MORNING PRESS SUMMARY, WEDNESDAY 6/15 NO. 2 WASHINGTON POST FRONT PAGE STORY. (UFO)

[Terry W. Colvin]

This is a 1977 U.S. Dept. of State cable, message, or teletype.

Terry W. Colvin
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O 151344Z JUN 77 ZFF4
FM SECSTATE WASHDC
TO USDEL SECRETARY IMMEDIATE
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UNCLAS STATE 138433
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SUBJECT: MORNING PRESS SUMMARY, WEDNESDAY 6/15 NO. 2 WASHINGTON POST
FRONT PAGE STORY. (UFO)
HEADLINE: "VANCE TO LATINS: TRADE, AID ARE LINKED TO HUMAN RIGHTS"
KAREN DE YOUNG FROM ST. GEORGE'S LEAD: "SECRETARY OF STATE CYRUS VANCE,
IN A MAJOR AND FORCEFUL STATEMENT OF U.S. POLICY TOWARD LATIN AMERICA,
SAID TODAY THAT U.S. ECONOMIC AID AND TRADE WOULD BE LINKED TO LATIN
NATIONS' OBSERVANCE OF HUMAN RIGHTS."
OTHER POINTS: -- SPEAKING TO CLOSED SESSION, VANCE STRESSED THAT THERE
IS NO AMBIGUITY IN MEMBERS' COMMITMENTS TO OBSERVE RIGHTS. ALSO CALLED
FOR FREE ACCESS TO INVESTIGATE VIOLATIONS AND OFFERED SUCH ACCESS TO
U.S. FOR FIRST TIME. -- "THE STATEMENT WAS THE MOST UNCOMPROMISING AND
HARSHEST THE CARTER ADMINISTRATION HAS YET DELIVERED TO LATIN AMERICA
ON HUMAN RIGHTS." -- PREVIOUS SPEECHES (PRESIDENT AND YOUNG) VOICED DIS-
APPROVAL BUT STRESSED POSITIVE PROGRAMS OF COOPERATION. VANCE SPEECH
CONTAINED NONE OF THIS POSITIVE OUTLOOK. -- VANCE CALLED FOR REFORM OF
OAS AND REDUCTION IN U.S. CONTRIBUTION. -- UNLIKE PREVIOUS YEARS, MAIN
ISSUES ARE NOT ECONOMIC (WHICH CAST U.S. AS HEMISPHERIC VILLAIN) BUT
THOSE VANCE OUTLINED:
HUMAN RIGHTS AND REORGANIZATION. -- VANCE SPEECH FOLLOWED ARGENTINA
AND CHILE, WHO SAID U.S. IS IGNORING INTERNATIONAL COMMUNIST-BACKED
COMSPIRACY CARRIED OUT BY TERRORISTS. VANCE COUNTERED BY SAYING
RESPECT FOR THE RULE OF LAW WILL PROMOTE JUSTICE AND REMOVE SEED OF
SUBVERSION.
-- VANCE NOTED DEATHS OF BORGONOVO AND LETELIER.
-- VANCE TO HAVE 20 BILATERALS. -- ONE HIGH-LEVEL OFFICIAL SAID MAIN
PURPOSE OF ADMINISTRATION NOW IS TO SPEAK WITH ONE VOICE. VANCE WILL
SEEK TO CLARIFY WHAT ADMINISTRATION NOW BELIEVES IS A SUBSTANTIVE
HEMISPHERIC POLICY.
-- U.S. WILLING TO HAVE OAS MOVE FROM WASHINGTON AND WOULD LIKE TO SEE
OAS BUREAUCRACY CUT BACK.
-- PIECE TOUCHED ON PROBLEMS OF HAVING OASGA IN GRENADA: GAIRY TALKING
ABOUT UFO'S; EXTENSIVE BORROWING OF BRIEFCASES, SECRETARIES, CHAIRS,
ETC; AND LACK OF WATER. GRENADA'S PEOPLE, HOWEVER, HAVE RISEN TO TASK
OF HOSTING 2,000 PLUS VISITORS. BALTIMORE SUN PAGE 2 STORY. HEADLINE:
VANCE URGES NARROWING OF OAS, PUSH ON RIGHTS HENRY TREWHITT FROM ST.
GEORGES LEAD: "THE UNITED STATES YESTERDAY STERNLY URGED AN OVERHAUL
OF THE ORGANIZATION OF AMERICAN STATES TO TRIM FAT AND TO REDUCE ITS
ACTIVITIES EXCEPT FOR ONE FUNCTION, THE PROTECTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS."
OTHER POINTS:
-- IN EFFECT, VANCE GAVE OAS DRESSING DOWN IN POLITE LANGUAGE. IN END,
HE HAD LOWERED OAS ON SCALE OF U.S. PRIORITIES.
-- SECRETARY PUT GREATEST EMPHASIS ON HUMAN RIGHTS. ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT MUST NOT BE MOCKED BY VIOLATIONS.
-- VANCE REJECTED ARGUMENT THAT TERRORISM BY LEFT JUSTIFIED REPRESSION.
-- U.S. WILL SUPPORT BUDGET INCREASE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION. ALL
COUNTRIES SHOULD OPEN UP TO INSPECTION AND VANCE PROMISED U.S. WOULD
DO SO "FROM TODAY."
-- VANCE'S IDEAS OF ECONOMIES IN OAS WERE A FAR CRY FROM SERIES OF
SPECIAL PROGRAMS FOR LATIN AMERICA.
-- AS EXPECTED, VANCE REJECTED DRAFT OAS CHARTER. U.S. SEES DRAFT
