THIRD/FOURTH US-BASED FMLN/FDR SUPPORT

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December 3, 1986
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Declassified and Approved For Release 2013/05/03: CIA-RDP90M00005R000800050048-2 UNCLAS CICISPES MSGNO 14 (STXX) ISG '~12/03/86'~ *22:12:55.4.5* zczc o3:11:24z (sT) EMI DTG 86120321241279 PAGE 0006 86 3047699 sUF' NC 3047699 ' TOR: 0402212 DEC 86 SAN SA 15218 PP RUEAIIB ZNR UUUW ZOC STATE ZZH sTUuo51 PP RUEHC DE RUEHSN #5218/01 3380130 ZNR UUUW ZZH P 0401292 DEC 86 FM AMEMBASSY SAN SALVADOR , TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 7046 INFO RUEHGT/AMEMBASSY GUATEMALA 0181 RUEHTG/AMEMBASSY TEGUCIGALPA 0155 RUEHMU/AMEMBASSY MANAGUA 0098 RUEHSJ/AMEMBASSY SAN JOSE 0145 BT EZ1: UNCLAS SAN SALVADOR 15218 EZ2: E.O. 12356: NA TAGS: PGOV, PREL, ES SUBJECT: THIRD/FOURTH US-BASED FMLN/FDR SUPPORT ACTIVITIES UNDERWAY REF: A) SAN SALVADOR 14988 B) SAN SALVADOR 15158 - C) SAN SALVADOR 8057 1. SUMMARY: THE FMLN/FDR CONTINUES EFFORTS TO ACTIVATE ITS US-BASED SUPPORT NETWORK. COORDINATED BY THE WASHINGTON-DC-BASED NATIONAL OFFICE OF SALVADORAN COMMUNIST PARTY FRONT-ORGANIZATION CISPES'?~ (COMMITTEE IN SOLIDARITY WITH THE PEOPLE OF EL SALVADOR) FOUR ACTIVITIES HAVE BEEN INITIATED IN THE PAST FEW WEEKS: THE NOVEMBER 13-15 FENASTRAS LABOR CONVENTION (REF A), THE NOVEMBER 22-23 UNTS/CISPES CONFERENCE (REF B), AND THE NOVEMBER 30-DECEMBER 4 MEDICAL AID FOR EL SALVADOR VISIT. A FOURTH EFFORT UNCLAS Declassified and Approved For Release 2013/05/03: CIA-RDP90M00005R000800050048-2 Declassified and Approved For Release 2013/05/03: CIA-RDP90M00005R000800050048-2 CICISPES PAGE 0007 BY BERKELEY, CALIFORNIA-BASED NEW EL SALVADOR TODAY (NEST) IS ALSO .UNDERWAY TO RAISE FUNDS FOR FMLN PROJECTS IN FPL AREAS OF INFLUENCE IN CHALATENANGO PROVINCE. END SUMMARY. 2. MAES: MEDICAL AID FOR EL SALVADOR (MAES) AIRCRAFT AND 32 MEMBER DELEGATION ARRIVED IN EL SALVADOR NOVEMBER 29. CHARTER AIRCRAFT DELIVERED MEDICAL SUPPLIES TO THE ARCHBISHOPRIC OF SAN SALVADOR. POINT OF CONTACT IN THE ARCHBISHOPRIC'S OFFICE IS REV. OCTAVIO CRUZ, WHO HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED-BY DEFECTORS FROM THE FMI.N-CONTROLLED NON-GOVERNMENTAL HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION AS A POINT OF CONTACT OF THE FMLN IN THE ARCHBISHOPRIC. WE CAN NOT CONFIRM THIS ASSERTION. DELEGATION BEGAN A FOUR-DAY FACT FINDING VISIT INCLUDING BRIEFING BY CHARGE DECEMBER 1. IN DISCUSSION, DELEGATION MEMBERS, WHO INCLUDED REPRESENTATIVES FROM SEVERAL OTHER U.S. PEACE AND CHURCH GROUPS, DESCRIBED MAES AS A NON-PARTISAN HUMANITARIAN ORGANIZATION PRIMARILY CONCERNED ABOUT THE INTERNATIONALLY PROTECTED MEDICAL RIGHTS OF CIVILIANS LIVING IN AREAS OUTSIDE GOVERNMENT CONTROL (NOTE: CONGRESSIONAL SPONSORS OF MAES INCLUDE: REPS.CONYERS, GEORGE BROWN, GEORGE