https://declassified.library.utoronto.ca/files/original/621befc829c49b061a01d7127949c4ac.pdf ac40bd5ed12b4945cc701fdb83663738 PDF Text Text C O N F I D E N T I A L FM WSHDC 32 64 NOV 1 8 / 7 0 TO OTT EXT POP BAG BAIRS DE OTT DISTR GLA GUS REF OURTELS 3 042 0CT2 3 AND 3 2 5 S NOV 18 URUGUAY-KIDNAPPINGS-POSSIBLE CDN ACTION DURING OUR CONVERSATION WITH MARASCUILO,ACTING DIRECTOR FOR ARGENTINA/URUGUAY/PARAGUAY,HE NOTED THAT THE URUGUAYANS HAVE OFTEN CITED CDN POLICY IN DEALING WITH THE FLQ BY WAY OF BUTTRESSING THEIR REFUSAL TO PUBLISH THE TERRORISTS MANIFESTO IN ORDER TO SECURE THE RELEASE OF FLY.THEY HAVE CLAIMED,SO MARASCUILO SAID , THAT THEY HAVE TAKEN A POSITIOM VERY SIMILAR TO OUR OWN IN REFUSING TO RELEASE THEIR PRISONERS AND IN THEIR GEN ATTITUDE TOWARD THE KIDNAPPERS.THIS I S NOT/NOT THE CASE OF COURSE SINCE AMONGST OTHER THINGS,THE CDN GOVT DID NOT/NOT OPPOSE THE PUBLICATION OF THE FLQ MANIFESTO AND WE OFFERED THE KIDNAPPERS SAFE CONDUCT TO CU3A IF THEY WOULD RELEASE MESSRS LAPORTE AND CROSS. 2.MARASCUILO THEREFORE WONDERED WHETHER WE COULD ADD FURTHER SUBSTANCE TO USA PLEAS FOR THE PUBLICATION OF THE TUPAMAROS MANIFESTO AND THE RELEASE OF FLY BY SPEAKING TO THE URUGUAYANS. COULD I FOR EXAMPLE SPEAK TO L U I S I , T H E URUGUAYAN AMBASSADOR HERE IN H I S CAPACITY AS AMBASSADOR-DESIGNATE TO CDA?ALTHOUGH HE DID NOT/ NOT SPECIFY WHAT WE MIGHT SAY PRESUMABLY HE HAD IN MIND A DISCUSSION OF OUR OWN EXPERIENCE IN CDA AND THE GOVTS HANDLING OF FLO DEMANDS r> 001208 �PAGE TWO 32<S4 CONFD WITH PARTICULAR EMPHASIS AS APPROPRIATE OM THE QUESTION OF THE MANIFESTO. 2 e A S IT SO HAPPENED,!. HAD LUNCH WITH L U I S ) LAST WEEKAT HIS INVITATION.MOST CF THE CONVERSATION WAS DEVOTED TO THE KIDNAPPINGS IN URUGUAY AND CDA WITH L U I S I COMPLAINING ABOUT THE PRESSURE THAT THE USA I S BRINGING ON URUGUAY TO SECURE THE RELEASE OF FLY. HE MENTIONED THAT TKE FLY FAMILY AND THEIR FRIENDS WERE VERY ACTIVE V I S - A - V I S THE ADMIN AND CONGRESS AND THAT OF COURSE HE HIMSELF HAD HAD TO RECEIVE A GOOD MANY PEOPLE CLAIMING AN INTEREST IN THE CASE. IT WAS TRUE THAT THE STATE DEPT HAD OFFICIALLY BEEN RELATIVELY RESTRAINED IN THE PRESSURE THAT THEY HAVE EXERTED BUT HE THOUGHT THAT THEY WERE BEHIND A GOOD DEAL OF THE ACTIVITY OF THE FLY FAMILYcTHlS MAY NOT/NOT BE ENTIRELY THE CASE SINCE WE KNOW FROM CONVERSATIONS WITH THE STATE DEPT THAT FLYS SUPPORTERS HAVE ACTED ON THEIR OWN INITIATIVE IN SOME INSTANCES BUT WHETHER IT I S SO OR NOT/NOT,THE URUGUAYAN AMBASSADOR INDICATED THAT HIS GOVT WAS BECOMING A LITTLE IRRITATED WITH THE NUMBER OF DEMARCHES MADE TO THEM FROM ONE QUARTER TO ANOTHER. 3 d MENTION THIS POINT BECAUSE IT WOULD SEEM APPARENT THAT IF WE ARE TO TAKE AMY USEFUL ACTION,WE MUST TRY TO MAKE CLEAR THAT WE ARE NOT/MOT ACTING AT THE BEHEST OF THE STATE D E P T , I F URUGUAYANS BECAME CONVINCED THAT WE WERE,OUR APPROACHES COULD BE COUNTERPRODUCTIVE. A,THIS SAIDjlT SEEMS TO ME THAT THERE ARE FOUR ALTERNATIVES THAT m m mO 001209 �^AGE THREE 3264 CONFD YOU MIGHT WISH TO CONSIDER IF YOU THOUGHT WE SHOULD RESPOND TO USA REQUEST.IN ALL OF THEM WE COULD BEGIN BY EXPRESSING OUR DESIRE TO EXCHANGE VIEWS ON 6_ MUTUAL PROBLEM AND THEN,AS I MENTIONED ABOVEs 1/ - • A CENTER_TO_SOME EXTENT ON MANIFESTO QUESTION.BY WAY OF INDICATING OUR INTEREST IN FLY CASE,WE COULD SUGGEST THAT HIS RELEASE MIGHT BE ANOTHER FACTOR THAT WOULD WEIGH IN FLQS KIND ABOUT RELEASING CROSS. ' THIS MAY BE LONG SHOT BUT WITHIN REALM OF POSSIBILITY.FIRST ALTERNATIVE,AS MARASCUILO SUGGESTED,WOULD BE FOR ME TO GET IN TOUCH WITH LUISI.HOWEVER,AS I HAVE JUST SEEN HIM IT WOULD NOT/NOT BE WISE TO TACKLE HIM AGAIN ON SUBJ WITHOUT RAISING HIS SUSPICION ABOUT STATE DEPT PROMPTING MY APPROACH.I COULD HOWEVER SEND HIM AS FOLLOW-UP TO OUR EARLIER CONVERSATIONS MATERIAL FOR HIS GOVTS INFO OUTLINING SEQUENCE OF EVENTS IN SEIZURE OF LAPORTE AND CROSS AND INDICATING WHAT ACTION OR DECISIONS GOVT HAS TAKEN AT VARIOUS POINTS,FOR EXAMPLE NEGOTIATIONS WITH FLQ,PUBLICATION OF MANIFESTO, OFFER ABOUT SAFE-CONDUCT TO CUBA,ETC.