Department of State MEX I C01 03578 PAGE ' 0 I 01 OF 02 2601392 82 ACT ON ARA•20 INFO OCT-01 CU-ei5 PM-09 NSC-10 ss·-20 RSC 01 C I AE • 0 0 I NR ·• 0 a NS A E i ' 0 0 ' P 0 3 PRS•0J · US I A ·I 2 ·DODE • 0 0 0 9 'i- W 073720 ••-- -- - ---•••••• L•04· _ ___ 260 130Z 9 • • 1 JUN Tl FM AMEHBASSY MEXICO TO • S CSIATE _ ti S SJJ F WASHDC 7927 F Y SEc r ION C RRENT I OF 2 MEXiCO· 3578 eclassified Authority 2 1973 y Dorothy Johnson Date 6-1 9 - 2012 ST D NT S1TUAT10N M XICO 3504 · --- 8E G IN LOU 1• SUMMARY PRES1DENT ECH VERRIA H S PROM1SED · THAT' GOVERNMENT ATTITUDE Will BE OPEN t TQ STUDENTS AND THE ·IR r0 S AND ALtHOUGH · No - CATEGOR a CALLY THAT FUfURE DEMONS RATIONS WILL BE PERMIT'TED·-- THE ATTORNEY GENERALi 1 S NVESTIGAT ON OF ' JUNE 10 EVE - irrs CONTINUES WITH GOM EXPRESS I NG WI Ll il NGNES S TO· HE AR ' S TUDE NTS T ES'rl MO NY• ST UDEN1 S THEMSELVES ARE - SHARPLY D1 I V IDED · ON ' STANCE TOWARD CONCIL IAT0RY GOH POsTu E - 2 • E Crl EVERR A RE CE I VE D GROUP OF UN l VER S I T Y S 'i UDE NT S FROM SI NALOA JUNE ' 2Lr ALMOST BUT NQ T au r TE PROMISING THEM GOVERNMENT WOU L D NOT SU PRESS FUTURE DEMONSTRATIONS• 11 BELIEVE NE THER - WHAT IS ' SAID WITHIN· UNIVERSITIES · EVERY ' DAY OR LESS THE SPORADIC DEMONSTRAT10NS SHOULD ' BE 08JECiT OF REPRESS ION 11 PRESIDENT SAID • HE ADDED HIS HOPE 1 HAT ALL DEMONSTRATIONS WOULD REMAIN h' I TH IN· T HE L b W • PRES I DENT MA NT I NED THAT Alli GROUPS EVEN THOSE WHO DD NOT BEU EVE IN ME X I CAN - REVOLUTION HA VE CONS T I TUT I ON AL GUARANTEE ' 0 F I R I GHJ S TO E XP RES S · I DE A S AND E X ER C I E · F R EDOM HE ' WARNED STUDENTS · NOT TO· ALLOW THEMSEL VES TC · BE i MANI PUL TED HOWEVER• HE 1 CONT I NU ED THAT AS LO NG AS NO· D I CJ ATOR SH ·I P EX l ST S · I N -- _ MEXICO DOORS W'ILL I ALWAYS BE OPEN TO PROMOTE UNDER '• r c -e T -✓ # 21973 Docid 445512 ' r----------- SANff ZEO COPY SEi JSITIVE INFORMATION DELETED Department of State PAGE i 02 MEX I C01 03578 0 1 OF 02 260139 1 STAND1NG AMONG · MEXlCANS ART ICUL i RLY FOR ' DIALOGUE BETWEEN STUDENTS · AND ° GOVERNMENT 11 s0 THA r · ClTt ZENs· ABOVE ALL THE YO N' · AN ALWAX £ RESS THE IR POINTS OF VIEW• 3 • ECHEVERRI A P0 1I NTED TO Pos IT I VE i AC J' IONS TAKEN ON E H A I - 0 F S T U DE N S - S I NC E HI S f N A UGUR A T1 0 N' - HE I S A I D• EVERY MONTH ' S tNCE DEC l 1 MOR Ei STUDENTS AND TEACHERS HAVE 8 EE N REL E ASE D FROM J A I L I ON T ELEV I S -I ON ·JUNE 1 5 PRES I DENT HAD· SAID No ·MORE STUOENrt S ' OR TEACHERS ' FROM 1963 REMAIN IN cvsTODYi A SiATEM£Nrt STUDENTS CONTEST - MEX I CO 3 3 0 6 • I AL SO HE HAD AC CE P fr£ D RE s ·r GN A Tl ON S' OF MARTINEZ DOMINGUEZ ANDI FLORES - CURIEL WHEN · ATTORNEY GENERAL I TOLD H IM rr· WAS NECESS·ARY · TO INVESTidATE C TY ' GO VER NM ENT• FUR HERJ EcHE1 ERRIA TOLD STUDENTS THAT ' WHEN AUTONOMY' OF ' UN 'I VERS ·I TY OF NUEVO LEON WAS PUT IN DANGER AND 80 TH SIDES · REQUESTED HIS MED I AT ION HE HAD SENT SECRET ARY - 0 F I EDUC A Tl ON WI TH I NS T R UC T I ON S T O· S OL V E - C RJ S 1 S I N S UCH A WA Y A S II T 0 KEEP i N Ac T · PR 1 NC ·I I LE o F N 1 v ER s r_ r Y· Au r o No My · 11 - DEPUTY ATTORNElf' GENERAL DAV 10' FR NCO RODR ·t GUEZ SAiD JUNE 23 THAT 'INVESTIGATION OF CITY Hati LL 1 WAS CONT IN I NG ANO 01 ERAL t I NV EST I GA I ON · WOULD INCLUDE ANY OiHER GOVERNMEN r · DEP 'A RTMENT' JUDGED NECESSARY HE PROM I SEO THAT NO• s1TUDENTS WH01 APPEARED TO AN WER QUE S T'I ONS WOULD BE - DE TA 1NED 0 NL ONE HA D SO FAR SHOWED up To TALK WITH ATToRNE f' GENERAL 1 SANCHEZ VARGAS OTHERS CALLED Hi D NOT APPt ARED pJ· SPITE CF iHEIR HAVING· BE EN GI VEN I MMUN ITY FROMs ARREST ' AMPAROS BY ' FEDERAi ' D-I ST R l c r · JUDG Ei FRAN CO RPDR I GUEZ SAID HE COULD NO YE r - -G I• VE DATE FOR -- - TERM I NAT I ON 1 0 F' I N VE S 11' 1 GATl ON i r 5 • S TU DENT LE ADER S · QUA RELL iI NG · AMONG THE MS E U E S REPORTED HEX I co 3398 CON T I NUES HEBERT CAST1 LLO AND TO MAS CERVANTES CA BEZ A DE I- V A CA LEl DERS FROM 1 968 WANT TO FORM NEW ' POL I Tl CAL ' PARTY ' OF MEX I CAN ' YOUTH• ANG THE R PR I NC I PAL I 9 6 8 LE ADE R · G·I LB ER TO GUE VAR A N I E BL o ·I SA GREE o JUNE · 2 11-1 CONTE ND I NG THAT' SUCH ' MO VE WOULD 11 INST1TUT10NAL'IZE MOST ACiiIVE D JSCONTENDED · SECTOR · OF • ME X I CAN - SOC I ET Y I S TU OEN TS 11 8 ES - DES GUE VAR A AO DE Di WI TH ' I ROW 1 ''WEi Do QB T VERX MUCf WE COULD DEF'EA T' PR1 • GEERET # 21973 Docid 445512 Department of State f CRET PAGE 03 · MEX I CO 03578 01 QF 02 260 l 39Z IN ELECTIONS • HE SArDr STUDENifS DID NO T WANT TO• TAKE POWER• GUEVARA' ACCUSED CABEZA DE VACA AND CASTILLO OF BEING APOLOGISTS OR REG iME SDMEJHING GUEVARA SAID STUDENTS COULD NOT DO AFTER THEY' 1 iHE REG ME J HAVt KILLED 30 A SOCIATES 1• GUEVAR ACCUSED ijOVERNMENT OF HAVING ALL I ED I TSELFi WI TH AMER CAN IMPER I AL I SM ANO GAVE ' SAL INITY ISSUE IN MEXICAL I VALLE Y' AS · EXAMPLE SAYING GOVERNMENT HAO-PASSED ' IT OFF AS SIMPLE TECHNICAL PROBLEM RATHER T AN A GRAVE MATTER CLEARLY PROVOKED BY ' THE NORTl-i • AMERICANS• IN MEETING JUNE 24 · AT UNAM·1 THREE OTHER STUDENT SPOKESr EN ALLI OF WHOM OPPOSED FORMAT i ON OF NE -' POLITICAL' ARTY' ALSO· cRJT1CIZED CASTILLO AND CAB ZA D VACA• END LO BEGIN SECRET §• COMMENT PRESE NT sTuoENT' s IiUiA TION -1 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ l S _H I GHL rt CONFUSED • Q-V E_ R_·_E_A R L- t-E ' 'R-r 's -1 s UE OF WHETHER SiUDENTS SHOULD ENil ERl I NT'b DI ALOGUE WI TH THERE HAS NOW BEEN SUPiRI MPoSED I DEA OF NEW 0 GOVC RNt' ENT LEFTvNATIONALI ST SiUDENT BASED P • UTICAL l PARTY• THE E APP EA RS TO 3 E S E VERE· FA CJ'IO N A L I Z A T I ON 0 N 8 0 TH S t DES 0 F BOTH f QUE ST IONS· AND R·E PO R JS OF i WHO I S AL •I G NED WITH ' -iH JM ARE f CONFL TCTING•• B Y DESIGN OR NOT THE GOM TO H t VE i succEEDED