PUBLIC DIPLOMACY CALENDAR BORGE INTERVIEW AFL-CIO NEWSLETTER LETTER TO THE EDITOR/CLEVELAND PLAIN DEALER

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United States Department of State
Wash i ngto~:, D. C. 205?0
JUN 2 9 198
MEMORANDUM TO: Distribution List A
FROM: S/LPD - Otto J. Reich
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SUBJECT:
Public Diplomacy Calendar, Borge
Interview, AFL-CIO Newsletter,
Letter to the Editor/Cleveland
Plain Dealer
Executive Ita~istry
84-,Z71o3
Enclosed is the updated version of the Public Diplomacy
Calendar. If you know of any items which would be appropriate
for th.e calendar, please call John Scafe at 632-6751.
Also enclosed is a recent interview with Nicaraguan Interior
Minister Tomas Borge, as reported by the Mexican newspaper
Excelsior. Mr. Borge makes some rather interesting statements
on suchissues as the Nicaraguan bishops, of whom many "are a
race of traitors," he says.
A recent issue of the AFL-CIO's Free Trade Union News is
included. It contains an excellent article on persecution of
free labor in Nicaragua and also the brief report. of AFL-CIO
election observers in E1 Salvador.
Lastly, I am sending an article from the Cleveland Plain
Dealer, in which Ohio Governor Richard Celeste stron'gIy
criticized U.S. policy toward Central America. Whenever our
office becomes aware of such articles, we make every effort to
correct misperceptions by submitting a response. In this case,
we sent a letter to the editor which summarizes administration
policy toward the region (copy enclosed).
Enclosures:
As stated.
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LATIN AMERICA/CARIBBEAN PUBLIC DIPLOMACY CALENDAR
6/21/84
May 25-
July 25
Registration of candidates for office in Nicaragua.
June 16-
July 1
June 20-25
June 21
June 21-22
June 21- 24
June 22
June 22-28
June 23
June 24-27
Faculty for Human Rights in E1 Salvador -.Central
America ('FACHRES - CA),?led by Chaplain Chester
Wickwire of Johns Hopkins, visits Honduras, E1
Salvador anc~ Nicaragua.
Richard McCall, Deputy Staff Director of the
Senate Democratic Policy Committee, visits Managua
and San Salvador to assess the current political
situation.
First general elections in St
Nevis since independence from
Otto Reich speaks to Hispanic
Affairs at State.
Larry Tracy talks at Catholic
Church of Christ group and 32
pastors.
Latin American Debtors
Colombia.
Christopher and
the UR in 1983.
Council on Foreign
University to United
East and West German
in Cartagena,
LULAC (Hispanic) convention in E1 Paso.
Amb. Middendorf speaks at Naval War College in
Newport,.
Presidential candidate Jesse Jackson visits
Panama, E1 Salvador, Nicaragua, Cuba.
Fifth anniversary of Sandinista promises.
Kiwanis International meeting in Phoenix.
Baptist General Conference in Portland, OR.
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June 25 Larry Tracy speaks to 20 Whirlpool corporate vice
presidents at EOB.
June 25-27 "Second Conference of Central American and
Caribbean Journalists," sponsored by
pro-Sandinista Union of Journalists in Managua.
June 26 Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearings on
Torture - Worldwide.
June 27 White House Outreach Working Group on Central
America: Amb. Harry Shlaudeman will discuss "The
Future Structure of Peace in Central America" and
Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Fred Ikle
will talk on "Central America: The Strategic
Question."
HFAC Subcommittee on Human Rights hearing on Human
Rights in Cuba.
June 28 HFAC Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere Affairs
hearing on the Democratization of Latin America.
June 28-30 Lisbon conference on "Democratic Challenge in
Latin America," sponsored by Portuguese Socialist
Party's International Relations Foundation.
June 28- National Education Association of the United States
July 3 convention in Miami.
June 29- National Organization of Women (NOW) convention in
July 1 Minneapolis.
June 30 Larry Tracy addresses American Legion convention
in Klamuth Falls, Oregon.
JULY
July 1 Constituent Assembly elections in Guatemala.
Geraldine Macias speaks to World Affairs Council
in Long Island.
July 1-4 Optimists International convention in Philadelphia.
.7u1y~1=6 NAACP (75th Anniversary Year) in Kansas City, M0.
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July 2 Larry Tracy speaks at YMCA Youth Conference in
Black Mountain, North Carolina.
July 3-7 _Lions International convention in P:~oenix.
July 8 Larry Tracy addresses Long Island World Affairs
Council.
July 9 Fifth anniversary of Sandinista revolution.
