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November 20, 1975 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD?Extensions
tween the .United States and Chile. One is
the partial and unfair reporting of Chilean
affairs in influential Sectors of the American
press. &either your . subcommittee nor the
Congress can do much to remedy this sitna-
tion.
The second barrier is the determination of
a few members of Congress to use U. S. aid
as a weapon to force changes in the 'internal
political and economic institutions of Chile.
For reasons best known to theraselves,,these
reformers are seeking to punish, a regime
which is making a serious effort to clear
away the wreckage. of the "Allende Earth-
quake," as it is called in Santiago. This sub-
committee and the Congress can do some-
thing to counter the press-inflated import-
ance of these reformers whose 'arrogance too
long has poisoned our relations with Latin
America.
The first prerequisite for good relations
with Chile is respect for her sovereignty and
non-interference in her internal affairs. We
should recognize that only the Chileans can
find a Chilean solution to Chilean problems.
The present government is facing difficult
problems 'and we should be tolerant of its
mistakes which, I believe, are due largely to
inexperience.
Equally important, we should recognize
the substantial achievements of the govern-
ment under extremely adverse , circum-
stances. The Junta's forthright attack on
the economic problem, its capacity to-main-
tain internal order, its general respect for
the rule of law, and its commitment to
orderly, peaceful, and legal development
merit commendation.
Mare important in determining US. policy,
however; is the Chilean Government's per-
formance in the international sphere. It has
demonstrated its willingness and capacity to
keep its foreign economic commitments, it
has cooperated effectively with the United
States in curbing the illicit drug traffic, and
it continues to pursue a nonaggressive policy
toward its Andean neighbors. The govern-
ment is thus making a significant contribu-
tion to regional stability and peaceful de-
velopment. For these reasons, I believe Chile
deserves U.S. support and encouragement.
I have not given detailed study to the Ad-
ministration's modest economic requests for
Chile, which involve $25 million in agricul-
tural loans, $1 million in grant technical
assistance (largely agriculture), and the
continuation of PL 480 aid, but I am in-
dined to support them. This assistance
would help make up for the 1973-74 harvest
shortfall and give a boost to the economy.
In view of the potential threat to Chile
from the growing superiority of Peru's
armored strength 'and the uncertainty of
equipment deliveries, from Britain, the Ad-
ministration's proposed military assistance
would appear minimal. The Administration
suggests grant aid of 8800,000 to be used
exclusively for the training of Chilean offi-
cers and NCOs in U.S. facilities. Chile has
not received any grant military equipment
for a number of years, but the Administra-
tion proposes non-concessional Foreign Mili-
tary Sales credit amounting to $20.5 million,
payable over 7 to 8 years with interest. The
amounts in both categories are comparable
to those proposed for other South American
countries of similar size and importance and
within the range of what has been available
to Chile during the Allende period.
Providing this modest military assistance
to Child, I believe, would help serve U.S.
interests in five areas, though the results are
not always certain:
1. It would help restore the military bal-
ance between Chile and Peru, tend to make
war between the two less likely, and thus
contribute to regional stability.
2. It would make the Chilean Government
less dependent on other external suppliers
Who may be unreliable or who might use
military deliveries to subvert Chilean inter-
ests. It should be noted that even during the
Allende years, the Chilean military refused
Soviet military hardware offered on terms far
more generous than those of the United
States.
3. It would enable the Chilean Armed
Forces to be more effective in internal civic
action and humanitarian operations, espe-
cially during flood and earthquake disasters.
4. It would help to provide continued ac-
cess of American officials to Chilean mili-
tary leaders. Clear lines of communication
fostered by U.S. training and advice are es-
pecially important during this emergency
period of military government.
5. Military sales would help ease the U.S.
balance of payments problem.
Conversely, if this military assistance is
withheld for punitive and reformist reasons,
Chile will consider it a serious rebuff, es-
pecially since her leaders believe that the
very survival of the country is at stake.
They would tend to feel isolated and forsaken
by their best friend, an attitude hardly con-
ducive to moderate domestic or foreign pol-
policies.
