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MEETING OF THE GENERAL COMMITTEE THAT HAPPENED THIS MORNING AT TEN THIRTY IT WAS ABOUT TO TAKE COGNIZANCE OF A NOTE FROM THE MINISTER OF STATE OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE COUNCIL TO WHICH I REQUESTED BASED ON ARTICLE 9 OF THE REGULATION OF THE REFERED COUNCIL THE IMMEDIATE CONVOCATION OF AN EXTRAORDINARY SESSION OF THAT ORGANIZATION FOR WHICH WAS SUBMITTED TO ITS HIGH CONSIDERATION SUBJECT OF THE GREATEST URGENCY AND IMPORTANCE SO IN VIEW OF THE IMMINENT JUDGMENT BY THE CUBAN GOVERNMENT OF THE 1 118 PRISONERS CAPTURED ON THE OCCASION OF THE PLAYA GIRON EXPEDITION WHICH OCCURRED IN APRIL OF LAST YEAR THE GOVERNMENT OF THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC WISHED TO APPEAL TO THE COUNCIL OF THE ORGANIZATION IN ORDER THAT CONSONANT WITH THE HIGH PRINCIPLES THAT INFORM THE INTER-AMERICAN SYSTEM AND TAKING INTO ACCOUNT THE STANDARDS OF MODERN RIGHT OF PEOPLE MAKE AN ANGUISHING APPEAL TO PUBLIC OPINION AND CONSCIENCE OF THE PEOPLES OF AMERICA TO COOPERATE THAT THESE PRISONERS ARE ENSURED IMPRISONED IN ACTION OF WAR ALL THE MEASURES THAT FACILITATE THEIR DEFENSE AND MORE PRINCIPALLY THOSE THAT REFER TO THE IMPATIALITY THAT SHOULD BE REGARDED AS JUDGMENT RECOGNIZED BY CIVILIZED PEOPLE AS INDISPENSABLE ADDS THE DOMINICAN CHANCELER IN HIS NOTE THAT IT IS NOT ANY ACTION BY THE COUNCIL OF THE ORGANIZATION OF AMERICAN STATES SUSCEPTIBLE TO AFFECT THE RESPECTIVE POSITIONS ASSUMED BY THE GOVERNMENTS BEFORE THE CASE OF CUBA BUT SIMPLELY AN APPEAL THAT GIVEN THE HIGH INVESTITURE OF THIS ESTEEMED BODY MAKE PRESENT WITH ALL ITS MORAL AUTHORITY THE PROFOUND CONCERN OF THE PEOPLES OF AMERICA FOR THE FATE OF THESE PRISONERS THE GENERAL COMMITTEE MET AND READ FULLY THE NOTE WHOSE BASIC PARAGRAPHS I TRANSCRIBED THE WORD WAS GIVEN TO CHANCELER BONILHA THAT EXPOSED THE REASONS OF ESSENTIALLY HUMANITARIAN ORDER THAT PROMPTED HIM IN THE NAME OF HIS GOVERNMENT TO INTERCEDE IN SUPPORT OF THESE PRISONERS THE REPRESENTATIVE OF ECUADOR SPOKE NEXT REMEMBERING THAT THE COMPETENT ORGAN OF THE SYSTEM FOR SUBJECTS OF THIS NATURE WOULD PREFERABLY BE THE HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE THE NORTH AMERICAN REPRESENTATIVE INSISTING WHY THE COUNCIL IMMEDIATELY PRONOUNCE WITH VIEWS TO AVOID THE IMMINENT SACRIFICE OF THOSE THOUSAND AND SO MANY PEOPLE THAT OF MEXICO THINKING THAT AN INTERVENTION OF THIS ORDER COULD HAVE COUNTERPRODUCTIVE EFFECTS INCLUDING PROVOKING A VIOLENT REACTION BY THE CUBAN GOVERNMENT HARMFUL