VISIT OF STAFFDEL MALARKY TO BOLIVIA

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• Publication Date: January 31, 1986
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1. (U) PROFESSIONAL STAFF MEMBERS RYAN MALARKEY AND GERALD
CON14OLLY ARRIVED LA PAZ AS SCHEDULED ON JAWARY 21, AND
DEPARTED JANUARY 26. THE RELATIVE LENGTH OF THEIR STAY---
FOUR FULL WORKING DAYS---PERMITTED EXTENSIVE CONSULTATIONS
WITH USG AND BOLIVIAN OFFICIALS CONCERNED WITH NARCOTICS,
A PERSONAL VISIT TO THE CHAPARE COCA GROWING/PROCESSING
REGION, AND AN OVERFLIGHT OF OTHER MAJOR COCA PRODUCTION
AND LABORATORY ZONES IN BOLIVIA. AS A RESULT, WE BELIEVE
THEY DEPARTED WITH AN APPRECIATION FOR THE SUBTLETIES OF
THE BOLIVIAN NARCOTICS PICTURE THAT FEW VISITORS ACHIEVE.
THEIR UNDERSTANDING OF THE FACTS AND MYTHS SURROUNDING
BOLIVIAN NARCOTICS SHOULD GREATLY HELP OUR CONGRESSIONAL
DIALOG AS WE SEEK TO TAILOR USG/ANTI-NARCOTICS PROGRAMS
TO BOLIVIA'S CURRENT REALITIES. PARAGRAPH 21 CONTAINS
STAFFDEL'S INITIAL CONCLUSIONS. END SUMMARY.
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2. (U) ON THE EVENING OF ARRIVAL, DCM BIGGS HOSTED A
DINNER FOR THE VISITORS. GUESTS INCLUDED ADN SENATOR
HECTOR ORMACHEA AND ECONOMIST HERBERT MULLER, WHO IS
CURRENTLY WORKING ON A STUDY OF THE EFFECTS OF COCA/
COCAINE ON THE BOLIVIAN ECONOMY. THE FOLLOWING MORN-
ING, JANUARY 22, MALARKEY AND CONNOLLY CALLED ON THE
AMBASSADOR, THEN MET WITH THE BALANCE OF THE COUNTRY
TEAM TO EXAMINE HOW NARCOTICS INFLUENCE THE ECONOMIC,
POLICICAL AND SOCIAL CLIMATE IN BOLIVIA. IN THE AFTER-
NOON. THEY FLEW TO COCHABAMBA AND VISITED NARCOTICS
ASSISTANCE UNIT OFFICES THERE IN PREPARATION FOR THE
ROAD TRIP TO THE CHAPARE THE FOLLOWING MORNING.
3. (U) EARLY ON JANUARY 23, STAFFDEL DEPARTED FOR THE
CHAPARE, ACCOMPANIED BY BOLIVIAN SUBSECRETARY OF THE
INTERIOR FOR JUSTICE CARLOS VARGAS ROMERO, NAU CHIEF
YELLMAN, DEA SAC BURNETT, AND A SMALL CONTINGENT OF
UMOPAR TROOPS. THE LANDSLIDE AT KM. 90 ON DESCENT IN-
TO THE CHAPARE WAS IMPRESSIVE, BUT HAD BEEN SUFFICIENT-
LY CLEARED TO ALLOW THE PARTY TO PROCEED ACROSS, AND
ARRIVE AT VILLA TUNARI AS SCHEDULED. THERE THEY WERE
MET BY BOLIVIAN NATIONAL POLICE COMMANDER GENERAL JULIO
VARGAS SOTO, DNCSP (NARCOTICS POLICE) DIRECTOR GUIDO
LOPEZ VILLEGAS, AND DIRECO (COCA REDUCTION) CHIEF
ALFREDO SALAZAR. DIRECO'S SALAZAR BRIEFED THE GROUP
ON THE PROGRESS OF THE COCA FIELD MEASUREMENT/REDUC-
TION EFFORTS.
