CIA PLOT RUMORED IN COSTA RICA

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• Publication Date: January 1, 1971
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Costa Rica --- lIarrison Is nov,, *cola ,,s- Siit,c Department's . Costa presumably was put out to
. Tito Coiii'a Rican ?,,,,overninerit.... sisLitA 1.0 Ilerl'ilan IgThine. Idc;,,r, Dosk iii washirori dispel rumors of , a coup
asked the ?Nixon Admin. clepiity cf.iol',Jill0r ?C tlie Ai- : thrt Williamson be removed. agi,I,Intshl:.1.1(UOLCrirlilir.L.Itair,
OA chief in Costa Rica amid- ? in Washington. . . . .No actioa \vas . talte.n; al- . IL
istration to recall the reputed. us ICC for Progress Pro:r7ra, ri) ? ' ,
? . rumors of an attempt to ov.;. . ?? _ have complained to Fi
., thou 311 PI oeser is. said to 'Weapons, their ulthnate pur-
-1,, h- ntiessed
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crthro-,,,v President -,Jose Fi- GNI..., trag,n....,.,..7 0, the 1,0,,- ,,,oirp, 0,.er his head. But in this atmospitele, (.,.
gue.,,,es pose can 01, ... , ,.. . ? .
' ,gueres.. . ' 1; story..have surfaced in rthe
?and"l'ocl?giaL.4,: coinPlaints with eolIP talk, WillinI--1-0-.. ,....
'said the recall of U.S. Am..; n.,ay never bc I?tnown. Dut it: ,a1.1 offi.c:,:,:, boy os ',errand.. lege_dly remarl:cd 1.111.1, tile
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. ' e'lle? San 3c1tle newsPaPeri? Costa. 'Rican press. All o. it.
..bassador Walter C. Ploeser. is possible, front, - reliable... "-\_,', In Was'll"tht " (70Vernr,-:.enL.??, WC.A;;(1.
also has been demanded, but .s.ources.both here and in the
- ' ? 1,igueres, in turn, is said to ?.net last much.longer. 1...e. lc
the foreign ministry and ,United States, to piece to- ?i,.. concern .if the state De. ,Kieari officials,
,ii.-ive replic.,.(1 that it- wasn't ..,t got back ` * ?
mart o?ot bc',c. to Costa,
. . ot.,,,....i. pi Li, . .,.,J. ' par trilent ran as ,...,r0?.?ta Riean I r Aro.,y ;1., the week, (.4 ,?,:a.,..1.,
President Figueres vig,orously ? .? 1.,? .. ,., , c ,.,.0 eve..,,,, ,
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\ tai- avoid1-'' The el)is?de is believed to Desk throu211 an office boy; , , ' Costa'' ' , ? . i:. ..,,
have denied it. ? ,
.barca3slint to the UrrIt.ec,i. -election, and subsequent i.n- Rican ain,,ass,
that -us. u.terest was in hay- '''' the . , - , .., ,
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Apparently -- en have had its genesis with -the ? that his ... ...
States, Costa . ca also o1.1- .. ,,, ,. ?. , ,?, 7\1? 1 070,...01. : , :-., . . ,
ino Williamson recalled to dor in Washington requesten
cially ;Ionics that ti. nas o , r,gueres _ a tha 1.ter mem. avert a major scandal
? . and was granted an urgent
taincd the rcc,all of Earl. 1'1 ' . -? 'I-Joe:Ling with Charles '2,4e.yer,
Pi
?,. 7, . _ ...e.. 0.11b1.1. aL101, 1., . ei,y
?,(Tccl) Williamson. tilit it' is
called "democratic left," to a 'erman . reopic.1)rtetil s-g?i.,tin,i,:" '...; ' forThrter7A.meor,crlih.r..tfa,1Zss'...;.,.
