SECOND ROUND OF COLOMBIA-VENEZUELA MATITIME TALKS ENDS ON A CAUTIOUSLT OPTIMISTIC NOTE

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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP08C01297R000700050002-0
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• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 23, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 28, 2012
• Sequence Number: 2
• Publication Date: February 13, 1980
• Content Type: CABLE

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SUBJECT SECOND ROUND CF COLOMBIAVENEZUELA MARITIME TALKS
ENDS ON CAUTIOUSLY OPTIMISTIC NOTE
REFI CARACAS 0906
10 (U) THE -SECOND ROUND OF TALKS BETWEEN COLOMBIA AND VENEZUELA
AIMED AT RESOLVING THEIR DISPUTE OVER THE GULF OF VENEZUELA
ENDED JANUARY 29 IN PUERTO LA CRUZ THREE DAYS EARLIER THAN
PLANNED. WHILE HESITATING TO RAKE DEFINITIVE PREDICTIONS,
BOTH DELEGATIONS ARE QUOTED IN THE PRESS AS SAYING PROGRESS
TOWARD A FINAL .SETTLEMENT HAD BEEN MADE. (VENEZUELAN FOREIGN
MINISTER JOSE 2AMBRANO NELSACO .MADE A BRIEF VISIT TO :PUERTO
LA CRUZ JANUARY 27, ACCORDING TO GUSTAVO PLANCHART OF THE 4.
VENEZUELAN DELEGATION, ZAMBRANO WAS TO MEET WITH
SOME FRIENDS ON THE COLCMBIAN DELEGATION, AND HIS VISIT WAS NOT
SPECIFICALLY RELATED TO THE NEGOTIATIONS.)
2a (U) JORGE MARIO -EASTMAN -OF THE COLOMBIAN DELEGATION WAS
QUOTED AS SAY/NG THE NEGOTIATIORS AT PUERTO LA CRUZ HAD CONSIDERED
A SEPARATE AGREEMENT ON FISHING, NAVIGATION, AND OIL
SUPPLIES INDEPENDENT CF-THE QUESTION OF MARITIME
DELIMITATION,
IT IS ALSO REPORTED THE COLOMBIANS WILL BE STUDYING "NEW
ASPECTS" OF THE MARITIME DISPUTE DURING A TWO MONTH RECESS
IN THE TALKS, BUT CHOSE NOT TO 41EVEAL *HAT THEY MIGHT BE.
30 (U) NEGOTIATIONS ARE SCHEDULED TC .RESUME MARCH 27 IN CALI,
COLOMBIA,
40 (C) THE -AMBASSADOR SPOKE WITH VENEZUELAN ADMIRAL CRIA
ZAMBRANCe SECRETARY OF THE NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL AND
A MEMBER OF THE VENEZUELAN DELEGATION, ABOUT THE PUERTO
LA -CRUZ MEETINGS, ORTA SAID HE WAS CPTIMISTIO THAT AN
AGREEMENT CAN BE REACHED, HE SAID-THE DIFFERENCES HAVE
BEEN NARROWED CONSIDERABLY. ORTA SAID THE PROBLEM IS THAT
THE COLOMBIANS STILL WANT TO INCLUDE AN ECONOMIC DIMENSION
IN THE TALKS, BUT VENEZUELA WANTS STRICTLY A LEGAL SOLUTION,
ORTA ALSO SAID HE BELIEVES THE VENEZUELAN ARMED _FORCES ARE
ON BOARD so EAR, HE WAS, HOWEVER, DISTRUNED ABOUT THE -PAID
ARTICLE THAT APPEARED IN THE PAPERS RECENTLY BY A GROUP OF
SUPER NATIONALISTS "COMPUNIQUE.OF. THE FRONT FOR THE DEFENSE
OF THE TERRITORIAL INTEGRITY AND NATIONAL SOVEREIGNTY
OF VENEZUELA" WHICH CRITICIZED THE-NEGOTIATIONS. (THE
ARTICLE STRENUOUSLY SECONDED THE OBJECTIONS OF THE VENEZUELAN
-NATIONAL ACADEMY OF HISTORY...REFTEL....TO .THE CEDING OF WHAT
THEY CONSIDER VENEZUELAN TERRITORY, THUS, MORE SUPER..
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