CHAPARE ERADICATION
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4. (U) THE AUGMENTED PARTY THEN DEPARTED ON THE 30 MILE
TRIP TO ETERARAZAMA, WHERE SOME COCA ERADICATION HAD
ACTUALLY TAKEN PLACE. STAFFDEL WAS TAKEN ON A WALK
THROUGH SEVERAL LARGE (AND SWAMPY) FIELDS WHERE COCA HAD
BEEN CUT, THE ROOTS PULLED, AND THE PLANTS PILED FOR
BURNING. THE FIELDS INSPECTED BY THE STAFFDEL TOTALLED
ABOUT TWO HECTARES. ALTHOUGH THEY WERE INVITED TO VIEW
OTHER NEARBY ERADICATED FIELDS, STAFFDEL DECLINED DUE TO
TIME CONSTRAINTS AND THE LACK OF HIP BOOTS TO PROTECT
THEM FROM THE DEEP MUD ENCOUNTERED ENROUTE. RELIABLE
INFORMATION FROM USG CONTRACTOR SOURCES WORKING IN THE
CHAPARE INDICATE THAT COCA ERADICATED IN THE ETERARAZAMA
REGION AS OF THE DAY OF THE VISIT WOULD TOTAL ABOUT 15
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E.O. 12356: N/A
TAGS: SNAR, BL, OREP
SUBJECT: VISIT OF STAFFDEL MALARKEY TO BOLIVIA
5. (U) THE WALK-THROUGH WAS WELL COVERED BY LOCAL PRESS
AND TV JOURNALISTS, AND WAS PRECEEDED BY BRIEF SPEECHES
BY JUSTICE SUBSECRETARY VARGAS, POLICE COMMANDER VARGAS
SOTO, AND THE EXECUTIVE SECRETARY OF THE LOCAL PEASANT
FEDERATION (FEAT), ALBERTO VARGAS. VARGAS EMPHASIZED
THE PEASANTS' EXPECTATION THAT THEIR COCA REDUCTION
EFFORTS WOULD BE REWARDED WITH SUBSTANTIAL ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE TO THE REGION. THE FEAT LEADER
ALSO POINTEDLY REMINDED THE STAFFDEL THAT THEY WERE
THERE AT THE SUFFERANCE OF THE PEASANT ORGANIZATION,
AND WERE UNDER THEIR "PROTECTION". NO HOSTILITY TOWARD
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THE VISITORS WAS EVIDENT AMONG THE APPROXIMATELY 1,000
FARMERS WHO HAD GATHERED FOR THE EVENT.
6. (U) ALONG THE ROAD BETWEEN ETERARAZAMA AND VILLA
TUNARI THE STAFFDEL OBSERVED EXTENSIVE COCA LEAF
DRYING OPERATIONS AS THE SUN EMERGED FROM THE CLOUDS
TO PERMIT THIS KEY STEP IN THE COCA HARVESTING PRO-
CESS. AT ABOUT 2:30 P.M., THE GROUP DEPARTED
ETERARAZAMA FOR THE APPROXIMATELY 75 MILE TRIP TO
THE UMOPAR ENCAMPMENT AT IVIRGARZAMA.
7. (U) ALL ROADBLOCKS AND OTHER EVIDENCE OF PEASANT
RESISTANCE HAD FADED FROM THE IVIRGARZAMA AREA BY
THE DAY OF THE VISIT, DUE PROBABLY TO THE PERSONAL
PRESENCE OF NATIONAL POLICE COMMANDER VARGAS (HE HAD
BEEN THERE NEARLY A WEEK) AND THE DEMONSTRATED RE-
SOLVE OF UMOPAR TO TOUGH-OUT THE CRISIS OF THE PRE-
VIOUS WEEK (REF. C). UMOPAR HAD BEEN RESUPPLIED AND
REFUELED, AND THE TROOPS, 200 STRONG, WERE LINED UP
SMARTLY FOR REVIEW AS THE STAFFDEL ARRIVED. AFTER
A TOUR OF THE CAMP AREA, THE STAFFDEL SAT DOWN WITH
GENERAL VARGAS AND UMOPAR COMMANDER COL. EDUARDO
VILLAROEL TO DISCUSS THE EVENTS THAT HAD CALLED SO
MUCH ATTENTION TO UMOPAR ACTIVITIES EARLIER IN THE
MONTH.
