14-00000 | “APPROVED FORRELEASE1993 0 ex-2152_ CIA HISTORICAL REVIEW PROGRAM © SePtenber 1968 _ SUBJECT: LATIN AMERICA SOLIDARITY ORGANIZATION @ORGANIZATION OF LATIN AMERICAN SOLIDARITY _ 1. The Latin American Solidarity Organization (LASQ) . was an off-shoot of the first Tri-Continental Conference which was held in January 1966 in Havana, Cuba under the auspices of ‘the Cairo based Afro-Asian Peoples! Solidarity Organiza- tion. The main outcome of the conference was a series of militant resolutions that brought protests from most of the Latin American republics except Mexico. The 27 Latin Anerican delegates to that conference then formed the LASO. From 7-11 August 1967, the organization held its first conference in Havana, Cuba. The stated aim of this conference was "...to unite, coordinate, and step up the struggle against the United States imperialism on the part . of all the exploited peoples of Latin America." The slogan” of the conference was “the duty of every revolutionary is - propaganda. The propaganda was pointed up by the election of Ernesto ‘Che! GUEVARA as honorary chairman “in absentia". the only valid course to achieve “national liberation" - helped shatter the early ostensible unity between pro- -Castro 57 and pro-Soviet Communist Party delegates to the conference. ito make revolution," This slogan was the center of the Cuban > The Cuban insistance on the supremacy of “armed struggle” as
14-00000 | Also adding to the split was the Cuban resolution condemning by implication the Soviet trade and aid policy toward Latin America. The conference was expected to end with ringing de- clarations in favor of guerrilla warfare not only in Latin America but also in the Negro ghettoes of the United States and anywhere else that seemed appropriate. It was the in- —~- tention of the militants to develop a strategy, partly in- spired by the war in Vietnam, which aimed at drawling the United States into as many scattered committments as possible in support of governments harassed by guerrilla warfare, in- cluding state and city governments in the United States it- self. It was theorized that the real significance of the conference may have been the way in which the militants were — determined to link the struggles in Latin America with those - in Vietnam and the United States. - The agenda of the conference included the £ollow- ing points: | oO 1. . The revolutionary anti-imperialist struggle, including armed insurrection in Latin America; ~ 2. Joint action against political and economic inter- ventation by imperialism in Latin America, in- cluding a need for a common strategy for all Latin American revolutionary movements; 3. Solidarity of Latin American peoples with | national liberation struggles; including sup- port for the American Negro and the defense
14-00000 of the Cuban revolution against United States aggression. The tone of the conference was set by Cuban Pre- sident DORTICOS in his opening speech, he said that an at- mosphere of "continental upheaval" was prevalent in the United States as well as in Latin America. Due to racial | . strife in the United States her capacity to give financial “aid to the oligarchy governments in Latin America has been eps limited. The people must take advantage of conflicts and contradications in the United States to "...strike with daring and vigor", - One of the highlights of the conference was the presentation of a group of six alleged CIA agents who were captured by the Cuban Army in July 1967. The members of the news media who were present at the conference were _ permitted to question the prisoners. The questioning was done, for the most part, through a Cuban security officer who acted as an interpreter. | The delegates to the conference were chosen by - ‘national committees of the LASO that were formed partly to a . avoid the problem of rival delegations arriving from the same country. Some represented established communist parties, some extreme nationalist splinter groups, and some guerrilla © wovements. Observers from many countries and organizations were present at the conference. Delegations arrived from: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Czechoslovakia, Columbia, Domini-
14-00000 can Republic, Ecuador, Finland, Germany, Great Britain, | Japan, Mexico, National Liberation Front of South Vietnam, North Korea, North Vietnam, Panama, Peru, Sweden, Uruguay, and the United States. The following is the proclamation that was issued at the Conference. ane