CROCKETT, RON DELLUMS, JULIAN DIXON, MERVYN DYMALLY, WALTER FAUNTROY, THOMAS FOGLIETTA, ROBERT GARCIA, MICKEY LELAND,PARREN MITCHELL, PETE STARK, BRUCE VENTO AND SEN. TOM HARKIN). MAES REPS DEFENDED THE AUGUST 1985 PROGRAM TO PROVIDE MICROSURGERY FOR CAPTURED PRTC-MEMBER NIDIA DIAZ AS CONSISTENT WITH GROUP'S DECLARED CHARTER. GROUP MEMBERS DID NOT COMMENT ON JUNE 19, 1985 PRTC ASSASSINATION OF EMBASSY MARINES, DIAZ'S EXCHANGE FOR THE KIDNAPPED DAUGHTER OF PRESIDENT DUARTE OR HER CURRENT BROADCASTS FOR RADIO HAVANA. GROUP WAS DENIED A MEETING WITH PRESIDENT DUARTE BUT DID MEET WITH OTHER GOVE~ OFFICIALS, INCLUDING EMC CHIEF GENERAL BLANDON. VISIT HAS RECEIVED VIRTUALLY NO PUBLIC NOTICE IN THE LOCAL MEDIA. 3. NEST: A FOURTH FMLN SUPPORT ACTIVITY IS ALSO UNDERWAY. NEW EL SALVADOR TODAY (NEST) HAS BEGUN A FUNDRAISING DRIVE FOR PROJECTS IN FPL-INFLUENCED AREAS OF NORTHERN CHALATENANGO. NEST DEFINES ITSELF AS "A TA%-EXEMPT NON-PROFIT FOUNDATION SENDING HUMANITARIAN AID TO THOSE WHOSE LIVES ARE MOST AFFECTED BY .THE VIOLENCE OF THE U.S. SUPPORTED WAR." OTHER LITERATURE STATES THAT "TODAY, IN AREAS PROTECTED BY THE FMLN, ZONES OF CONTROL, 300,000 SALVADORANS ARE BEGINNING TO LIVE NEW LIVES, TO BUILD A NEW SOCIETY." AMONG NEST'S BOARD OF DIRECTOR'S IS BERKELEY, CA. MAYOR GUS NEWPORTw(NEWPORT IS IDENTIFIED AS A MEMBER OF THE WORLD PEACE COUNCIL AND THE U.S.-PEACE.COUNCIL:_=-THE LATTER .IS 'A MEMBER OF..~ UNCLAS Declassified and Approved For Release 2013/05/03: CIA-RDP90M00005R000800050048-2 Declassified and Approved For Release 2013/05/03: CIA-RDP90M00005R000800050048-2 CICISPES PAGE 0008 THE ADVISORY COUNCIL OF CISPES.THE U.S. PEACE COUNCIL IS RUN BY MEMBERS OF TBE COMMUNIST PARTY USA). 4. CONGRESSIONAL TESTIMONY: MAYOR NEWPORT TESTIFIED IN THE MAY 14, 1986 HEARINGS BEFORE THE HOUSE WESTERN HEMISPHERE SUBCOMMITTEE ON THE "AIR WAR10 IN EL _ _ SALVADOR CONCERNING HIS MARCH 1985 VISIT TO FPL "ZONES OF CONTROL" IN CHALATENANGO. THIS IS THE SAME AREA VISITED IN SEPTEMBER-OCTOBER 1985 BY MEDICAL AID FOR EL SALVADOR DIRECTOR SAND BRIM AND PRESIDENT CHRISTINA CORTWRIGHT (NOTE: DAVE CORTWRIGHT IS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF SANE AND WAS A PARTICIPANT IN THE UNTS CONFERENCE. SUSANNA CEPEDA, IDENTIFIED TOGETHER WITH FENASTRAS US-REP FRANCISCO ACOSTA AS A UNCLAS SECTION 02 OF 02 SAN SALVADOR 15218 E.O. 12356: NA TAGS: PGOV, PREL, ES SUBJECT: THIRD/FOURTH US-BASED FMLN/FDR SUPPORT DIRECTOR OF THE UNTS CONFERENCE AND AS A FORMER MEMBER OF THE RAINBOW COALITION AND SANE, IS ALSO IDENTIFIED BY NEST AS A MEMBER OF THE NEST BOARD OF ENDORSERS REPRESENTING SANE). ALL OF THE ABOVE WERE BRIEFED BY THE EMBASSY NOVEMBER 2~4. 