Ecuador
368. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in Ecuador
Source: Department of State, Central Foreign Policy File, Electronic Telegrams, D810055–0755. Secret; Immediate; Exdis. Sent for information Immediate to Lima. Drafted by Eaton; cleared by Bushnell and in S/S, S/S–O; approved by Baltimore.
369. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in Ecuador
Source: Department of State, Central Foreign Policy File, Electronic Telegrams, D810177–0671. Confidential; Immediate; Exdis. Sent for information Priority to Lima, Caracas, Mexico City, Brasilia, Buenos Aires, San Salvador, Bogota, USSOUTHCOM, and CINCLANT. Drafted by Hart; cleared in S/S–O and ARA; approved by Enders.
370. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in Ecuador
Source: Department of State, Central Foreign Policy File, Electronic Telegrams, D810271–0467. Confidential; Priority. Sent for information Priority to Bogota, Lima, Caracas, La Paz, and Tel Aviv. Drafted by Hart; approved by Briggs.
371. Telegram From the Embassy in Ecuador to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Foreign Policy File, Electronic Telegrams, D810344–1030. Confidential; Priority. Sent for information to Guayaquil and USUN.
372. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in Ecuador
Source: Department of State, Central Foreign Policy File, Electronic Telegrams, N810010–0317. Confidential; Immediate; Nodis. Sent for information Immediate to Lima, San Salvador, and Guayaquil. Haig visited the Castries, St. Lucia, December 2–4, to attend the OAS General Assembly meeting.
373. Memorandum of Conversation
Source: Department of State, Executive Secretariat, S/S–I Records, Secretary Memorandums of Conversation (Memcons), Secretary Haig and Shultz, Lot 87D327, Secretary Shultz (Memcons) February 1981. Confidential. The meeting took place in Haig’s office. Drafted by Hart; cleared by Haig and Enders. Goldberg initialed for Haig.
374. Telegram From the Embassy in Colombia to the White House and the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Foreign Policy File, Electronic Telegrams, D820415–0348. Confidential; Immediate; Exdis. Sent for information to Brasilia, Buenos Aires, Caracas, La Paz, Lima, Mexico City, Panama City, San Jose, and Santiago. Sent for information Immediate to Quito. Bush visited Bogota, August 6–8, to attend the inauguration of President Betancur.
375. Memorandum From Secretary of State Shultz to President Reagan
Source: Reagan Library, George P. Shultz Papers, Box 28E, Latin America. Confidential. Drafted on March 18 by Scott; cleared in ARA/PPC, ARA/ECP, P/M, S/P, P, EB/FD/OMA, E, OES, AID/LAC/SA, IO/UNP, INR, and INM/P. Enders sent the memorandum to Shultz under cover of a March 30 memorandum in which he wrote: “Hurtado’s working visit affords us the opportunity to reinforce our generally good bilateral relations with Ecuador; there are no urgently pressing issues in dispute.” See Document 376 and footnote 1 thereto.
376. Memorandum From the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Clark) to President Reagan
Source: Reagan Library, Executive Secretariat, NSC Country File, Latin America/Central, Ecuador (03/29/1983–11/01/1983). Top Secret. Prepared by North. Copies were sent to Bush, Meese, Baker, and Deaver. Reagan signed his initials at the top of the page. No memoranda of conversation have been found. Attached as Tab A, but not printed, are talking points. Attached as Tab B, but not printed, is Shultz’s March 31 memorandum to Reagan. See Document 375. Attached as Tab C, but not printed, are background papers, papers on the political situation, the economic situation, foreign relations, and the Panama Canal tolls, and a CIA Special Analysis/Bio Brief. Tab D, a departure statement, was not attached. Reagan and Hurtado’s remarks are in Public Papers: Reagan, 1983, Book I, p. 517. Hurtado visited Washington for an official working visit April 7–9. According to the President’s Daily Diary, on April 8 Hurtado met with Reagan in the Oval Office from 11:36 a.m to 12:17 p.m, followed by a working luncheon in the State Dining Room from 12:17 to 1:25 p.m. (Reagan Library, President’s Daily Diary)
377. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in Ecuador
Source: Department of State, Central Foreign Policy File, Electronic Telegrams, D830211–0187. Confidential; Immediate; Exdis. Sent for information Priority to La Paz, Bogota, Caracas, Lima, and USCINCSO. Drafted by Hart; cleared by Enders and in ARA/AND, and S/S–O; approved by Shultz.