Past experience demonstrates that uni-
lateral sanctions imposed by the United
States or any other power -tend to be self-
defeating. They cause unnecessary resent-
ment, erode mutual confidence, and lay the
foundation for counter-sanctions. They
would rightly be regarded as arrogant inter-
ference in internal affairs and would tend to
create a climate that would make the satis-
factory solution of the outstanding expro-
priation claims and debt repayment prob-
lems with the United States more difficult.
If we fail to provide ll.S._military training
and to sell the modest amount of equipment
Chile seeks to buy from us, the government
.will feel compelled to go elsewhere. And there
is no assurance that the alternative supplier
will have the same respect for the integrity
Of Chile or the same interest in peaceful
development as does the United States.
For these reasons, Mr. Chairman, I believe
the Congress should give serious considera-
tion to the Administration's modest requests
for economic and military assistance.
' FOOTNOTES
The reason for their action are enu-
merated in Proclamation' 5, issued on Sep-
tember 11, 1973. See Appendix E, page a.
21The proposed schedule and list of par-
ticipants of the National Legislative Con-
ference on Chile are found in the Congres-
sional Record, July 11, 1974, pp. E4832-33.
s See Chicago Tribune, July 18, 1974.
IN HONOR OF IRMA FLECK: BRING-
ING THE ARTS TO THE BRONX
HON. HERMAN BADILLO
OF NEW YORE
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Thursday, November 20, 1975
Mr. BADILLO. Mr. Speaker, recently,
a luncheon was held to honor Irma Fleck,
a Bronx resident. The Bronx?most peo-
ple thing of it as the home of the
Yankees, the Grand Concourse, and yes,
some of the worst slum neighborhoods
in New York.. But the Bronx has become
one of the country's foremost models of
what a community arts program can
bring to an area. And one of the driv-
ing forces behind this great cultural
renaissance is Irma Fleck, who recently
retired as director of the Bronx Coun-
cil on the Arts.
The Bronx Council on the Arts, as it
is presently constituted, had its begin-
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rings in a desk drawer in Irma's Bronx
residence. It has expanded to the point
where it provides financial assistance and
other forms of help to over 100 cultural
and community organizations and pro-
vides programs in which thousands of
individuals participate.
When, as Bronx Borough president, I
initiated what became the Bronx Coun-
cil on the Arts. I had the good sense to
appoint Irma its first chairwoman. That
was in 1967. She took hold of eyery facet
of the organization, from publicity to
fund-raising, from writing the fund-
ing proposals to planning the exhibits.
She helped establish the Bonx Museum
of, the Arts, and originated Project
SPAN?Students Promoting Arts in the
Neighborhoods?which brought cultural
opportunities into every corner of the
borough. She originated and established
a Neighborhood Arts Service Project and
developed cultural programs at colleges
and other institutions in the Bronx.
In paying tribute to Irma, Sister
Christine Marie, president of the Coun-
cil, said:
Irma has left a legacy of culture in the
borough. The Board of Directors and my-
self are most grateful to her, for the arts are
_alive and well in the Bronx. We are indeed
happy that she will remain with us as an
advisor and that she will dontinue in another
undertaking for the Council that will nur-
ture culture and assist creative people in
our area.
And it pleases me too, that the word re-
tire for Irma is an inoperative verb. For
she will be working on the Collector's
Corner, a new council project?a non-
profit gallery run by and for the artists of
the-Bronx. She has also been named to a
special statewide" committee of the New
York State Council On the Arts by its
chairmwoman, Joan- Davidson, that will
study ways of distributing State coun-
cil funds on a local level.
My life, and the life of every Bronx
resident, has been enriched by Irma
Fleck?and it will continue to be for
many years to Come.
DAMAGE TO CIA
HON. C. W. BILL YOUNG
OF FLORIDA
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Thursday, November 20, 1975
Mr. YOUNG of Florida. Mr. Speaker.
as I discussed last Week on the floor of
the House, am gravely concerned over
t14.4fLe?ct gLinc,estant-jattaz.
r'T A en?ag, attacks which would
gravely impair the domestic and inter-
national security activities of ? these
agencies.
In a recent column, Jack Anderson?
one of the CIA's major detractors?ad-
mitted that these attacks are seriously
damaging the functioning and credibility'
of the CIA on an international level. Our
allies are losing confidence in our intel-
ligence service, and top-level informants
are turning away from the CIA and giv-
ing vitally-needed information to other
intelligence services.
