[1]124-10291-1002 2025 RELEASE UNDER THE PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY ASSASSINATION RECORDS ACT OF 1992
[3]AGENCY INFORMATION
[5]AGENCY: — FBI
[6]RECORD NUMBER: — 124-10291-10023
[7]RECORD SERIES: HO
[8]AGENCY FILE NUMBER: CR 62-112738-1201
[10]DOCUMENT INFORMATION
[11]ORIGINATOR: CIA
[12]FROM: CIA
[13]TO: DIRECTOR. FBI
[15]TITLE:
[17]DATE: 03/03/1978
[18]PAGES: 23
[20]SUBJECT: OBA, SITUATION RPT, VENEZUELA, TERRORISM, CUBAN EXILES, CARTER,
[21]JIMMY, VISIT
[23]DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER. TEXTUAL DOCUMENT
[25]ORIGINAL Secret NEW
[26]CLASSIFICATION: CLASSIFICATION:
[27]REVIEW DATE: — 07/08/1998 UPDATE DATE:
[29]STATUS Redact
[31]RESTRICTIONS:
[32]JFK Act 6 (1)(B)
[34]COMMENTS:
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[42]io78 VISIT OF PRESIDENT JIMMY CARTER. ALTHOUGH THERE IS SECRET
[44]A TENDENCY TO BLAME THE UNITED STATES FOR VENEZUELA'S CURRENT
[46]FINANCIAL PROBLEMS, IT IS DOUBTFUL THAT DEMONSTRATIONS WHICH
[47]MIGHT TAKE PLACE WOULD BE AIMED AT PRESIDENT CARTER, BUT
[48]RATHER THEY WOULD BE STAGED DURING THE PRESIBENT’S VISIT
[50]TO EITHER EMBARRASS THE CURRENT VENEZUELAN: GOVERNMENT OR TO
[51]FURTHER DRAMATIZE THE CAUSE BEING ADVOCATED. (SOURCE : A
[52]STAFF OFFICER. OF THIS AGENCY.)
[54]3. THE VENEZUELAN SECURITY SERVICES RECOGNIZE THIS
[55]SITUATION AND EXPECT THAT THERE WILL BE UNPLEASANT, ANTI-—
[56]“VENEZUELAN GOVERNMENT INCIDENTS DURING PRESIDENT CARTER'S
[57]CARACAS VISIT. VENEZUELAN AUTHORITIES BELIEVE THESE INCIDENTS
[58]WILL DEAL WITH CHARGES OF HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS AND GOVERNMENT
[59]CORRUPTION. THE SECURITY FORCES WILL BE ABLE TO CONTROL ANY
[60]SITUATION THAT ARISES, THE AUTHORITIES BELIEVE. (SOURCE:
[61][AN OFFICIAL VENEZUELAN SERVICE.>|(S)
[63]I. THE VENEZUELAN LEFTIST GROUPS
[65]CS)
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[81]“POLISH DIPLOMAT (SOURCE: A VENEZUELAN BUSINESSMAN WITH CONTACTS
[82]o . -% 4
[83]among [SECURITY sverota. 00 WHOSE REPORTING IS G NERALLY (5) EC
[85]RELIABLE o)
[87]5, VENEZUELAN EXTREME LEFTIST GROUPS INCLUDE THE BANDERA
[88]ROJA (BR)g THE BANDERA ROJA-MARXIST /LENINIST (BR/MLLN ALSO
[89]KNOWN AS THE ANTONIO JOSE DE SCURE. GUERRILLA FRONT: THE
[90]ARMED FORCES OF NATIONAL LIBERATION (FALN) ,AND THE ORGANIZATION
[91]OF REVOLUTIONARIES (OR). THESE GROUPS HAVE BEEN OPERATING IN
[92]THE EASTERN VENEZUELAN STATES, PARTICULARLY MONAGAS, ANZOATEGUI
[93]SUCRE AND BOLIVAR. THEY HAVE CARRIED OUT NUMEROUS
[94]RAIDS ON MILITARY POSTS, HAVE TAKEN OVER SMALL TOWNS FOR A LIMITED
[95]PERIOD OF TIME DURING WHICH THEY LECTURED THE TOWNS PEOPLE ON
[96]ANTI-GOVERNMENT POLITICAL THEMES, AND IN GENERAL HAVE HARRASSED
[97]AND EMBARRASSED THE GOVERNMENT FOR SEVERAL MONTHS. (SOURCE 3.