14-00000 Proclamation of the General Declaration ef the first Con- ference of the Organization of Latin American Solidarity. August 10, 1967. 1. That making the Revolution constitutes a right and a duty of the peoples of Latin America. | That the Revolution in Latin America has its deepest historical roots in the liberation movement against European colonialism of the 19th century. and against imperialism of this centirry. The epic of the peoples of America and the great class battles that our peoples have carried out against | imperialism in earlier decades constitute the source of historical inspiration of the, Latin American revolutionary movement. - That the essential content of the revolution in Latin America is to be found in its confrontation with im- perialism and the bourgeois and landowner oligarchies, Consequently, the character of the revolution is the. struggle for national independence, emancipation from the oligarchies, and the socialist road for its complete economic and social development. That the principles of Marxism- Leninism guide the re- volutionary movement of Latin America, That armed revolutionary struggle constitutes ‘the fundi- mental course of revolution in Latin America. That all other forms of struggle must serve to advance
14-00000 and not to retard the development of this fundamental ‘course, which is armed struggle. | 7. That, for the majority of the countries of the con- tinent, the problems of organizing, initiating, develop- ing and crowning the armed struggle at present con- stitutes the immediate and fundamental task éf the ; revolutionary movement. 8. That those countries in which this task has not yet been undertaken nevertheiess will regard it as an in- evitable sequence in the development of revolutionary ‘struggle in their countries. 9, That the historic responsibility of furthering re- _ volution in each one of these countries belongs to the  . people and to their revolutionary vanguards in each countrys | - i. 10;.. That the guerrilla is the nucleus. of the liberation armies, _ 7 | “and. guerrilla warfare constitutes the most effective : method of initiating and developing the revolutionary struggle 4 in most of our countries. . “lL. That the leadership of the revolution demands, as as. or- ganizational principle, the existance of a unified . politico-military command as a guarantee of success... . 12. That the most effective solidarity that the revolutionary | movements may practice among themselves, is the further- ing and the culmination of their own struggle in their | . respective countries, 13, That the solidarity with Cuba and the collaboration and Ey
14-00000 | 14, 15. 16. 17. ‘confirned, deepened, enriched, and made more radical by Sion . oS cooperation with the armed revolutionary movement is an - undeferable international duty of every anti-imperia- list organization of our continent. The Cuban revolution, as a symbol of triumph of the armed revolutionary movement, constitutes the vanguard: of the Latin American anti-imperialist movement. The peoples that develop the armed struggle, as they ad- vance along this road put themselves in the vanguard. That the people who have been directly subjected by colonialism of the European countries, in order to achieve their liberation, must have an immediate and basic objective: that of struggling for independence, and uniting with the general struggle of the continent as the only means of being absorbed into U.S. neo- colonialism. That the Second Declaration of Havana that expressed the beautiful and glorious revolutionary tradition of the | past 160 years of American history, constitutes the pro- gram of the Latin American Revolution which has been the peoples of this continent during the last five years. : That the peoples of Latin America have no differences — with any other peoples in the world and extend their | hand of friendship also to the peoples of the United States, whom they exhort to undertake the struggle a- gainst the repressive policy carried out by imperia- ene OME
14-00000 . list monopolies. 18. That the Latin American struggle strengthens its ties of solidarity with the peoples of Asia and Africa and those of the socialist countries, the workers of the cap- italist nations, and especially with the black popula-- tion of the United States which suffers class exploita- . | - tion, poverty, unemployment, racial discrimination and a the denial of their most elementary human rights, and which constitutes an important foree with in the revolu- . tionary struggle. . | | . | 19. That the heroic struggle waged by the people of Viet . Nam gives valuable aid to all revolutionary peoples who “are fighting imperialism, and constitutes an inspiring Pe ye - example to peoples of Latin America. | 20. That we have approved the Statutes and created the Per- manent Committee, in Havana, of the Organization of Latin American Solidarity, which constitutes the genuine representation of the Latin American peoples. We, the revolutionaries of our America, the America south of ‘the. Rio Grande, Successors of the men who ‘gave us our first independence, armed with an undaunted will to fight, and . with revolutionary and scientific guidance, and with nothing to lose but the chains which oppress us assert: That our struggle constitutes a decisive contribution to the historic struggle of humanity to liberate itself from slavery and ex- ploitation.
