SUGGESTIONS FOR THE MEETING WITH USIA ON PROJECT DEMOCRACY

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CIA-RDP85T00153R000100020009-0
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January 20, 1983
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Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/01/26: CIA-RDP85T00153R000100020009-0 THE DIRECTOR OF CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE National Intelligence Council MEMORANDUM FOR: Henry S. Rowen Chairman, National Intelligence Council 20 January 1983 FROM: Constantine C. Menges National Intelligence Officer for Latin America SUBJECT: Suggestions for the Meeting with USIA on Project Democracy My understanding was that Scott Thompson wanted the NIOs to provide specific substantive suggestions for projects that might be done by USIA. The following are a few themes: A. Opportunities for democratic institution building, eg: --Argentina, with an announced transition to elections in 1983; --Brazil, with free elections in 1982 and a final transition to occur in 1985. B. Urgent need or requirements for democratic institution building, --Bolivia, with a new weak constitutional government and a potentially strong communist presence; --Suriname; --Chile, where the delay in the democratic transition threatens to radicalize well-established democratic groups. C. The potentially positive or negative role of international institutions, eg: --International Social Democrats and Christian Democrats; --International democratic trade union groups; --An important question here is how to get the Social Democrats back to making the distinction between the democratic left and Marxist-Leninist left in developing countries. STAT STAT Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/01/26: CIA-RDP85T00153R000100020009-0 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/01/26: CIA-RDP85TO0153R000100020009-0 (0 STAT SUBJECT: Suggestions for the Meeting with USIA on Project Democracy NIC 557-83 D. Opportunities for bilateral action with institutions or governments, eg: --National trade unions; --The Christian Democratic government of Germany and the Konrad Adenauer Foundation. E. U.S. citizens and institutions with special skills in this area. Constantine C. Menges STAT Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/01/26: CIA-RDP85TO0153R000100020009-0