8. (U) COL. VILLAROEL LISTED UMOPAR ACCOMPLISHMENTS
IN THE REGION SINCE THEIR ARRIVAL ON NOV. 25, 1985.
HE ALSO NOTED THE DIFFICULT LIVING CONDITIONS, THE
HOSTILE ENVIRONMENT, AND SUPPLY AND EQUIPMENT LIMIT-
ATIONS.
9. (U) IN R&SPONSE TO SPECIFIC STAFFEL QUESTIONS,
COL. VILLAROEL EXPLAINED THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE
ALLEGED RAPE IN THE TOWN OF IVIRGARZAMA BY AN UMOPAR
SOLDIER THAT TOUCHED OFF THE CONFRONTATION REPORTED
REF. C. HIS PERSPECTIVE WAS QUITE DIFFERENT THAN
SOME PREVIOUS REPORTS. HE STATED THAT NO RAPE HAD
ACTUALLY OCCURED; THAT ONLY ONE OF THE TWO SOLDIERS
WHO WHERE IN THE TOWN WAS ACCUSED OF THE RAPE; THAT
THE GIRL IN QUESTION WAS IN FACT A FRIEND OF THE
ACCUSED SOLDIER; AND THAT A MEDICAL EXAMINATION BY
THE TOWN DOCTOR SHOWED NO RAPE HAD OCCURED, IN SPITE
OF PRESSURE ON THE DOCTOR BY TOWNSPEOPLE TO PROVIDE
A REPORT TO THE CONTRARY. HE POINTED OUT THAT THE AC-
CUSED SOLDIER HAD BEEN DELIVERED TO CIVIL AUTHORITIES,
BUT THAT PROSECUTION HAD BEEN DROPPED AS A RESULT OF
THE MEDICAL REPORT AND LACK OF OTHER SUBSTANTIATING
EVIDENCE. HE ALSO SAID THAT THE UMOPAR CAMP HAD NEVER
IN FACT BEEN SURROUNDED BY ANGRY TOWNSPEOPLE AS SOME
REPORTS ALLEGED, BUT THAT PEASANT ACTIVITIES WERE CON-
FINED TO MANNING ROADBLOCKS ON THE THREE ROADS OUT OF
THE REGION. HE CHARACTERIZED THE ENTIRE SEQUENCE OF
EVENTS AS AN ATTEMPT BY THE HOSTILE, NARCOTICS-PRODUCING
STATE FOR INM
DEA FOR OF, DI, OC, EPIC
E.O. 12356: N/A
TAGS: SNAR, BL, OREP
SUBJECT: VISIT OF STAFFDEL MALARKEY TO BOLIVIA
POPULATION OF THE REGION TO EMBARASS UMOPAR AND SEIZE
ON A MINOR INCIDENT TO TRY TO FORCE WITHDRAWAL OF UMOPAR,
A GOAL THEY HAD BEEN UNABLE TO ACHIEVE BY OTHER MEANS.
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10. (LOU) THE STAFFDEL APPEARED TO BE FAVORABLY IMPRESSED
BY THE UMOPAR UNIT AND THEIR EVIDENTLY HIGH MORALE IN THE
FACE OF UNCOMFORTABLE AND DANGEROUS CONDITIONS, AND THE
PHYSICAL ISOLATION IMPOSED BY OPERATING IN A HOSTILE EN-
VIRONMENT. UMOPAR SOLDIERS CHEERED AND WHOOPED WHEN
INFORMED BY NAU DIRECTOR YELLMAN OF THE ARRIVAL OF NEW
UNIFORMS AND EQUIPMENT TO REPLACE THEIR WORN AND LIMITED
CLOTHING. ON DEPARTURE, GENERAL VARGAS HEARD COMPLAINTS
AND GAVE THE TROOPS A PEP TALK, FOLLOWED BY BRIEF REMARKS
BY NAU DIRECTOR YELLMAN, ON BEHALF OF THE STAFFDEL, THANK-
ING THEM FOR THE EVIDENT SACRIFICES THEY WERE MAKING TO
COMBAT NARCOTICS IN BOLIVIA. STAFFDEL RETURNED TO
COCHABAMBA LATE THAT SAME EVENING, TIRED BUT SATISFIED
THEY HAD SEEN A REPRESENTATIVE SAMPLE OF LIFE IN THE
CHAPARE.
