CENTRAL AMERICAN REACTION TO REAGAN'S ECONOMIC PLAN FOR CENTRAL AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP84B00049R000200400019-1
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• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 24, 2007
• Sequence Number: 19
• Content Type: OPEN SOURCE

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AND. LL SALVADOR TODAY PRAISED THE REAGAN ECONOMIC PLAN FOR
}.Ei- R L HHERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN, WHILE PANAMA'S FOREIGN
MINISTER CRITICIZED ITS ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL CONTENTS.
i- 401R:IIGO CARAZO, OF COSTA RICA, DESCRIBED THE PLAN AS
''HIS`T:ORIC AND TRANSCENDENTAL" IN A MESSAGE HE ADDRESSED TO NR
KEAGAN AND DELIVERED T:.~ O U.S. AMBASSADOR SrADO~r BRAN.-I. ~i_- D
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"THOSE WHO KNOW THE SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC PROBLEMS OF THESE
E? TRAL RMERICAN) NATIONS KNOW THE ONLY FORMULA TO SOLVE THEM
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IS BASED - UPON INTERNATIONAL SOCIAL s~. 'STIC_Es' MR ?ARA'O SAID IN
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FGREIGN MINISTER BERND NIEHAUS COINCIDED WITH PRESIDENT
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HE SAID THE PLAN REFLECTED AMERICAN ''CONCERN... ABOUT OUR
ECONOMIC PROBLEMS5 AS WELL AS THE URGENT NEED FOR A CLOSER
FORTH- j' 11 TH COOPERATION
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THE PLAN MR REAGAN ANNOUNCED YESTERDAY IN WASHINGTON WOULD
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HELP THE DOR CIVILIAN-MILITARY J'f ~Nn TA' S O'ECTS FOR
APOLITICAL SOLUTIONS TO THAT COUNTRY'S PROBLEMS1 ACCORDING TO
JUNTA HERD JOSE NAPOLEON DUARTE.'
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HE SAID THE PLAN ALSO ASSURED THE SUCCESS OF A RECENTLY
CREATED CENTRAL RMERICAN DEMOCRATIC COMMUNITY.
THE CONTROVERSIAL COMMUHITYs SET UP LAST MONTH{ IS MA"ViE UP
OF EL SALVADOR5 COSTA RICA AND HONDURAS. NICARAGUA HAS
CRITI_i'Z_ THE COMMUNITY FOR HAVING LEF OUT THE OUT T'OT?~=ER. CENTRAL
OTHER !L ~?#~ RICAN rUTlfri.ESi INCLUDING ITSELF.
f PRnA RmAH FOREIGN MINISTER JORGE ILLUECA DESCRIBED
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?'.EAGAF? S PLAN AS A !DER.f Ol4Ei AND SAID HE REGRETTED
THAT THE H ERICAI4 PRESIDENT DID NOT MENTION IN HIS SPEECH T14E
NEICAN PEACE INITIATIVE FOR THE REGION ANNOUNCED LAST WEEPEND
BY PRESIDENT OSE LOPEZ PORTILLOI
4;WHATPEAGAN DOES REGARDING ECONOMY IS TO ANNOUNCE HE WILL
TAKE -10 CONGRESS HIS PROPOSAL FOR MEASURES TO BE TA :ENx x _ : THI
WILL MEAN LATIN RMERICA WILL HAVE TO WAITS R ILLUECA TOLD
REUTERS.
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R NEAGAHS SPEECH4 SAID LATIN RFHERICA'S PROBLEMS CANNOT BE
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tN tELIZE3 LEADERS OF THE COUNTRY'S INDUSTRY REACTED
FAVORABLY TO O PRESIDENT t'S PROPOSAL
T r. ;~EAG Ah: TO ABOLISH DUTIES ON
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C AR r IeB B E r A N t n n r IMPORTED THE t T
t=RUIN GOODS INTO E UNITED STATES.
HEY CLAIMED THAT IF CONGRESS PASSED THE LEGISLATION IT
WOULD MEAN A `'VERY SIGNIFICANT BOOST FOR THE CITRUS INDUSTRY:
AS WELL AS FOR BELIZE'S ECONOMY AS A WHOLE.
IN HA tAh4Ai A CUBAN OFFICIAL f WHO ASKED NOT TO SE
IDENTIFIED; SAID MR REAGAN'S PLAN WOULD UNILATERALLY IMPOSE
AMERICAN VIEWS OH THE REGION.
SAID IT ROUND RESULT IN A SITUATION "WHERE THE UNITED
Te ~ tWITHOUT WITHOUT ANY N=
TEE IMPOSES ITS VIEWS WITHOUT NEGOTIATIONS WITH T3H NATIONS
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THAT MIGHT T OPPOSE THEM."
i; HIS MAJOR POLICY SPEECH IN WASHINGTON5 TO THE
#GANIZATIOH OF RMERICAN STATES ORS) R REAGAN SAID IUSA5
NICARAGUA AND 16RENRDA COULD BE ELEGIBLE FOR THE INCREASED AID
HE PROPOSED ONLY IF THEY RETURNED TO THE HEMISPHERE'S
11TRADITIONS AND COMMON VALUES."
THE DELEGATES OF NICARAGUA AND GRENADA REJECTED THE
PRESIDENT'S ALLEGATION THAT THE REGION IS THREATENED BY CUBA AS
WELL AS THOSE TWO NATIONS.
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