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CA1 MET OK THE MORN IMG OP6 AND WAS PRESIDED OVER BT RAFAEL CAI.DERA, PRESIDENT, TCMA3 RE YES VICUNA. SECRETARY GENERAL, AMD ALFRF.DO GARCIA LLOSA. THE OFFICIAL COUNTRY DELEGATES WERE THK FOLLOWING: ARGENTINA: JOSE ANTONIO ALLENDS; COLOMBIA: JAIME COHREDOR; CUM: ERNESTO RODRIGUEZ; COSTA RICA: LUISHILE: PATRICIO AYLWIN: PARAGUAY: vJERONIHO IRALA BURGOS; PERU: ALFREDO GARCIA LLCSA; URUGUAY: JUAN ESRIQUE HftCAMON; VENEZUELA: LORENZO FERNANDEZ; ECUADOR: ALBERTO MORENO ^CORNEJO; PANAMA: AHTOSIO ENRIUL'EZ NAVARRO; MEXICO: RAMI HO TREVIZO.
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ODCA COUNCILOUR-POINT AGEKDA: 7 THE OOCAXECUTIVEF THE 5TH WORLDEMOCRATIC (CD) CONFERENCE;
ITUATION OP CD PARTIES IK LATHIECENT POLITICAL EVENTS IH LATIN AMERICA UKCOHNECTBD WITH THE CD PARTIE3.
POINT OWE OF THE AGENDA THESE WASBETWEEN CALDERA AND| HIW OH THETHE ODCA EXECUTIVE COXMTTTES AMD THE WORLD CD CONSUTTEZ. NOTED THAT THE LATIN AMERICAN MEMBERS OH THE WORLDCALDERA, CHILEAN PRESIDENT PRM, AHIJ ANDRE FRANCO MOtlTORO
OF BRAZIL. SINCE CM. lit HA IS PRESIDENT QF ODCA, RETES SUGGESTED THE SUBSTITUTION OF CALDERA BT CORREDOR (COLOMBIA) OR ENRIQUEZ !PAXAMA) ADD THE REPLACEMENT OF FREI [WHO IE AS HONG RAP.? FIC'IPE) BT HECTOR CORHgJO CHAVEZ (PERU) OR REMO DI KATALEALDERA TOOK THE POSITION THAT THE POSTS AREBXTJ. AND WAS BACKED BY URUGUAYAN REPRESENTATIVE DANIEL PEREZ DEL CASTILLO, WHO SAID THAT THE BEST MEW tfJST BE ON THE WORLD COMMITTEE. FERE? SAID THIS IS AN HISTORICAL PROBLEM ATID ODCA STATUTES HAVE NOTHING TO SAY ON THE ISSCE. PEREZ MOVED THAT THE STATUTES BF.
TNTERPrtETFD TO ALLOW FOR DOUBLE REPRESENTATION, AND THE MOTION tf|S
APPROVED. CALDERA THEN PROPOSED THAT THE ODCAOMITIES SHOULD HOTOTE BUT HERELT SHOULD DIRECTH THE
COUNCIL SESSIONS. THIS MOTION VMS APPROVED. THE FINAL POINTOTION BT CALCERA THAT THE EXECUTITE COMMITTEE RE ASSIGNED
THE JOB OF AMENDING THE ODCA STATUTES AND PRESEHT PROPOSED
FOR APPROVAL AT THE NEXT ODCA CONGRESS MEETING TO BE HELD ID
THISAS APPROVED.
*4. COFCERHING POINT WO Oil THE MDHK CALDKKI EOTEIi THE TEAK
OFR0?EAU3 THAT THE LATirOWX ATTEMPTi. Ti F
MBS LUaiEJBUU THEIR OWN AND REItibMD THE DELEGATES-
POSITIONS >kd RESOLUTIONS MUST be issued as UBAKri^jsonference DECISIONS akd HOST NOThhuuhxu BETTED THE
utik ;merican and european partifs. ca'.dem SAin?