[98][e VENEZUELAN GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEE WITH ACCESS TO OFFICIAL
[99]REPORTS] aND [HOSE REPORTING IS GENERALLY RELIABLE.) {5) |
[101]6, DESPITE A LARGE-SCALE VENEZUELAN MILITARY COMMITMENT
[102]IN THE EASTERN STATES, THE GUERRILLAS REMAIN
[104]CS) seerey
[106]AVE L
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[111]~vIRTUALLY uvroucKe, THEY MOVE ABOUT. THE. TOWNS+AND CITIES OF
[112]"THE AREA RELATIVELY FREELY AND GEWERALLY ENJOY THE support SECRET
[113]OF THE LOCAL CITIZENS. FOR THE MOST PART, THEY ARE NATIVES OF
[114]THE AREA, OR THROUGH THE YEARS HAVE SPENT A GOOD DEAL OF TIME
[115]THERE, HAVE MUCH IN COMMON WITH THE LOCAL PEOPLE, AND, IN SHORT,
[116]ARE MORE FRIENDLY AND THUS MORE WELCOME THAN THE GOVERNMENT
[117]SECURITY AND MILITARY PEOPLE. ESTIMATES OF THEIR STRENGTH
[118]RANGE FROM 59 TO 15@ INDIVIDUALS. source: [A VENEZUELAN
[119]GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEE WITH ACCESS TO OFFICIAL REPORTS anb] whose(S)
[120]REPORTING IS GENERALLY RELIABLE.)
[122]7. THE GOVERNMENT'S OWN HEAVY HANDED METHODS IN DEALING
[123]WITH THE LOCAL POPULATION, HAVE, IN TURN, HARMED THE GOVERN-
[124]MENT'S IMAGE IN THE AREA FAR MORE THAN THE GUERRILLAS COULD
[125]HAVE HOPED TO DO WITH THEIR OPERATIONS. ALTHOUGH THE GOVERNMENT
[126]PUBLICLY CLAIMS TO HAVE CAPTURED SEVERAL GUERRILLA LEADERS
[127]RECENTLY, THE PRISONERS ARE ILLITERATE FARM WORKERS WHO CLEARLY
[128]ARE NOT TRAINED GUERRILLA RIGHTERS. THOSE WHO FEEL THAT THEY HAVE
[129]BEEN VICTIMIZED BY THE SECURITY FORCES, TURN AWAY FROM THE
[131]GOVERNMENT AND TOWARD THE GUERRILLAS. MANY OF THOSE WHO ARE NOT
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[137]DIRECTLY AFFECTED ALSO LOSE RESPECT FOR THEIR GOVERNMENT WHICH, WHILE
[138]_MISTREATING THE CITIZENRY, FAILS TO ERADICATE THE GUERRILLAS. CRET
[139]INVESTIGATIONS INTO THE GOVERNMENT'S ANTI-GUERRILLA ACTIVITIES ,
[140]IN THE AREA ARE CURRENTLY UNDERWAY. (SOURCE: A VENEZUELAN
[141]PROFESSIONAL MAN WITH GOOD cONTacTS in [SECURITY AND JudictaL_{6) -
[142]CIRCLES AND WHOSE REPORTING IS GENERALLY RELIABLE.)
[144]8, DURING THE PAST TvO TO THREE WONTHS THE GUERRILLAS HAVE BEEN
[145]RELATIVELY INACTIVE. VENEZUELAN AUTHORITIES HADBELIEVED THAT
[146]AFTER SPENDING AN ENJOYABLE HOLIDAY SEASON, THE GUERRILLAS WOULD
[147]RESUME THEIR CAMPAIGN IN FEBRUARY. THIS HAS NOT MATERIALIZED
[148]AND SECURITY OFFICIALS ARE NOY ATTEMPTING TO DISCOVER WHETHER
[149]THE GUERRILLAS HAVE TAKEN COVER AS A RESULT OF THE GOVERNMENT'S
[150]EFFORTS IN THE EASTERN STATES OR ARE REGROUPING AND PLANNING
[151]TO RENEW THEIR ACTIVITIES SOON. (source: (aw OFFICIAL
[152]VENEZUELAN SERVICE.) |(S)
[154]9. IN LATE FEBRUARY, HOWEVER, een aan
[155]P
[157]SECEIVED INFORMATION THAT BR LEADER GABRIBE UERTA
[159]soos kt ed
[161]y
[162]APONTE AND SEVERAL OTHER GUERRILLA LEADERS WERE IN CARACAS.