I would like to include. the text of this
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E 6320 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD ?Extensions of Remarks November 20 1975
column for the benefit of my colleagues,
and once again express the sincere hope
that the attitude of the Congress toward
the CIA and FBI will be responsible and
realistic, and take into account the need
to protect our national security in every
way possible:
From the St. Petersburg Times, Nov. 10,
1975]
? CIA EXPOSURE REPERCUSSIONS
(By .ctck Anderson)
WAsmsrs-roN.?There is another side to the
CIA story that hasn't been told. WS a story ?
of demoralization, and deterioration inside
the clandestine, agency. It's the reason Wil-
liam Colby was finally fired as the CIA chief.
We believe that. excessive secrecy produced
an unwholesome environment, which was
changing the C/A into an ugly, frightening
creature. "For too long," we recently wrote.
"the' CIA has operated in a subterranean
world of half light, a world of grotesque
shapes and shadows." This was turning the
CIA, we suggested, into an unfamiliar, un-
American agency,, which plotted murders,
committed burglaries, conducted buggings,
blackmailed - diplomats, tailed newsmen and
spied on loyal Americans.
Our CIA contacts have given us another
picture, which we feel obligated to publish.
We felt sunlight, was the best antidote for
the rot that ..was infecting the CIA. They
claim there. has been too much sunlight
which, as one CIA sourse put it, "has left
us naked before our enemies."
Here are some of the repercussions, which
we have been able to confirm:
Top CIA informants and contract em-
ployees are switching their allegiances to for-
eign intelligence services, which they con-
sider more trustworthy.
The Soviet defectors, whom the CIA has
been able to. coax Over to the American side,
no longer trust, the agency. This could shut
off invaluable future sources of information.
? The spectacle of the CIA confessing its
sins to Sen.. Frank Church, D-Idaho, has left
sophisticated allied intelligence officials in-
credulous. One of them commented: "You
don't have a country, you have a church?.
no pun intended."
This'hat reduced the CIA's credibility with
allied intelligence agencies. "Oh, they have
to deal with 'us," one source acknowledged,
"but the extent of the cooperation is less be-
cause of their lessened confidence in us."
The Middle 'Eastern intelligence services
simply can't understand how the CIA could
be induced to turn over to Rep. Otis Pike, 13-
N.Y., the most secret material on the Cyprus
crisis and related Middle East problems.
In Portugal, where a communist coup is
still a threat, the CIA normally would have
given clandestine support to moderate lead-
ers at least commensurate with what' the So-
viets are doing. Instead, it has been left
largely to Britain, France, Italy and West
Germany to save Portugal.
In Italy, Communists have taken over at
least 1'7 major jurisdictions during' recent
elections. In times past, the C/A would have
worked with Italian security men to prevent
the victories, Jtiet ?as the Soviets poured
money into the campaigns to elect the Com-
munists: ? ? "
In Spain, the Soviets are more active than
at any time since the Spanish civil war. They
are strengthening the Communist remnants
throughout the country. In contrast, the CIA
has been outmanned, their morale broken.
In Lebanon, the Soviet-supported Palestine
Liberation Organization is gaining power.
Once the CIA operated one of its strongest
networks in ? Lebanon. Now its efforts are
feeble.
In Israel, the long ties between the CIA and
the crack Israeli intelligence service have
been badly strained.
Even in Canada, the old relationship be-
tween the CIA and the intelligence arm of
the Royal Canadian Mounted Police has be-
come corroded.
"All of them (are beginning to) mistrust
us," explained a CIA contact. "They looked
to us for leadership. Because they are out on
the firing line, they must know that our word
Is trustworthy. But who will trust us with
their country's secrets now?
? "You don't write up contracts in this busi-
ness. The dealings of one agent with another
become a sort of unofficial contract with the
U.S. government."
CIA agents look upon themselves as pa-
triots. Even in time of peace, they put their
lives on the line for their country.
Declared one CIA man with long experi-
ence: "No one in this business would
work with all that self-sacrifice if he didn't
think he was part of the secret arm of our
government. Every C/A agent feels that he is
an instrumentality of the President, no mat-
ter -which president is in power."
