WILLIAM PAWLEY CALLED AND ASKED RMWOODS TO PASS ALONG THE FOLLOWING

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: Library of Congress
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): LOC-HAK-1-2-59-3
• Release Decision: RIFLIM
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: January 11, 2017
• Document Release Date: October 6, 2009
• Sequence Number: 59
• Publication Date: March 25, 1969
• Content Type: MISC

~re PERU
WYI
3/25/69
WILLIAM PAWLEY called and asked rmwoods to pass along the
following:
4~ r
(1) "How tremendously proud I am of the great job our friend
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is doing. All of the disbelievers around here - at the
money - he is interested in his country - it is hard to
clubs, restaurants, etc. are coming around saying --'Bill,
the man's got it.' It is excellent -- we are getting it from
all sources.
(2)\ "I spend several days in Santa Domingo and talked with
the President there for an hour. He is probably one
of the finest Presidents ever to have served in the
Wdstern Hemisphere. He is not interested in making any
. believe how much he already has done - the buildings,
the roads, the schools - small houses, etc. it is
fantastic the progress that has been made since Trujillo's
death.
"He is probably liked by about 80% of the people and
should be easily re-elected.
"In the time we had I asked him for his views on our
problem in Peru. He said 'I think it is very important -
as a Latino and one who has studied the problems, I think
the United States cannot fail to live up to the law that
any country that expropriates American property can get
no economic aid from the United States.
"That is what the law says -- then Hickenlooper put in the
Su
ar Act a simil
--
g
ar
no country that expropriates any
rican property can participate in the sugar quota.
Balaguer says it would be a tremendous mistake to allow
countries to think they could expropriate without any fear
o reprisals of any kind.
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would have Peru mad at them. Thus it would cause friction
within the Hemisphere.
"This man is a great admirer of the President. I thought
I should pass this along to you. I know there are many
who are advocating that we overlook this --- but I agree
it would be a mistake."
"He went on to say that in doing it the law requires that
the AID be distributed to other Latin American countries
b ut the President has the power to say this will be held
in reserve and if Peru can correct this situation it will
be given back to them. We want to be able to return this
uota to Peru at the earliest possible date. His view on
that is very sound -- any country that got Peruvian quota
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"Balaguer whom I respect tremendously as a person
of very sound judgment is neither a liberal or a
conservative -- he has two of the opposition in his
cabinet. He is doing the same thing our President is
doing -- trying to unify the country. Trying to get
everyone backing him - then when he has to take some
action that is not too popular it is not as easy for
them to go against him. "
(End of conversation)
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