378. Telegram From Secretary of State Shultz’s Delegation to the Department of State and the Embassy in Ecuador
Source: Department of State, Central Foreign Policy File, Electronic Telegrams, D830576–0951. Confidential; Immediate. Sent for information Priority to Guayaquil, Lima, and USUN.
379. Memorandum of Conversation
Source: Reagan Library, George P. Shultz Papers, Box 47F, Latin America. Confidential. The meeting took place in the Oval Office. No drafting information appears on the memorandum.
380. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in Ecuador
Source: Department of State, Central Foreign Policy File, Electronic Telegrams, D840417–0818. Secret; Immediate. Sent for information Priority to Lima. Drafted by Rondon; cleared by McPherson, Wallis, and McKinley, and S; approved by Motley.
381. Intelligence Assessment Prepared in the Central Intelligence Agency
Source: Central Intelligence Agency, Office of Asian, Pacific, Latin America, and African Analysis, Job 04T00367R: Intelligence Publication Files—Production Case Files (1984), Box 1, Folder 14: Ecuador’s New Administration: Challenges & Prospects, August 1984. Secret; Noforn; [handling restriction not declassified]. Prepared in the Office of African and Latin American Analysis and coordinated with the DO. Based on information available as of August 1.
382. Memorandum of Conversation
Source: Reagan Library, George P. Shultz Papers, Box 51E, Ecuador. Confidential. Drafted in the Embassy in Ecuador; cleared by Motley and McKinley and PA, OAS, and S. The meeting took place in the Guayaquil airport. Shultz visited Guayaquil on February 28 before travelling to Montevideo for Sanguinetti’s inauguration, March 1–2.
383. Telegram From Secretary of State Shultz’s Delegation to the Department of State and the White House
Source: Reagan Library, NSC Records, Latin American Affairs Directorate, Country File, Ecuador (07/15/1984–04/02/1985). Secret; Immediate; Nodis. Sent from the Delegation’s aircraft. Printed from a copy that indicates the original was received in the White House Situation Room. Reagan wrote his initials at the top of the page. An unknown hand wrote “3/1/85” beneath his initials.
384. Memorandum From the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (McFarlane) to Secretary of State Shultz, Secretary of the Treasury James Baker, and the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (Stockman)
Source: Reagan Library, NSC Records, Latin American Affairs Directorate, Country File, Ecuador (04/03/1985–08/01/1985). Secret. A copy was sent to Bush. An unknown hand wrote at the top of the page: “Help for Febres.” Bush wrote at the top of the page: “I strongly concur!! GB 7–31.” Tillman sent the memo to McFarlane under cover of a July 18 memorandum, in which she wrote: “I have felt for some time that it is a legitimate and effective use of US power to send political signals to countries and governments that are in sync with US goals and values. Money is such a signal, and Ecuador is infinitely deserving.” Tillman also noted: “Febres-Cordero’s economic program—he’s doing all the right things, and his success will encourage other Latins to consider implementing similar economic policies. And, as a conservative, he is and will continue to be helpful to us on issues ranging from Central America, Cuba, and the politicization of the debt issue.”
385. Intelligence Memorandum Prepared in the Central Intelligence Agency
Source: Department of State, Bureau of Inter-American Affairs, Assistant Secretary Files, Special Collection—Iran Contra—Noriega, Lot 95D407, Ecuador/Uruguay. Secret; Noforn; [handling restriction not declassified]. Prepared in the South American Division, Office of African and Latin American Analysis and the Office of Central Reference and coordinated with DO. Prepared at the request of Tillman. Information available as of December 1985 was used in the preparation of the paper.
386. Memorandum From Secretary of State Shultz to President Reagan
Source: Reagan Library, NSC Records, Latin American Affairs Directorate, Trip File, Trip Book for Brazil (Tillman) 2/23/1986–02/26/1986 (1). Secret.
387. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in Ecuador
Source: Department of State, Executive Secretariat, S/S–I Records, Secretary Memorandums of Conversation (Memcons), Secretary Haig and Shultz, Lot 87D327, Secretary Shultz (Memcons) October 1985–present. Secret; Immediate; Exdis. Drafted by McLean; cleared by Abrams, McKinley, and Gelbard and S/S–O and S; approved by Shultz. Febres-Cordero made a State visit to Washington January 12–16.
