INFORMATION REQUIRED FOR NIE 80-57

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP79R01012A010200030024-1
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 23, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 14, 2014
• Sequence Number: 24
• Publication Date: February 12, 1957
• Content Type: CABLE

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The follouing are the Embassyls replies to the three questions pope
in the Department's instruction under reference:
10 President DE LA GUARDIA'd stated reason or creating the position
? of Administrative Director of the Presidencia andtoordinator of the
!Ministries was primarily to fill an actual administrative need, brought
? about by increased centralization of governmental control in the Presidencies
although his choice of Second Vice-President Beraclis BARLETTA t6 occupy
this position has been regarded by most observers as a political rove to
give added prestige to the Second Vice-President in case of a showdoun td.th
DIAZ, and prevent Diaz and his supporters from gaining positions of influence
In the administration.
EVen during the political campaign, de la Guardia spoke of his inten-
tion of reorganizing the Presidencia along the lines of a modern business
? enterprise, adopting some of the methods he had used as manager of the
Vatic:nal Bravery? The position of Administrative Director is said to be
conceived by de in Guardia as comarable to the position held in the U.S.
GoVernment by Vir. Sherman ADLIS0 Assistant to the President, and to that of
an executive vice-president in a business establishment. In theory, Barletta
is supposed to be the President's alter 2ga, listening to the vieus and re-
quests of political suppliants, and ensuring that the President's directives
are understood and are being implenented by the various ministries? ,
It is the :hbassy's opinion that these functions are - being perforned
by Barletta, but by Die:canes DE LAC/OSA (EmhdosP 2989 4aauat7 31N, Ds la Rosa
coveted this position and the title that goes vith it but was not
to it, possibly because President de la. a trishel to continue using
de In Rosa without attracting the attention and in table unfavorable
would have redounded against his adniizi&stration by the to-
mat of a !clown ccallunist intalaetgal as his coittl4 wide from
de in Rosa's duties as speech uritOr and Polis7 it is becoming in
crea.sinay evident that de In P4ea, and 404 Bar1tth, is the ran to see in
order to get the President's ear, and to get antMn done, Barletta, 'who
as an inveterate party hopper, is a handy man to have in the front office, as
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far as keeping peace 5flg the wining factions he uneasy adminietme
tion coalition is to/warned., having something inmem reith aU of them,
but has no real runtiml strength of his moo mainly as a success?
ful transport tycoon rather than as a poltUttUvre Barletta is no hatchet
man, an although popular 'with the top echelons in the &Mond. Guard, has
no particular influence vd.th theme Barletta,
nevertheless because of his
business holdings .(President of Aerovias Pana Airmen; and the largest bus
company in the Republic) and his readily avallable resources, .1.3 in a scale
tion to influence the pmnereal business ceesmsnity in Pam& in a way In IAA&
de la Rosa never mild because of his known onnannist leaning se The President
is said to be thoroughly familiar uith the beekeecand and otannanist leanings
of de la Rosa but feels that he can use his ability and at the same tine
control his enflueros better in the Presidencia than he could IS the latter
were eaployed clamber%
?20 The three main aspects of the President es reform program which are
being implemented to date ares (a) reorganization of the gamma:tat ministries
to eliminate duplication of operatic= and cut costs (b) establishment of a
realistic national budget, and (e) Initiation of a Fe:lie wake program desieried
to create employment and ire:neve necessazy rublio eereicese
pletei reo
apeenexi at
budget covecing public works *elects
but is temoldered to be more teen double
on efolgio works dozing 1.957e Public veasloi
at3ae1i4ono
that 8U be spent
utdesh financing was
andlable? got undeessw inmideDeotasber, with the admit of the rainy seascaso
Other projects are tting finanoing and c'a of engizteering studiese
Alremly an estimated 500 of the
Ammo reduced in -force as a result of the
ostlers Fromm have found enpleynont in various
Pawn* and the Canal Zone, as well as an estimated 900 of the appiately
1000 Paomvardan creloyeee of the ?mama Canal (employ Vetoed in forcesince
Jemmy le These projects includes (I) further cenattction of theInter.
American, Riglesay (2) initiation of constrectlen of the oil refinery and
tarriliew mks by Refinerla Femme Setie in the vicielter of les Maas Bay and
(3) various mainteoance and now constructien peojects in the Carta Uwe
President de In Warne has 'etrtimeted that his
will provide faoployreest for 6000 personst, As
Baticael Assembly has authorinediMeteldwt de
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$1509000 ter lawmen f mterrnoe and pt
s best estimate a the Panamanian Goserameates ability to
for the rcoposed public works projects is eat forth in
es despatch 281 of January Zt9 19574)
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