CENTRAL AMERICA AFTER SOMOZA DINNER/DISCUSSION 2 AUGUST 1979, 5:30-8:30 ROOM 7D64 CIA HEADQUARTERS

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• Publication Date: August 2, 1979
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Central America After Somoza
Dinner/Discussion
2 August 1979, 5:30-8:30
Room 7D64 CIA Headquarters
Host
Participants
Robert R. Bowie
Janice S. Brotherton
John H. Crimmins
.Jack Davis
Luigi Einaudi
James E. King
Director of Central Intelligence
Director, National Foreign Assessment Center
International Economist, Office of
Economic Research
Consultant, Latin America Division,
Office of Political Analysis
National Intelligence Officer
for Latin America (Incoming)
Director, Office of Policy Planning, Public
and Congressional Affairs, Bureau of
Inter-American Affairs
Department of Political Science
University of Wisconsin
National Intelligence Officer
for Latin America
Assistant National Intelligence Officer
for Latin America
Coordinator, Academic Relations,
National Foreign Assessment Center
Analyst, Middle America-Caribbean
Chief, Middle America-Caribbean Branch
Analyst, Middle America-Caribbean
Department of Political Science,
University of Ohio
Ralph Lee Woodward Department of History,
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QUESTIONS FOR DISCUSSION
1. Is there anything new to say about the underlying causes of
political polarization and internecine violence in the Northern
Tier?
2. How can the United States and Latin American leaders encourage
forces of moderation to assume an active role in shaping the
political future of Central America?
3. What will be the key to Castro's calculus on whether to move
cautiously or boldly to support revolutionary forces throughout
Central America?
4. Central America faces a number of economic problems that are
not unusually severe by Third World standards. Lack of economic
opportunity appears to be a much more important factor for
unrest than the pace of economic growth or inflation. How can
leaders in these countries be convinced that a more equitable
distribution of opportunity is an absolute necessity?
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