[164]Ce) SECRET
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[173] PYERTA AND THE OTHERS ARE BELIEVED TO BE IN CONTACT WITH.
[175]SECRET
[177]SHIFTING OF THE GUERRILLA CAMPAIGN TO THE URBAN AREAS ARE
[179]UNSPECIFIED EXTREME LEFTIST ELEMENTS AND PLANS FOR THE
[181]BEING MADE. (SOURCE: A VENEZUELAN BUSINESSMAN WITH CONTACTS
[182]AMONG [SEcuRITY OFFICIALS [AND WHOSE REPORTING IS GENERALLY (S)
[183]RELIABLE.)
[185]1@. THE VENEZUELAN GOVERNMENT STILL BELIEVES THAT THE
[186]26 FEBRUARY 1976 KIDNAPPING OF UNITED STATES BUSINESSMAN
[187]WILLIAM F. NIEHOUS WAS CARRIED OUT BY THE BR, FALN AND THE OR
[188]WORKING JOINTLY. WHILE THE GOVRNMENT HAS IMPRISONED
[189]SEVERAL INDIVIDUALS FOR THEIR SUPPOSED INVOLVEMENT IN THE
[190]KIDNAPPING, THE CASE REMAINS UNRESOLVED AND NIEHOUS’
[192]WHEREABOUTS UNKNOWN.  (SOURCE:/AN OFFICIAL VENEZUELAN
[194]SER VICE JCS)
[196]' Xv
[198]11. IN ADDITION TO THEIR RURAL MILITARY APPARATS, THE BR,
[199]OR AND FALN MAINTAIN QUASI- LEGAL FRONT GROUPS WHICH ARE
[200]ACTIVE IN THE URBAN AREAS. THE BR HAS NUMEROUS CIVIC
[202]CL) SECRET
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[207]“AWARENESS GROUPS StH AS THE COMMITTEE AGAINSI“THE HIGH
[208]“COST OF LIVING, THE STUDENT'S COMMITTEE FOR THE POPULAR SECRET
[209]STRUGGLE (CLEP), ETC. THE OR MAINTAINS A FRONT GROUP KNOWN
[210]AS THE SOCIALIST LEAGUE (LS, WHICH, IN TURN HAS ORGANIZED
[211]THE UNITED POPULAR STUDENT MOVMENT (MEUP). THE FALW'S LESS
[212]SUCCESSFUL FRONT IS RUPTURA » CLEP, MEUP AND RUPTURA HAVE
[213]WORKED TOGETHER TO ORGANIZE THE RECENT STUDENT
[214]DISTURBANCES WHICH BEGAN IN MID-FEBRUARY. FURTHERMORE,
[215]WHILE THERE IS NO PROOF, VENEZUELAN OFFICIALS BELIEVE THAT
[216]THE FRONT GROUPS "ARE NOW RECEIVING SUPPORT AND DIRECTION FROM
[217]ABROAD. . VENEZUELAN OFFICIALS EXPECT THESE DISTURBANCES |
[218]TO CONTINUE AND INDEED INCREASE UNTIL AFTER THE DECEMBER
[220]ELECTION, (SOURCE: JAN OFFICIAL VENEZUELAN SERVICE, ie)
[222]12. IN DISCUSSING THE STUDENT DISTURBANCES, RETIRED
[223]GENERAL RAUL G 1 ME NE Z GAINZA, HEAD OF THE DIRECTORATE
[224]FOR THE SERVICES OF INTELLIGENCE AND PREVENTION (DISIP), SAID
[225]THAT HE FULLY EXPECTS THE DEMONSTRATIONS TO CONTINUE FOR
[226]SOMETIME. FURTHERMORE, HE OPINED THAT THE POLICE Have
[227]aS YET NOT REALLY BEEN CALLED OUT IN FORCE TO HANDLE THE
[228]‘BT ,
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[237]HAVE NOT ENGAGED IN LBOTING. SHOULD THIS OCCUR, é PREDICTED,
[239]THE NATIONAL GUARD WOULD QUICKLY BE CALLED OUT IN FORCE, SUCH SECRET
[240]A MOVE, HOWEVER, COULD POSSIBLY RESULT IN SERIOUS INJURIES AND
[242]A DETERIORATION OF THE SITUATION. (SOURCE: A PROFESSIONAL
[244]MAN WITH CONTACTS AMONG VENEZUELAN [SECURITY OFFICIALS |AND WHOSE (5)
[245]REPORTING IS GENERALLY RELIABLE.)
