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14-Q0000 104-10170-10064] 2025 RELEASE UNDER THE PRESIDENT JOHN F_ KENNEDY ASSASSINATION RECORDS ACT OF 1992
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QUIT 5867
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SAGO 6577
SAGO 6595
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1 SUMUARY _ The Reference A, AUSPELL exhibit toured SIx
Latfp American countrles during a fIve-Donth perlod, February-June
1964 Mith tbe exceptton of GuayaJuf1 and La Paz #bere excel-
lent results rere achleved tbe" tour pas only modera tely success-
ful and must be classfffed a failure 1o Qui: Santlago and
Montevideo_ Accordlng to ANSPELL, the total number of persons wbo
viered the exhibit was 6; 720 : Another 2 792 persons reportedly
attended conferences at wbicb tbe AMSPELL team ga ve talkS on the
Reference A exblbit and tbe. dangers_and weaknesses-Of-Castro-
Communlsm Pubiiclty was glven- the exhibit by 34 newspapers (47
Items) 30 radlo sta tIons, and SIx television stations AMSPELL
estinated the TF audteoce 'at 1,300,000 _ Sample cllppings are
enc lcsed under separate cover Reports from WH statious and the
WAWE debrlefing of the AMSPELL tea@ lead us to conc lude tbat the
tour Ras a modcra te success tbat could bave been much better Lf
If bad been better organIzed and If tbe AUSPELL team bad bad more
experience (On ba lance) we be lieve tbe tour was we11 rorth the
approxim tely S12,000 .00 KUBARK paid out Re do not however
believe Jt should be repeated in tbe foreseeable future In view
of tbe rela tve Inexperience sbovn by tbe AMSPELL team on the
recent tour and the ma ny difficulties encountered_ io trying to
organize the exhiblt In the various cfties_
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cLAssificnjior 0j8?77377 TGOCAN Numocr
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2 _ COLOUBIA.
Thc AXEPELL tcam arr fred in Bozo*a On 12 Fcbruars
1964 but
"ereEongbic
to makc contact with the
local AXSPELL/AMDARB
contact until thc next day. Thcy wCr@ umble to gct adequatc advance
publicity and bad: trouhlc find spacc 1oi the exhibit, about 200
persons attended thc cxhibit and AMSPELL conferences Tere attended br
appioxImately 485 persons HLDA-691lrcported Hdged4oERc? isdolsorcnt;ons
on thc local react on to the tour whIch nc judt be
The AMSPELL frccly admittcd to #AVE that the Bogota opcration was
somethIng less than successful, but blamed the lack of adranco prepara-
tions and the existcuce of an unfriendly press for teir fafluro, It
should 2I50 be potecd thit the . AMSPELL tcam was not or the best of terzs
with bome of the Jocal Cubans, and .thlg fact probablj had a deal
to do wIth tbe poor Showing.
b Nede]Lin. The shoning In- Medellin was: better than In
Bogota, The press was lukewarm but thc dfrector of the Caracol radio
station gave: ther'cons Lderable publlcitya and they rere 3pTo to hold
the exhlbrt io a central spot In the cIty. About 400 persons Visited
the exhibit orer *a iod of three days and 850 persons attended Con-
ferences given by the team,
:
C, Ca 1. Tho team rcco advance press play in Calf,
which was perhaps one reason for the Iact that the Jocal ConmunIst party
was also well prepared for thelr arrivala On the vers first morn-ng
of the exhibit_ a large crowd of' Communlsts tried to enter tne exhibit
with the obvious intent ion of S tarting trouble and rhen they were
locked out began to throw rocks and tinkbombs' 18 Into tbe exhibit hallo
The Inc ident provAded cons iderable publlcity for ANSPELL , a5 reported
In BOGO 4332 _ 1 total of 100 pcrsons attended the exbibit The AMSPELL
team claimed tnat the Communists wcre vcry strong ir Cal1 and that work-
Ing there was like swimming upstream.
3, ECUADOR.
a Qulto: The team arrived in Quito on 25 Narch, after spend -
ing several days in an unsuccessful attempt to obtain "isas for Peru.
QUIT 5867 reported the AMSPELL team'8 personality clashes with the
local AMBARBs: and the consequent poor performance by the AMSPELL team ,
who comp lained of the absence of police tection_ adequate facilfties
for the exhibit etc '1
and departed just tuo
days iater
the 27tha
One member remained in Bogota to hold conforences attendod by 325
persons. Whiie not accepting the blane for this fiasco, the AMSPELL
team generally corroborated tnc above story in their debrlefIng by WAVE.
After such incidents a5 reported 1n QUIT 5867 ,_ we are reluctant to
recommend any future tours_
ba Guayaqull: The AMSPELL team cons idered Guayaqufl theIr
most successful operation; an opinion seconded by Guaraquil base: who
termed It a "resourd ing success , (Sce QUIT 5867 and, HEGA 2900) The
exhibit receired front page coverage in "El Universo" and "El
Teiegrafo"
and tbey were siven a half hour on a rajor Tv station. An est imated
total of 1,200 persons visited the exhfbit and the team Spoke before
40 members 0f 2 local group, Frente de Defensa Nacionala
4 Santiago_
The AISPELL team arrived in Santlago on 5 March to coincide
wfth the opening of the Latin American Youth Congress (LYC) _ The
Santiago operation ras a complete loss because Chilear customs authori-
ties would not release the exhibit during the congress and the AMSPELL
team was unable to obtain space of apy kind to ho ld conferences dee to
competition Irom the congress for space (See SAGO 6577) The AMSPELL
team had been count ing on 7 contact in the Catholic tajrersity, @Eernando ol
SANHUESA, Jo facilitate their activities but GAdlts -sAle them that
the LAYC was 3 failurc from the Comnunist side and that AMSPELL tera
could contribute more by remaining quiet than by actirely propagand izing
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CO.TINUATION OF_ ClaBetication DISPATCM StMaol A7gTumarn
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agains t Sand thegeb; #allIng attent Ion
was tlat' 'thc AMSPELi Team dld
to) thc congress Thc ond result Cuban delegatc
t0 tte LAYC 49
nothing. An amatcurish pian to kidnap. &
was quickiy 'scotchad b5" the
'Sthosoagc for polftical Prisoncrs In Cuba (Scc SACO" 6595) ,
5, La Doliria.
