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DECLASSIFIED A/ISS/IPS, Department of State E.O. 12958, as amended September 4, 2008
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R 100002Z DEC 7 F М AMEMBASSY SAN JOSE To $ ЕС s тАТЕ WAS Н DC PRIORITY 8254+ . INFO AMEMBASSY GUATEMAL A . AMEMBASsY MANAGUA AMEMBASsY moscow AMEMBAssY SAN SALVADOR AMEMBAssY TEGUCIGALPA U б С 1 N С so
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IQ FONMIN FACIO CALLED МЕ ТО FONOFF: THIs MORNING AMONG I DECEMBER 9 TO DISCUSS sEVERAL : MATTERs THEM THE EsTABLIsHMENT ОГ sOVIET EMBAssY IN CO$TA RICAQ 2Q FACIO ЕЕМЕ D EMBARRAssED TO sTART ТНЕ CONVER$AT ION AND THEN EXPLAINED THAT НЕ AND THE. p REsIDENT DID NOT ЕЕ Е Y ЕТО ' ЕУЕ ON Тн is sUBJECTo НЕ . THOUGHT THAT OUGHT TO ВЕ KEPT АВ R ЕАТ OF,THE FACTsQ ТНЕ Р R ЕТ D Е N Т WANTED м : т o KNOW THAT THE• RUSSIAN:EMBAssY WILL ВЕ AND THAT E$TABLI$HED IN THE NEAR FUTURE IN SAN NO MORE THAN SIX RUSSIANS OF ANY VARIETY W I Ц. BE PERMITTED IN THE NATION AT ONE ТМЕФ THE sovIETs О [i О NOT LIKE THIS LIMITATION AND СОМРА IND THAT THEY DID NOT LIMIT cosTA RICA p BUT FAClO SAID ТНАТТН IS LIMIT WOULD s ТА N о
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DECLASSIFIED A/ISS/IPS, Department of State E.O. 12958, as amended September 4, 2008
suR p Lu s сотд RICAN COFFEE NEXT YEARo THE TRACTOR AND MACHINERY DEAL. WAS FELT NECESSARY то , s но w AN IN Т ERES Т IN IN Т ER“RADEv ALJH0UGH WA$ sMART HE (FACIO) WAS NOT $0 SURE ТНАТ AND DID NOT KNOW НОН IT WOULD. С 0 МЕ OU Т Q SOME WERE TRYING TO IN Т ERPRE Т THAT IT WASNOT A FOREIGN LOAN (WHICH WOULD:REQUIRE APPROVALBY A Т W0 ТНГ Ds VOTE OF ТНЕА $$ ЕМВ LY) BUT RATHER JusT BUYING ON TIME PAYMENTQ THERE WERE
DIFFERENCES OF OPINION IN THIS REGARD Q FACIO SEEMED TO BE OF THE OPINION THAT O s WAS A FOREIGN LOAN * HE DID NOT POINT OUT THAT HIS OPINION WOULD PREVAIL0 40 THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE DISCUSSXONvFACIO EXHIBITED NERVOUSNESS. FOR THE FIRST TIME ON ANY З UBJECT WE HAD EVER DIscussED AND A TENsENEsS : WHICH I HAD HE FELT QUITE RELIEVED WHEN NEVER NOTICED. ВЕ F О R Е ТНЕ sU В ) ЕСТ WAS CHANGED BY MEe 5Q FACIO SUGGESTED THAT WE М .ГСi НТ EXCHANGE INTELLIGENCE HE ON THE RUSSIANS IF IT WAs AGREEABLE TO МЕО REALIZED THAT OUR IN Т ELLIGENCE WOULD BE A LOT BETTER THAN ТН EIRSv В U Т GOCR MAY BE ABLE TO IT WAS A MATTER THAT HE AND I BE НЕ L Р FUL с WOULD TRY Т 0 WORK QUTQ HE THOUGHT UoSo WAS APPREHENSIVE ABOUT THE SOVIET PRESENCE0 Gp.3 I TOLD HIM WE COULD NOT BE 0 ТНЕ RWIs Е PLOESER
Department of state
TELEGRAM
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R 100002Z DEC 7 F М AMEMBASSY SAN JOSE To $ ЕС s тАТЕ WAS Н DC PRIORITY 8254+ . INFO AMEMBASSY GUATEMAL A . AMEMBASsY MANAGUA AMEMBASsY moscow AMEMBAssY SAN SALVADOR AMEMBAssY TEGUCIGALPA U б С 1 N С so
.