TO THE PRISONERS CONCERNED CONCLUDING THAT IT WOULD BE PREFERABLE IF SINGULAR GESTURES THROUGH GOVERNMENTS THAT STILL MAINTAIN RELATIONS WITH CUBA THAT OF PERU INSISTING BECAUSE THERE WAS A COLLECTIVE INTERVENTION BY THE COUNCIL INCLUSIVE TOGETHER WITH THE GOVERNMENT OF CUBA IT WAS FINALLY RESOLVED THAT THE REPRESENTATIVES OF NICARAGUA VENEZUELA USA AND ECUADOR WILL DRAW UP A DOCUMENT TO BE SUBMITTED TO THE COUNCIL'S APPROVAL AND IN WHICH 1 AN APPEAL TO THE CONTINENTAL PUBLIC OPINION WOULD BE MADE IN TERMS OF THE DOMINICAN NOTE 2 IT WOULD BE RECOGNIZED THAT THE HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION CONCERNED ABOUT THE QUESTION ALREADY OCCUPYING WITH THE MATTER 3 IT WOULD BE RECOGNIZED THAT COUNTRIES THAT STILL HAVE DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS WITH CUBA HAVE BEEN MAKING SINGULAR GESTURES GESTÕES IN THE SENSE OF SAVING THE LIFE OF THOSE PRISONERS IN ORDER TO ENSURE THAT THEY ARE JUDGED IMPARTIALLY BY MEANS OF REGULARLY CONSTITUTED COURTS GUARANTEEING THE WIDE RIGHT OF DEFENSE AN EXTRAORDINARY MEETING FOR TOMORROW AT 11 AM HOURS WAS CALLED WHEN I SHOULD MANIFEST WHAT I DIDN'T DO TODAY BY JUDGING MORE PRUDENT CALM WE HAVE LASTLY OPPOSED IN VARIOUS COMMISSIONS TO THE UNITED STATES AND I BELIEVE THAT DIFFICULTLY IN THE MATTERS OF SAVING HUMAN RIGHTS WE COULD DO IT I WAIT FOR INSTRUCTIONS OF YOUR EXCELLENCY AND THANK YOU TO BE UPDATED WITH THE MANAGEMENT GESTÕES THAT THE BRAZILIAN GOVERNMENT HAS DONE OR INTENDS TO DO IN HAVANA IN SUPPORT OF THOSE PRISONERS WOULD ALSO GOOD ALVETRIO sic THAT OUR MISSSION IN CUBA TO MAKE YOUR INTERCESSION ADVISE PRUDENCE BY THE CUBAN GOVERNMENT BECAUSE I FEAR THAT THERE IS INTEREST IN TAKING ADVANTAGE HERE OF AN UNEXPECTED VIOLENT REACTION OF FIDEL CASTRO IN ORDER TO ESTABLISH A CLIMATE OF CONFLICT BETWEEN THE OAS AND CUBA SUSCEPTIBLE OF JUSTIFYING AN EVENTUAL COLLECTIVE ACTION BY THE ENTITY AGAINST THAT GOVERNMENT IN THE LACK OF INSTRUCTIONS I WILL VOTE IN FAVOR OF THE DRAFT RESOLUTION SAVE IF ITS FINAL DRAFT CONTAINS ANY OFFENSIVE TERMS TO CUBAN GOVERNMENT OR WRONGFUL TO THE NON-INTERVENTION PRINCIPLE WHICH I CANNOT BELIEVE TO SUCCEED AS SOON AS I HAVE THE DEFINITIVE TEXTS OF THE DRAFT RESOLUTION TO BE DRAWN UP BY THE DELEGATED TABLES ABOVE INDICATED I WILL LEAD TO YOUR EXCELLENCY'S KNOWLEDGE ILMAR PENNA MARINHO Source 600 24h —SITUAÇÃO POLITICA—CUBA de janeiro á março de 1 962 maço 6220 Ministry of External Relations archives AMRE Brasília translation from Portuguese by James G Hershberg George Washington University