VENEZUELANS SET FOR FIGHT

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP88-01315R000400130079-1
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 29, 2004
• Sequence Number: 79
• Publication Date: July 21, 1964
• Content Type: NSPR

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JUL 21 1964
DIPLOMATICALLY SP EAKING
l,iele wds a SLheit vi oatue- discovered'no one heard you. pictures to prove it.
and victory-in the air at last polite but deaf. An exhibit "to prove" the
night's dinner at the Vene- With the Foreign Minister charges against;the.Viet Cong i
zuelan Embassy. It was the j came his wife, who with the; was shown, . photographs of
eve of the big OAS fight over delegation's secretary are the the war and its atrocities. It
whether or not to impose, only two women with the was a novel sort of "national '
co
raihn llective sanctions against visiting delegation. day" celebration.
guests sweeping in, a trio of, in the air: A battle was : accords now, South Viet Nam
musicians playing a harp andf imminent, and they expected Protests against the Commu-
ukuleles: to win. If you asked, "What if cost attack by its northern
It seemed like an black tie'' half of them in army uniform, into North and South Viet
y spoke Spanish and some Nam. While ac
dinner, with elegantly dressed; French, and you could feel it accepting the t
By PAS SS TO STALL The Venezuelan delegation, partitioned the Asian country j y
enezuelans Set for Fig
As chief protagonist, Vene- that he-he had visited every A black tie dinner at the
zuela was host, Ambassador foreign pavilion at the World's! Ecuador Embassyi last night:
and Mrs. Tejera Paris hon- Fair and could "write home : h o n o r e d Foreign Minister
ored the team of seven about it" to the various world, Gonzales Escudero, also here.
fighters, the delegation head-, capitals. , for the OAS meeting. Ambas-
cd by Foreign Minister Iri- I No toasts were made after' sailor and Mrs. Correa. were.
barren, who was principal: the tasty dinner which includ- ~ hosts. 4,
i Every one of the Venezue- 'zuela: Hearts of palm salad. ant Secretary ot? State for
Ian team .,members ltad, been 'The sweet, white hearts are. Latin America Thous Mann;, firghtina fnr' ei
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get the OAS to punish Cuba
for its attempt to over-throw
the Venezuelan Government
last year. The 18 foreign
ministers to the historic
o t. her guests Included American Development Bank
Pakistani Ambassador and Felipe Herrera; the Secretary
Begum Ahmed,, Mrs. Al- General of the Organization of
Ghoussein, wife ; of the Ku- American States, Jose Mora;
waiti Ambassador; the Don- the Deputy Coordinator of the
meeting are here and ready l aid MacArthurs, William 'Alliance for Progress William 4
'for today's first session, and?Fitzgeralds, Drew Pearsons D. Rogers; the Deputy As-
the word is out: No compro- and David Ginshergs. sistant Secretary of State for
raise. * * * *. Economic Affairs Anthony
Against this background, A reception celebrating a; Solomon; the Director of the
guests came in and made ,Protest is something new, and. International B an k Jorge
polite conversation around the the Viet Namese Charge d'-,' Mejia Palacio; the Director;;
cluster of round tables in the, Affaires and Mrs. Pham Khac' for Operations for Latin
ndbMrs. Rusk, ndersecree Rau held just last night' B a meric n ka Gin the erald International
at the Embassy. ~
Lary of State and Mrs. Averell I It was the 10th anniversary William Sanders, Mr. Jack
Harriman; from the White of the Geneva accords w ichh' Neal, as well as Ambassador '
y:.:~_,:.. 1 ?--- - -
I worth Bunker, World Bank q
I head George Wood, and, so,on.I
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