(ONLY MATERIAL THAT WE HAVE OF THIS PARTICULAR NATURE I S SERIES OF ARTICLES FROM TOR STAR LAST OF WHICH WAS DATED 0CT19.THIS HOWEVER WOULD NOT/NOT BE SUFFICIENTLY AUTHORITATIVE AND BESIDES IT I S NOT/NOT UP TO D.ATE.)COULD YOU ASSEMBLE AND SEND TO ME SUCH MATERIAL?PERHAPS IF LUISI WAS SUFFICIENTLY INTERESTED IN IT HE MIGHT TAKE INITIATIVE IN CONTACTING ME AGAIN AT WHICH TIME I COULD MAKE ABOVE POINTS. 5.SECONDLY,YOU COULD CALL IN URUGUAYAN CHARGE AND GO OVER GROUND V/ITH HIM. I DOUBT HOWEVER THAT THIS WOULD BE VERY EFFECTIVE .EVEN IF HE REPORTED YOUR CONVERSATION BY TEL PERHAPS HE MAY NOT/NOT BE SUFFICIENTLY WELL KNOWN IN MVDEO FOR HIS REPORT TO CARRY MUCH •.*A 001210 �PAGE FOUR 32 54 CONFD WEIGHT. 6.THIRDLY,LUISI INDICATED TO ME THAT HE I S INTERESTED IN GOING TO CDA TO PRESENT HIS CREDENTIALS.IF DATE COULD BE SET FAIRLY PROMPTLY,THIS WOULD GIVE YOU AN OPPORTUNITY TO DISCUSS KIDNAPPINGS WITH HIM AND PRESUMABLY ON H I S RETURN TO WSHDC HE WOULD REPORT YOUR VIEWS, 7.FOURTHLY,IE BISSONNET I S ON THE POINT OF PRESENTING HIS CREDENTIALS IN MVDEO,PERHAPS HE COULD TAKE UP THE MATERIAL AT THAT TIME WITH THE URUGUAYAN AUTHORITIES.THIS WOULD ENSURE THAT OUR VIEWS WERE REGISTERED WITH THEM IN THE MANNER WE DESIRED ALTHOUGH ON THE OTHER HAND IT MIGHT GIVE OUR I N I T I A T I V E MORE PROMINENCE THAN OUR LOCUS STANDI WOULD J U S T I F Y , 8 . O F THESE FOUR ALTERNATIVES YOU MIGHT CONSIDER THAT IT WOULD BE BETTER TO BEGIN WITH THE FIRST BUT AT THE SAME TIME YOU MIGHT WISH TO GIVE THOUGHT TO THE SECOND AND SET AN EARLY DATE FOR L U I 3 1 TO PRESENT HIS CREDENTIALS.THIS HAS TO BE DONE IN ANY CASE AND PERHAPS YOU MIGHT THINK IT PREFERABLE TO DO IT SOONER THAN LATER. 9.ALTHOUGH I COULD OF COURSE SEND L U I S I THE SUMMARY OF EVENTS I MENTIONED WITHOUT FURTHER CONSULTATION W TH THE STATE DEPT IT MIGHT BE BETTER TO SOUND OUT OFFICIALS MORE SENIOR THAN MARASCUILO ABOUT A MORE SUBSTANTIVE DEMARCHE.ON BALANCE HIS IDEA I S NOT/NOT UNACCEPTABLE,IF WE WENT ALONG WITH IT WE COULD BE HELPING USA OVER A MATTER OF SOME CONCERN TO THEM AS WELL AS POSSIBLY SERVING OUR OWN INTEREST V I S - A - V I S CROSS,ADMITTEDLY OUR RELATIONS WITH URUGUAY MAY c » e -<•- 001211 �PAGE FIVE 3264 CONFD NOT/NOT BE AS CLOSE AS THEY WERE WITH THE CLOSING OF OUR MISSION BUT EVEN IF IT DOES NOT/NOT GIVE MUCH WEIGHT TO OUR VIEWS WE MAY NOT/NOT LOSE VERY MUCH IN THE PROCESS PROVIDED THATHWE HANDLE THE QUESTION CAREFULLY AND MINIMIZE THE CONNECTION WITH USA. 10.1 LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR VIEWS AND IF. YOU WISH ME TO ACT TO THE CHRONOLOGY OF EVENTS AND DECISIONS THAT I MENTIONED CADIEUX RFT 192255Z 001212 � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context CDTF00063 Title A name given to the resource WSHDC 3264 to OTT EXT Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 18-Nov-70 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Political Affairs - Internal Security - Task Force on Kidnapping - Policy, RG25, vol. 25741, 20-22-TFK-1, part 3, Library and Archives Canada (LAC). 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