AS we EUROPEANS at tsb TAOHKINA MUTING OF theCHRISTIAN DFrOCHATIC UNION (kcdu) PROMISED PRACTICAL ANO bftsotxtlTO THE UTIN AMERICAN PARTIES. REYES VICUNA SAID THAT ALL MOTIONS should pe APPROVED BY THE ODCA MEETING PRIOR TO PRESENTING THEM TO THE WORLD CONFERENCE, ano OH THE 3UGCFSTIOH OF corhkjo, SPEECHES to BE MADE. AT THE CONFERENCE BY THE LATIN
AMERICAN LEADERS WERE DISTRIBUTED AT ODCA COUNCIL. ^jj^mrowxt
PRESENTATIONS ARE "DEVELOPMENT akd SOCIAL JUSTICE" by
AND thr1 stun DEMOCRACY akd INTERNATIONAL PROBLEMS" BYalqeha PROPOSED THAT THE CONFERENCE SEND salut03y
GREETINGS. TO THE DOMINICAN PEOPLE ON THE FIRST ANNIVERSARY OF
THE REVOLUTION. THE PROPOSAL WAS APPROVEO. CANON (URUGUAY)
DISCUSSED THE need FOR THE LATIN AMERICAN CD'S TO nrtCOME MORE
INDEPENDENT, TO DEVELOP THEIR OWN STRENGTH and TO SOLTR THEIR
ROBLEMS. canon SAID THERE IS HOT BOM AID BEING PROVIDED
TO LATIN AMERICA AND THAT CD'S SHOULD NOT BECOME MHB OF
WIDE POWER BLOCS. CALPERA agreed with THIS POSITION. JOSE
ANTONIO allende (ARGENTINA) SAID EUROPE was THE symbolHE
-OLD IMPERIALISM" AKD THAT CD PARTIES SHOULD HAVE THE ROLE OF
CHANCING THE EUROPEAN image. ALIEN DE 3AID AFR0-A3ATIH
AMERICAN PROBLEMS AREREATHE WORLD SCENE
AND THAT LATIN AMERICAN CD's SHOULD BE MORE involved IN WORKING
OUT WORLD STRATEGY. EVERYONE AGREED TO TAKE THIS LINE at THE
COfFERENCE. caldcra CLOSED DISCUSSIONS OFkemf3 WITH
TKF. RF.OUEST THAT EVERYONE PROYTDJ: COfiCRCTf. SUGGESTIOilS TN WRITING
6. CONCERNING POINT THRR3 LUISOr.TAthi: rational unification partytisinwrr trejo vuiv: toITSELF the CHRISTIAN CE-NOCRATIC PARTYSKED
TO ACKNOWLEDGE his PARTY AS the only RECOGNIZED CD PARTY IN COSTA RICA. MORENO (ECUADOR)HAT MORE OR LESS THE SAME PROBLEM EXISTED IM ECUADOR AND REQUESTED ODCA SOLIDARITY IN HELPING HIS FACTION BECOME THE ODCA PLENARY TIMBER AT THE NEXT ODCA CONGRESS MEETING (REQUIRING TWO-THIRDS VOTE OF TIE CONGRESS). CALDERA TOOK THE POSITION THAT THE odca COUNCIL, REPRESENTING ALL PARTIES, COULD bestow THE OFFICIAL LABEL WITHOUT FURTHER DELAY. THE NICARAGUAW DELEGATE SAID odca SHOULD NOT KfiKS PRONOUNCEMENTS ONPARTIES AS THIS would MAKE THEM "INTERNATIONAL PARTIES" AND SUBJECT TO LEGAL ACTION IN SOME AREAS. PARTICULARLY NICARAGUA, WHERE the SOMOZA FAMILY OPPOSE3 THE CD AYLMN (CHILE) MADE THEfiaT the CD LABELE and THAT RIGHTIST POHCES AREtilizing TH3 LABEL. AYLWIK suggested PUBLIC den UNCI atiok OFUP3 AliD PUBLICATION OF CD PARTY MEMFJERSHII' rs-njISITES.
7. CALOERAong SPEKCil ON THR PROELFJ1. POIKTIMGDANGERS OF PROVOK'it, RIGHTIST FORCES MORE ORTHE CD MOVEMENT. AID THAT THESE GROUPS, WITHOF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH. RIGHTIST SPANISHSOME EUROPEANS, COULDRIGHTIST oka" MUCK WOULDPOWERFUL 5PLIMTER ORGANIZATION. CALDERA CAUTIONEDAND ADVISED POSITIVE ACTS TO DEFINE 'liHICH ARE TfJE
P.. AT THE REQUEST ofODCAotion TOOLIDARITY LETTER TO luis alfoccso SESCK, the FORMER SECRETARY GENERAL OF THE PARAGUAY CD PARTY WHO ISAIL.