[247]II. CUBAN EXILES
[249]13. THE CUBAN EXILE COMMUNITY IS LARGE, WELL-ESTABLISHED
[250]AND INFLUENTIAL. FURTHERMORE, IT CURRENTLY FEELS BETRAYED AND
[251]REJECTED BY BOTH THE USG AND THE VENEZUELAN GOVERNMENT. IN
[252]THE FORMER CASE, THE CUBAN EXILE COMMUNITY IS CONCERNED BY THE
[253]USG*S EXPANDED FRIENDLY RELATIONS WITH THE CUBAN GOVERNMENT.
[254]WITH REGARD TO THE GOV, THE EXILES HAVE COME TO DISTRUST
[255]THE PEREZ ADMINISTRATION WHICH THEY FEEL HAS UNJUSTLY
[256]HARRASSED THE COMMUNITY SINCE THE 6 OCOBER 1976
[257]BOMBING OF A CUBANA AIRLINE, SUPPOSEDLY BY CUBAN EXILE EXTREMISTS.
[258]THE FAIRLY RECENT INSTANCE IN WHICH THE GOV REVOKED THE
[259]VENEZUELAN CITIZENSHIP OF A WELL-KNOWN CUBAN PHYSICIAN IN RETALIATION
[261]oy) SECRES
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[266]BOTK THE GOV AND THE ILE COMMUNITY FEAR THAT, SHOULD HE DIE, SECRET
[267]EXILE EXTREMISTS WILL MOVE SWIFTLY AND STRONGLY AGAINST satsieed -
[268]PEREZ. BOSCH HIMSELF HAS SAID THAT PRESIDENT PEREZ WILL BE HELD
[270]PERSONALLY ACCOUNTABLE. FOR HIS DEATH. see (ive}7858, ©)
[271]TDFIRDB-315/92855-78.) (SOURCE: A VENEZUELAN BUSINESSMAN WITH
[273]CONTACTS AMONG CUBAN EXILES AND WHOSE REPORTING IS GENERALLY
[274]RELIABLE.)
[277]16. A RELATIVELY LARGE NUMBER OF FORMER CUBAN a SOR.
[279]CITIZENS HOLD INFLUENTIAL POSITIONS WITHIN TH VENEZUELAN ~ere eo
[281]SECURITY SERVICES. AMONG THESE ARE onan tc A ARBAB
[283]DISIP’S CHIEF OF OPERATIONS, AND RICARDO}: MORAL E Ss, 4
[284]FORMER DISIP SECTION CHIEF AND A CLOSE ASSOCIATE OF GARCIA.
[285]MORALES HAS IN THE PAST INDICATED HIS BELIEF THAT THE USG
[287]IS IN SOME MEASURE RESPONSIBLE FOR HIS CURRENT PROBLEMS AND
[288]ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS HAS MADE THREATENING REMARKS TOWARD USG
[289]PERSONNEL IN VENEZUELA. WHILE MORALES NO LONGER HOLDS AN
[290]OFFICIAL POSITION IN DISIP, HE DOES MAINTAIN SOME DISIP
[291]CONNECTIONS. MORALES TRAVELS ABROAD FREQUENTLY AND Is
[293]CURRENTLY BELIEVED TO BE OUTSIDE THE COUNTRY. (SOURCE:
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[300](A VENEZUELAN BUSINESS AN WITH GOOD CONTACTS AMO Wae/VENEZUELAN
[302](Security OFFICLALS\AND WHOSE REPORTING IS GENERALLY SECRET
[304]RELIABLE.) GS) .
[306]17. THE CUBAN EXILE COMMUNITY HAS RECEIVED INFORMATION
[307]f .
[309]MORALES RECENTLY THREATENED THE LIFE OF DIEGO
[311]RRIAs VENEZUELAY MINISTER OF INFORMATION AND TOURISM,
[313]WHILE ARRIA was TRAVELLING ABROAD.’ THE COMMUNITY HAS IN THE
[315]PAST SUSPECTED MORALES TO BE AN AGENT OF THE CUBAN GOVERNMENT.