SAN JOSE :3129 SU В J1 СО $ ТА RICA
UssR R Е L Ат I О Ns
IQ FONMIN FACIO CALLED МЕ ТО FONOFF: THIs MORNING AMONG I DECEMBER 9 TO DISCUSS sEVERAL : MATTERs THEM THE EsTABLIsHMENT ОГ sOVIET EMBAssY IN CO$TA RICAQ 2Q FACIO ЕЕМЕ D EMBARRAssED TO sTART ТНЕ CONVER$AT ION AND THEN EXPLAINED THAT НЕ AND THE. p REsIDENT DID NOT ЕЕ Е Y ЕТО ' ЕУЕ ON Тн is sUBJECTo НЕ . THOUGHT THAT OUGHT TO ВЕ KEPT АВ R ЕАТ OF,THE FACTsQ ТНЕ Р R ЕТ D Е N Т WANTED м : т o KNOW THAT THE• RUSSIAN:EMBAssY WILL ВЕ AND THAT E$TABLI$HED IN THE NEAR FUTURE IN SAN NO MORE THAN SIX RUSSIANS OF ANY VARIETY W I Ц. BE PERMITTED IN THE NATION AT ONE ТМЕФ THE sovIETs О [i О NOT LIKE THIS LIMITATION AND СОМРА IND THAT THEY DID NOT LIMIT cosTA RICA p BUT FAClO SAID ТНАТТН IS LIMIT WOULD s ТА N о
I
) з .9 THE; SOVIETS PROMISED THEY WOULD TAKE. THE
DECLASSIFIED A/ISS/IPS, Department of State E.O. 12958, as amended September 4, 2008
suR p Lu s сотд RICAN COFFEE NEXT YEARo THE TRACTOR AND MACHINERY DEAL. WAS FELT NECESSARY то , s но w AN IN Т ERES Т IN IN Т ER“RADEv ALJH0UGH WA$ sMART HE (FACIO) WAS NOT $0 SURE ТНАТ AND DID NOT KNOW НОН IT WOULD. С 0 МЕ OU Т Q SOME WERE TRYING TO IN Т ERPRE Т THAT IT WASNOT A FOREIGN LOAN (WHICH WOULD:REQUIRE APPROVALBY A Т W0 ТНГ Ds VOTE OF ТНЕА $$ ЕМВ LY) BUT RATHER JusT BUYING ON TIME PAYMENTQ THERE WERE
DIFFERENCES OF OPINION IN THIS REGARD Q FACIO SEEMED TO BE OF THE OPINION THAT O s WAS A FOREIGN LOAN * HE DID NOT POINT OUT THAT HIS OPINION WOULD PREVAIL0 40 THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE DISCUSSXONvFACIO EXHIBITED NERVOUSNESS. FOR THE FIRST TIME ON ANY З UBJECT WE HAD EVER DIscussED AND A TENsENEsS : WHICH I HAD HE FELT QUITE RELIEVED WHEN NEVER NOTICED. ВЕ F О R Е ТНЕ sU В ) ЕСТ WAS CHANGED BY MEe 5Q FACIO SUGGESTED THAT WE М .ГСi НТ EXCHANGE INTELLIGENCE HE ON THE RUSSIANS IF IT WAs AGREEABLE TO МЕО REALIZED THAT OUR IN Т ELLIGENCE WOULD BE A LOT BETTER THAN ТН EIRSv В U Т GOCR MAY BE ABLE TO IT WAS A MATTER THAT HE AND I BE НЕ L Р FUL с WOULD TRY Т 0 WORK QUTQ HE THOUGHT UoSo WAS APPREHENSIVE ABOUT THE SOVIET PRESENCE0 Gp.3 I TOLD HIM WE COULD NOT BE 0 ТНЕ RWIs Е PLOESER