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ELECTIONSOTAL FRAUD. PEREZ (IWJCll'. Y) WYED THAT THE ODCA PROPOSE RECOGNITION OP THE EL SALVADORHECONGRESS. THIS WAS APPROVEO. CO HUE DOR (GOUNIUl) PROBLEMS IK HIS COUNT KY AND SAIDIM FOR CORREDOR SAID HE HAD CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION THATAT THE REQUEST OF YOUNGER ELEMENTS OF THE LIEERALNCT PERMIT CD ACTIVITIES HI THE FUTURE. CORREDORTHE DELEGATES WITH COPIES OF DOCUMENTS- IN WHICH HE CLAIMSMINISTERYOVERNMENT ACHITS TO THE DICTATORSHIP OFFRQET. TRONG CAMPAIGN AGAINST THE COLOMBIAN CD NOWWAGED BT THE COLOMBIAN COVER:KENT. CORREDOR ADDED.NO CD MEMBERS CAN GET GOVERNMENT JOBS. IN ANSWER TO AENRIQUEORREDORONG TALK OH CAHILOTHAT TORRESRUE CHRISTIANORTHYFROM THE CD'S BY THE MARXISTS- WHEN THE TII'S REFUSED TOGU ERR ILIA ACTIONS AND BROKE *JITH THE UNITED FRONT. COMMUNISTS ARE HO LONGER EULOGIZINGCE HE ISAND THAT THE COLOMBIAN CD'S PLAN TO RESURRECT TORRES
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9. CONCERNING POINTHE MAJOR DISCUSSION WAS WHAT TO DO ABOUT THETINEXT CONFERENCE (TCC). .THE CHILEANS, PARTICULARLY AYLWTN,TRONG STATEMENT DENOUNCING THE TCC, SOVIET IMPERIALISM, AND VIOLENCE. THE CHILEAN POSITION WAS BACKED BT CALDERA AND THE EL SALVADOR GROUP. CALDERA NOTED THE TCC WAS CONSIDEREDRAFT PRESEKTATIOfI TO THE COI'TRENCE IN mHXCH THE DANGERS OF THE TCC WERE CLEARLY DOTTD. OFririfTTOH TO THE STATEKFNT ON THE TCC CAME MAINLY FWOM THE ARCTTInK DBUDAItB (HORACIO SL'BLDOLLEKDE) WHO MADE THE POINTS THAT NEGATIVISM IS *
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HOT THE CD WAT OF APPROACHIKC THINGS AND THAT THERE ARE NUMEROUS ASPECTS TO TCC RESOLUTIONS.(NEGATIVE OUES BEINGAND AGREEMENT TO USE VIOLENCE). URUGUAY BACKEDPOSITION. ENRiqUEZ (PANAMA)AEETHE TCC DISCUSSION TO BRING. AND ITSUNDER CONSIDERATION AND, SUBSEQUENTLY, TRIED TORESOLUTION ON THE PANrMA CA9AL NEGOTIATIONS. ENRIOUEZPARAGRAPH FOR CALDERA'S PRESENTATION CALLING FOR SOLIDARITYHOPESEW TREATY AWD EXPECTATIONS OF UNITEDWILL AND POLITICAL EQUITY IN TREATY DISCUSSIONS. THISBY CALDERA FOR "LATER DISCUSSION." AFTER MORETHE-RESOLUTION ON THE TCC ETO,OF THE BOLIVIANHAVE ODCACC STATEMENT ON ITS OWN, THEWITHOUT TAKING ANY POSITION ONCOMMENT:
AFTER THE WORLD CONFERENCE ODCA WILL MEET AGAIN TO CONSIDER THE PROBLEM. THE ABSENCE OF CHILEAN DELEGATE REHAB FUENTKALBA, WHO WAS IN CHARGE OF PRESENTING THE DETAILED CHILEAN POSITION ON TCC. STOPPED ODCA FROM TAKING STRONGER ACTICN. FUENTEALEA IS TORESENTATIONUBSEQUENT ODCA
JOSE ANTONIO ALLENDE (ARGENTINA)AJOR .
ROLE IH STOPPING THE AHTI-TCCLLENDE IS THE PRINCIPAL AHTI-UNITED STATED DELEGATE fiMOCG THE ODCA REPRESENTATIVES. THE MAJCR PROTAGONISTS ON BOTH SIDES WERE ALLSNDE AGAINST AND CHILEAN DELEGATEOR. THS CUBANS PLACED TO PRESENT ft WRITTEN POSITIONr! THE CUBAN SITUATION BUT REFRAINEDrSULT OF THE TCC DISCUSSION AND THE CLEAR IBDlCATIOS
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CHILEANS VERS LOOTING AFTER THE EXILES' INTERESTS. CHILEAN REPRESENTATIVE PJEMTEALBA HAS TO ARRIVETLTETAILED CHILEAN POSITION PAPER.)