11. (U) FOLLOWING RETURN TO LA PAZ EARLY JANUARY 24, THE
STAFFDEL CONTINUED CONSULTATIONS WITH NAU DIRECTOR YELLMAN
AND DEA SAC BURNETT, FOCUSING ON THE DIRECTIONS THE
BOLIVIAN NARCOTICS PROGRAM SHOULD TAKE AND THE RESOURCES
REQUIRED TO ACHIEVE ATTAINABLE OBJECTIVES. THEY THEN
MADE OFFICIAL CALLS ON EDUCATION MINISTER ENRIQUE IPINA
MELGAR AND BOLIVIAN SENATORY DANIEL CABEZAS.
12. (U) EDUCATION MINISTER IPINA OUTLINED HIS PLAN FOR A
COMPREHENSIVE NARCOTICS EDUCATION PROGRAM IN BOLIVIA. HE
EXPRESSED THE VIEW THAT ONLY BROAD UNDERSTANDING OF THE
DANGERS OF NARCOTICS BY THE BOLIVIAN PUBLIC, AND PUBLIC
SUPPORT GENERATED BY THAT UNDERSTANDING WOULD PERMIT
EFFECTIVE ACTION AGAINST NARCOTICS PRODUCTION AND TRAFFICK-
ING IN BOLIVIA.
13. (U) SENATOR CABEZAS, WHO IS A PSYCHIATRIST BY PROFES-
SION, IS CHAIRMAN OF A NEW SELECT COMMITTEE OF THE
BOLIVIAN SENATE, WHOSE PURPOSE IS TO MAKE LEGISLATIVE
RECOMMENDATIONS TO COMBAT NARCOTICS. HE INVITED THE
STAFFDEL TO MEET WITH HIM AND TWO OF THE KEY MEMBERS OF
THE STAFF OF THE NEW BOLIVIAN COMMITTEE TO DISCUSS THE
FULL RANGE OF BOLIVIA'S NARCOTICS PROBLEMS. THE MEETING
LASTED OVER TWO HOURS, AND THE STAFFDEL WAS EVIDENTLY
IMPRESSED WITH THE LEVEL OF CONCERN CONVEYED BY SENATOR
CABEZAS AND HIS APPARENT DETERMINATION TO FIGHT THE
NARCOTICS CANCER EATING AWAY AT BOLIVIA'S INNARDS.
14. STAFFDEL CALLED ON INTERIOR MINISTER FERNANDO
BARTHELEMY MARTINEZ ON SATURDAY MORNING, JANUARY 25,
ACCOMPANIED BY THE AMBASSADOR, NAU AND DEA CHIEFS. THE
MINISTER BEGAN BY OUTLINING DEVELOPMENTS BEGINNING IN
EARLY NOVEMBER, 1985, WHEN HE HAD SIGNED AN AGREEMENT
FOR VOLUNTARY COCA ERADICATION WITH TWO MAJOR PEASANT
FEDERATIONS OF THE CHAPARE. HE ADMITTED THAT AT THE
OUTSET OF THE PROGRAM, HE HIMSELF HAD FAILED TO APPRE-
CIATE THE ARDUOUS NATURE OF PULLING COCA PLANTS OUT OF
THE GROUND, AND THE CONSIDERABLE TIME IT WOULD TAKE TO
ACHIEVE ANY MEANINGFUL COCA REDUCTION EVEN WITH PEASANT
COOPERATION. HE EXPLAINED THAT SO FAR IT HAD BEEN IM-
POSSIBLE TO ACHIEVE THE REQUIRED MINIMUM REDUCTION
TARGET OF 1,000 HECTARES SPECIFIED IN THE AGREEMENT.