388. Memorandum of Conversation
Source: Reagan Library, NSC Records, Latin American Affairs Directorate, Presidential File, Ecuador State Visit President Febres-Cordero 01/14/1986. Secret. The meeting took place in the Oval Office. Tillman sent the memorandum to Poindexter under cover of a January 14 memorandum. An uninitialed briefing memorandum from Poindexter to Reagan on the meeting is in the Reagan Library, NSC Records, Coordination Office, State Visit of President Febres-Cordero of Ecuador 01/14/1986. For Reagan and Febres-Cordero’s January 14 arrival ceremony remarks, see Department of State Bulletin, March 1986, pp. 63–64. Reagan wrote in his personal diary: “A St. visitor—Pres. Febres Cordero of Ecuador. Of all the Latin Am. Leaders he is the closest to us in philosophy and politically. He’s a self made businessman who filled his cabinet with people like himself. Our outdoor ceremony was in the cold—28˚ plus a wind & falling snow. It was really cold—7 spectators including one Marine passed out from the cold. Our meeting went well.” (Brinkley, ed., The Reagan Diaries, vol. II, November 1985–January 1989, p. 561)
389. Intelligence Memorandum Prepared in the Central Intelligence Agency
Source: Central Intelligence Agency, Office of Support Services (DI), Job 86T01017R: Intell Publications Files (1985–87), Box 7, Folder 716: ALA M 86–20017. Secret; Noforn; [handling restriction not declassified]. Prepared for Casey in the South America Division, Office of African and Latin American Analysis and coordinated with DO. Based on information available as of April 23.
390. Memorandum From the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Carlucci) to President Reagan
Source: Reagan Library, NSC Records, Latin American Affairs Directorate, Country File, Ecuador (1/16/1987). Secret. A stamped notation at the top of the memorandum reads: “The President has seen 1/20.” Reagan wrote his initials at the top of the page. Tillman sent the memorandum to Carlucci for signature under cover of an undated memorandum, along with telegram 590 from Quito, January 16, in which Rondon described the transport arranged for the Ecuadorian Special Forces. Rondon commented: “This will convey strongest possible message to Ecuadorean army that we support army effort to rescue President and uphold constitutional order.”
391. Paper Prepared in the National Security Council
Source: Reagan Library, NSC Records, Latin American Affairs Directorate, Action File, Ecuador (01/16/1987–04/02/1987). Confidential. Reagan wrote his initials at the top of the first page. Sorzano sent the paper to Carlucci under cover of a March 12 memorandum.
392. Action Memorandum From the Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security Affairs (Derwinski) and the Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development (McPherson) to Secretary of State Shultz
Source: Reagan Library, George P. Shultz Papers, Box 58C, Ecuador. Confidential. Sent through Whitehead. Drafted on April 16 and revised on April 28 and April 30 by Boyce; cleared by Gelbard and T, AID/PPC, AID/LAC, and EB. A stamped notation at the top of the first page indicates that Shultz saw the memorandum.
393. Paper Prepared in the Central Intelligence Agency
Source: Central Intelligence Agency, Office of Support Services (DI), Job 90T00114R: Intelligence Publications Files (1986–1987), Box 1, Folder 38: ALA 87–20046, Ecuador: The Danger of a Military Coup. Secret; Noforn; [handling restriction not declassified]. Prepared at Gelbard’s request in the Office of African and Latin American Analysis and coordinated with DO.
394. Telegram From the Embassy in Ecuador to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Foreign Policy File, Electronic Telegrams, D880114–0055. Confidential; Immediate. Sent for information to Guayaquil and Lima.
395. Telegram From Secretary of State Shultz’s Delegation to the Department of State and the White House
Source: Reagan Library, George P. Shultz Papers, Box 22C, 1988 June–August, Memoranda for President Ronald Reagan. Secret; Immediate; Nodis; Eyes Only. Sent from the Delegation’s aircraft. Shultz travelled to Quito to meet with President-elect Borja, August 10.
396. Telegram From the Embassy in Ecuador to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Foreign Policy File, Electronic Telegrams, D880705–0074. Secret; Immediate; Exdis.
397. Telegram From the Embassy in Ecuador to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Foreign Policy File, Electronic Telegrams, D880953–0506. Confidential; Exdis. Sent for information to Guayaquil.