MEMORANDUM THE W HITE HOUSE WASHI MOTOH GON f 1DE1VITIAX ----- Tuesday - A p ril 25 1967 NOTE FOR W A L T RQJ OW Walt This is a grim report on the counter-insurgency capabilities of the Bolivian Government The problem is not only adequacy of the troops in the field but the attitude of those at the top including Barrientos We are concentrating on the training and equipping of a new Ranger battalion A MTT is already there We have flown in ammo and supplies to beef up the troops now in the field IjJ b fc WGBowdler Attachment Embassy La P az's 2697 4 22 67 DECLASSIFIED B O 12356 See 3 4 NM NABA TW V - U - V C O N F ID E T 1A Li------ COPY LBJ LIBRARY LBJL NSF Country File Latin America Box 8 Folder “Bolivia vol 4 1 66 – 12 68 1 of 3 ” This document is from the holdings of The National Security Archive Suite 701 Gelman Library The George Washington University 2130 H Street NW Washington D C 20037 Phone 202 994-7000 Fax 202 994-7005 nsarchiv@gwu edu Read related article Che Guevara and the CIA in the Mountains of Bolivia 2020-10-09