,i./.3.L.,N., pee . 1 7 , f;,,1 : assistant Secretary ' of state
? bei of Latin America's so- ,
.1cave the country by le . four-year terra as president. 'mysterious ship whicli had ' Meyer lel the 'F, estion: .
tonishcd. at ? ... , s ,,.g ,,,,. .1,,..
kri.own, that 'he is expe..cti,ed to?
. for another assignment. 'WilH . I d'd. "ionu wooden -
Almost inintediatcly Ft ,
U c ? e s bc,,an "buildin,-, 'till ?a? , 7 ?1?13 United States migl., .,..
?liamso-n, Iii St secretary of the g ' ? .,,,,, . ? ., ? boxes" on a remote beach
... U.S. embassy, ,is widelY.'It?I '., - . ,, ,...?a b_ ...in,. near Punta Salsipuedes on- ''...icl:ly\c'.?.1:1\l'ercalv.1,1,1'. aFIli.,,z,`,f;e:(V l?potz,ts.--i.,
bridnes to Lac .Coinniunist
4,,,,,
i ''''''-i.lcd in San Jose 'as a CIA, bloc.
'.. inii, the first Centrai Amer.- the Osa peninsula, in t 11 e '
' ? representative. . . .
: .;ean nation to cstabli cliplo- '.'sc'ut,11(11:11 Pi1.r: o..f, the country . :.;1,1'.,e,t,-1,,
\.?' t,;,11krq',L01.1 S
I.:1; e , ambassador - c:
Wit (..ost,. Ki, , 1 cc( I -1.
? ? Vatic a.nd colitin erci al tics ' cm, tile .pacific sic"..., , ,,,? 7 -?:.',0c.,,,dwill.t?,w.i,-Ir.l., C?ce:sta ,til'`...-c.:"1(:::
.i.ated last month that C.
Eastern Europe. ? .the Walthain, and the ?Costa atinoczil.prclraiseL, .i.nr,,c,,,a e ,....c.
0. THE situation so cletcrio.
\yith the Soviet Union and . ihe ship was ioem.nieci as
' ? :Allen Stewart, a lonetime
The move created constcr.-. .RiFan g?vernmeirL late'''. re- - ? On Thur 511 11 Jan. 7, Stew-
' . fricnd--1).1..4.12,iiercs, who is, ccivcd information that the
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- .now a Stale .Department ' nation within some of the.?vessel was registered to the , la.errI2ail7Ailv l
dcuetly-k Coic
rough atIRie?act.
trouble-shooter for Latin ntill?tarY-rtln governments of ? ,,cornmerclal section - Of tile ' end. Eis visit included a lon.:,
to San Jose in an effort to _ State Dcpartir,ent." That ap-
America, Was quietly roshed Central America. converstion. with Figueres,
And it ' also apparentlY parently was inaccurate. ? dUring WhiCh the alleged
American Embassy _ said to n f,illit.Infgacts, Ships
1,Jioz?Tcel:: ccesIt:arRie.a..?,. nili)ve..tor.i.ar,(12-:c j,le
straighten out the mess. ? - aroused concern within the
. The, State Department l'e- o Ill 11.1n1SL cainri presumably
porteclly was astonished at be deeply dlvided between Registry lists any Waltham.. was discussed.
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the suggestion that the Unit- liberals and cc;nservatives, ' ,.. , , _ : ? . ?.. the Walt- ? . .
ed States might be involved '
'rite eiost>t to n- is .. '. On Sunday,Tan. 10, while
ham VietorY, a 455-foot VeS" ' .SteWart Wei; still in town, a
.v..,... ....,....-?,, ....os. :a .,,,can rnerce nenartrnent and regis?-
sel owned by the U.S. Com-. brief
Page 19 of La Nacion, a ? ..
? in pny 'plot i?igaipst the deino-. , article appeared - on ?