5. THE NEST FUNDRAISING REQUEST WENT OUT UNDER THE SIGNATURE OF REP. JOHN CONYERS (D-MI) WHO ALSO TESTIFIED IN THE MAY 14, 1986 HEARINGS. (NOTE: REPS. CONYERS, DYMALLY AND DELLUMS HOSTED A RECEPTION WELCOMING NEST TO WASHINGTON JULY 10, 1986. CARLOTTIA SCOTT, AA TO CONYERS SUBMITTED A STATEMENT FOR THE RECORD IN THE MAY 1~ HEARINGS ON HER TRAVEL APRIL 24-MAY 4, 1986 TO CHALATENANGO AS A MEMBER OF A NEST DELEGATION). REF (A) NOTED THE PARTICIPATION OF AFGE REP MICHAEL URQUHART AT THE UNTS/CISPES CONFERENCE AND THAT HE HAD ALSO TESTIFIED IN THE HEARING ON BEHALF OF THE WASHINGTON AREA LABOR COMMITTEE ON CENTRAL AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN. (NOTE: EILEEN PURCELL, WHO TESTIFIED IN THE HEARING ON BEHALF OF SAN FRANCISCO ARCHBISHOP JOHN QUINN EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE SALVADORAN HUMANITARIAN AID RESEARCH AND EDUCATION FOUNDATION (SHARE). PURCELL TRAVELLED TO EL SALVADOR IN LATE OCTOBER AS PART OF THE MAES ADVANCE TEAM). 6. MEMBERS OF THE VARIOUS VISITING GROUPS HAVE ALL INDICATES TO THE EMBASSY THAT THEY INTEND TO CONTINUE THEIR EFFORTS TO TERMINATE US MILITARY ASSISTANCE TO EL SALVADOR, THAT THEY BELIEVE THE CLIMATE WILL BE IMPROVED IN THE WAKE OF THE IRAN-CONTRA ISSUE, AND THAT THEY INTEND TO PRESS EARLY ON IN THE NEW SESSION OF CONGRESS FOR HEARINGS ON THE FINDINGS OF THEIR CURRENT VISITS. 7. COMMENT: IN ANTICIPATION OF CONGRESSIONAL HEARINGS BASED ON THE RESULTS OF THEIR VISITS AND THE UNCLAS Declassified and Approved For Release 2013/05/03: CIA-RDP90M00005R000800050048-2 Declassified and Approved For Release 2013/05/03: CIA-RDP90M00005R000800050048-2 CICISPES PAGE 0009 REQUIREMENT TO PREPARE CONGRESSIONAL TESTIMONY, EMBASSY RECOMMENDS THAT DEPARTMENT EARLY ON ESTABLISH WITH MEMBERS OF THE RELEVANT COMMITTEES THE BACKGROUND ON THE ORGANIZATIONS MENTIONED IN EMBASSY REPORTING. CISPES LITERATURE OPENLY STATES ITS _ SUPPORT OF THE FMLN/FDR. FURTHER BACKGROUND ONE SAM CISPES AND THE INTERLOCKING RELATIONSHIPS OF THE VARIOUS FRONT GROUPS IS CONTAINED IN THE NOVEMBER 9, 1983 STATEMENTS FOR THE CONGRESSIONAL RECORD BY REPS. CRANE, CRANE, AND BLILEY. THE THREE STATEMENTS RECORDED AT THAT TIME ARE BASED ON A STUDY OF CISPES PUBLISHED BY J. MICHAEL WALLER OF THE UNITED STUDENTS OF AMERICA FOUNDATION. THE WALLER DOCUMENT IS BASED PARTIALLY ON THE FARID HANDAL DOCUMENT RELEASED BY THE DEPARTMENT WHICH EXPOSED THE ESTABLISHMENT OF CISPES IN OCTOBER 1980 BY FARID HANDAL, BROTHER OF SALVADORAN COMMUNIST PARTY HEAD SHAFIK HANDAL AND ON TME CISPES-CIRCULATED STATE DEPARTMENT DISSENT MEMO ENTITLED "DISSENT PAPER ON EL SALVADOR AND CENTRAL AMERICA" DATED NOVEMBER 6, 1980 WHICH WAS IDENTIFIED BY THE DEPARTMENT AS A KGB ACTIVE MEASURE. ACTIVITY OVER THE PAST FEW WEEKS BY THESE FRONT GROUPS IS CONSISTENT WITH THE PATTERN ESTABLISHED BY CISPES SINCE ITS INCEPTION. END COMMENT. DLOUHY END OF MESSAGE UNCLASSIFIED Ez3 TEXT JK,AM,AMD,FRO,KUS,HES NNDD Declassified and Approved For Release 2013/05/03: CIA-RDP90M00005R000800050048-2