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JFK Assassination System Date: 4/30/201
Identification Form
Agency Information
AGENCY FBI
RECORD NUMBER 124-90084-10077
RECORD SERIES HQ
AGENCY FILE NUMBER : CR 109-12-209-727
Document Information
ORIGINATOR CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
FROM: CIA
TO
TITLE
DATE : 10/06/1971
PAGES : 3
SUBJECTS
CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATIC REGIONAL SEMINAR FOR
CENTRAL AMERICAN C
LAUREANO BATISTA FALLA
DOCUMENT TYPE PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT
CLASSIFICA TION Secret
RESTRICTIONS IB
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QUESTTONNAIRE PREPARED BY THE:' NSTITUTE FOR ' CHRISTIAN " DEMOCRATIC
FORMATI ON (IFEDEC ) CONCERNING THE POLITICAL SITUATION IN EACH Op'
THE.SIX CENTRAL AMERICAN COUNTRIES LAUREANO. B A..T I.8.T A THE
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2 COSTA RICAN_ AND NICARAGUAN REPRESENTATIVES PARTICULARLY
JORGE XX 0 N G E OF COSTA RICA REACTED .IN AN EXTREMELY NEGATIVE
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PROVIDE WRITTEN ANSWERS: _ OTHER REPRESENTA TIVES HAD LITTLE DESIRE
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NOT REACT AS STRONGLY As DID THE COSTA RICANS AND NICARAGUANS THOSE
MOST-OPPOSED To BATISTA s" REQUEST EXPRESSED THEi VI EW THAT THE
QUESTIONNAIRE WAS AN IFEDEC PLOY To OBTAIN INFORMATION CONCERNING
THE SITUATION IN 'CENTRAL AMERICA AND THEY DUBBED THE QUESTIONNAIRE
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