HE INSISTED HOWEVER, THAT THE PROGRAM WOULD GO FORWARD
AND THAT THE ADDITION OF MORE SURVEY TEAMS WOULD HELP
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DEA FOR OF, DI, OC, EPIC
E.U. 12356: N/A
TAGS: SNAR, BL, OREP
SUBJECT: VISIT OF STAFFDEL MALARKEY TO BOLIVIA
IT GAIN MOMENTUM. HE DESCRIBED THE DIFFICULTIES FACED
BY THE SURVEY/REDUCTION TEAMS IN THE DIFFICULT TOPOGRAPHY
OF THE COCA GROWING AREAS, AND THE RESOURCE LIMITATIONS
THAT HAMPERED THEIR PROGRESS.
15. (LOU) STAFFDEL AKED WHY UMOPAR INTERDICTION ACTIVI-
TIES AGAINST COCA PASTE PRODUCTION WERE CURRENTLY RE-
STRICTED TO THE IVIRGARZAMA REGION AND BANNED IN THE
VOLUNTARY REDUCTION ZONE. THE MINISTER RESPONDED THAT
UMOPAR ACTIVITY AGAINST PEASANTS WHO ARE PARTY TO THE
VOLUNTARY REDUCTION AGREEMENT MIGHT TURN THEM AGAINST
THE ENTIRE PROGRAM. HE ADDED THAT IN ANY CASE HE HAD
INSUFFICIENT MANPOWER TO MOUNT AN EFFECTIVE CAMPAIGN
AGAINST PASTE PRODUCTION IN THE ENTIRE CHAPARZ. HE
POINTED OUT THAT THE PEASANTS IN THE IVIRGARZAMA AREA
HAD DECLINED TO ENTER ANY VOLUNTARY AGREEMENT WITH THE
GOVERNMENT, AND THAT THE UMOPAR PRESENCE, IN ADDITION
TO ITS EFFECT ON PASTE PRODUCTION THERE, WAS INTENDED
TO CONVINCE THE INHABITANTS THAT VOLUNTARY COOPERATION
WAS PREFERABLE TO UMOPAR OPERATIONS. HE THOUGHT THAT
CURRENT EFFORTS, TOGETHER WITH MORE EFFECTIVE INTER-
DICTION EFFORTS AGAINST COCAINE HYDROCHLORIDE LABS
OPERATING AT THE NEXT STAGE OF PROCESSING WOULD BE
EFFECTIVE IN REDUCING PRICES PAID FOR COCA LEAF, AND
WOULD EVENTUALLY INDUCE FURTHER VOLUNTARY REDUCTION OF
COCA CULTIVATION. HE SAID THAT THE COMBINED EFFECTS
OF THE UMOPAR PRESENCE AND THE VOLUNTARY REDUCTION
EFFORTS HAD INDEED LOWERED LEAF PRICES, AND THAT THE
NUMBER OF "OUTSIDERS" (I.E. PERSONS WHOSE PRESENCE IN
THE CHAPARE IS DIRECTLY RELATED TO PASTE PRODUCTION)
HAD BEEN GREATLY REDUCED IN THE REGION.
16. (LOU) IN RESPONSE TO SPECIFIC STAFFDEL QUESTIONS
ON EFFORTS TO CONTROL CORRUPTION, THE MINISTER RESPOND-
DED THAT POLICE SALARIES HAD BEEN RAISED SINCE HE
ASSUMED OFFICE IN AN EFFORT TO PROVIDE SOME INCENTIVE
TO HONESTY. HOWEVER, LACK OF RESOURCES IN THE BOLIVIAN
TREASURY PREVENTED SALARY RAISES THAT WOULD BE INCONSIS-
TENT WITH LEVELS PAID TO OTHER BOLIVIAN PUBLIC SERVANTS.
HE POINTED TO THE SWEEPING AND CONTINUING CHANGES UNDER-
WAY IN THE BOLIVIAN NARCOTICS POLICE AND THE COMMAND OF
UMOPAR, AND CONCLUDED BY ASSURING THE STAFFDEL THAT THE
GOVERNMENT WAS DETERMINED TO CARRY ON THE NARCOTICS FIGHT
IN SPITE OF THE WORST ECONOMIC CRISIS FACED BY BOLIVIA IN
ITS HISTORY.