July 9-12 Clfford G. Olson, Jr., Commander in Chief of the
Veterans'of Foreign Wars, visits Panama.
July 16-17 Otto Reich addresses Town Meeting and participates
in other events in Dallas.
July 18 White House Outreach Working Group on Central
America: "Nicaragua: Revolution Betrayed."
July 19 Fifth Anniversary of Sandinista Revolution. Also,
scheduled end of state of emergency in Nicaragua.
July 2?.-Z5 LA RAZA (Hispanic) convention in Washington, D.C.
July 25 White House Outreach Working Group on Central
America: "Accent on Cuba.."
July 27-30 Voter registration period in Nicaragua.
July 30- American Bar Association convention in Chicago.
Auy. 8
Aug. 10
Aug. 15-17
AUGUST
International Conference on Population in ~4exico
City.
American GI Forum (Hispanic) conveneion at Regency
Hotel in Denver.
Electoral campaign in Nicaragua.
Inauguration of Leon Febres Cordero as new
president of Ecuador.
DOD and Naval Post Graduate School-sponsored
conference "Soviet and Cuban Strategy in the Third
World After Grenada," in [9onterey, California.
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Aug. 17-24
Aug. 29-
Sep. 2
Aug.. 31-
Sep. 6
Sep. 5-7
Sep. 6-8
Sep. 15
Sep. 16
Sep. 18
Sep. 19
Sep. 20
Sep. 20-22
Sep. 21
Veterans of Forei~}'- %~ars convention in Chicago.;
--American Political Science Association convention
in Washington, D.C
American Legion c~:?'vention in Salt Lake City.
' SEPT ~-ESHER ,
DOD - sponsored pu~~lic diplomacy project:
"Strategic Challen~~~es to Regional Security" in
Santo Domingo.
Southern Cable TV :association meeting in Atlanta.
National Day
Costa Rica
EI Salvador
Guatemala
Honduras
Nicaragua
National Day - t~tex ~-co
National Day - Ch:-e
National Day - St. Kitts and ~~evis
Congressional Hisp manic Caucus.
Hispanic Chamber c' Con:~erce annual convention in
San Antonio, Texas?
National Day - Bel =-ze
OCT'~3~R
National Council c` Catholic Women meeting in
Chicago.
B'nai B'rith convr'1=ion in Denver.
Inland Daily Press Association convention in
Chicago..
Anniversary of de~?~~ of Che Guevara.
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Oct. 10-14 National Conference of Editorial Writers in
Washington, D.C.
~Zvomen in Communications convention in Seattle.
Oct. II-13 Hispanic National Bar Association annual
convention in Los Angeles, California.
Oct. 11-14 Partners of the Americas 20th Anniversary
Conference, Shoreham Hotel, Washington, D.C.
Oct. 14-17 Southern. Newspaper Publishers Association
convention in Boca Raton, FL.
Oct. 15 Anniversary of Reformist Coup in E1 Salvador.
Oct. 31 Electoral campaign ends in Nicaragua.
NOVEMBER
NOv. ? National Council for the Social Studies meets in
"Washington, D.C.
Nov. 3-20 11th International Trade Fair of El Salvador.
Nav. 4 Elections ~n Nicaragua.
T+ov. 27-30 AP !?lanaging Editors convention in Miami.
DECEMBER
Dec. 3-5 Radio/TV News Directors Association convention in
San Antonio.
Dec. 7-10 ~?;estern Hemisphere Legislative Leaders Forum,
sponsored by Center for the Study of Democratic
Institutions, in Santa Barbara, California. .Rep.
Michael Barnes and Rep. Robert J. Lagomarsino will
host.
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1985
JANUARY
Jan. 10 Inauguration of new Nicaraguan President, Vice
President, and National Assembly.
EASTER
Festival of Democratic Youth in Kingston, Jamaica
Apr. 18-20 Latin American Studies Association meeting in
Albuquerque, N.M.
June ? Moscow 4dorld Festival of Youth and Students.
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Published by DEPARTMENT OF INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS, AFL-CIO '~~' Vol. 39, No. 3 MARCH 1984
Ni:=araqua
evol~at~on ' etraye~;
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By WILLIAM C. DOHERTY, JR
f,~tecutive Director
American Institute for Free Labor Development
This documentary explains in de-
tqi! how the Sandinista Government
has all but destroyed the free trade
unions in Nicaragua and why the
A>'L-CIO unanimously adapted the
fUllowiny resoIufion.
For decades the AFL-CIO extended
solidarity to the workers of Nicaragua
in their struggle against the vicious
dictatorship of Anastasio Somoza.