TRIBUTE TO THE HONORABLE
' ?CLINTON P. ANDERSON
HON. GLENN M. ANDERSON
OF 'CALIFORNIA
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Thursday, November 20; 1975
Mr. ANDERSON of California. Mr.
Speaker, I consider myself fortunate to
have known the ? Honorable Clinton P.
Anderson, the former Senator from New
Mexico, on a personal basis. Thus, it was
with a great sense of Sadness and loss
that I learned of his death last week at
? the age of 80.
Senator Anderson's leadership and
ability were more than amply demon-
strated during his many years of Gov-
ernment service. He is known as "The
Father of Medicare" for his efforts to see
that our Nation's elderly received decent
medical care that they otherwise could
not have afforded. Clint Anderson was a
strong and active member of the Joint
Committee on Atomic Energy and was a
leader in the development of nuclear
power for peacetinie purposes. He was
also a strong supporter of our Nation's
endeavors in the exploration of space.
Years before it became politically Pop-
ular, Clint Anderson was an active con-
servationist and proponent of -social re-
form. His efforts on behalf of medicare
'reflected a lifelong concern for the wel-
fare of the elderly. He was also responsi-
ble for the Wilderness Act, which set
aside portions of our wild areas as pre-
serves for future generations.
Clinton's career in the Senate, al-
though distinguished, was only one as-
Pea of a long life served on behalf of
the American public.
He originally canie to Washington in
1940 as a Member of the House of Rep-
resentatives, where he served with dis-
tinction on the House Agriculture Com-
mittee. The leadership and expertise he
displayed in this House led to his ap-
pointment in 1945 as Secretary of Agri-
culture by the late President Harry Tru-
man, Clint Anderson served as Secretary
during the crucial postwar period, when
American foodstuffs were vitally neces-
sary to feed a world still shocked by the
effects of war.
I was, very fortunate to, become well
acquainted,with him during ,his many
visits to California. In the early .1950's,
as State chairman of the Democratic
Party in California, I had the privilege of
going_ with him to many areas where he
was the principal speaker. I also traveled
with him on other occasions to numerous
meetings. in California where his exper-
tise.on agriculture was always In-great
demand. ?
He was a man who inspired confidence
and respect in all who came in contact
with him. As I came to know him better,
that feeling of respect grew?Clint com-
bined a rare level of intelligence and
competence with an unusual capacity for
conscientious work.
? Our Nation lost Clinton's leadership
several years ago, when he retired from
public life due to his health. His death
is an even greater sorrow for those'of us
fortunate enough to have known him?
and worked with him--during' his -long
and outstanding career as a public serv-
ant.
My wife, Lee, joins with mein express-
ing our sincere condolences to Clinton's
lovely wife, Henrietta; his ?son, Sherb;
-and his daughter, Nancy.'
CONSECRATION
CONSECRATION OF ST. CATHERINE
AND GEORGE CHURCH, OCTOBER
26, 1975?"A SHINING EXAMPLE OF
COOPERATION BETWEEN CHURCH
,AND LAITY"
HON. MARIO BIAGGI
OF NEW YORK
IN TilE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Thursday; November 20, 1975
Mr. BIAGGI. Mr. Speaker, in the
course of public life, there are those oc-
casions when we have the opportunity
and privilege to participate in an event
of special significance to the people we
represent. Such an event was held on
October 26, when the' Church of St. Cath-
erine and George located in the Queens
Portion of my congressional district, was
officially consecrated into the Greek
Archdiocese of North and South Amer-
ica, Hellenic Orthodox community of
Astoria.
This was an especially memorable day
for me, "as not only was I fortunate
enough to have been invited to the cere-
mony, I also had the extreme and unex-
pected honor of receiving one of the
highest honors bestowed by the Greek
Orthodox Church, the Golden Medallion
of St. Paul, presented to me by the be-
loved archbishop of the Greek Orthodox
Church, His Eminence Archbishop Iako-
yes.
The consecration ceremony marked the
fulfillment of a dream begun 4 years ago,
when the ground was first broken for
the St. Catherine Church. Through the
tireless and dedicated work of the Greek
community, the church was completed
by 1973 and today has grown into one
of the most outstanding houses of wor-
ship in the entire city, serving 700 per-
sons as well as 950 students currently
enrolled in their school.
The St. Catherine Church is a proud
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