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5. Representative Dante Fascell called me this morning and said that
he was hearing reports from many Latin Americans that they were confused
about the purposes of Mrs . Carter's trip. He asked whether the trip would
in fact be substantive. I answered that I thought the distinction between a
substantive trip and a goodwill trip may be a bit artificial. Mrs. Carter
was going to Latin America to convey a sense of what the new Administration
stood for , what its goals and priorities were. She would be talking about
the President's speech at the OAS and seeking comments from the hemisphere's
leaders on the new directions sketched out by the President. And following
from the President's pledge to consult with Latin America, she would be seeking
to elicit from the Latin Americans ideas on ways in which our countries can
cooperate on the issues — particularly human rights — that concern all of us.
He said that he thought the list of purposes which I mentioned was appropriate
and correct for her trip, and he urged me to make sure that these purposes
, would be conveyed to a larger audience so that the Latin Americans would
not misinterpret her trip. g
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(Hansen)

V/ill spend most of the week writing a major paper ("Basic Human Needs")
for PRM 8 Track II. The paper will be longer than necessary for PRM 8
meeting purposes , but will attempt to develop a set of propositions and
proposals on the subject that may be of use to the Front Office in a variety
of ways (speech material, ideas for your own consideration, etc.) . If
Hormats is correct in his assumption that little if anything will result
from the PRM 8 process (in terms of a PRC paper of any interest); and
if Thornton is correct that the PRM 8 process is more of a "sensitivity­
raising11 exercise than anything else; then this paper may end up serving
as a first draft paper from me to the Front Office on one possible North-South
set of initiatives.

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(Pastor)

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Panama. Apparently, Torrijos is reasonably satisified with our new position
■ on the Canal Treaty negotiations. He is sending his negotiators back tomorrow,
and negotiations are expected to resume on Wednesday.

Venezuela. In a conversation with Assistant Secretary Todman, President
Perez of Venezuela expressed great support for the U.S . position on non­
proliferation, and said that he would raise the issue of ratification of the
Treaty of Tlatelolco with President Videla when he visited Argentina soon.
. Perez also spoke about the Caribbean and the problem of Belize, and the
need to stem Soviet influence in Africa.

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No Objection To Declassification 2009/08/03 : NLC-24-52-8-3-7