Ours was the only organization to re-
spond to the request of the `'Confed-
eration de Unifica~ion Sindical (CUS)
for a boycott against Somoza's mer-
chcnt shipping.
Tlie hopes raised by the July 1979
victory of the Sandinista revolution
against Somoza have been shattered.
The Carter Administration, backed by
the AFL-CIO, had demonshated its
support of the revolution by granting
substantial economic assistance to the
new government. But that government
has become dominated by totalitarian
olements which have established a
dictatorship that all but destroyed the
right. to strike, to organize or to bar-
gain collectively without interference.
The Nicaraguan government has
jctited seven dock-worker union lead-
ers for recommending that their union
in Corinto rejoin the CCIS. The AFL-
CIO fully supports the ICFTU protest
to the ILO against this violation of
trade union rights.
Cuban-style block ' committees re-
quiring brother to spy on brother have
beeri established under the new San-
dinista police state. The last remaining
independent newspaper, La Prensa,
has been repea#edly shut down. The
right of habeas corpus is nonexistent.
The Nicaratguan defense minister,
Comandante Humberto Ortega, has
publicly stated that if elections are to
be held at all, they will be to "con-
solidate revolutionary power, not to
oall it uxto question."
The AFL-CIO condemns the betrayal
of the Nicaraguan revolution by the
Sandinista .government and opposes
economic aid to the regime.
(Rasolutioa adopted in Octol.er 1983 at the
liFt?Cl0 ISth Constitutional Convention, Holly-
wood, F/osldaJ
Upon coming to power in July 1979,
the Sandinista Front for National Lib-
eration (FSLN) immediately began its
campaign to destroy the two demo-
cratic trade union centers in Nicara-
gua, the "Confederation de Unifica-
cion Sindical" (CUS), affiliated to the
International Confederation of Free
Trade Unions (ICFTU), and the Chris-
tian-oriented "Central de Trabajadores
de Nicaragua" (CTN) , affiliated to the
Worfd Confederation of Labor (WCL).
Both international organisations have
their headquarters in Brussels. The
AFL-CIO is an affiliate of the ICFTU.
Within hours of taking control, the
Sandinista leadership formed the
"Central Sandinista de Trabajadores"
(CST), and insisted that all unions
should belong .to one trade union cen-
tral. When the CUS and CNT declined,
stating that they already represented
.democratic unions affiliated regionally
with the free and democratic hemi-
spheric organizations of the ICFTU and
the WCL, the FSLN embarked on a
unification plan that violated every
concept of human and trade union
rights.
? The FSLN strategy was revealed
almost immediately after they as-
sumed power. Scarcely a month had
gone by when it was brought to the
attention of the Minister of Labor that
on August 24, 1979, an election of the
Union of Carpenters and Masons was
convoked by the International Brigade
"Simon Bolivar." The election wrs
held in the presence of uniformed and
heavily armed guards and without the
participation of the previously elected
executive committee. The election was
permitted to stand.
? August 28, 1979 - In a letter to
the Government Junta for National Re-
construction, acopy of which was pub-
lished in the newspaper La Prensa, the
CUS complained that armed members
of the FSLN were harassing their
trade union leaders and disrupting
their activities, and that "comandan-
tes" in Corinto and Chinandega were
accusing the CUS leaders of being
thieves, sell-outs, imperialists and
counter-revolutionaries. The CUS re-
minded the Junta of its participation
in the battle against Somoza and that
their Secretary General Luis Medrano
Flores was killed by the Somoza forces
on January 9, 1979.
? December 1979 - The CTN's
headquarters in Managua was shot up
by Sandinista troops.
? January 1980 -The CTN's re-
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gional office was forcibly occupied by After his two-day ordeal, the security
Sandinista troops. forces took him to his home, picked up
+ Also in January, the port union of his wife, advising her that she could
Corinto was terrorized into affiliating take only two personal items with her.
to the Sandinista confederation .after They were driven under armed guard
the union's Secretary General was to the Costa Rican border and re-
arre:sted and held without charges; the leased. All of their personal belong-
home of the CUS's secretary for col- ings, such as linens, tableware, china,
total affairs was bombed in Leon; and radios, etc., were confiscated by the
four other CUS leaders in the area, in- guards. Brother Jvlalma was never told
eluding the president of the CUS the reasons for his expulsion.
