(404-10179-10232 MEMORANDUM FOR: Chief, Special Affaire Ha SUBJECT t AMWOKLD--Project JMHART 1. Chief, WH/T has tentatively offered the services of CIA Contract personne! assigned to this project--principally thoes of the pte serve a6 @ Channel to ex-lresideat Figueres and Foretgn Minister Cduber im promoting the acceptability of AMWORLD and AMBIDOY-~-1I by the moderate left. Under the terma of the JMHART Froject, CIA, through : will be able to influence the/ 5 it te proposed that would tell Figuerew and Cuduber that it ie intended to also earell Cubane in the<echoal end that in the opinion of ey should be drawn from exile organizations known to be dedicated to democratic prisciples, such as Artime's MAR, Manolo lay's JURE, the MAP and MDC. & ia unlikely that Figueres and Cduber would demur. In any case, thelr demurrels could be overruled. The prorminacal mention ef the MAR ae a cradle of democratic ideas and the actual inclusion of atudenta selected by Artime would postulate acceplance of the MUR and of Artime a6 exponents of a political philosophy acceptable to the mode- rate left. Any excoriation of Artime for having allied himeelf with the Seomoras would be blunted inted if th the MRR forms a part of thecatudent body and once! eontelvably y the faculty) of of [the | es 2. intend te suggest to Artime that he pay Ale respecia te ¥Figueres in Cambridge, of course without alluding te the’school project. The purpose of the call would, quite frankly, be te butter up Figueres. Tee eect ee or como eines = utero me
SECnE Zea All the ieformatien I have been able lo gather euggeete that the camble ueatien of Mumos ttarin/rigueres, ag far as Washington ie concerned, ie unbeatable and thet Artime hag little choice bus to eliza himself with their way of looking af thingse--or at least to pay Np service ta it. $3. Amother angle I would Like te explore le Fresideat Betanceart. The more I read of his accomplishments ae president, tne more im- preszsediam, YV:hat would you think of having Artime, armed with a letter of introduction from Fipveres, pay Betancourt a call before he relinquishes thea preeidency. Artime's approach would sot be that ef a eupplicant or solicitor of eupport, bul that of @ young maa making & pilgrimage, sitting at the feet of a revolutienary who bese been aeuccesatul, absorbing knowledge of how it wae done, Ue could aak Betancourt, alter be ie out from wader the dally grind ef goverameant, to addreas himeelf to the probleme of peet-Caetro Cube. He could lavite him te chalr a eeminar attended by the ARR leadership. The objective would, of course, be te invelve Betancourt im the affaire af the MARK, without »wtting his same onthe magthead and without asking him te contribute anything but reflections cf hie luetre ae a Latin American leader who bequeathed hig country @ constitutional and democratic regime. Undoubtedly Artime will have to cast off ideolo,ical ballast in order to accommodate his reluctant sponsors (Vizueres,. Betancourt), but liavana “vaut bien une megoo." Ag a minimurn objective, Artime would in any case have to atrive to neutralise the latent animosities of the moderate left, denying anole tay an unchalienyed agcendancy in monopolizing ita support, which he can probably get for the asking. 4, A welcome by-product of the reguscibation of JA HAAT, is “Combate, "an influential periodical with strong readerahip appee! in Latin America among elements of the moderate left, edited by CMonje,) A German national named Lr. Erich Hersog whe is a member of the Seclal Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) hae been lecturing im San Jose on an ‘Ideological Inquiry iste Cemniunieam," hie program, _Sndirectly sponsored by the Federal Republic, GAIl be absorbed by, . {IMHARTS He wielde considerable influence in molding the thinking of Central America‘s left of center leadership. The Firet Secretary of the Israeli Embacey in Cuatemala has alee been mentioned aa inflvential @moug the intellectual elite. A Muerte Ricaa named centiago Pollante
14-00000 SECRET » Be (President ef the Aseembly) ie Munes Afarta'es maa in sponsoring SJMHART, and ia suotea as having referred to Figueres ao the guiding light, evershadewing all others, 2 gees fo Bowet? Henry D. Hecheher SA3/5O ; . i ec: WH/7 SAS/SO/SB . SAS/SO/AR i LC/SA3/ MOB i | : | : ! | Seon