GUERRILLA QUEST FOR U.S. SUPPORT

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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP90-00806R000201180109-9
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 9, 2010
• Sequence Number: 109
• Publication Date: March 30, 1981
• Content Type: OPEN SOURCE

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3o rIARCx 1981
~O~IE'oE:tl?.emost reveaLno ' ~' ~ ? '?' "? '~ - came . rom e ? a
' .. documents on the foriegn :;-~ ire - ~1~~~~I1b~I1?C4? ~ai'?--`-' 'Communist party and the +
tQnn~ctions of EI. ?Salva- ?? ? ~ ? - Cuban intelligence station is a
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copy of a' captured decutnent' ~ ' ? . ~ - ?0?'y ?xsvx9.ustx .1.3vaf~. ;: ~ j .National Council. of Churche3,
-~ that . contain3~.' a -.22-pa~e.j The= .seminar' was :used , to,I ~..~__-~.. ze ~__~l,__ _r~_?.?.__ .?~ . -Amnesty ..-:International,
Handal,_ 'brother:, cf :: Shafik;'
` Handal, ~ the .~ ..Salvadoran
? - CommunisC leader? on a :visit
' : he made to the United. States
' in-- the spring;:oE. last :year
to mobilise ~support,',fotr?#he?
?. guerrilla'cause ~ :: ..;
Ite? the-- =report' Fartd - li~adal ,
. describes raeettn~s : r wttlz t;
-Cuban ~ . ?intel[igence ?: officers--;
based:-in::Nets York,'wth. a::
Palestine: Liberation Organise-:?
' lion s. representative,:;: girth,,
? net+vorks of - radical ::Latin-'?
American:-,: = ~ exiles, ?-'with
' Congressmen,--?; and -~-with.
? individuals from the Institute
f for Policy Studies sand the`
~? . \ational.Council of Churches:-,
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rr i .~Yeb of ? committees=. > ~ -
y}3ana~l's;report details contiibu?
? -tiwrs ??made~ ? by ~ these ; iutd .
-?? others--notably.. the. Commu- .
. . "Mist. ,party;- USA --: to the.
- creation-,'of - a K~eb 'of .4rsoli-;
' ~ darity : -committees ".. ~'' and '
lobbying caucuses .that have .
~? ?since..been..:at the forefront:
? of ? the ?cantpaien, to sabotage
. .the-:Reagan Administration's .
? -intersenLon tn?support of?the ;
present - Government . of,. ,E.1
-? Salvador.-?.: ,.. ,.. -.:.:
'They report ~alsa? contains~?some.
.: startling ~ revelations- 'about
the ~ role' of :the Mexican
GocernmenG and ~' a seaior
. ? -State Department ofnciai ~vho~,
'ha's-since beec'removed-from.
his -job. ?? ; , "..... ..
-Setting off"''from . San -Jose,
Costa Rica; in February' last
- s y-car?ia the guise of a spokes-~
mare ? .for = the ~.? Salvadoran
- lational?: Democratic Union
party, ; Fat?id .-i:Iandal-'visited~ .
~eiv ~--. ~ York;- ? ~Yashington;
' Chica4o, San Francisco, -'and ?
Los 'Angeles, ?? .and ' created
? -joint solidarity committees in
several of these- cities -= al-
. though .he?? frequently com=
plains in his report about the-
bickerin~ -between rival ?Sa1-
vadoran Leftist groups. ~ ~ ? '.~ ~?
Ia tiVashington, he notes, Senora
? Isabel. Letelier?(widovr of the
' e:ciled'Chilean Socialist leader
who-'?workest ~as a Cubart`?~
'agent befQre'?his murder in'
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~ auc-rYUaLG{i ..JIitCCS' dRQ , Lne
seminar fbr him ai'tht Instt- ,work I ?-ahoufd~. accomplish
.: lute 'for. Policy Studies: ?. ,',.there..theyp..(the D.GI men)
' l recommended.. that.: I ? should .