OVERFLIGHT
17. (U) FOLLOWING THE MEETING WITH INTERIOR MINISTER
BARTHELEMY, STAFFDEL BOARDED THE DAO AIRCRAFT FOR AN
OVERFLIGHT OF THE YUNGAS COCA GROWING REGION AND THE
BENI DEPARTMENT, SITE OF HUNDREDS OF SMALL AIRSTRIPS
AND NUMEROUS COCAINE HYDROCHLORIDE LABS. THE EVIDENT
DIFFICULTIES OF THE TERRAIN, AND THE SIZE OF THE RE-
GIONS IN QUESTION, PROVIDED THE STAFFDEL WITH FURTHER
INSIGHT INTO THE EXTENT OF BOLIVIA'S NARCOTICS PROBLEM
AND THE RESOURCES THAT WOULD BE NEEDED TO EFFECTIVELY
COUNTER NARCOTICS PRODUCTION AND TRAFFICKING IN BOLIVIA.
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ABLE COVERAGE IN BOLIVIAN NEWSPAPERS WEEKEND OF JANUARY
25-26. LEFT-OF-CENTER "HOY" (LA PAZ) DEDICATED A FULL
PAGE TO COVERAGE OF THE VISIT TO IVIRGARZAMA. PRINCI-
PAL HEADLINE MISLEADINGLY READ: "ANGRY REACTION OF THE
POPULATION TO THE PRESENCE OF NORTH AMERICANS." ARTICLE
CITES LEADERS OF THE DEPARTMENTAL AFFILIATE OF THE
STATE FOR INM
DEA FOR OF, 01, OC, EPIC
E.O. 12356: N/A
TAGS: SNAR, BL, OREP
SUBJECT: VISIT OF STAFFDEL MALARKEY TO BOLIVIA
BOLIVIAN WORKERS CENTRAL (COB) AS COMPLAINING THAT THE
STAFFDEL VISIT REPRESENTED AN EXAMPLE OF OPEN INTERVEN-
TION ON THE PART OF THE UNITED STATES IN BOLIVIAN
INTERNAL AFFAIRS AND BEMOANING THE FACT THAT THE BOLIVIAN
GOVERNMENT PERMITTED SUCH AFFRONTS TO TAKE PLACE.
SIMILAR REACTIONS WERE REPORTED ON THE PART OF LUCID
LOPEZ, EXECUTIVE SECRETARY OF THE FACTORY WORKERS UNION
AND DR. JOSE GORDILLO, PRESIDENT OF THE COLLEGE OF
ATTORNEYS.
19. (U) JANUARY 25 EDICITON OF LEADING DAILY "PRESENCIA"
TLA PAZ) CARRIED ARTICLE ON VISIT TO CHAPARE. ARTICLE
STATES: "THIS CORRESPONDENT DETECTED NO OPPOSITION ON
THE PART OF THESE TWO FEDERATIONS (WHICH ARE PARTICIPATING
IN THE VOLUNTARY REDUCTION EFFORT) TO THE EXECUTION OF
THE PLAN. THE CAMPESINOS SAID THAT THEIR FIRST PRIORITY
IS THE INSTALLATION OF ELECTRIC ENERGY. ANOTHER ARTICLE
THE FOLLOWING DAY IN "PRESENCIA" ALSO TOUCHES ON THIS
ASPECT OF THE CHAPARE DEVELOPMENT, HEADLINED: "CHAPARE
CAMPESINOS HOPE THAT THE UNITED STATES KEEPS IT COMMIT-
MENTS,"REFERRING TO USAID-FUNDED DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM IN
THE CHAPARE REGION.