'erotically elected government' , ?.,,, ,,.,..,"r,l'3,.,% fc".1" , reports-?,
ered one of, the hemisphere's... close tie5 W iLll 11:CrilbC.srS Cli?. ' '?ered at t',e port of San Frail- - -
or Costa Rica, long c?11si6- - officials ol- Williamson's
American natioiis, , ,...cliisco, 'if hot..e' . is. not.,iting. same
morning ::::,,t?,id and da' ,X-,..
iggeSt that it was the sai,ie
..,osc's 11/,,, ?,- C ? 0-
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most democratic, and pro: the political opposition and
The entire problem Wi!.S .. - daily.I' speculated that. the ?
further aggravated by the de- IC)); hirisaisccil;becatn 5iill?ielarrk4anrld;a1IC,l,Q,?,, z>ltip sighted off Costa Rica.
Costa Rican f,overnment. was ?
parture on January 9 of Lar- toward communism. . ' ?,
the cOu"trY's allege" mar`n ' II WAS first.renorled that
siclninn? clecl'r'nn- "fll
diroctor of the U.S. aid pro- Willililllson, Who lid eOillained We*Ori.S, elthoup,11 'I`ViSlec''11.1i211.:.17(.(;ii\'':,11,;-'zt[111;:;i.'11.Iti: on
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I lie ?Ierw? wOoden boxes" . le21.1 - . n 1, c., % \ , -?
ry 1 Inrrison, popuhir young
serveci in Cuha just hcfoie. bv the timo a Costa Wcan
on a scheduled trip to Wash- the Castro takeover, also \vas c,ivil Gual.d?piltrorgot'' to th3 PageLa Nacion, an ?ar-
grain in Costa Rica, lie left
ingLon and did not -return. - ; blamed for the seizure and 'ru,..i.,,cd rer,.,ion all tluit was ti,eie aPPeared under a two- ,
column headline in which .
IJARI:ISON'S departure 'CratUrC, COmitIA in througb foijtd \vas a few Coke Jot Gonzalo Facia denied the re-
Costa Rican Foreign ?./iinister
buralog?of sorne Marxist lit-
officially was described as a the airport. 'Lae blame arose wrapp=,
ties and sonic cellophane .
( ' "routine" izinsfer b u I it is through his involveinent in a ? nort .
widely...accep.ted in Co Ii ?teChniCal assistance program , A s.1.1--)rY..C'.1.`!5 liter ,llut,..1?.1.11; .' ' ?-:-.7.--..... -- -
- . tnat it apHilo.nt y was w Ills . a n.l.?, ,!0\/:!,111,,:i4P,i'l
Rica that he \v as, in effect, on secur it y. ? hy contrabAnd that had Ilan. Costa Rica," l'icio said h
, "as ?
'tired bytheambassador, per- In r
I October or early 'put ashoe, although 'it .is b.c-i . not eon,71dered declarin. '
November, the Costa Rican lieved the Costa Rica govern-. (persona) non grata Mr. Wil-
haps after becoming too in-
dignant Ryes 1,,bc_gowse .i.f government made an infor- mcnt still does not know for. lia?1,0?, director O., . ,,,.:?, .
events wegiHrtIgPers9f,",losaSle.s2PAW.01/115)..Q41,A.R''' DR7313g0296Refkitil:N6061f1jr.s. at the American Lin-
oassy, .1101' any other member.
o this
Facio's statement added,
however, that he understood
that "within a short time Mr.
-Willioinscm, who has served
iii Costa Rica for more than
,four years, will be transfer-
red to another destination."
This was in accord with nor-
mal diploma tic practices,
Facie said.
It is understood that. VIII.'
liamson will now leave the
country by Feb. 22.
The rumors continLiOd,
however, occasionally surfac-.
'Inc, in the press. - ? ,
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Ment. appearing in ;......J."..
press Jan. 7A, rioLi,!d V H .MiSSOLli'i from 19(,l1. to IE)ji0.
ti.i%nsfoih was a ',nor. In I.96,1 there was proSsure
ON JAN. 14, a. statement:
signed by three government
" :party congressmen appeared...