difficultThcn OSPELL_te s arrivcd in La Paz on 17
1n
In oblaining Spacc
wcrc rInally ablc to
and aftcr some
Club La Paz" on 21 Narch. Ag noted In LAPA
open thc oxhiblt
ferences Forc: hc Id
in rarlous locat Ions
5550; exhfbits and cons performance on 25 March at the: Scalo
In tlio with thc clos
anbassador . The' exhibit reccIvcd
Thcator hostcd b} the_Vcnozuclan
leadjug La Paz: newspapers and tho
exce] lcnt covcrage In aI1 four 0f: the ANSPELL confcronccs_
Desptte'
the Ckcei_ largcst radio' statlons carrJcd:
600 persons vIBItcd tbe cxhibft
exce_ lent publicity,
a total of only
was due to Bllvfan In La Paz . Accord ing to ANSPELZ,
thfs
demand 1 pasbago to
Preoscup;oz
sca
Jon wIth such things as a natlona] day to
communicatIon. for Bollvia whIch stopped a 1} traffic and-
6. ArgentAqa.
a Buonos: Tho AMSPELL
27 March dur Howy Neek_ In additlon
arrived in Buenog Afres on celebrat fons tho tean had diff
to thc dc_ caused by Holy Week
Rith the he Ip OI the 'Chambcr
8f Commorcend=
spacc for thc oxhIblt.
6 Apr 11 In Chanbcr
"eCConborce ofgicosce thc exhibft finally openod
on
estimated 1,200 persons "Isfted
on Leandro Allem strcct, An
and good publ_cfty was a Jso
oedathcdexhitnc dur a four-day perlod,
newspapers _ Tho AMSPFLL
Ined In thc Li:Prensa and La Razon
Mund ial, Channo ] 7 TV
Group also obtalucd To mInutes on Panorania
overthrow 0f Goulart
In"5 part of 2 30-minute program on Cuba a nd the
program Is ratod as
Irat;Rg 50d,oodcccewc
to ANSPELL, the Panorama
four confercnces_ bcfore
sma ]1
viewors_ Thc AMSPELL tcam also held
whIch #ere attended by" 3
totmlgoeuR6 of Rotarfans and univers btudents of 100 persong _
and
b. Rogarfo- The . AMSPELL tean arrfved In Rosario opened the oxhibit O} 15 April after on 11 Apr1l
of find 4 8It0 due the lack 81 thc customars dfffculties
chamber of commercc finally came
advanco prcparations The local
"Galeria Libertad In the
through wIth an excellont the
VIsited the exhibit conter of town, A tocal of 2 000 persons
papers (La CronIca,
during the three days It was open_
Local
news _
tour_ The Jocal
ZadLa
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Sfabuons La CapItal) gave good publicity to the
but did not KIvc any
ada{ftoons gave Spot announcements of the exhibt publicity.
where
c Cordoba- The AMSPELL team mado 2 hurried were abie to show thc exhfbit to an
trip to Cordoba ,
during a thrce-day stay_ 20-23 estimated G00 persons
was aga[n very helpful in
April, Tlie loca chamber commerce
loca] press
arranging for spacc for the exhibft and obtaln-
Princlp
Inds Coudobc:ts. Good press covcrage was obtained 1n Le
7 _ Wontevideo, Uruguays Tie: AMISPELL team was the worst performance 6f thc entire reported that Sontevideo
attend thc exhlbit_ tour with only persons
fully attenpt to obtain
arrived on' 26 Apr il and aftcr unsuccess-
to 7 sitc In a central loca felt accept spacc In the Catholic Club, cons idered a
obliged
by Uruguayans and renote the na in
center of reaction
the poor reception and the lack, of good
thoroughfares_ Despite
of publicity was obtained 1n
loca ! contacts 7 fafr amount
a one-hour show on the local
the Iocal press and the AMSPELL team had TV channel 10 .
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cLaSsificaiion dibpaTM #MOCl And NuM]IR
CONTINUATION OF
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DISPATCH
8: Caracas Veuczuela. Thc AMSPELL tcam arr1ved in Caiacas on
9. haring cut Braz 1 ] Trom thc tour bccauso of visa problcms _ Thofr
oarly ar1 Jva] caught thefg Zoca ] contacts unproparcd au1 It was not
untfl 16 that the cxhibut opencd_ Excollent support was provIdcd
by station assets' and # Idesprcad publIclty was g1vcn to tho Cvout
Howoyer , the oxhiblt vs located Jn- a rolativoly remote spot and only
300. persons attonded the cxhfbt accordIng to AHSPELL. (Tho Station
es t Imatc Ras 400-500) . Anothor
i4ocpursous
attonded ANSPELL con-
forences _ Thc station rcport (IMCA-11393) whlch nas been corroborated
by thc WAVE debref 0f tho AMSPELL toam, doscrIbes the typical
exporlence 0f tho AXSPELL toam throughout tho_ tour "Ith tho exception
that loca] support was not always as effoctivo 29 In Caracas,
9 Enc losed under separato cover 18 an AMSPELL statistIcal Bumnary
or the tour and prcss clippInge from tho countrio8 vsIted,
Rau~ 5 Me_&Qe
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