20. (U) ARTICLES IN BOTH "HOY" AND "LOS TIEMPOS" OF
COCHABAMBA OF JANUARY 25 CITE STAFFERS AS HAVING STATED
THAT ADDITIONAL U.S. AID TO BOLIVIA DEPENDS ON SUCCESS
IN THE COCA-REDUCTION PROGRAM. "HOY" HEADLINE STATES:
"U.S. WILL SEND MORE ECONOMIC AID IF COCA REDUCTION IS
ACCELERATED;" SUB-HEAD READS: "AT PRESENT, ONLY OLD AND
SICK PLANTS ARE BEING CUT." "LOS TIEMPOS" HEADLINE
STATES: "U.S. WILL EXPAND ECONOMIC AID IF COCA REDUCTION
CONTINUES," WITH FOLLOWING SUB-HEAD: "CONCERN FOR THE
NUMBER OF HECTARES MEASURED." ELSEWHERE IN "LOS TIEMPOS"
OF JANUARY 25 APPEARS ARTICLE BASED ON STATEMENTS BY
SUB-SECRETARY OF JUSTICE DR. CARLOS VARGAS ROMERO, WHO
DECLARED THAT BOLIVIA IS MEETING ITS INTERNATIONAL COM-
MITMENTS IN THE AREA OF NARCOTICS "WITH GREAT RESPONSI-
BILITY AND TO THE EXTENT THAT OUR RESOURCES PERMIT."
21. (C) IN THEIR EXIT BRIEFING FOR THE AMBASSADOR,
STAFPDEL MALARKEY/CONNOLLY INDICATED THEY HAD REACHED
THE FOLLOWING TENTATIVE CONCLUSIONS REGARDING BOLIVIA:
- CAMPENSINO POLITICS ARE SUBSTANTIALLY MORE DEVELOPED
AND ORGANIZED IN BOLIVIA THAN IN OTHER ANDEAN COUNTRIES,
AND ANY PROGRAM ACTIONS FORCING CONFLICT AND CONFRONTA-
TION BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT AND THE CAMPESINOS WILL NOT
RPT NOT WORK.
- THEREFORE, AN ANTI-NARCOTICS POLICY THAT EMPHASIZES
COCA ERADICATION AS THE SOLE RPT SOLE MEASURE OF ACCOM-
PLISHMENT WILL NOT RPT NOT WORK IN BOLIVIA.
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- ON THE OTHER HAND, A PROGRAM THAT FOCUSES MORE
HEAVILY ON INTERDICTION -- EVEN WHILE MAINTAINING ERADI-
CATION AS THE FINAL GOAL -- COULD HAVE SUBSTANTIAL SUC-
CESS. INTERDICTION DISRUPTS THE FLOW OF COCAINE PRODUCTS
TO THE U.S., AND WITHIN BOLIVIAN IT COULD DISRUPT THE
MARKET FOR COCA LEAF AND COCA PASTE THEREBY INCREASING
THE CHANCES FOR ERADICATION.
- THERE IS NOW SO MUCH NARCOTRAFFICKER MONEY FLOWING
IN BOLIVIA THAT CORRUPTION IS A CONSTANT DANGER, AND NO
SEGMENT OF SOCIETY OR AUTHORITY IS SAFE. THIS MEANS THAT
WHENEVER ENFORCEMENT FORCES ARE KEPT IN STATIC POSITIONS
FOR ANY LENGTH OF TIME (FOR EXAMPLE, MORE THAN THIRTY
DAYS) THERE IS A HIGH LIKELIHOOD THAT THEY WILL HAVE BEEN
CORRUPTED.
STATE FOR INM
DEA FOR OF, DI, OC, EPIC
E.O. 12356: N/A
TAGS: SNAR, BL, OREP
SUBJECT: VISIT OF STAFFDEL MALARKEY TO BOLIVIA
CIAL CONSTRAINTS ON THE BOLIVIAN GOVERNMENT AT PRESENT,
THE STAFFDEL SAID IT WOULD LIKE TO SEE A GREATER BOLIVIAN
FINANCIAL, AS DISTINCT FROM HUMAN RESOURCES, COMMITMENT
IN NARCOTICS CONTROL, INTERDICTION AND ERADICATION.
(DRAFTED BY NAU:DYELLMAN) ROWELL
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