AS PENALIZING U.S. IN SEVERAL AREAS, INCLUDING TERMS FOR ECONOMIC
SANCTIONS.
-- VANCE PROPOSED: - CONSOLIDATION OF COUNCILS - NO NATION TO PAY
MORE THAN HALF BUDGET - UNIVERSAL MEMBERSHIP BUT NON-VOTING STATUS
FOR NON-PAYING STATES. NEW YORK TIMES ALAN RIDING FROM ST GEORGES
PAGE 3 STORY. HEADLINE: "VANCE, AT OAS PARLEY, PURSUES RIGHTS THEME"
LEAD: "SECRETARY OF STATE CYRUS R. VANCE OF THE UNITED STATES TODAY
URGED LATIN AMERICAN NATIONS TO RESPECT HUMAN RIGHTS EVEN WHEN COM-
BATING LEFTIST TERRORISM."
OTHER POINTS: -- AWARE OF LATIN IRRITATION AT U.S. HUMAN RIGHTS COM-
PLAINTS, VANCE CALLED FOR STRENGTHENING OF HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION
AND URGED OAS MEMBERS TO ALLOW ON-SITE INSPECTIONS.
-- AT MEETINGS, SEVERAL GOVERNMENTS CRITICIZED BY U.S. EXPECTED TO
RESPOND BY DEMANDING MULTILATERAL ACTION AGAINST COMMUNIST-BACKED
TERRORISM.
-- ORFILA TOUCHED ON SUBJECT BY MENTIONING BORGONOVO AND GUZZETTI.
-- NUMBER OF OAS MEMBERS, NOTABLY COSTA RICA, VENEZUELA, MEXICO AND
ENGLISH-SPEAKING CARIBBEAN ARE BACKING CARTER HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN.
-- DIVISION WITHIN LATIN BLOC EVIDENT WHEN MEXICO AND PANAMA SUCCEEDED
IN SUBSTITUTING VENEZUELA FOR CHILE AS NATION TO REPLY TO OPENING
ADDRESS.
-- OTHER SUBJECTS EXPECTED TO COME UP INCLUDE REFORM OF OAS,
ACCOMODATION OF "MICRO-STATES" AND CANAL TREATY NEGOTIATIONS. UPI
JUAN WALTE FROM GRAND ANSE, GRENADA LEAD: "SECRETARY OF STATE CYRUS
VANCE HAS WARNED LATIN AMERICAN LEADERS THEY CANNOT 'MOCK' AMERICAN
FINANCIAL HELP BY REJECTING WASHINGTON'S APPEALS FOR HUMAN RIGHTS."
OTHER POINTS:
-- HUMAN RIGHTS EXPECTED TO DOMINATE VANCE'S 20 BILATERALS.
--ONE OF MOST IMPORTANT MEETINGS WITH SILVEIRA.
-- AT OPENING SESSION, VANCE SAID THAT ECONOMIC COOPERATION MUST NOT
BE MOCKED BY GROSS AND CONSISTENT HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS.
-- GAIRY OPENED CONFERENCE UNDER DOME WITH SPEECH REPEATING CALLS
FOR INTERNATIONAL INVESTIGATION OF UFO'S.
-- IN DEFENDING NATION'S RIGHT TO HOST MEETING, GAIRY CONCEDED LACK
OF WATER AND ROAD PROBLEMS, BUT ASSURED DELGATES THEY WILL BE CHARMED
BY ISLAND'S BEAUTY.
-- VANCE DEVIATED FROM TEXT OF SPEECH TO REJECT ARGUMENT THAT HUMAN
RIGHTS VIOLATIONS MUST BE CONSIDERED IN LIGHT OF BATTLE AGAINST
TERRORISM.
-- VANCE LEAVES THURSDAY FOR BRIEF VISIT TO TRINIDAD-TOBAGO BEFORE
RETURNING TO WASHINGTON FRIDAY. REUTERS ROY GUTMAN FROM ST GEORGE'S
(TUESDAY NIGHT FILE) LEAD: SECRETARY OF STATE CYRUS VANCE TODAY
URGED THE 25-NATION ORGANIZATION OF AMERICAN STATES TO STRENGTHEN
THEIR COMMITMENT TO HUMAN RIGHTS AND UNDERTAKE A THOROUGH REFORM
THAT WOULD REMOVE EVEN THE HINT OF U.S. DOMINANCE OF THE ORGANIZATION."
OTHER POINTS:
-- VANCE SOUGHT TO FORESTALL OBJECTIONS FROM RIGHT-WING MILITARY
GOVERNMENTS THAT FIGHTING TERRORISM HAS HIGHER PRIORITY THAN HUMAN
RIGHTS.
-- VANCE CALLED FOR ON-SITE INVESTIGATION OF ALLEGED HUMAN RIGHTS
VIOLATIONS.
-- VANCE NOTED DEATHS OF BORGONOVO AND LETELIER.
-- VANCE AVOIDED THREATENING SANCTIONS FOR COUNTRIES THAT VIOLATE
HUMAN RIGHTS, BUT SAID ECONOMIC COOPERATION MUST NOT BE MOCKED BY
CONSISTENT, GROSS VIOLATIONS.
-- CALLED FOR STRENGTHENING HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION. U.S. WILL PROVIDE
THE FUNDS.
-- VANCE CRITICIZED DRAFT REFORM OF OAS AS INADEQUATE. U.S. SHOULD NOT
PAY MORE THAN HALF BUDGET. NO AP YET. NO RADIO/TELEVISION COVERAGE
TO DATE.
CHRISTOPHER
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