TRANSFER OF USSOUTHCOM

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00803R000400030042-6
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 5
• Document Creation Date: December 19, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 8, 2000
• Sequence Number: 42
• Publication Date: August 31, 1973
• Content Type: CABLE

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I Q SUMMARY I pA C_ TU V S- T b.._E S_ 0 F_ US - S O U T H C O M AND U S
MI r_TARY- SERVICES -IN._f AN.~hLA_ARE`PART OF OVERALL U1S9
PAR_T.ICIPAT_ION. _I.N_E E MISP_ MF_,R_ G DEFENSE IN ADD"aT10T
SPECIFIC ROLE OF DEFENSE OF PANAMA CANAL, ACTION ON
SOUTHCOM SHOULD THEREFORE BE CONSIDERED IN CONTEXT.
U9So POLICY TOWARD LATIN AMERICA-AND HEMISPHERIC
DEFENSE ARRANGEMENTS US WOULD LIKE TO HAVE OVER NEXT
DECADE OR TWO, EXISTING DEFENSE ARRANGEMENTS ARE
OUTGROWTH OF WWII AND DO NOT MEET OUR PRESENT DI PLO@
MATT Co POLITICAL OR DENFESE NEEDS, GOP HAS STATED
IT HAS HAS NO OBJECTION TO USE OF US FORCES IN PANAMA FOR
SAF EY OR PROTECTION OF CANAL BUT CONSIDERS HEMISPHERIC
RESPONSIBILITIES OF SOUTHCOM AS VIOLATION OF 1903 CANAL
CONVENTION WHICH PERMITS USE OF. US ARMED FORCES FOR
CANAL DEFENSE ONLY, END SUMMARY,
2c PRESIDENTQS POLICY IS TO ESTABLISH PARTNERSHIP WITH
LATIN AMERICA IN WHICH ALL VOICES ARE HEARD AND NONE
IS PREDOMINANT., OUR ASSISTANCE ACTIVITIES ARE TO BE
IN SUPPORT OF LATIN AMERICAN INITIATIVES TO BE ACHIEVED
.ON MULTILATERAL BASIS WITHIN INTER-AMERICAN SYSTEM,
THIS POLICY WAS DEVELOPED IN RESPONSE TO CURRENT
REALITIES IN LATIN AMERICAN AND OUR RELATIONS WITH AREA,,,
THE CONCEPT AND ORGANi ATION FOR CONDUCT OF U,S, MILITARY
RELATIONS WITH.LATIN AMERICAN WITH SOME EXCEPTIONS ARE
OUTWOF''STEP WITH THIS POLICY;
A, INTER-AMERICAN DEFENSE BOARD WAS ESTABLISHED
DURING WWII AND IS LCOATED IN U9S9 UNDER CHAIRMANSHIP
OF U,S; GENERALO IADB STAFF DIRECTOR IS ALSO U9S9
GENERAL. THIS BODY HAS NOT DEVELOPED ANY AGREED CONCEPT
OR PLANS FOR HEMISPHERIC DEFENSE SINCE WWII;
B, SOUTHCOM WAS UNILATERALLY ESTABLISHED BY US. IN
1963 TO, COORDINATE UPS9 MILITARY ACTIVITIES IN LATIN
AMERICA4
C, ,INTER-AMERICAN DEFENSE COLLEGE IN WASHINGTON
IS RUN BY U,SU
D, U9S; MILITARY ASSISTANCE IS PROVIDED BILATERALLY
ESSENTIALLY ON BASIS OF DEFENSE AND SECURITY CONCEPTS
ESTABLISHED BY U9S9 LATIN AMERICAN ACCEPTED OUR CON-
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CEPTS.SO LONG AS THEY WERE BACKED UP BY GRANT MILITARY
ASSISTANCE BUT REJECTED THEM AS SOON AS LATIN AMERICA. BEGAN TO
PAY ITS OWN WAY.
EM THERE IS LITTLE DIRECT COMMUNICATION ON SUB-
STANTIVE MATTERS BETWEEN PRINCIPAL U,S, CIVILIAN DE-
FENSE AND MILITARY LEADERS AND THOSE OF LATIN AMERICA;
ESPECIALLY MAJOR POWERS SUCH AS BRAZIL, ARGENTINAo
COLOMBIAP ETC, RELATIONS ARE HANDLED BY MILGPS AND
SOUTHCOM BU`E THERE IS NO SUBSTITUTE FOR PERIODIC
MEETINGS AT TOP DEFENSE LEVELS IF WE ARE TO ESTABLISH
AND MAINTAIN EFFECTIVE AND WORKABLE DEFENSE ARRANGE-
MENTS,
F'', THERE ARE PER?s OD IC MULTI LATERAL MEETINGS ON
SERVICE BASIS BUT THERE IS NO MULTILATERAL COORDINA-
TION AMONG SERVICES NOR IS THERE ANY MULTILATERAL
UNDERSTANDING AT THE POLITICAL LEVEL (DEFENSE MIN-
ISTERS)' ON DEFENSE MATERS, THERE- ARE MULTILATERAL
TRAINING EXERCICES SUCH AS UNITASv
3Y WENEEL)A COMPLETE OVE:R1HAUL_orA(EMI SF~HERI C DEFENSE
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BASIS AND ADJUST TH.FM?"Q UPS- SECUR Y NEc S AND
PR SENT POLI CAL REALITIES IN THE HEM ISPHERE~ THE
FIRST STEP IN I S OtiFRr AU.L_ ShOU1 B ESJVE=O.ETA.
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TO7._DEF-F.NS_ `SUAT J O~`l ~N RFS'T O} WORi_ D, CANADA S OUi
PARTICIPATE, ,Q 3 EaY_I..VF..__S_HOULD NOT BE TO CONCLUDE ANY
NEW O41ER_L_L__.._TfET._O_f GFaEh1EP~~__BU_ __'jr_EI 0_S_T_A_sPN [SETTER
UNDERSTANDING O: 0EFP' !SE_ITt~AT' 1 0 N AND E L'I R B TIER
SYS E M-F OR __R GUL.AR CONSULTAT ION AMONG RESPONSIBLE
DENFESE OFFICIALS, FROM SUCH A MEETING COULD EMERGE
DECISION FOR STUDY GROUP TO DEVELOP DEFENSE CONCEPT
AND MRORE EFFECTIVE MULTILATERAL ARRANGEMENTS FOR
DISCUSSION AND COORDINATION OF FEFENSE MATTERS, IADB
IN WAKSHINGTON IS NOT APPROPRIATE BODY TO DO THIS BE-
CAUSE IT IS COMPOSED PRIMARILY OF LATIN OFFICERS OUT
OF FAVOR WITH THEIR GOVERNMENTS AND SOME LATIN COUN-
TRIES SUCH AS MEXICO ARE OPPOSED TO HAVING DEFENSE
POLICY DEVELOPED AND EXECUTED AT MILITARY LEEVELc, A
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