(1os-10161-10021] ¥REPC SIN EORM) CENTRAL i NCE AGENCY mm) This meterial contoine trformetion efecting the Notions! Gefenre of the United States within the masaing of he Esplonegs Laws, Vitte : ge a 14 U.84. Sece, 793 eno 7e4, the trenemiasion oF revelation of whica in any manner te en Unauthorized person te prohibited by few, ror QO Ce CONFIDENTIAL “5 By ; CONTROLLED DISSEM Bes } - , Hie EO : . os ' country Cuba/Chile report No, CS DB-312/01320-65 25S DATE DISTR. 1 June 1965 % Zz suaiecr Comments of Otto Boye, Foreign Relations: Secretary of the Chilean Christian Temocratic Party, to the NO. PAGES 2 National Executive Committee of ‘ eee f t f the MDC on the Solidarity of REFERENCES f- ‘ Christian Democracy ef =2§ Goss dare OF 8 April 1965 a PLACES United States, Miami . FIELD REPORT NO. UFG-7175 "DATE AC (12 April _1965 quire 19 UNEVALUATER 1PORMATICH, SOURCE GRADINGS ARE perisiveve. APPRAIGAL OF COMTENT (6 TENTATIVE. formation collection. , source, A young Cuban exile who has been trained in in His past reporting has been accurate but lacks depth, This ma menber of the MDC, - information was obtained fro 1. On 8 April 1965, Otto Boye , foreign relations secretary of the : Chilean Christian Democratic Party, arrived in Miami, Florida, ‘ for a one-day interview with members of the national executive ok. committee of the Movimiento Democrata Cristiano (MDC, Christian — Democratic Movement), Juan Manuel Salvat Roque, leader of the Directorio Revolucionario Estudiant DRE, Students’ Revolutionary Directorate), was present for the interview. Boye. had just spent more than 30 days touring Central American countries in an effort to make direct contact with Christian Democratic Parties ‘ . in that area, wove 2, After hig introduction, Boye” briefly described the history of : the Chilean Party from the day it was founded 30 years ago until its rise to power in 1964 with the election to the presidency of : Eduardo Frei. interview, Boye» entertained polite but ious memberg of the MDC, When he was ted to Imve commercial relations with attempted to explain that the During the course of the energetic questions from var asked why President Frei wan the Communist countries, Boye decision wag not based on ideclogy but on economics, He said that: Chile has a great need for hard currency and that if the United States can maintain commercial relations with the Communist countries, why can Chile not do so also. One of the MDC members remarked that by going to such an extreme, the Chileans were behavicg like "Englishmen," and that it wag immoral to establish | yelations based on such excuses. was then asked if he believed in the solidarity of He said. that he did but added that to jan democracy in Latin America was aS ® 4. Boye.’ ‘Christian democracy « him the solidarity of Christ . ‘ “y conripentiaL “?su {vt ke CONTROLLED DISSEM —_* a ee a] oe RE bd din oF Juaa We Fo-7175 “INP (AMYUM-14) WHC/STE iH i 1 sHC/RR__|1| WHC/WAVE 1 {we AMADRDS | 1 i —_ WHC/RE. WH ere Te sps-312/01320- WwHC/O lal wuC/CA/PP1 I WHZ4/C a | = 65. RHcywo__I3l CT ZOPS ANH Te sooner Rao roracs, ~JE 3. C1 4, FI 3, CA 1, DO/K 1, a Ad | a > bens aa 14. WEL C WH
. = Ab Gd de Ut © 0, + CONTROLLED DISSE . ~2- CSDB-312/01320-65 re 4 more important, When he was asked when the MDC could expect weapons from Chile, Boye- explained that the Chilean Government ° could not give such aid because of international agreements with other natians, but that the Chilean Christian Democratic Party could provide this help, He said that this would be a matter to be discussed by the leaders of both the Chilean and Cuban Christian Lemocratic Parties. Boye- concluded by proclaiming that the United States approved of all the social reforms undertaken by Chile, and that Chile ain the end would help the Cuban exiles. Meanwhile, however, the nogt important thing to do was to eatablish intimate relations between the two parties, Boyer gave the impression that the Chilean Party was concerning itaelf deeply with the probleag _ of the Cuban Party and wanted to cooperate in the liberation CONFIDENTIAL CONTROLLED DISSEM oh Gi & YI