[316]SINCE THEY FEEL THAT ARRIA Is A RATHER UNLIKELY TARGET FOR CUBAN
[317]EXTREMISTS, THE COMMUNITY BELIEVES THAT MORALES’ THREAT, IF
[319]INDEED MADE, IS POSSIBLY A CUBAN GOVERNMENT ATTEMPT TO FURTHER
[320]DISCREDIT THE EXILE COMMUNITY IN VENEZUELA. _CSOURCE: A VENEZUELAN
[321]BUSINESSMAN WITH CONTACTS AMONG CUBAN EXILES AND WHOSE REPORT ING
[323]IS GENERALLY RELIABLE.)
[325]{SANCHEZ, THE NOTORIOUS
[327]whe erie te
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[336]“WTERNATIONAL TERRORI§T, 1S A VENEZUELAN CITIZEN WHOSE FAMILY |
[337]RESIDES IN SAN CRISTOBAL, TACHIRA STATE THERE HAS BEEN PAST SECRET
[338]INFORMATION THAT RAMIREZ’ ASSOCIATES OCCASIONALLY TRAVEL TO ~~
[339]VENEZUELA. THERE IS NO CURRENT INFORMATION INDICATING THAT
[341]"CARLOS" HIMSELF OR ANY OF HIS CURRENT CLOSE ASSOCIATES ARE
[343]NOW IN VEWEZUELA. (SOURCE: (AN OFFICIAL VENEZUELAN SERVICE. JS
[345]UR I, LATIN AMERICAN HEAD OF THE
[347]Sencar na SSA
[349]19. JOHNYWK HO
[351]POPULAR FRONT FOR THE LIBERATION OF PALESTINE (PFLP),
[353]RESIDES IN THE PORT CITY OF LA GUAIRA IN THE CARAGAS FEDERAL
[354]DISTRICT. THE GOV IS AWARE OF KHOURI'S PRESENCE IN VEWEZUELA
[356]AND HAS AGREED TO ALLOW HIM TO REMAIN IN THE COUNTRY WITH
[358]HIS FAMILY aS LONG AS HE DOES NOT BECOME INVOLVED IN PFLP
[360]OR ILLEGAL ACTIVITIES IN VENEZUELA. IN AN EFFORT TO ENSURE
[361]QHOURI*S COMPLIANCE, THE GOV OCCASIONALLY MONITORS HIS ACTIVITIES.
[362]AS IN THE PAST, DISIP WILL UNDOUBTEDLY PLACE KHOURI UNDER
[363]*PREVEWTIVE DETENTION" DURING PRESIDENT CARTER'S VISIT.
[365](SOURCE: 4 STAFF OFFICER OF THIS AGENCY.)
[367]20, IN ADDITION TO CUBAN EXILES, JEWISH AND ARAB GROUPS,
[368]BT
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[374]CARTER" s VISIT. cso ie: A STAFF OFFICER OF THIS AGENCY.) .4
[376]- SECRET
[378]IV. THE VENEZUELAN SECURITY SERVICES
[380]21. THE VENEZUELAN SECURITY SERVICES, ESPECIALLY DISIP,
[381]HAVE BEEN HARD HIT BY PERSONAL RIVALRIES AMONG THEIR TOP
[382]OFFICIALS. PART OF DISIP’S DIFFICULTIES ARISE FROM CHARGES
[383]OF MISCONDUCT IN THE HANDLING OF THE ANTI-GUERRILLA CAMPAIGN
[384]IN THE EASTERN STATES. ANOTHER PART STEMS FROM MUTUAL DISTRUST
[385]AND BACKBITING AMONG ITS LEADERS. DISIP’S EFFICIENCY, WHICH UNDER
[386]NORMAL CONDITIONS IS NONE TOO GOOD, IS NOT UP TO ITS USUAL.
[387]STANDARD. DISIP DIRECTOR GIMENEZ HAS VOICED HIS LACK OF
[388]FAITH IN THE YOUNGER GENERATION OF DISIP OFFICERS AND Has
[389]EXPRESSED HIS DESIRE FOR A RETURN TO THE OLDER, MORE EXPERIENCED
[390]OFFICIALS. (SOURCE: (a VENEZUELAN PROFESSIONAL MAN (WITH CONTACTS @)
[391]AMONG VENEZUELAN (Security OFFICIALS) AND WHOSE REPORTING IS (2)
[392]GENERALLY RELIABLE.)