14-00000 GEYER, Georgie Ann GONZALEZ, Pearl - Press. - 201-827156 _ GOODE, Eileen (may be Arlene GOULD) - LIFE INTERNATIONAL -— _ ex . ; GOODSELL, James Nelson - MONITOR - US PPT ? £0022180 - traveled from Mexico City to Havana on. - _ 21 July 1967 - XX . GOSHKO, John Myron - ‘WASHINGTON POST - XX GOULD, Arlene - US PPT 217641 - traveled from Mexico City to Havana on 24 July 1967 ~ XX GREENE, Philip - US PPT # ES00759 - traveled from Mexico | | City to Havana on 18 July 1967 - XX GRISMAN, Jean Abelen Martin - US PPT # G1331819 ~-. tra- veled from Mexico City to Havana on 18 July 1967 -. XX HANSEN, Joseph - THE MILITANT - US PPT # 11511226 - tra- veled from Mexico City to Havana on 24 July 1967. HARRIS, Ruth» - VIET REPORT - XX "" HENTOFR, Nat - Press-freelance - 201-819958 ; _ HOBSON, James - Director, Negro United Front Action -. x . “HOWARD, Charles - Press ~ UN correspondent -IBEFREY, Gordon - Progressive Labor Party - XX SUNNILLA, Johan JUNNILLA, Sibikoe KLEIN, Elaine - US PPT # 2340375 - traveled from Mexico
14-00000 - . ' ‘ . « . a . ‘ a . ‘ . ‘ 24 a a . * i 4 . = te . . . i ~ tA. . United States Citizens involved with the LASO Conference (XX-attendence confirmed) | | . re APPLEBY, Mark ARONI, M.S. - Publisher - MINORITY OF ONE. - 201-821073. ARTEAGA, Ramon _ | BAKER, Rebecca - US PPT # B505749 - traveled from Mexico - | City to Havana on 18 July 1967. BAKER, Samuel Alberto - Head of the New York Committee 4 for War Aid to Cuba - US PPT # 128008 - 7 + traveled Mexico City to Havana on 18 July 1967 - XX oo BANKS, Gil - Leader, Negros Against Negative Forces ~ XX BERQUIST, Laura - LOOK Magazine ~ XX . - BUSEY, Thomas Reston ~ US PPT #H153500_ ~ traveled from . . aa Mexico ‘City to HAVANA on 15 July 1967 - XK . ‘CARMICHAEL, Stokley - 201- 811911 - XX _ DANE (DEAN), Barbara Spillman -pUS PPT # F334237 - tra- oe . “pect ee veled from Mexico City to Havana on 24 July 1967 - 201-823916 - XX Ns nee te pear + Toe ; DELLINGER, Dave -"LIBERATION Magazine - 201-316705. 2 S. ESTRADA, ' (ENU) - WHEELER's asst. - XX oo oo co FERRER, Adolfina Teresa - US PPT H669604 - traveled from Co Mexico to Havana on 11 August 1967, - “GERASST, John - RAMPARTS - US PPT § H566195 - traveled from ‘Madrid to Havana on 23 July 1967 - 201-817589 - XX
14-00000 * City to Havana on 24 July 1967. KNEBEL, Laura Berquist - US PPT # E689598 - traveled from | Mexico City to Havana on 24 July 1967 KNOPKA (KNOPRA), Mary E. KRONQUEST, Stanley - US PPT # F281645 - traveled from - Mexico City to Havana on 15 July 1967 - ~ a XX LANDAU, Saul - US PPT # K139101 - traveled from Mexico City to Havana on 15 July 1967 - XX _ LESTER, Julius - with CARMICHAEL - US PPT # 4201839 - traveled from Mexico City to Havana on 21 July 1967 - 201-823907 ~ XX LIGHTFOOT, Charles - XX . . LOCKWOOD, Joyce - US PPT # G1201530 - traveled from Mexico City to Havana. on 1S July 1967 - xx LOCKWOOD, Lee - US PPT # 6444899 - Traveled from Mexico | ‘City to Havana on “4s July 1967 - oo 201-787771 - XX -LOPEZ, ‘Gilberto. . MAILER, Norman - Press- freelance MARINO, Edith Dionesia - US PPT # 512012 - traveled from ne Mexico City to Havana on 11. August 1967 McCLATCHY, Charles K. - Editor of the SACRAMENTO BEE - US PPT # 683462 - traveled from Mexico City to Havana on 21 July 1967 - XX
14-00000 a e * ‘ g oa .t : : roe 4, 4 . a . . f : * McMANUS, Kathryn (or Jane) - NATIONAL GUARDIAN - US PPT 4 D389571 - traveled from Mexico City to Havana on 24 July 1967. MOORE, Richard - US PPT # P279048 - traveled from Mexico City to Havana on 15 July 1967 ~ XX. | NOLASCO, Tito (cit: Dominican Republic (?) - 201-829777 -- XX O'BRIEN, Connor Cruise - Press - independent’ O'DELL, Hunter Pitts - 201-804447 - XX PASCHALIDIS, Andrew _ : PASCHALIDIS, Barbara —_ PORTERFIELD, Waldon - MILWAUKEE JOWRNAL - US PPT # E717171 - traveled from Mexico City to Havana on 21 July 1967. | QUINT, Bert - Press - CBS RESTON, James Barret - NEW YORK TIMES - US PPT r N139342 -— traveled from Mexico City to Havana on | 21 July 1967 - xX | RODRIGUEZ, Ramos, Pedro - US PPT # H193926 ~ traveled | from Mexico City to Havana on 11 Au- gust 1967 oe SALAZAR, Ruben - LOS ANGELES TIMES - XX SARAT, Itzhoc (SARAF, Itzho) - US PPT # F279087 - traveled | from Mexico City to Havana on 15 July 1967 = xX | SCHEER, Robert - 201-800730
14-00000 | SETIREG, Gordon Shepard . ‘SHEREFF, Ruth Frances - free-lance writer = 201-817607 SILBER, Irving (or Irwin) - Editor of SING OUT - US PPT # £50070 - traveled from Mexico City to, Havana on 24 July 1967 - 201-833326 - XX | SMITH, John - US PPT # 34258 - traveled from Cuba to Mexico on 11 August 1967 STONE, I.F. - Press - 201-004421 | STORROW, James J. Jr. SUTHERLAND, Elizabeth - with CARMICHAEL - US PPT # 1007166 traveled from Mexico City to Havana on 24 July 1967 SWEEZY, Paul - 201-304416 | WARE, George Washington ~ with CARMICHAEL = XX oN WEITH, Joe - with CARMICHAEL WHEELER, Fenton - Press - AP writer - XX 7 John (LNU) - leader of unemployment center in Harlen Puerto Ricans in Havana during EASO Conference © _ MART Bras, Juan -_ ‘Secretary General of the Puerto Rican Independence Movement (HPT) Topp, Roberto - permanent representative of CLAE to Havana : VASQUEZ, Luis - member of the MPI and Provisional Chair- Man of the delegation prior to the | arrival of other delegates.