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~ ROUTINE: D004 (0077 : “iy 436593 pes-014/10520-71 . | SECRET 0 FOREIGN DI SSEM (classification u (Gissem ‘Controls): | QUESTIONNAIRE. PREPARED. BY THE NSTETUTE. FOR CaRIsTLAN DEMOCRATIC. SRO Ee . FORMATION. (IFEDEC) CONCERNING THE. POLITICA SITUATION ‘IN ‘EACH oF. - THE SIX ‘CENTRAL AMERICAN COUNTRIES. LAUREANO? BA T 1s TA, THE pe _IFEDEC REPRESENTATIVE AT. THE SEMINAR, "REQUESTED THAT REPRESENTAS “TIVES. FROM BACH OF THE ‘COUNTRIES: ‘PREPARE: WRITTEN REPLIES. ‘TO. THE Bs _ QUESTIONNAIRE: . 2) - COSTA RICAN AND NICARAGUAN, REPRESENTATIVES "PARTICULARLY ~ sorce Ye ONGE MOF: COSTA. RICA, “REACTED. IN. AN EXTREMELY NEGATIVE - AND SUSPICIOUS FASHION TO THE IFEDEC ‘QUESTIONNAIRE AND. REFUSED ‘TOL (PROVIDE: WRYTTEN ANSWERS. . OTHER REPRESENTATIVES. HAD LITTLE ‘DESIRE. tO PROVIDE WRITTEN ANSWERS TO THE QUESTIONNAIRE ‘BUT GENERALLY DID- ae NOT REACT AS. STRONGLY, AS DID THE cosTA RICANS AND NICARAGUANS THOSE Nos. OPPOSED TO BATISTA’ S REQUEST EXPRESSED sTHE( VIEW, THAT. THE: ~ QUESTIONNAIRE. WAS AN IFEDEC PLOY TO OBTAIN INFORMATTON: CONCERNING aR ICAL AND. THEY ‘DUBBED. THE QUESTIONNAIRE. "THE: SITUATION IN CENTRAL Al "EFFORT "OPERATION. CAMELOT," ATISTA. EXPLAINED. THAT THE. INFORMATION - REQUESTED WAS - REQUIRED BY THE ATIN AMERICAN CENTER FOR INFORMATION “{CIDAL) , AN ORGANIZATION. RECENTLY FOUNDED IN CARACAS! BY THE ‘ 5  SHRISTIAN | DEMOCRATIC. ORGANIZATION WSpca) 'AND HEADED BY BATISTA. 8 3 THE SALVADORAN REPRESENTATIVES AT THE, SEMINAR, AT LEAST, ‘HAD NEVER “8 3 BEFORE, HE sand OF ("DAL Te WAS” ‘FINALY peciyy. THAT. NO.NRITTEN — i — SECRET/xo rommox,bissem _ HY 50953 Bocld: 32329096 Page 3