REPORT ON U.P. SENATOR ALCANTARA'S VISIT TO U.S.: ACTION REQUEST PARA 4

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP90M00005R000700130027-7
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
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• Document Creation Date: December 27, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 30, 2012
• Sequence Number: 27
• Publication Date: June 1, 1988
• Content Type: CABLE

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SUBJECT: REPORT ON U.P. SENATOR ALCANTARA'S VISIT
TO U.S.; ACTION REQUEST PARA 4
I. (C) CALI ARTIST PEDRO ALCANTARA, CURRENTLY A
PATRIOTIC UNION (UP) SENATOR AND FORMERLY CHIEF OF THE
COLOMBIAN COMMUNIST PARTY, VISITED THE U.S. FROM MARCH
24 TO 29, ACCORDING TO COMMUNIST WEEKLY "VOZ", WHO
CARRIED THE STORY UNDER THE HEADLINE: "A NAKED VISION OF
THE DIRTY WAR."
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2. (U) THE PAPER NOTES THAT HE WAS "LISTENED TO WITH
RECEPTIVITY" IN CONGRESS, STATING THAT HE MET WITH
SENATORS HEFLIN AND DECONCINI, REPRESENTATIVES RANGEL
AND MORRISON, AND STAFFERS OF REPRESENTATIVE CROCKET,
MEMBERS OF THE SUBCOMMITTEE FOR THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE,
AND STAFFERS OF THE SENATE FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMITTEE,
VIC JOHNSON, NANCY AGRIS AND BARRY SKLAR. THE ARTICLE
ALSO MENTIONS THAT ALCANTARA MET WITH HUMAN RIGHTS
ORGANIZATIONS LIKE AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL, CULTURAL
CENTERS, UNIVERSITIES, ARTISTIC ENTITIES, PRESS, RADIO,
AND TELEVISION. THE PAPER RAN A PHOTO OF ALCANTARA AND
HIS WIFE POSING WITH ARCHBISHOP JOHN QUENN OF SAN
FRANCISCO AND QUENN'S HUMAN RIGHTS ADVISOR GEORGE WESOLEK.
3. (U) THE STORY ADDS THAT ALCANTARA MET WITH THE
"COLOMBIAN COMMITTEE OF HUMAN RIGHTS" IN THE U.S. HE
PRESENTED THIS COMMITTEE WITH A REPORT ON THE HUMAN
RIGHTS SITUATION IN COLOMBIA, AND ACTIVITIES BEING TAKEN
TO PRESERVE THOSE RIGHTS.
4. (C) ACTION REQUEST: ALCANTARA AND THE U.P. TAKE THE
LINE THAT HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS ARE SOLEY THE FAULT OF
THE GOVERNMENT, AND HAS PROFFERED THE AMNESTY
INTERNATIONAL REPORT AT ALL OPPORTUNITIES. EMBASSY
WOULD BE INTERESTED IN ANY INFORMATION DEPARTMENT MIGHT
HAVE ON ALCANTARA'S VISIT AND WHAT IMPRESSION HE MADE ON
HIS INTERLOCUTORS.
GILLESPIE
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