, in Diario de Costa Rica, an?
;afternoon tabloid and sister
paper to La Nora.
? Among other things, the
statement said it was known
? "positively" that Wil-liamson
had "mixed ?directly"'in.eriti-
? cism:s of the Figueres Admin-
mai and usual thing within on him to run for governor (..)f
the U.S. State Department" Missouri, but he declined..
and that Ploescr. would take ?
direct. charze the aid pro.; At TER his appointment as
gram.) ?ambassador to Costa Rica
williamson aud 1.1r,rrisofl,? was announced; he was
says "ai.e, both cood nshed what hc the?
men." . ? . Nixon Administration Policy /?? 'TO
. toward Latin America should' / '
. / .
Im?xs visit to costil. be. ;LIC,, said:- . - . C.
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Rica, Ploc.ser says, was pure- "We should go in available ?
ly coincidentiil ?that he to help a country, not go in
had been in Guatemala, like a school-teacher and
called up and said he was in say, 'Here are all the an-
the area and would "like to sWers.' "
come down for a couple - of Ile. also had a comment on
clays and see my old friend, career dii''Icmlats, saying he:
Pepe (Figuercs)." ; thought that Nixon and other
picise; aisiu LI t tn.. presidents were right in ap-.
mors of low mora:o pointing ambassadors fro ie
the ernbasr,y. a s20rces other than the For-
hard timcfinding morale any c1 Service* He said he fel":
better than it is? here right .hat 'Foreign Service officials
? . Mild lack decisiveness.
now."
"This stems from the sys-
On the face of 'A:sendingtem of grading within the
Ploeser to represent the Unit- 1,0; cign Service. Knowmg
c,,c1 States before a crox.,ern-. that promotions depend on a
istration and that he bad. .3nenc he idea \vriiten evaluation of: work,
made "int?olerablc 'remarks"'
W
. ? ould secm ttYing to professional diplomats hcsi;
against the government,
mix oil with water.
The. statement also ac-.. Orphaned ? ? tate to take courageous.'
at seven and a stands," he was cluoted as-
eused the CIA? of being exampl1(c:eftl .
he ,aying. ink or ocurase
volved in the mysterious?ship made man, ic) se
? :movements and the alleged - flounced play.ver) classifies ?' in the pinch grows out of a-
lifetime of trying not to
arms drop near Punta Salsi-. hiioseif a, a political
ri,akee '
dle-roade,r." His background ?
indicates a more conserva-
tive philosophy.
As .early as 19.50, he was
calling for the removal of
"punitive taxes on business".
and correction of a hostile
government aLlithdc toward
business. In 10?14, during
bid for reelection to Con-
gress, he charged that contin-
uation of Roosevelt's New
Deal would mean an Ameri-
can Monarchy. Roosevelt's.
p 0 s t -war plans, Ploeser
claimed, called for setting up
of "what arnouals to a fas-?
cist state, with the govern-
ment conscripting .enterprise,
? capital and labor as well."
; ? ?
?I 040, he Was a prime'
election target of organized
labor but still managed to
win a third term as a con-
gressman from Missouri. He
la ter was defeated, in l 048,
while seeking a fourth term.
In I 057, Ploescr was rip.
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pointed by the Eisenhower
Administration as ambassa-
dor to Paraguay, where he
was awarded . the G r a n'd
Cross of Paraguay by the
government of Gcn. Alfredo
? StroeSsner, last of Latin
puedes. - ?
LA MI:A, a San Jose
morning tabloid of limited
-circulation, re-ported Jan. 30
in a front-page story that 11-
gueres also has asked the
'United Slates to recall Pines-
;er, the conservative midwest-
,'c.i.:n businessman assigned
.here as ambassador in April
,I.970. La Flora attributed its
" 'information to a member of
Figueres cabinet.
