'ALLIANCE' PROGRESSES, IF SLOWLY

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP75-00149R000300180027-4
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• Document Creation Date: November 11, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 25, 1998
• Sequence Number: 27
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`Alliance' Progresses'
By I1OM BON AFEDE
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To the waiting of his critics
and the appluase of his admir-
ers, Richard N. Goodwin is
1 turning to his State Depart-
ent desk.
Before he begins warming his
chair, the young, controversial
putt' assistant secretary of
s to for inter-American af-
fIra is launching a vigorous
tense of the Alliance for
1 rogress.
"It is something never done
1 fore. There is no standard to
easure its procress except
rough Impatle,:t. observers.
at is no accurate index," he
Glared.
"Though it look , ake we're
of going anywhere there sr,
undercurrents of sonic good
dug achieved. Hut it will take
tree to four 'ears before it
egtns to show."
Goodwin has been on t.em-1
wary duty setting up the Mid-1.
e Level blan._uower Con-i
f rence, which elided in San
an, Puerto Rico, las+ week.
When President !' ennedy as-,
a fined him to the task. thre:'
oaths ago, Goodwin's small
a y of detractors clicked their
h els in glee. No one had heard.
co' such a thing as middle-level
anpower. Goodwin was being
y nt into exile, they chortled.
In a world tour, Goodwin per.
S add 4(1 nations to attend the
c nterei,cc. With President
eniiedy's blessing, a platoon!
V White house luminaries ssasl
o i hand. Today the training of
n fiddle-level workers (skilled'
r, rsn' ?nel such as technicians,,
t achers and administrators;
h s teen given official sanction.
Not all the credit belongs to
oodwin. There Were others
who, prayed decisive roles:
Fait. W. ltestow, chairman of
I to State Department policy
1 tanning council, and R. Stir-
nt Shriver an,l Villi: ,n Hnd-
ad, the numb,?r one and two
Richard N. Goodwin
lakes time
in, a o` the Peace Corps. But
did much of t h e
'The understanding when
d it until *he completion of th.
nterence. Now that it's ovr
I plan to go back to the tal f
partment. To the s a ut
sk, as far as I knew,' h ?
c mmented.
dim 101-ttlent
to do something else, naturally
I would do it. But he has madei
no such request," he added.
Actually, Goodwin - who hasi
both lauded and lambasted fort
his participation in the U.S.'s
policy in Latin America -l
has not st:-ayed too far from
his desk.
"1've been keeping up with
the cables. Almost every day I
check with my State Depart-
nient office," he reported.
Hr show, no signs hia sts"
'is descending over the Potomac,
as his antagonists have claim-
ed. tie remains relaxed and j
IT-assured. I
Slouched in a Puerto nicol
Lobby sots and drawing leis-,
urely on an aromatic cigar, he'
Issued a brief on behalf of the
Alliance.
"If is the cornerstone of our
Latin policy. But you first must
build a political basis before
you can make social reforms.
';here have been some encour
aging Gins in this urea. 1Tanv1
of the Latin .+.:n^ric?rin
.cal parties are adr-t,iin; ;?.,,
of the Alliance and cauulida tes
are talking about it. Election
results in El Salvador and
Colombia were gains on the
side of the Alliance," he re.
marked.
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