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[9]6 November 3963
[11]MEMORANDUM FGR: Chief, Special Affatra Sta
[13]SUBJECT t AMWOKLD--Project JMHART
[15]1, Chief, WH/T has tentatively offered the services of CLA
[16]contract personnel! assigned.to this | project--principally those of the
[17]Pirector of of the the Panamericana Foundation, Mr, Cartie Wilguds-to eorve
[18]ae a channel to ex-1 Teeident Figueres and Foreign Kinieter ¢ Cduber
[19]in promoting the acceptability of AMWORLD end AMBIDDY-1 by the
[20]moderate left. Under the terma of the JMHART Froject, CIA, through
[21]' (Curt is ¥ Ucusn will be able to iafluence the composition. of.the atudent 5
[22]‘body of the School for b Inter-American Development, It ia proyosed ed that
[23]Wilgusswould tell tell _Figueres and Cuuber that it is intended to also enroll
[24]Cubane in thefechool. ‘and that in the opinion of ouethey should be
[25]draen from exile organizations known to be dedicated to democratic
[26]principles, such as Artime's MRR, Manolo kiay'e JURE, the MAP
[27]. and MDC. It is unlikely that Figueres and Cduber would damur. In
[28]‘ any case, thelr demurreis could be overruled, The prominent mention
[29]. of the MRK ae @ cradice of democratic ideas and the actual inclusion of
[30]' students selected by Artime would postulate acceptance af the MR and
[31]; of Artime ag exponents of a political philosophy acceptable to the mode-
[32]rate Jeft. Any excoriation of Artime for having allied himeelf with the
[34]! Somosas would be blunted if the MRR forms a part of thavetudeut body
[35]Be faculty) of. “Inter-Amer
[37](and cooteivabl y the faculty) of the Achool of Inter-American Developmeat:
[39]2. I intend to suggest to Artime that he poy his respects to
[40]Figueres in Cambridge, of course without alluding to the/school project.
[41]The purpose of the call would, quite {rankly, be to butter up Figueree.
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[46]AU the fuformation J have been able lo gather suggests that the cambi-
[47]sation of Munos biarta/rigueres, as far ae Waeshinzton ie concerned,
[48]ig undcatable and thet Artime haa littie choice but to ali;m himself with
[49]their way of looking at things--or at leset to pay lip service to it.
[51]$3. Another angie I would like to explore te President Betancourt.
[52]The more 1 read of his accomplishments as president, toe more im-
[53]pressediam, hat would you think of having Artime, armed with a
[54]letter of introduction from Fizveres, pay Betancourt a call before he
[55]relinguishes tha presidency. Artime's approach would sot be that of a
[56]supplicant of solicitor of support, bul (hat of a young man making &
[57]pilgrimage, eitting at the feet of a revolutionary who hes been successful,
[58]absorbing knowledge of how it wae dona, Ie could ask Betancourt, after
[59]he is out from wader the daily grind of government, to addreas bimeelf
[60]to the problems of poet-Castro Cube. He could invite him to chair a
[61]seminar attended by the MRR leadership. The objective would, of course,
[62]be te invulve Betancourt im the affairs af the ALRK, wilhout swtting his
[63]aame on the magthead and without asking him to contribute anything but
[64]reflections of his lustre ae 4 Latin American leader who bequeathed his
[65]country @ constitutional and democratic regime. Undoubtedly Artimne
[66]will have to cest off Ideolo ical ballast in order to accommodate his
[67]reluctant sponsore ((igueres,. Betancourt), but Havana "“vaut bien une
[68]mesoe.'"' As a minimum objective, Artime would in any case have to
[69]etrive to neutralise the lztent animosities of the moderate left, denying
[70]tasnolo Kay an unchallenged arcendancy in monopelizing its support,
[71]which he can probsbly cet for the asking.
[73]4. A welcome by-product of the recugcibation of JA'HART,
[74]fe “Combate, "an influential periodical with strong readership appeal
[75]in Latin America among elements of the modorate left, edited by
[77](Monje, A German national! named Ur. Erich Hersog who is a member
[79]‘of the Socia} Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) hae been Jecturing
[80]tn San Jose on an “Ideological Inquiry into Comniunism,'' his program,
[81]_Andirectly eponsored by the Federal Republic, GALI be absorbed by;
[82]{IMHART, ie whelde considerable influence in molding the of
[83]Central America's left of center leadership. The Firet Secretary of
[84]the Israeli Embesry in Cuatemais hes aloo been mentioned as influential
[85]among the {ntellectual alte. A Fuerto Rican named centiago Polante
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[93](Preeident of the Assembly) fe Munos A‘arta's man in eponsoring
[94]SMHART, and fe cuotea as having referred to Figuerese ac the guiding
[96]light, evershadowing al! others.
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[103]Henry D. Heckcher
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