, Through it hit, expressions
of public regret, as if meant
to deliberately needle the
American- Embassy, contin-
ued to-pour from Costa Rican
'officials about the departure
, of Harrison, the U.S. ? aid
' chief in Costa Rica.'
-Ploesor himself has taken
,charge of the aid program as
part of a v.'orldc-vide reorgani-
zation of U.S. foreign assis?
iance.
An amiable man who
erIe-
boa Led his 04th birthday Jan:
.7, the day Stewartarrived in
Plooscr 'insists that
:both IlaNison's departure
pcni.Eng
pai'lUre are "roncine trans-
fers" and that be st4nds by
the Costa Rican fori3n mind
ister's statements in both
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:Aerica' s old-style eau( os.
WHILE, Plocser's philoso-
phy is oriented more to that
of the pragmatic and suc-
cessful midwestern business?
man which he is, Figuercs'
philosophy leans in the direc-
tion of the eastern intellectu-
al establishment.
He led, in 1043, an anti-
Communist revolution in
Costa Rica, then became pro-
visional president. He was
elected to a five-year term as:
constitutional president in.
who c.onsidcrs'
himself a Social Democrat of
the European variety, -has
al-
v,'ays been closely 'identified
with U.S. intellectuals of the
Schlesinger - Stevenson-Ken-
nedy philosophy, and at one
time was accorded an hono-
r a ry nembership. in the
Americans for Democratic_
Action. Ibis wife, the former
Karen Olson, is a NewYork-
born sociologist.
Figuerps, wns inaugu-
rated Iv.7,a.y. 8, 1070, for his
-current four-year term.
Plocso'r arrived to tale
his duties April lii, a.lpout
three weeks before the inau-
Luraflon. ? .
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St. Louis insurance?executive long active .
Republican politics. Nixon Administration
political appointee as U.S. ambassador to
Costa Rica in early 1970. Post had .been va-
cant for several months and was one of last
Latin American ambassadorial jobs filled by
Nixon Administration after taking office.
' Plocser, 04, served as U.S. ambassador to
Paraguay from 1937 to 1959 as Eisenhower
Administration political appointee. Awarded
Gram Cross of Paraguay by government of .;
Paraguayan stronglnan Alfredo Slroessner.
Resigned as ambassador in 1959.
Entered politics in 19:30 with election to.
Missouri Stale House of Representatives.
.Served four terms in U.S. Congress as repre-
sentative from Missouri 1941-1949. Defeat-
( 9-
Constitutionally elected president of
Costa Rica who took office for third time
May 8, 1970. Had served. an elected. term
from 1053-58 and also a year as provisional
president in 1948-49 after leading successful
anti-Communist revolution in ? his Central
American country. ?
, First nine months of current administra-
tion marked by opening of commercial and
diplomatic relations with Communist bloc
nations of Eastern Europe, 'making Costa
,Rica first Central American nation to do so.
Has caused concern in sonic military-domi-
nated governments of the region and in con-
servative circles within Costa Rica.
Figueres, 64, is internationally known
? Williamson
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ecl in bid for fifth term in 1913 elections,
Pressure on him to run as GOP candidate for
? governor of Missouri in 1964 but declined.
Republican , national committeeman from
- 1964 to 1969.
? Classifies himself as political "middle-.
.roader" but background reflects more con-
servative orientation, prime target of or.za-
nied labor in ,1946 election to Corq;ros,
? Staunch opponent of Roosevelt New DkNki,
' Active in immediate post-war years in anti-
Communist; activities as national chairmu.n.
of Deir.lay Committee on American activi-
ties.
. Took up post as ambassador to Costa
Rica in April 1070, shortly before Jose
. ?
(Pepe) Fiz,ueres was inaugurated. as- Costa
Rican president, .
