WE ARE DEEPLY CONCERNED ABOUT EXTERNALLY SUPPORTED SUBVERSION IN GUATEMALA AND OTHER COUNTRIES

IN THE REG ION.

;.5 YOU ARE A\'!l\RE I WE EAVE ALREADY TA.'<EN STEPS TO ASSiST HONDURAS AND EL Si\LVADOR RESIST THIS

-- THE SECRETARY HAS SENT ME HERE TO SEE I,F WE WOR."( OUT A WAY TO PROVIDE EATERIAL TO YOUR GOVERN- MENT.

TO UNDERSCORE OUR DESIRE TO ESTABLISH A MUTUALLY BENEFICIAL RELATIONSHIP WITH YOUR GOVERNMENT, WE HAVE .?;LREADY TAKEN .. A tiLJMBER OF ACTIONS ON OUR OWN .: YOU HAY BE OF SOME OF THEM. WE HAVE:

(1) SOUGHT TO INSURE THAT THE SITUATION IN GUATEMALA IS TREATED IN,AN UNBIASED AND OBJECTIVE IN MEETINGS OF INTERNATIONAL ORGAN I ZATIOtlS. FOR EXA..'1?LE, IN COOPERA-

. TION WITH YOUR DELEGATION, WE WERE SUCCESSFUL IN OBTAINING A MORE ACCEPTABLE RESOLUTION AT THE RECENT UNITED NATIONS HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION SESSION IN GENEVA.

(2) WE HAVE MINIMIZED NEGATIVE PUBLIC. S'I'ATR'iENTS BY US OF? rc 1 ALS ON THE 5 I TVA?l O'N r» GUAT.£,YJ,LA.

(JJ 'l'iE HAVE ACTIVELY CONVEYED TO VARIOUS OFFICIALS OP YOUR J YOUR >l.I LI TARY J us LEADERS OUR DES I RE FOR PRI I P AND CLOSER COO?ERATI0N WITH YOUR GOVERNM.ENT.

(4) WE HAVE INVITED THE CQt,i,lA..ANDER OF YOUR AIR FORCE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE CONFERDiCE OF THE CHIEFS OF AIR FORCES OF THE ;HERICAS XXI) TO TAKE PLACE AT HOHESTEAD AIR FORCE BASE HAY 17-23.

(5) WE HAVB ARRANGE.D FOR THE DEPARTMENT TD TAKE STEPS THAT WILL PERKI? TEE SALE OF $3 MILLION WORTH OF HILI'I'ARY TRUCKS tc:» J-EJ..:?S TO THE GUATEJ.'1..ALAN ARVjY.

IN ADDITION, YOUR WE WILL:

.(6] A OIhLOGUE WITH YOUR ON "U;; EC0NC1'1 I C ASS:' WE ,;RE HILLING TO THE

FOCUS or" LX ?2-.im Oli:;. EX r STING ....'1S TO HELP YOUR DEAL H: TH THE SOCIO- ECONOMIC PRESSURES THAT

THE GU£RRI LLA MOVE.MENT r S EXPLOITING IN THE RURAL A..'l..EAS.

(7) 1'l2 WILL INVITE SENIOR AND MID-L:S'If""EL MEI1BERS OF YOUR ARJ'1ED FORCES TO 'iil'1.SHINGTON TO DISCUSS y./lTH THEIR US COuNTERPARTS CUR DESIRE TO RESTORE RELATIONS AS WELL AS 'I-r.:;::; PRCBLI:-A.S OF COUNTERING TEE GUERRI LLA MOVB1ENT IN GUATEl"',--sLA.

(8) WE WILL ALSO INVITE THE CEIEF OF STAFF OF THE GUATE- FOR A CONFERENCE OF k V2 R I C AN CHIEFS

OF STAFF -ro BE HELD IN WASHINGTON IN NOVE!1BER 19 81.

(9) ;-IE PROPOSE TO SCHEDULE A US NAV-Y SHIP VISIT TO GUATE-M.ALA 1"0 TAKE PLACE HITHIN THE NEXT THREE MONTHS.

(lO) WITH YOUR CONCURRENCE, WE PROPOSE TO P?OVI DE YOU AND ANY OFFICERS YOU MIGHT DESIGNATE INTELLIGENCE ERI EF I NG ON REG IonAL DEVELOPMENTS FROM Ot"R PErtSPECTI VE.