i N D I sRUPTING UNITY AMONG THC sTRUGGLE coMMITTEES _ r'HAT HAVE DOMIN 4 TEO STUOEN T APPEARS UN A FF A I RS -·AT AM A ND T HE i P N S I NC E l 9 6 8 • RENEWED i UNITY ' MAY BE HARDER T_O ACHIEVE rN FACE oF GOH CONCILIATORY POL lCY THAN WHEN STUDENTS WERE CONFRONTED wI ' H GO M RE PRE SS ·I I S TAN CE • GP 3 MCBRIDE ' FOIA b 1 State GECRCT # 21973 Docid 445512 ·j Department of State TELEGRAM 547 PAGE 0 I MEX I CO' 03578 02 · OF 02 260138 82 ACTION ARA•20 INFO · OCT-0 cu-05 · RSR -01 ' - c -· PRS 01 C•P E•00 095 W R 2600302 JUN 71 tNR'-08 ---- ------- ---····•· 073734 - FM AMEMBASSY ME lCO TO SECSTATE WASHDC 7928 E € e T SECTION 2 OF' 2 MEXIC0 1 35'78 7 • ECHEVERRI A• S · SPEECH 1 TO SI NA LOA STUDENTS · JUNE 24· WAS CLEAREST PUBL C I ND i CA Tl ON T0 1 DiA TE oF NEW G ---- P O C y F N W T · ST NT • F RM WH J CH REPOR 1 TED ECHEVERR ·t A _E_l _T_R__E--M- E L_Y_T O_L_E_R_A_N_ T · AT T I TU DE TOWARD STUD F NT S l NT ENOS NOT ONLY REFRAIN I NG FR OM SUPPRESS NG i FURTHER DEMONS TRA Tl ONS BUT ALSO GRANTl NG ANY REASONABLE STUDENT DEMANDS• THE PRESUMED RATIONAL IS - THAT STUDENT SUPPORT FOR M RD L NE ANTI-GOVERNMENr ACT10N WILL DtMlNISH AS · THE ARE ABLE TO ACH I EWE SOME • REFORMS AND SOME A CT I ON ON · DEMANDS• IT IS NO T ' NOW ' CLEA RI THAT GOH CAN GO VERY FAR IN MAKcrNG ANY REALI CONCF SS IONS · TO ST UDE NT S NOR THAT THE fl' WI LL 8 E • S SF 'I ED WITH TOK EN An GESTURES B• TH1S MAY EXPLAIN REPORJED H1 HLY SENS1T1YE 1 IN• F'ORMAr i ON THAT GDM IS SUPPpRrI NG FQRMA II ON PE · Nf W j YOUTHI-LED POLJTICI L PARTXf 1I s ' T R O N G N' ' A-T I O N' ' A_L_'I S-T -1 c- O R--I E N_T_A T IO N- - • F--i-P R D P P S E D-P_A R T Yr- i i MAY BE - ATTEMPT BY GOM TO DI VERT STUDENT PROTEST' FROM f DOMESTIC ISSUES To INTERNATIONAL • GIVEN LEFTIST OR 'I ENT A T1 ON OF MOST S iUDENT · LE DERS A NEW PARTY ALONG THESE LI NE S WOULD • ALMOS'r CERif A INLY D·I REC T PR I NC ·l PAL AT TACK AGA I NS T ALLEGED US I MP E R I AL I SM • f WHETHER BULK OF' STUDENTS WI LL G0 1 ALONG WI TH TH IS FOIA b 1 State # 21973 Docid 445512 Department of State TELEGRAM · GECliiE t PAGE 02 MExico 03578 02 OF 02 260138Z rs PLAN IF SUCH · IT IS DOUBTFUL • MANY SEE NEW PARTY IDEA AS SlMPLY PART OF i CONIT'INUING ' GOM EFFORT TO COOPT AND CONT ROl 1 STUDENT MOVEMEN T AT MIN I MUM AND AS REPORTED REF ' CAS MESSAGE i T HAY BE GOM ATTEMPT D1VIDE stubEN ' MOVEME t 9 • PRESENT DEGREE ' OF GOM INVOLVEMENT IN STUDENT AFFA IRS IF ANYTHING MORE i INTENSE THAN PRIOR TO' JUNE 10 RAISES QuES1'ION WHE1HER 1 ECHEVERR -IA REALLY I N r'ENDS ALLOW STUDENTS GREATER FREEDOM '• FOLLOW I NG SJATEMENT YESTERbAY HE I APPEARS C0MM1TTED TO PERMITTlNG STREET DEMONSTRATIONS ANO MEX I cO CITY STUDENTS MAY NOT DELAY LONG IN TAK I NG · UP i TH IS OFFER • HOWEVER GOM MAY ATTEMPT To EXERCI E INFLUENCE OVER WHO DEMONSTRATES AND FOR WHAT• END SEEAElf GP 3 MCBRIDE # 21973 Docld 445512