Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-07-22
u. 5. Ignores
NewAid Plea
By Peru Junta
BY JOHN NJ. HIGHTOWER
Associated Press staff Writer.

N4uc O1lJ6u O6dbcS pO1IlGeOIy
ignored yesterday q bid by
Peru's new military regime for
United States recognition and
aid.
Officials said privately that
President Kennedy does not
intend to settle for anything
less than a return to civilian
government at Lima, coupled
with a firm commitment for
quick elections of a new, popu-
larry based administration.
The United States appears
to be intervening in Peruvian
political affairs to an unusual
degree. Diplomats here are be-
ginning to wonder If the Ken
nedy administration is moving
away from the traditional pol
icy Of noninterference-which
has not always controlled rela-
tons in this hemisphere but in
modern times has received a
considerable amount of lip
service. -'
Mr.. Kennedy and the State
Department so far have taken
only actions which clearly lay
within the province of the
United States to take, but their
predetermined aim has been to
make the position of the Peru
Wan junta intolerable, if pos
sible, and thus to assist polit-
ical forces in the country which
are bitterly opposed to the new
regime.
Receives Reports
Gen. Ricardo Perez Godoy,
leader of the group which
seized power last week, told a
news conference Friday night
that he and his associates
were seeking to preserve de-
mocracy." He said that if Mr..
Kennedy refused them recogni-
ton it would only be ito cause
us trouble"
Mr.. Kennedy presumably
realizes that the action was a
risky one but he has committed
himself for the last Is months
to- revolutionary aims in Latin
America through the Alliance
for Progress. He thought it
was vitality important to ident-
ify the United States not only
as a supporter of civilian gov
ernments dedicated to reform
but also as an opponent of
military dictatorship.
The overthrow of the admin
istration of President Manuel
Prado by Peru's top military
leadership was considered in
Washington to be a particu-
larry cold-blooded example of
contempt for constitutional re-
quirements.
Gen. Perez Godoy and the
other generals alleged election
fraud but administration Off
Gals here said they simply do
not believe the voting was dis
honest.
According to information
here yesterday the United
States warned the military men
insadvance that it did not APP
prove Of such a seizure Of power
and would regard it with great
disfavor. This is one more rea-
son why administration au-
thorities snubbed the overtures
from Gen. Perez Godoy. AS one
official put it, "The members
Of the junta knew what would
happen"
What happened swiftly was
first, suspension Of United
States relations with Peru; sec
ond, imposition Of a freeze on
about $81 million worth of
United States economic aid
funds; third, issuance Of a
stop order on delivery of mill
tary assistance, and fourth, the
start Of q study on suspension
or premium-price sugar pur-
chases from Peru involving the
more than $40 million a year.
These measures may not be
enough to change the situa-
ten in Lima but success in
forcing a change, officials said,
Is relatively less important than
making the stand Of the United
States clear on the issue Of un-
constitutional rule by military
dictatorship.