't -carry out work of an iaforma.-J
:_., - - ---? 1 gressmen, -tor zna purpose-or. ~ - .unions:" - . -:r ; -. ,_ . -~
Intarnefionai~Commi tee of I :~.mT:cina the~ies~t of?'m5:work' ~i1r Pntak ~f:n?Vloane-DA m~s..? ~
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-??f~'??' -.thaf.svap'protect nip: visa.. ?:._~ ~p~nxrammes could?be??`fiaan- j
Howevec;' '?as ?: Hagda notes, Iiandal's.:-.report continues 1 .;ced" under the public broad??i
titere?,weie~?only two ;Salve-
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~faciliravte j? casting sysEem,= accordiag-tv.'
. ~dorans' on \this: committee aY - .. _ .
~_ ~ Contacts im huashington And ' 'Handal: ? : -
,?the outset.-. -~,-::ice ?: -;hey did that."?~:? ?? "(Anoiher~~ ol'~.?'TleitrYal'e--
The'other members.-came5froin ; In 1~*ew?Yorl:, ?Hand'al' also-rind, ~ iaterlocutxs was a P L O
;Chile; `,, Argertina,:~ Roli~ia,~ meetings..with-leaders_pf:?the representative:~ ivlto?? is' nef -
Ecuador, Uruguay; ,the ;Dom= ?~ Communist ? ar? '' U Set>
inican .Republic and, Cuba, P ty, 'i _ - named. in the-report' but leas'
"?~ _.: ?: _ ? _? He;'bot off to a.bad`start?.vitth ~I apparently. a? megsber? of~tae
' "Council,of'Ch(trches: ?~'.? --'them, but. in ~ihe?subseque~at .1 Democratic Front -for the
~- - .. `course of. his' trip - -thanks` `j ,.. Liberation, of Palestine. ?. ? '
In San Francisco, according toy '-largely:to! the: efforts.ofr;4ir.~ The Palestinian proittised -Cant .
1"arid Randal,- his-.meetings Sandy Polak, a member ot`. Ehe?~ the P L 0 ,"could -give us.' .
t were?; -attended :'.:by;;+.~?theee : Atnericaa Communist party ~ `very ~?aluabie help.':.. ;,~ _. ,:
priests , from... the:.,.:DFational central= . ucomntittez; '~ rand `g Hotisever, HaitdaI gas caut:ous.:i
1Coundl.of Churches"~. ~, "solidarity co-ordinatar.':-for;;i ? "The. truth is,"?~he?reports..?
O(-: diem he says:- .`,`.Tltey.com- the; United ,States-,--Prase' f "that he seemed eery strange=-~
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:gave:him; some, and L thought~it morn-,
They made- known thatahey - ~ important; backing. - .,?. ? ;'.; , prudent to'rstea onIK It ti+a~ .
had initiated approaches and-- lie,:~yas.'contected.?-in.ZVa~hinx , ?, very. tiring because the suy?~
co-operation?.-previously;~.? but ?~ ton by "Yaronica?~'a Ghitean-. ~ talkg? more ,ihaa?~I do:'
' had withdraivn ::because of ~ born ,party-.:.member avho ~ . ?_'. - ?~
j - srranoed-Iater'meettngs .'- ~ : tiYa5lrrtbt4n??meetin 5 ? ,,-:~
~he=~ idivision ~ between;a the ? I ,~ ? ., , . , : K
? groups'.and the.'lack=s of a The'?com_rades'oE-?the-Cuban :.-Ons ?nf ~ the mncr ? fxei?~ti..~
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ar? ?rrpuns, SeUlanS- of Hdndd't''S report
Two~'?morepriests .frciiti~'the,~ ?had~~ recoritmended? ~.Juart `:?describes;-his- meetings is f
' National. Council''turned' u Ferreirz;':frogt' Uru;;uay.- I: 3Vashington,with?Senot?=Guil-~
P'contacted :7tir-t :?at~..~VOLA ?'.. lermo ~13anuet (?';tlemo"),
stt -the 'coitrse,'of,?:Ilandal's (Washington- O'ffrce on Latin .i Ur. o
.tivisrkirrg:~ . disciss5ions ;-:'hith? ~ g , the Salvadoran re+?o?
