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FROM SUBJECT: 5 Pe ' Memorandum il = Mr. DeBuck Geet mera 7 re pee op. ste- 0s . seats 8 8O om a “NITED STATES GC (MENT acd Soe : - Mr. Sullivan Conrad - . Felt Mr. W. C. Sullivan vpaTe: 5-10-66 Recon & D) 1 - Mr. Wannall Trotter Mr. W. Ro Wannallcy/ 1 - Mr. Leavitt — Hales ——— SENATOR ROBERT F. KENNEDY ie SPEAKS ON LATIN AMERICA AND Wee A THE ALLIANCE FOR PROGRESS We have reviewed the attached press release furnished by Jeremiah O'Leary, a reporter for the Washington, D. C., newspaper, "The Evening Star," and issued by Senator Robert F. Kennedy under the above caption concerning speeches originally scheduled for delivery by him on the Senate Floor, May 4 and 5, 1966. The morning press reported Senator Kennedy delivered part of the speech May 9, 1966, and will conclude it May 10, 1966. Ann wadut Faw Li = nan @& point of depar ture 20F 015 speeches, Senator Kennedy noted the existence of good will between the United States and Latin America ag evidenced by President Johnson's recent visit to Mexico. He interpreted statements made in Mexico by President Johnson as a commitment to the ideals of the Alliance for Progress. Senator Kennedy analyzed the geographic, economic and political problems of Latin America. He made suggestions and reconmendations for their solution which were based upon his observations during an extensive tour of Latin America last fall. He did not discuss political personalities in the Dominican“ Republic. He was mildly critical of Administration policy, N making note of the following in a discussion of !'Communisn, bs Intervention and the Dominican Republic." He prefaced the remarks with the statement that it was not his purpose to rake over the rights and wrongs of the incidents. A eee earner sien MAB hep ein meer fm1y Teta (1) Intervention in the Dominican Republic 1 le - has seriously damaged our relations with Latin ~t fo. “. eee errant, Soiled Tae America. (2) Latin Americans do not believe that the ON Dominican revolt was communist inspired or directed. Even if they did they do not concede any right of - the United States to intervene unilaterally apart _ (2 ‘4 is from the Organization of American States. ore if Bos awe tb ° 1 wor wee [24 ~ . /09 -/3- : Ary AXA > 1956 i HLD:pem yi" CONTINUED = OVER aE (7) | te MAY 121690 af a | PEER EE SE EELS ge A ty i en Pa * OS we OE te ne ei -_ ew - waite ee