11. THE AFTERNOONF THE ODCA COUNCIL KEETICT WAS.
PRESIDED OVER BY DANIEL PEREZ DEL CASTILLO (URUGUAY) CI THE ABSENCE OF CALDSRA. WHO ATTENDED THE NCDU MBST1HC AT THE SAME TIME. THEOPIC WAS THE CONTINUATION OF THEHE TCC WITH MORE OREPETITION OF POSITIONS TAKEN DURING THE MORNING SESSION. ATLWIN (CHILE) CONTINUED TO PUSH FOR AWHILE ALLENBE (ARGENTINA) CONTINUED TO OPPOSE OCE. AYTSIN SAID. HOWEVER, THAT THE RESOLUTION WOULDPOSITIVE* NOTE, REFLECTING THE ARGENTINE POSITION THAT THE TCC HAS AROUSED "POPULAR ASPIRATIONS." SOKE DELEGATES RAISED THE POSSIBILITY THAT THE OOCA COUNCIL PUDLISH ITS OWN STATEMENT, BUT THIS WA3 DEFEATED OH THE BASIS OF THE CALDERA POSITION EXPRESSED DURING THE HORSING SESSrOfi THAT ALL ITFK5 OF IMPORTANCE SHOULD BE JOINT WORLD POSITIONS AS ANYTHING OTHERWISE WILDAILURR OF EUROPEMI 'vd LATIN AMERICAN OROUPS TO COME TO AGREEMENT. OTED WITH REGRET THAT NEITHER FUENTEALBA NOR OTTO BO YE (CHILEANS) WERE PlESGCT BECAUSE THEY WERE TOETAILED STUDY OM THE TCC. ROMISE SOLUTION VTAS DECIDED UPON. THE ODCA COUNCILN SPEECHES BEFORE THE VCDU CONFERENCE AND COMMISSIONS, REFLECT COK-CESK OVER THE TCC. ON THE BASIS OF THE FINAL STATEMENT OB THE TCC HADE BY THE WCDU CONGRESS, AN ADDITIONAL MEETING OP THE ODCA COUKCIL OR EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE WOULD BE CONVOKED II04EDIATELT AFTER THE SCDU CONGRESS TOIRM POSITION ON THE TCC. AYIlfIND ALLEIiBE WERE APPOINTEDOO-MAN COCWITTEE TO CHECK ON THE MATTER.
12. CONCERNING THE PARAGUAY SITUATION. IT WAS DECIDED THAT THIS ODCA-COUNCIL WOULDABLE ONPRIL TO PRESIDENT STROESSrER
REqijE3riBC the immediate freedom and restorationivil MG1IT3
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cd. ould ASR tiik wcduto do pie SAME. IHDIVIWALrtTIE3 WOULD eo WHATEVER POSSIBLE TO HELP ih thisC5LISH CONCKSSICWAL RESOLUTIONS.
13. ESOLUTION was APPROVED TO THE effect THAT THE odca COUNCIL SUPPORTS the COSTA RICAK akd ecuadcREAR CD PARTIES ahd will PROPOSE AT the next ODCAO CONFIRM THESE CROUPS as "AUTHENTIC" CD PARTIES.
U. CONSIDERABLE DISCUSSION took PLACE ON THE hew PUBLICATIONS cshteh "dardoSTABLISHED ih MONTEVIDEO. IT appears THAT ar ADDITIONAL PUBLICATIONS CENTER will be ESTABLISHED ih caracas. the DELEGATES DISCUSSED at LENGTH what books SHOULD be GIVEN PRIORITY PUBLICATION. di tJlTALE (BOLIVIA)ouhc BOLIVIAN grou? UNDER GUSTAVO PORTOCARRERO ISOLITICAL CD DICTIONart. ATLVXB INSISTED such DICTIONARY SHOULD REFLECT PRACTICAL EXPERIENCE as WELL AS THEORY, AND this SUGGESTION WAS ACCEPTED byTALE.
15. in Discussion o?f the ODCA statutes, ah argehthe
DELEGATE <POSSIBLY JOSE crespq momtks) NOTED the heed fcp. CLOSER COORDINATION AHD EXCHANGE of INFORMATION ON THE PART of the latin AMERICAN cd'S ahd SUGGESTED THE STATUTESEFINITE PROGRAM. ALL THE DELEGATES APPARENTLY ACCEPTED the IDEA OFONTHLY CONFIDENTIAL BULLETIN for MUTUAL INFORMATION.
