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AMERICAN ASSOCIATION 'JO?, - .HUMAN RIGHTS'." ■ A SECONDARY : .
PURPOSE IS 'TO SEVtEW THE" HUMAN- EIGHTS SITUATION IN LATH
AMERICA. THE' BOLIVIA A' SIT* 'A T ION, AMD AEGTivT —----- —■ -
DOLE TREES IK, ARK LIXFi-Y TO RECEIVE THE -MAJOR ATTENTION
ALTHOUGH THE CENTRAL AMERICAN SITUATION WILL ALSO BE-
ADDRESSED. THE CONFERENCE IS DEGIEELY -LEFTIST A ML TRY /
U.S.UNDOUBTEDLY WILL CONTINU? UNDFF CRITICISM.. .

4-. THE FIRST.FAT'S SESSION DEMONSTRATED TUX ’LEFTIST
AND S 0 NEWS AT- A NT I-U. S. FLAVOR 0? THE CONFEHEHCB^J?.RS:-_--_^-.:.. •••...
OPENING' SPEAKER, DR. ALFREDO VASQUE-Z CARR I SOS A, "FX-FQNMIX
OF COLOMBIA, SPENT AP.FRG-XtMATEfcY FIFTEEN MINUTES-OF AN .
HOUR LONG SPEECH CONDEMNING THE-'U.S. FOR THE FALL 0?
CHILE'S ALLENLE, ARGUING THAT "NIXON-tlSSIN3ER~CIA POLIOS
OF DESTABILIZATION WAS ACTUALLY SATAMIZATION." UF 4ENT-
ON TO CASTIGATE -U.5. .SECURITY ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS AS-
HAVING TEE RESULT OF POLITICIZING LATIN AMERICAN- ARMED -
FORCES, ERGO,' THE ARMED FORCES WERE. MORE PRONE TO
TAKE CONTROL 0? THE POLITICAL SYSTEM.

5. THE SECOND SPEAKER, JOSE FRANCISCO PENA GOMEZ, . .
SECRETARY GENERAL OF TET DOMINICAN REVOLUTIONARY PARTY-
AND PRESIDENT OF SOCIALIST INTERNATIONAL FOR LATIN
AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN, BEGAN BY QUOTING THE OPENING
PHRASES OF TIE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE AND SPENT
MOST Of HIS HOUR AND FIFTEEN MINUTE DISCOURSE ON THE
ROLE OF POLITICAL ORGANIZATIONS IN THE FIGHT FOR
DEMOCRACY AND HUMAN RIGHTS. AS-- HE CAME TO THE CON­
CLUSION OF IIS REMARKS, HE MADE APOLOGIES TO SIS GOOD ■
FRIEND THE REVEREND JOE ELDHIDGE OF TIE WASHINGTON
OFFICE ON LATIN AMERICA, WHO HE KNEW TO BE * A TRUE
FIGHTER FOR HUMAN. RIGHTS" (APPLAUSE),-THEN LAUNCHED .
INTO A SCREAMING, FIST SHAKING, BOLT'SHAKING, FOOT'
STOMPING TIRADE AGAINST THE- "IMPERIALIST- UNITED STATES"
(STANDING OVATION).

t". BOTH MORNING AND AFTERNOON SPEAKERS- MADE REFERENCE '
TO EXISTING PROBLEMS IN ARGENTINA, URUGUAY AND CHILE, ..
LOT THEY STUDIOUSLY IGNORED MENTIONING, POSITIVE ASPECTS - -
AND RESULTS OF U.S. HUMAN EIGHTS POLICY. ALTHOUGH
EL SALVADOR HAS NOT YET BEEN MENTIONED,.. BOLIVIA AND THE
GARCIA MEZA COUP HAVE COME UNDER SHARP ATTACK. O.V
SEVERAL OCCASIONS THE ANDEAN PACT STAND AND- NICARAGUA/$
-CALL FOR AN MFM VP E LAUDED, BUT WITH THE RICE?:ION OP
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JAIME PAZ ZAMORA , SIDES ZUAZO'S RUNNING MAT-S- MONF • CHO5F
ira-o-m the u.s, credit for its role in defense of
Bolivian democracy, armando vi-i-lanufva, Peruvian
PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE IN TIP’ R1CFHT‘ ELECT TONS r ..-t ARNES .
THE DELEGATES. TO .BEWARE OF PAN AM'EB, I CAN I.$M INTEGRATION.

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