America.) ~'He (telped me- at - lu;ionarv fro:tt --leader; 'acrd '
: -;Communist,- Trotskyite; and.. IV O L A and .at the- rational Dr. Jorge ~: Sod,. ~Castellaaos.
:? Maoist', organisations ?,Uountil- of.~Cliurthes. .?: ? -said ta. be--the; head-,'of a
The Church in the,United On-his'-aetui?n to'ZYashirigtort,. private. support:~net+sork is ,
States continues to .play a: ~ ~Farid .;'Handal , smet . -Rep. ~ ~ the Atnericats ? capital,; ::. ? .. -'
leading .role . ;:'in opposing Itonald?..pelIucns:..a ' liberal f Senor .Utigo is sad LoTIiave ?~
Ainericati invoIvemertt,in El. blad:?j Democratic ~ Congress- been .having conversations is
-`Salvador.. . =-? ; , ..:;,~~ _ ;i; .: ~nan,. ~nd..his',?taff, and they' , ' jt'ashfingtorr tivith seaior State
. In~??.New'?'?York;? ~Fartd ~Iandat' -also helpedr to broadezi -his -~ Department. official;. aid .to-.
?,says, .he ?me~::officers 'of? the netivork ofcontacts, he said:- !: have- 'quoted' itZr '-Robe::
`Cuban;:: seccer -: sertrice;;?. the In preparation: for a meeting , ' ~ti'hife; -then ?Americanr ? ~1tu-.i
' , D G I, ~+?ho are...operating wttn other members of -the bassador_ to 'EI Salvador, ?as'1
under : cover at the?~ Cuban -black caucus; on?Eapitoi?Hill. ?~ saj?'rng,>he was= "optimistic"?i
`mission:.. to' :?the~ ?-.United Handal notes, "the' of"nces o; there would be no American
? Nations,:: at?'?ihe .home of: Congressman 'Dellums?'were, ~. inter=ention and ~ as' '`agree-
(;Senor ??Alfc~do: ?? - Garcia ? turned ~ .into't.our;~; offices -ing tvith`~what 'iiiemo'? hzd "
f Almeida: ?~r?-_:.:?.:?,-'~ .;?~? Evcrythingwasdone.therc:' said""?''~'?'?? ~??? .- =?
i Significantly the -Cuban intelli-' The`,?nteeting?..tivith?~''4he black- Dt Soi 'Castellanos .pis -said to
' pence ~ officers .gave him his caucus;- he ~tatbs, "-tools place have described a cotrversa-;
,main: support in :develoaing. in" thH liver of the monster -~ lion he claimed. to have -had
contacts:` on~ Capitol' Hill-t itsclt -a reference 'to the' ritlt ex-President Oduber .of
further confirmation of ? the ? committee meeting:;rnom on? , - Costa Rica' ? after he. had '
t ~ ~ intensive efforts ?of {the ?D G I. CaQitol .Hill. that ?-as' made~? talked ticith President Loped i
s and the'Americati~ department available,, and an: interesting Porti[lo of Diesico.:' :'' ? ?;
rctlection on? Farid?~ Fiandal's?~ ? '
? ?; of the Cuban~..Gommunist According to 'this;aecordhand
. {party to??recruit agents :of in- ~ attitude- .. ? to ;:democratic accoupt; the .Mexican leader
,8uence in Congress. institutions. ~- ,s ; ~ ' .~ .had - expressed- .?.=sympathy
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little . ho
Handal's report that triany.of could do to'givc di:reei's:tp=-
'. the most. productive proposals ---Port, he .could' "guarantee ~
? for the .expansion : of. ;,the ? , Ghat the Guatemalan' Army .3
' Salvadoran . ?. solidarity"cam- would 'not'interveae.".~: ? f
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