULIO CESAR BATES
LEFT
PORTILLO REYES
LABOR
(ANDES 21),
VISA DENIED MAR 1986
FPL
ARCATAO, CHALATENANGO
(MILITARY OPERATION)
APR 8, 1986
ARCATAO
REMOVAL OF JOURNALISTS
APR 8, 1986
WEISS
BOXER
MACKAY
LOWRY
MOODY
CONYERS
FAZIO
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RAPED APR 12, 1986
AUCOIN
DYMALLY
GILMAN
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CLAUDIA MARQUEZ ZAPATA,
PEDRO ANTONIO GRENADAS,
ARRESTED APR 19, 1986,
CONSIGNED MAY 5, 1986
ROSALES BROTHERS
ARRESTED APR 26,1986
JULIO SOSA DIMAS
REPORTED THREAT MAY 1986,
AGEUS
"MICHELE SALINAS"
(LUZ JANET ALFARO)
ARRESTED MAY 20, 1986,
RN
HUMAN RIGHTS WORKERS
ARRESTED MAY 25-29,
1986; RN, FPL, ERP
MEDARDO GOMEZ AND
CECILIA ALFARO,
THREATENED EARLY
JUNE 1986
MOODY
WOLPE
YATES
BOXER
MOODY
YATES
BOXER
MIKULSKI
MOODY
YATES
BOXER
LOWRY
YATES
WOLPE
MILLER
MATTINGLY CHURCH
SENSENBRENNER
OBEY
MOODY
LUDINE
CLINGER
8. COMMENT
AS IS EVIDENT FROM THIS LIST, SALVADORAN CHURCHES AND
LABOR UNIONS CAN SPARK LETTER-WRITING CAMPAIGNS THROUGH
THEIR U.S. COUNTERPARTS WHEN ONE OF THEIR MEMBERS IS
ARRESTED. LEFTIST STUDENTS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF EL
SALVADOR HAVE LIKEWISE MADE NUMEROUS CONTACTS WITH
COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES IN THE U.S. (REFTEL). OTHER
ARRESTEES HAVE NO SUCH AFFILIATIONS, AND WE CAN ONLY
ATTRIBUTE THE INTENSE INTEREST THEY ELICIT TO THEIR
CONNECTIONS WITH THE INSURGENCY. THE LEFTIST INFLUENCE
IS OBVIOUS IN SOME CASES, FOR EXAMPLE THE SIEGE OF
TELEPHONE CALLS POST RECEIVED FROM THE UNITED STATES
FROM CITIZENS PROTESTING "OPERATION PHOENIX," ONE OF THE
MOST SUCCESSFUL ESAF OPERATIONS OF THE WAR WHICH LARGELY
SUCCEEDED IN DRIVING THE GUERRILLAS FROM THEIR LONGTIME
STRONGHOLD ON THE GUAZAPA VOLCANO, OR THE CAMPAIGN TO
FREE CAPTURED GUERRILLA COMANDANTE NIDIA DIAZ.
9. THESE CAMPAIGNS HAVE SEVERAL OBJECTIVES: POSSIBLY
TO BRING ABOUT THE RELEASE OF CAPTURED LEFTIST LEADERS,
TO COLLECT FUNDS FROM PARTICIPANTS IN THE NETWORK, BUT
MORE IMPORTANTLY TO KEEP EL SALVADOR IN THE U.S. PUBLIC
CONSCIOUSNESS AT A TIME WHEN IMPROVED CONDITIONS HERE
AND HOTTER NEWS ITEMS ELSEWHERE HAVE DRIVEN EL SALVADOR
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FROM THE FRONT PAGES. THE CLEAR INTENT IS TO CONVINCE
CONCERNED U.S. CITIZENS:
1) THAT SALVADORAN AUTHORITIES ARREST PEOPLE WITHOUT
REASON AND "DISAPPEAR" OR TORTURE THEM ALL;
2) THAT ANY MILITARY OPERATION BY THE ESAF IS DIRECTED
AT CIVILIANS; AND
3) THAT THE GOES IS A REPRESSIVE AND BRUTAL GOVERNMENT
WHICH SHOULD BE OVERTHROWN.
THE CITIZENS DIRECT SHOCKED INQUIRIES TO THEIR
CONGRESSMEN AND URGE THAT U.S. AID TO EL SALVADOR BE CUT
UNCLAS SECTION 08 OF 08 SAN SALVADOR 13374
USIA FOR AR/CENTAM
E.O. 12356:. N/A
TAGS: PHUM, ES
SUBJECT: HUMAN RIGHTS CORRESPONDENCE: ANOTHER TOOL FOR
OFF, AN ACTION WHOSE BENEFICIARY WOULD BE THE
GUERRILLAS. IT IS A LOW-COST TECHNIQUE WITH A HIGH
POTENTIAL YIELD. WE EXPECT IT TO CONTINUE. END COMMENT.
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