UNTS SPONSORING "CONFERENCE FOR PEACE"

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP90M00005R000800050044-6
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 23, 2016
• Document Release Date: May 3, 2013
• Sequence Number: 44
• Publication Date: October 28, 1986
• Content Type: CABLE

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DEPT ALSO FOR T.J. CLEAR INR/GI
USIA FOR AR/CENTAM
E.O. 12356: N/A
TAGS: ELAB, ES
SUBJECT: UNTS SPONSORING "CONFERENCE FOR PEACE"
1. ACCORDING TO AN UNDATED NEWSLETTER BY THE U.S.-BASED
FMLN-SUPPORT GROUP "U.S.OMMISP~SNSOLIRNATIONAL UUNITY OF
PEOPLE OF EL SALVADOR" (C),
SALVADORAN WORKERS (UNTS -- A 57,000 MEMBER FEDERATION
OF LABOR UNIONS -- MANY OF WHICH ARE FMLN-CONNECTED) WILL
HOST A NOVEMBER 22-23 "U.S.-EL SALVADOR CONFERENCE IN
SEARCH OF PEACE." THE CONFERENCE WILL TAKE PLACE AT >CISPES
THE JESUIT-RUN UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL AMERICA (UCA). <
CLAIMS THAT AT LEAST 400 SALVADORANS AND 200 AMERICANS WILL
ATTEND THE CONFERENCE. THE CISPES CIRCULAR INCLUDES A-
SAMPLE LETTER CISPES MEMBERS SHOULD USE TO INCREASE SUPPORT
FOR THE CONFERENCE AS WELL AS A "SAMPLE RAP"..THE MEMBERS
CAN USE TO PARROT THE CISPES.LINE WHILE SEEKING DONATIONS
OF 50 DOLLARS FOR THE CONFERENCE. CISPES ASKS THAT "MATERIAL
AID" FOR THE NON-GOVERNMENTAL HUMAN RIGHTS ORGANIZATION
(CDHES) BE SENT TO "EL RESCATE," 1813 W. PICO BLVD., L.A.,
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CA. IT ALSO SUGGESTS THAT SUPPORT BE GIVEN THE FPL-
CONNECTED TEACHERS UNION "ANDES 21 DE JUNIO" OR TO THE FMLN-
CONNECTED NATIONAL UNIVERSITY STUDENT GROUP "AGEUS."
2. THE "TACOMANS FOR PEACE IN CENTRAL AMERICA" (TAPICA) ALSO
HAVE DISTRIBUTED AN UNDATED NEWSLETTER WHICH STATES THAT -
UNTS U.S. REPRESENTATIVE FRANCISCO ACOSTA AND FORMER RAINBOW
COALITION LATIN AMERICA POLICY ADVISOR SUSANA CEPEDA ARE
THE U.S. ORGANIZERS FOR THE CONFERENCE. TAPICA LISTS REV.
JESSE JACKSON AND DR. BENJAMIN SPOCK AS TWO OF THE CON-
FERENCE'S ENDORSERS. THE NEWSLETTER ADVISES THAT CONFERENCE
PARTICIPANTS WILL ONLY BE PERMITTED TO REMAIN IN EL SALVADOR
FROM NOVEMBER 18 TO 25 "FOR SAFETY REASONS."
3. ACTION REQUESTED: DEPARTMENT IS REQUESTED TO SEEK DOJ DETER-
MINATION WHETHER FRANCISCO ACOSTA OR DIRECTORS OF CISPES AND
EL RESCATE ARE REQUIRED UNDER THE APPROPRIATE STATUTES TO
REGISTER UNDER THE, FOREIGN AGENTS REGISTRATION ACT AS REPRESEN-
TATIVES OF THE FMLN, UNTS, OR RELATED FRONT GROUPS. CORR
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