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liberal democrat with philosophical 'tics to
the Social Democrats of Europe, Also Well .
acquainted in U.S. intellectual circles, par-
ticularly among Kennedyitcs and has lec-
tured at Harvard and other American uni-
versities, Charier member, along with Puer-
to Rico's Luis Munoz Marin and Venezuela's.
Romulo Betancourt, of Latin. America's so-
called "democratic left.",
Has written several books, articles and
pamphlets on political philosophy and also
on the aspirations of Costa Rica's National.
Liberation. Party (PIA). which he founded
after 1948 .revoluflon. Married to former
Karen Olsen, a New York born sociologist,
C;.-17`1
?
? First Secretary of American Embassy in
San Jose, Costa Rica. Recall has been asked
by Costa Rican government for allegedly in-
volving -himself in country's internal affairs.
Listed as embassy political officer but com-
monly regarded in Costa Rica as CIA chief
of station. Due to leave country by Feb. 22,,
1971. ?
Background sketchy but Foreign Service
Registry lists place of birth as Now York
City on March 13, 1915. Served in U.S. Army
from 1941 to 1043. Member of the executive
staff of the governor of the Panama Canal
Zone from 1948 to 1952.. .
????-v 70 -71"r f
' '71 !I .17 /77r 1:7)77'.7
Apparently joined Foreign Service in
1052 and was assigned to Havana as politi-
cal officer; reMaing there for most of imme-
diate pre-Castro 7;.eriod. Married to Cuban.
Appointed as political officer to American
? Embassy in Spain in 1960. Returned to
Washington in 1966. Assigned to Costa Rica
. in 1969.
Registry says Williamson has had "pri-
vate experience" .but gives no indication,
where or when. 'Also identifies him as. once
an assistant manager of an electric company
but gives no further. details. ,
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Monday
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Tu..sday
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0815 Leave Lome on RX 541
0910:- Arrive Accra, Ghana
.IN ACCRA
1330 Leave Accra on MY 202
1420- Arrive Abidjan, IN.TUf COAST
- IN ABIDJAN (Rest Stop)
- IN ABIDJAN
1230 Leave Abidjan on WT 001
1805 Arrive Bathurat, GAMBIA '
IN PATilURST
Tiy car or chartnr aircraft to.DAKAa
0730 Leave DAKAR on MR 102
0825 Arrive Nouakchott, MAURITANIA
1630 Leave Nouakchott on-RK--315
1725 Arrive DAKAR rl-Nir I
t), rig? 1045
re2,) 1850
401?1011%.....111
(TrarlGit)
Leave Dakar or RK 62
Arrive Paris, FRANCE (Transit) A667
.1415 Leave Paris on AF 790
1655 Arrive Stockholm, SWEDEN
. IN STOCKUOLM
Daily flights, Stockholm to-New-York
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WASHINGTON?REP. DANTE' 8. FASCELL, CHAIRMAN OFIHE 'HOUSE ITER-
AMERICAN AFFAIRS SUBCOMMITEE, SAID MONDAY HE WOULD. HOLD HEARINGS TO:
:,INVESTIGATE A REPORT ALLEGING CIA INVOLVEMENT IN A PLOT kGAINST
:.COSTA RICA PRESIDENT JOSE FIGUERES. -
:1? HIS COUNTERPART ON THE SENATE FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMITTEE, SE
FRANK CHURCH, D-IDAHO, CHAIRMAN OF THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON WESTERN
;HEMISPHERE AFFAIRSN EXPRESSED DEEP CONCERN OVER THE SAME MATTER.
, THE TWO REFERRED TO A COPYRIGHTED ARTICLE IN THE MIAMI HERALD SUNDAY
1WHICH SAID COSTA RICA HAS ASKED THE NIXON ADMINISTRATION TO RECALL THE '
REPUTATED CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY (CIA) CHIEF OF THE COUNTRY AMID
RUMORS OF AN ATTEMPT 10 OVERTHROW FIGUERES,
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