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[38]CITE [canacas] 32436
[40]TO: DIRECTOR.
[41]WNINTEL RYBAT.
[42]REF: [earacas] 32384 CIN 208537)
[43]ad. ON 3 MARCH CHARGE (DCM) TALKED "INFORMALLY" To FOREIGN
[44]MINISTER ESCOVAR SALOM, INFORMATION MINISTER DIEGO ARRIA» AND
[45]PRESIDENTIAL CONFIDANT AND UNOFFICIAL PRESS ADVISOR EUGENIO SOLER,
[46]TO ALL THREE CHARGE MADE SAME TWO BASIC POINTS WITH THOUGHT THESE
[47]WOULD BE RELAYED TO PRESIDENT PEREZ: (1) VENEZUELAN GOVERNMENT
[48]HAD MISREAD NEW YORK TIMES SToRYs HAD ATTRIBUTED TO DAVID PHILI1eS.
[49]STATEMENTS APPARENTLY MADE BY OTHERS; HAD OVER=REACTED TO
[50]WHAT SEEMED TO BE AN EFFORT ON PHILLIPS' PART To BE HELPFUL; aND
[51](2) THE USG WAS STANDING PAT ON THE PRESIDENT'S LETTER, NO ONE ELSE
[52]WAS SPEAKING» COULD OR WOULD SPEAK FURTHER FOR THE USG ON THIS SUBVECT.
[53]AS FAR AS THE U.S, WAS CONCERNED, ISSUE WAS CLOSED AND WE HOPED
[54]GOV WOULD SEE IT THE SAME WAY, RETURN TO CIA
[55]; Background Use On
[56]2. DURING 3 AND EARLY 4 MARCH IT APPEARS THAT THE CHARGE 'S(00 Not Reproduce
[57]EFFORTS AND TRADITIONALLY SHORT LATIN AMERIGAN ATTENTION SPAN
[58]HAVE COMBINED TG GREATLY EASE CRISIS SITUATION OF LAST WEEKs AT
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[82]LEAST AS FAR AS GOV IS CONCERNED, CAP AND GOVERNMENT SPOKESMEN
[83]HAVE ALL STATED THAT INCIDENT HAS ENDED AND ARE NOW TRYING To.
[84]DIVERT ATTENTION To OTHER SUBJECTS. MEDIA COVERAGE IS RETURNING
[85]TO NORMAL WITH STORIES OUT oF HEADLINES AND BACK ON PAGE SIX OR
[86]EIGHT, SUPERSEDED BY NIEHOUS CASE» UGANDAN SITUATION, OPEC PRICE
[87]HIKE, ETC, UNFORTUNATELY, EVERY. VENEZUELAN WEEKLY MAGAZINE HAS
[88]LONG ARTICLE (S) ON Cla WHICH ARE, OF COURSE; DEFAMATORY, AND
[89]TEND TO WHIP UP PUBLIC ANTIPATHY TOWARDS AGENCY, THEN T00+ THERE
[90]IS STILL MATTER OF DEMONSTRATION AGAINST CIA WHICH TWO-DAYS AGO
[91]CAP SEEMED TO BE INSTIGATING IN THO MEETINGS WITH JOSE VICENTE
[92]RANGEL AND POMPEYO MARQUEZ OF MAS AND JESUS
[93]FARIA OF THE PCV. NEVERTHELESS, ON THE WHOLE, THEINTEREST
[94]IN THIS ISSUE SEEMS TO BE DROPPING OFF AND DYING OUT RATHER
[95]RAPIDLY. 2 |
[96]3. LIAISONS WITH DIM AND DISIP CONTINUE AS BEF ORE- IF
[97]ANYTHING, ODDLY WE ARE GETTING A LITTLE MORE OUT OF THESE
[98]ASSOCIATIONS THAN BEFORE THE FLAP. AMBASSADOR'S INSTRUCTIONS ON
[99]LIAISON BEFORE HE LEFT ON CONSULTATION ViS]T WERE "BUSINESS AS
[100]SUA AL AND LET THEM MAKE FIRST BREAK IF THEY WANT TO", IT WAS
[101]AMBASSADOR'S OPINION THAT WHILE GAP WAS BLASTING CIA PUBLICLY HE
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[129][wourn NoT WANT TO SEVER ALL TIES ALTHOUGH AMBASSADOR; STILL
[131]SOMETHING OF A POLLYANNA AT SUCH TIMES, SERIOUSLY UNDERESTIMATED
[133]CAPS INTENTION To [PNG TWO ‘oF us} AN ACTION WHICH CAME WITHIN
[135]ONE HOUR OF OCCURING. ANYWAY» TH@ROUGOUT ALL OF THIS [e0.TH IN
[137]AND ‘DIST P]HAVE CONTINUED THEIR CONTACTS AND HAVE TRIED TO BE AS
[139]FRIENDLY AND UNDERSTANDING, PERHAPS even [Cover TL Y HELPFUL, AS
[141]SITUATION WOULD ALLOW, TYPICAL oF (LratSon |a rt iTuDE 1s (DIM, coLONEL
[142]CATA AN ' S|CONVERSATION WITH CRYMM DURING PEAK OF CRISIS”
[144]HAVING DISCUSSED A VARIETY OF TOPICS OF (conmon':oes Ji NT eres T,
[145](catatan psxen CRYMM, "WELL OTHERWISE, HOW ARE THINGS GOING?"
[146] GRYWM REPLIED » “ YoU WHOULD KNOW THE ANSWER TO THAT", TO WHICH
[147][caTatan]saip, SOMEWHAT GLUMLY» " YET, I SUPPOSE SO".
[149]4, -WE SHOULD NOT FOOL OURSELVES IN THINKING THAT THE WORLD
[151]HERE IS NOT DIFFERENT, HOWEVER, WKSCARLET-9 COVERTLY REPORTED
[152]“THAT DISIP HAS DEFINITELY TAPPED AT LEAST OS'S HOME PHONE,
[153]LIAISON OFFICER'S oF FICE LINE. AND TELEPHONES OF EX*COS LABANOW
[154]AND JOE MANN+ LGCAL NEW YORK TIMES REPRESENTATIVE. CAP HIMSELF
[155]INSTRUCTED DISP DIRECTOR To GO OUT AND GET CIA-AND INDICATED TO
[156]AMBASSADOR HE WAS HAVING SECURITY SERVICES LOOK INTO CIA
[157]CONTACT IN VENEZUELA, PARTICULARLY THOSE WITH. JOURNALISTS: TWICE
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[192]AN LAST COUPLE OF DAYS STATION CASE OFFICERS HAVE ENCOUNTERED
[193]WHAT CERTAINLY APPEARED To BE SURVEILLANCES, WKIDET*3 REPORTS
[194]THAT LAST WEEK CUBAN AMBASSADOR HERNANDEZ 1S ]TED CAP AND PROVIDED
[195]HIM A LIST OF ALL CIA PERSONNEL AND AGENTS THE CUBANS KNOW TO
[196]BE OPERATING IN VENEZUELA. SO, AS CAN BE SEEN BY ALL OF THIS,
[197]THE RELATIVELY EASY OPERATING CONDITIONS OF THE RECENT PAST No
[198]LONGER PERTAIN@ PERHAPS THEY NE VER WILL AGAIN] AND WHILE WE ARE
[199]NOT BECOMING PARANOID NOR WILL WE BE UNDULY SPOOKED, WE HAVE
[200]ADJUSTED To THE NEW AMBIENTE AnD ARE NOW BEING MUCH MORE
[201]CONSERVATIVE AND CAUTIOUS IN OUR ACTIVITIES THAN BEFORE,
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