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OF THEAD PROMISED "HIS AID AT THE FERIDA ODCA MEETING. HE SAID FIS AID WAS OBTAINED AT THE ODCA EXECUTIVE COMMUTES IN LIMA IKOR THREE SECRETARIATS: Jl'DCA PRESIDENCY (VENEZUELA); JUDCA GENERAL SECRETARIAT (CHILE); AND SECRETARIAT FOR LATIN AMERICAK PARLIAMENT (PERU). HE SAID THIS AIDUNCTIONING BUT THAT IK SPITE OF PREVIOUS AGREEMENTS, THERE IS NO EFFECTIVE AID FOR ODCA. HE SAID THIS POINT WOULD BE RAISED WITH MOLT AND GEBHART DURING THE CONFERENCE BUT WAS SURE THERE WAS HO CHANGE IN COMMITMENT, ONLY DELAYS.
17. THE DELEGATES ACCEPTED THE NEED FOR ODCA GROUPS TO MEET WORE REGULARLY, BUT NO CLEAR RESOLUTION WAS PASSED. IT WAS AGREED THAT WHEN THE ODCA STATUTES WEREONSIDERATION OF HORE FREQUENT MEETINGS OF THE ODCA EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE AND COUNCIL WOULD BE INCLUDED.
IS. THE FINAL AGENDA ITEM WAS REPORTS BY INDIVIDUAL PARTIES. FIRST ALBERTO MORENO COtU'EJO OF ECUADOR HAVE EXPLANATION OF TWI RECENT JUNTA OVERTHROW Aim THE ROLE PLAYED IT THE CO IN THIS ACTION. THE BASIC POIJITS WERE THAT THE PARTY WASWAIT AND SEE" ATTITUDE TOWARDS YEROVI IN SPITEASIC DISTRUST CF HIS MOTIVES AKD THAT THE CD PARTY HASIRM LINE AGAINST THE JUNTA AND THE LATER NEGOTIATIONS BRINGING YEROVI INTO POWER. MORENO SAID THE GREAT NEED NOW WAS FOR HELP FOR THE COMING ELECTIONS AND ASKEDHOW OF ODCA SOLIDARITY. HE SPECIFICALLY REQUESTED ODCA LEADERS TO VISITAY TOOURSE FOR POLITICAL PROMOTERS BEItfG ORGANIZED BY THE PARTY. HE AISO ASKED FOR PROPAGANDA MATERIALS.
THE PANAMA DELEGATE, ANTONIOAVARRO, LIMITED HIS DISCUSSION Alftv&TENTIRELY TON TNI-'AL. HE DENOUNCED THE SECRECY OF NEGOTIATIONSnFr,SEUSUEMILITARIZATION OFHA (UNITED STATES BASES) IHITH
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CAI.DERA'S OPPOSITION TO THE IMS RACE. HB CALLRDUMBER OF SEPARATE TREATIES INSTEAD OF THE BIM)LB ONE. NAVAHiNE hTWJ'T WISH TO TALK ABOUT THE PASTFRFO^tMANCE IV PlllAW OR LATIN AMERICA BUT WANTED ODCA AND THE CCCIFERErCZOLIDARITY LINE THAT UNITED STATES ACTION IN PANAMA IGJST BE CONSIDEREDODEL OF HOW THE UNITED STATESK5 AT LATIN AMERICA. HSOSITIVE STATEMENT TO THE EFFECT THAT THE PANAMANIAN CD IS HOT BEING OBSTRUCTIVE OR ANTI-UNITED STATE3 PUT MT.RELY SEEKING JUSTICE.
20. THE FINAL REPORT WAS HADE BYN THE CHILEAN PARTY AND THE EXPERIENCE IT HAS GAINED IN GOVERNING. THE BASIC POINTS WERE: (II TH20BI MOST BE KOOIPIED WHEN PRACTICAL NECESSITIESCONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IS ALL IMPORTANT (HE WENT INTO COPPER NEGOTIATIONS OH THISE CHILEAN PDC HAD FALLEN DOWN ON THE JOB AFTER EtECTIONS ANDLRYTHIFGKDS OF TEE GOVERNMENT. AS RESULT, COMMUNISTS WERE MOVING INUMBERIELDS; EW CD LABOR ORGANIZATION IS TO BE FORMED. ATU'IW'S REPORTENGTHY ONF AND ORGANIZED ALONG SELF-CRITICISM LIKES. ICOMMENT: ALL DELEGATES FOUND THE AYLWIM REPORT HIGHLY
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