-- OUR DESIRE, EO'tiEVER, IS TO GO BEYOND THE STEPS I HAVE JUST OUTLINED. WE WISE TO REESTABLISH OU.R TRADITIONAL MILITARY SUPPLY AND TRAINING RELATIONSHIP AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

AS WE ARE BOTH AWAPX, THIS HAS NOT YET BEEN FEASIBLE BECAUSE OF OUR INTERNAL PJLITICAL AND LEGAL CONSTRAINTS RELATING TO THE USE BY SOME ELEMENTS OF YOUR SECURITY FORCES OF DELIBERATE INDISCRIMINATE OF PERSONS NOT INVOLVED WITH THE GUERRILLA F0RCES OR TEEIR CIVILIAN SUPPORT ISMS. I AM NOT REFERRING HERE TO THE REGRETTABLE BUT INEVITABLE DEATH OF INNOCENTS THROUGH ERROR IN COHBAT SITUATIONS, BUT TO WHAT APPEARS TO US A CJ\LCUL..;T.sO USE OF TERHOP TO HU10BILIZE NON POLITICIZED PEOPLE OR POTENTIAL OPPONENTS.

-- FRANKLY SPEA..1\.ING, .i\S A I THINE( TEE GROWTH SPREAD OF THE GU:E:R.R.I LLA HOVE.'1ENT IN

OVER THE PAST YEAR THAT THESE ARE PROVING INHERENTLY counrsa- PRODUCTI VE AND DRI VING SOME

PEOPLE TO SU?PORT THE GUER..'ULLAS OUT OF SESE' PEESERVATION N{D DUT I WOULD LIKE FOCUS HEP2 ON THE PROB LL'SS ':"'tiESE: ACT I ON S CAUSE US I N THE US. C!>

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-- L\RGE SEGl'iENTS OF THE US CONGRESS (OF BOTS AND PUBLIC BELlEv£: THA.T 'i'HE GUAT:E:MALl-.N "SO'- wlo M(. () t= S;O\F£RNMENT RESPONSI0.LE FOR MUCH Oi]THE VIOLENCE

C..J;l\,jb.\) 'De. MtiltC "l"O CQ'lVTt.¢V wfUC9Mt" ., BECAUSE OF THIS WIDESPREAD PERCEPTION, AND BECAUSE

OF THE RIGHTS LEGISLATION PASSED IN PREVIOUS YEARS, AND WHICH REMAINS IN FORCEr ATTEMPT BY THE CURRENT ADMINISTRp,'TrON UNDEP. PRESENT CIRCUMSTANCES TO APPROVE a: MILITARY ASSISTANCE DR 1'rrS SALE OF Al:-<r ITEMS WHICH \1J, FALL UNDER OUR FOREIGN MILITARY SALES (P;':S) SYSTEM COULD TRIGGER CONGRESSIONAL LEGISLATION PROHIBITINGi""fo+lS AS ,1fUUvl ANY SUCH SALES OR ASS I ST.i;NCE TO GUATEHA LA. CoI,,)l,..O t€X>L.'

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-- WE NEED YOUR HELP TO OVERCOME THESE REAL SERlpUS POLITICAL AND LEGAL IMPEDIMENTS AGAINST OUR

'MOVING TO REESTABLISH OUR TRADITIONAL POLITICAL AND HILIT.;RY SUPPLY AND TRAINING RELATIONSHIP TRl\T WE DESIRE. * -- IF YOU COULD 11E YOUR ASSURANCE THl:.T WI LL TAKE STEPS TO HALT OFFICIAL INVOLVTI·jENT IN 'Y'nE XI LLING UJI" WH.-!. U OF-PERSONS' NOT INVOLVED WITH FORCES OR ero ""-0 THEIR CIVILIAN' SUPPORT AND TO POSTER A FAVORABLE TO FAIR PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS IN T"tl e'JoJi' WOULD DE IN A MUCH STRONGER POSITION TO DEFEND FULLY WITH THE CONGRESS A DECISION TO BEGIN TO RESUME '1 OUR HILI'i'ARY--SUPPLY R"'LATIONSHIP WITH YOfJR GOV"='RNMENT 1'1rLM, ot CO.."..(.J(C1

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IN RESPONSE TO YOUR VERBAL ASSUPJillCES TO ACTION ON THESE POINTS OF TO US, WE WILL APPROVE SOME LONG PENDING PHS CASES, BE'GINNlt;G WITH THE SALE OF HELICOPTER SPARE PARTS', THE OVERHAUL OF HELICOPTER ENGINES AND A NUMBER OF OTHER RELATED

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ACTIONS BY THE SECURr TY EFFECT BECOME EVIDENT, WE WILL APPROVE ADDITIONAL SALES.

-- MR. PRESIDENT, THE SECRETARY HAS ASKED M.E TO CONVEY HIS PERSONAL FOR YOUR COURAGEOUS AND FAR-SIGHTED DECISIONS ON BELIZE, AS WELL AS HIS AND READINESS TO REBUILD OUR TR.:'..DITIONriL ",E;U"TION-SHIP WItH YOUR COUNTRY. WITH WE CAN BEGIK TO DO SO NOW. !!