CAMPESINO ORGANIZATION HOLDS A CONGRESS

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• Collection: General CIA Records
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• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 19, 2006
• Sequence Number: 11
• Publication Date: February 24, 1982
• Content Type: CABLE

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SUBJECT: CAMPESINO ORGANIZATION HOLDS A CONGRESS
1. SUMMARY, AT A WELL-ATTENDED CONGRESS OF THE ACOPAI
CAMPESINO ORGANIZATION, PARTICIPANTS HEARD SPEECHES BY A
JUNTA MEMBER, A CHURCH REPRESENTATIVE, AND NUMEROUS LABOR
LEADERS. THE SPEAKERS AND THE ACOPAI "MANIFIESTO" DECLARED
THEIR OPPOSITION TO DIALOGUE C PELLED BY VI EN , -PP R
R THE ELECTIONS, AND SUPPORT FOR A.RARIAN, BANKING, AND
FOREIGN COMMERCE R MS. UMMARY.
2. ON 2/20/82, LABOFF ATTENDED A SURPRISING WELL-
ATTENDED CONGRESS HOSTED BY THE ACOPAI CAMPESINO ORGANIZ-
ATION. APPROXIMATELY 500 PEOPLE HEARD SPEECHES BY JRG
MEMBER JOSE ANTONIO-MORALES EHRLICH, CHURCH REPRESENTATIVE
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FATHE DELGADO, ND THE LEADERS OF NEARLY EVERY
DE RA _ I CAMPESINO ORGANIZATION IN EL
SALVADOR. IN ADDITION, REPRESENTATIVES OF EVERY POLITICAL
PARTY EXCEPT ACCION DEMOCRATICA ATTENDED THE CONGRESS.
CONSPICUOUSLY ABSENT FROM THE CONGRESS WAS ANY REPRE-
SENTATIVE OF THE RIVAL UCS CAMPESINO .
3. MAJOR SPEECHES
SPEAKING AS THE REPRESENTATIVE OF APOSTOLIC ADMINISTRATOR
RIVERA Y DAMAS, FATHER DELGADO ESPOUSED THE DOCTRINE OF
PEACE AS AN ACTIVE POLICY. HE INFORMED THE CAMPESINOS THAT
IT WAS NOT SUFFICIENT TO STATE THAT THEY SUPPORTED PEACE.
THEY ALSO HAD_AN OBLIGATION TO VOTE IN ELECTIONS, TO ENGAGE
N DIALOGUE, AND TO %ORK FOR A STRONGER ECONOMY A-ND
JU SOCIE . DELI ING THE KEYNOTE ADDRESS, JUNTA MEMBER
(. MO S EHRL CH ANNOUNCED THAT HIS GCVERNMENT'S AGRARIAN
REFORM PROCESS IS IRREVERSIBLE. (NOTEt HE STRONGLY SUG-
GEST 207 ILL BE EXTENDED BY THE JRG
/4/82.) MORALES EHRLICH CLOSED WITH A PITC
MA 28 ELECTIONS. HE ARGUED THAT IT WAS CRUCIAL FOR ALL
SALVADORANS TO VOTE IN ORDER TO SHOW THE OUTSIDE WORLD
THAT THE SALVADORAN PEOPLE ARE SERIOUS IN THEIR DESIRE
FOR PEACE.
4. ACOPAI'S MANIFIESTO.
ACUPAI'S PRESIDENT JORGE CAMACHO CLOSED THE CONGRESS By
READING THE RESOLUTIONS APPROVED BY THE EXECUTIVE BORAD.
T RESOLUTIONS:
CONDEMNED ALL VIOLEn~rF IN EL SALVADOR AND OPPOSED AN ~_-
I OGUE COMP ED BY V OLENCE
EXPRESSED SUPPORT FOR THE ELE TIONS, STATING: "ACOPAI
LIKE THE UNIDAD POPULAR DEMOCRATICA, IT CONSIDERS THE
ELECTIONS SCHEDULED FOR THE MONTH OF MARCH AS A VIABLE AND
POSITIVE ALTERNATIVE To INITIATE THE ROAD TOWARDS A REGIME
S INTERESTED IN THE CURRENT ELECTORAL PROCESS BECAUSE, I k
OF EGALITY IN EL SALVADOR."
ANNOUNCED THAT ACOPAI WILL SUPPORT NO INDIVIDUAL POLL-
ICAL PARTY; AUTHORIZED ANY MEMBER of ACOPAI TO PARTICIPATE
Y DI ECTLY IMHZHE ELECTORAL PROCESS (I.E., RUN AS A CANDIDATE).
EXPRESSED STRONG SUPPORT FOR AGRARIAN REFORM, BANKING
EFORM, AND FOREIGN COMMERCE REFORM.
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S. COMMENT. THE ACOPAI CONGRESS PROVIDED A RARE SHOW OF
UNITY AMONG THE'LEADERSHIP OF THE UNIDAD POPULAR DEMOCRA?
TICA (UPD) LABOR-CAMPESINO ASSOCIATION. CONSIDERED TOGETHER
WITH THE RECENT UPD DECISION TO INVITE INDEPENDENT OBSERVERS
FROM INTERNATIONAL LABOR ORGANIZATIONS TO THE SALVADORAN
ELECTIONS (REPORTED SEPTEL), THE ACOPAI CONGRESS MAY IMPLYI
INCREASED UPD ACTIVITY IN SUPPORT OF THE ELECTIONS.
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