[394]Pee SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR BOTH DISIP AND THE
[395]TECHNICAL. JUDICIAL POLICE (PTJ) HAVE EXPERIENCED FUNDING
[396](2)
[398]‘ ¢ wf o “%y 2 ry
[399]i SEG I Vee
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[406]PROBLEMS WHICH, ACCOK or 10 DISIP DIRECTOR GIMEwiz, ARE DUE TO. ary
[407]THE @OV'S CURRENT BUDGET PROBLEMS COUPLED WITH POOR we © gennry
[408]DURING JANUARY AND FEBRUARY BOTH AGENCIES WERE FORCED TO BORROW
[410]FROM FEDERAL BANKING INSTITUTIONS TO MEET THEIR PAYROLLS. EVEN
[412]SO, PAYROLL DISBURSEMENTS HAVE BEEN MADE LaTZ. AS A RESULT,
[414]MORALE AMONG THE OFFICERS AND MEN OF THESE AGENCIES IS LOWER
[416]THAW USUAL. (SOURCE: [A PROFESSIONAL nan [WITH CONTACTS anone (S)
[418]VENEZUELAN (SECURITY OFFICIALS] AND WHOSE REPORTING IS GENERALLY (S)
[420]RELIABLE.)
[422]23. THE DIRECTORATE OF MILITARY INTELLIGENCE (DIM)
[423]HAS NOT BEEN INVOLVED IN RECENT REORGANIZATION AND PERSONNEL
[424]PROBLEMS AND IS GENERALLY STAFFED WITH CAREER MILITARY OFFICERS
[425]ON ROTATIONAL TOURS. DIM’S OPERATIONS IN THE EASTERN STATES ARE
[426]Y CURRENTLY UNDER. INVESTIGATION WHICH MAY, HOWEVER, CAUSE THIS
[427]SERVICE SOME PROBLEMS IN THE WEEKS AND MONTHS TO COME,
[429](SOURCE: A STAFF OFFICER OF THIS AGENCY.)
[431]\ 24, VENEZUELAN SECURITY OFFICIALS HAVE NOT YET BEGUN TO DO
[432]. ANY SUBSTANTIAL PLANNING FOR PRESIDENT CARTER’S VISIT, BELIEVING
[434]Qu SECRET
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[446]IT Ts -TO0 EARLY TO DO $0. PRELIMINARY THOUGHT, HOWEVER, Has
[447]BEEN GIVEN TO ESTABLISHING A JOINT SPECIAL SECURITY COMMAND
[448]TO COORDINATE MILITARY, POLICE AND SECURITY UNITS ASSIGNED
[449]TO SAFEGUARDING PRESIDENT CARTER AND HIS PARTY. CSQURCES
[451]AN OFFICIAL VENEZUELAN senvicz.>[(s)_
[453]25, IN GENERAL, THE INTERNAL DIFFICULTIES OF THE
[454]SERVICES TEND TO MAKE BOTH DIM AND DISIP LESS FORTHCOMING
[455]WITH AND TRUSTFUL OF OUTSIDERS. FURTHERMORE, THEY ARE
[456]SUSPICIOUS OF EACH OTHER AND MUTUAL COOPERATION IS LIMITED.
[457]“DESPITE THESE LIMITATIONS, THE VENEZUELAN SECURITY SERVICES
[458]ARE WELL DISPOSED TO AND CAN BE EXPECTED TO PROVIDE THE
[459]NECESSARY PROTECTION FOR AND COOPERATION WITH PRESIDENT
[460]CARTER AND HIS PARTY. (SOURCE: & STAFF OFFICER OF THIS
[461]AGENCY «) | .
[463]Ve EMBASSY COMMENT
[465]25. (EMBASSY COMMENT: THE CHARGE HAS SEEN THIS REPORT
[467]222 SECRET
[469]’ AND HAS NO COMMENT TO ADD.)
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[474]26. ACQ: VENEZUELA, CARACAS (2 MARCH 1978) FIEL EC be
[476]five} zesa. (=)
[478]ZT. FIELD DISSEM: EMBASSY, DEFATT, FBI, SECRET SERVICE
[479]CARACAS: SENT TO BRASILIA, RIO DE JANEIRO, LAGOS, MONROVIA,
[480]USCINCSS (J-2 ONLY).
[482]REPORT CLASS S E CR E T--WARNING NOTICE-SENSITIVE INTELLIGENCE
[483]SOURCES AND METHODS INVOLVED-NOT RELEASABLE TO FOREIGN NATIONALS-
[484]NOT RELEASABLE TO CONTRACTORS OR CONTRACTOR/CONSULTANTS.
[485]CLASSIFIED BY RECORDED REPORTING OFFICER. XGDS-1,2.
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