Manisa Federation, were arrested. ? Febru
? March 1980 - Comandante Thom- m'Y 12, 1981 -Three lead-
as Sorge personally intervened in the ers of the "Javier Guerra" trade union,
affairs of the Hotel Inteicontinentai and three CTN leaders in the Man-
union, aCUS affiliate, and demanded d?~e area were arrested by state
that new officers be elected. When the security forces.
election didn't turn out to his liking, he ? February 13, 1981 -The Secre-
demanded asecond election. ~ terry General of the' CTN, Carlos
? October 1980 -- The Sandinista Huembes, was attacked and brutally
Confederation (CTS), affiliated to the beaten by Sandinista thugs at the
World Federation of Trade Unions Managua rnrport in the Presence of
(RJFTU), thtr Marxist labor interns- government troops. He was taken to
tional with headquarters in Prague, a hospital where it was found that he
Czechoslovakia. had a broken nose_and deep lacera-
? October 22, 1980 -Luis Malma, bons about the body. He. was constant-
s Peruvian union representative of the. IY foIlowed by state secret agents and
International Federation of Commer- was Publicly attacked as a traitor by
vial, Clerical and Technical Employees government officials. The words "A1=
(FIST), an international trade secre- v'~rs Watched. Death to the Traitors
lariat which had supported their af_ of the FSLIC" were painted in bold
filiates in Nicaragua during the op- letters on the outside walls of his
pressive years of Somoza, was arrest- home.
ed by five armed members of the state ? February 16, 1981 -Two CTN
security department. He was taken to trade union leaders were arrested in
thA Ministry of the Interior and was in- the Matagalpa province and released
te:rogated for two days at El Chepote, only after being threatened with death
which was formerly called the Bunker. if they remained in the CTN,
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Vol. 39
? January 1982 -The Chinandega
Transport Union, with approximately
2,000 members, which was affiliated
to the Sandinista Confederation
(CST), became dissatisfied with the
services given to the union by the
Sandinistas. The union called a gen-
eral assembly and invited representa-
tives of the CST and the country's two
o#her trade union centers, the CNT and
the CUS. The object of the general as-
sembly was to enable workers to de-
cide with which national center they
wanted their union to be affiliated. The
480 det_egates who attended voted as
follows: CST, 11 votes; CTN, 69 votes;
CUS, 400 votes. The visiting repre-
sentatives of the three national trade
union centers signed an agreement by
which they pledged to respect the
democratic vote of the workers. How-
ever, the very next day reprisals be-
gan, and the Secretary General of the
union had his driver's license con-
fiscated by the authorities. It was
made abundantly clear that the union
could expect a period of harassment
until the vote was reversed. They
stated that "a disaffiliation from the
CST was tantamount to counter-
revoIutionary activities."'
? March 15, 1982 -The Sandinista
government declared a "State of Na-
tional Emergency" during which the
regime is to have extraordinary pow-
ers, including the right to detain and
jail persons indefinitely without hav-
ing proved that they committed any
crime. The right of .habeas corpus is
suspended. Under this decree, strikes
continue to be banned, no collective
contracts may be signed, and no trade
union demonstzations or public meet-
ings are allowed. However,. these
restrictions are not enforced against
unions affiliated with the Sandinista
Confederation (CST).
? March-April 1982 -Forty CTN
activists were detained by police and
interrogated for days at a time. Three
members of the CTN Executive Com-
mittee receive death threats,
? May 17, 1982 -Armed men in-
vade- the headquarters of the CTN
labor confederation and rifle the ar-
chives containing mailing lists and
accounting records.
? August 17, 1982 -Peasant lead-
ers of Jalapa are arrested and remain
imprisoned through the Spring . of
1983.
? In the first week of November
1982, an ICFTU mission composed of
the following members visited Nica-
ragua:
Tulio Cuevas, GRIT Secretary Gen-
eral and head of the delegation
Enzo Friso, Director, Inter-American
Affairs, ICFTU
Claudio Artavia Artavia, General
Secretary, Central American Con-
federation of Workers
Frank Drozak, Vice-President, AFL-
CIO (U.S.A.)
William C. Doherty,
AIFLD/AFL-CIO
Richard Mercier,
CLC, Canada
Jr., Director,
Vice-President,
John Harker, Director, International
Affairs Department, CLC, Canada
Emilio Garbaglio, Director, Interna-
tional Affairs Department, CISL,
Italy
Per Carlson, representing the Nordic
Councl.l of Trade Unions.
mission held talks with the Minis-
ter of Labor, Mr. Virgilio Godoy, and
with members of the Committee on.
Human Rights, the "Coordinadara
Democratica" (representatives of po-
litical parties and professional associa-
tions); Mr. Rafael Cordova, a mem-
ber of the governing Junta; Victor
Tirade Lopez, Commander of the Revo-
lution; the leaders of the "Coordina-
dora Sindical de Nicaragua" and, fi-
nally, the leaders of CUS, the ICFTU
affiliate.
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