Margaret P Grafeld Declassified Released US Department of State EO Systematic Review 22 May 2009 Message Text CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 01 BOGOTA 06229 062206Z ACTION ARA-14 INFO OCT-01 ISO-00 SSO-00 DEAE-00 CIAE-00 INR-07 IO-13 JUSE-00 NSAE-00 SNM-02 TRSE-00 USIA-06 NSC-05 OES-07 OMB-01 AGRE-00 INRE-00 056 W ------------------076025 062213Z 75 O 062110Z JUL 77 FM AMEMBASSY BOGOTA TO SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 2439 C O N F I D E N T I A L BOGOTA 6229 E O 11652 GDS TAGS SNAR CO SUBJECT OPIUM CULTIVATION IN COLOMBIA REF A STATE 152150 B BOGOTA 6156 1 MISSION BELIEVES THAT NARCOTICS BRIEFING FOR PRESIDENT LOPEZ REF B PROVIDES EXCEPTIONAL OPORTUNITY FOR INITIAL STEP IN PUSHING FOR ELIMINATION OF OPIUM CULTIVATION IN COLOOMBIA REF A PROVIDING LOPEZ WITH AVAILABLE INTELLIGENCE WOULD BE IN SPIRIP OF BOURNE FALCO OFFERS OF INTELLIGENCE SHARING AND WOULD ENLIST NECESSARY SUPPORT AT HIGHEST LEVEL FOR EFFECTIVE ENFORCEMENT ACTION 2 IN MISSION'S OPINION INTELLIGENCE ON OPIUM CULTIVATION IS NOT YET SUFFICIENTLY DETAILED FOR SPECIFIC ERADICATION EFFORTS RATHER THAN DISSIPATING IMPACT OF CURRENT INTELLIGENCE BY PRESENTING IT AL LOWER LEVEL AND THEN WAITING FOR IT TO FILTER UPWARD MISSION STRONGLY RECOMMENDS THAT FORCEFUL PRESECTATION BE MADE DIRECTLY TO PRESIDENT LOPEZ STAGE WOULD THEN BE SET FOR NECESSARY POLITICAL AND BUREAUCRATIC DECISIONS FOR COOPERATIVE DEVELOPMENT OF FURTHER INTELLIGENCE AND FOR ERADICATION EFFORTS DREXLER CONFIDENTIAL NNN Margaret P Grafeld Declassified Released US Department of State EO Systematic Review 22 May 2009 Margaret P Grafeld Declassified Released US Department of State EO Systematic Review 22 May 2009 Message Attributes Automatic Decaptioning X Capture Date 01-Jan-1994 12 00 00 am Channel Indicators n a Current Classification UNCLASSIFIED Concepts OPIUM AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION Control Number n a Copy SINGLE Sent Date 06-Jul-1977 12 00 00 am Decaption Date 01-Jan-1960 12 00 00 am Decaption Note Disposition Action RELEASED Disposition Approved on Date Disposition Case Number n a Disposition Comment 25 YEAR REVIEW Disposition Date 22 May 2009 Disposition Event Disposition History n a Disposition Reason Disposition Remarks Document Number 1977BOGOTA06229 Document Source CORE Document Unique ID 00 Drafter n a Enclosure n a Executive Order GS Errors N A Expiration Film Number D770240-0262 Format TEL From BOGOTA Handling Restrictions n a Image Path ISecure 1 Legacy Key link1977 newtext t19770789 aaaaczoc tel Line Count 47 Litigation Code IDs Litigation Codes Litigation History Locator TEXT ON-LINE ON MICROFILM Message ID 68c6b370-c288-dd11-92da-001cc4696bcc Office ACTION ARA Original Classification CONFIDENTIAL Original Handling Restrictions n a Original Previous Classification n a Original Previous Handling Restrictions n a Page Count 1 Previous Channel Indicators n a Previous Classification CONFIDENTIAL Previous Handling Restrictions n a Reference 77 STATE 152150 77 BOGOTA 6156 Retention 0 Review Action RELEASED APPROVED Review Content Flags Review Date 18-Apr-2005 12 00 00 am Review Event Review Exemptions n a Review Media Identifier Review Release Date n a Review Release Event n a Review Transfer Date Review Withdrawn Fields n a SAS ID 1957336 Secure OPEN Status NATIVE Subject OPIUM CULTIVATION IN COLOMBIA TAGS SNAR CO To STATE Type TE vdkvgwkey odbc SAS SAS dbo SAS_Docs 68c6b370-c288-dd11-92da-001cc4696bcc Review Markings Margaret P Grafeld Declassified Released US Department of State EO Systematic Review 22 May 2009 Markings Margaret P Grafeld Declassified Released US Department of State EO Systematic Review 22 May 2009 Margaret P Grafeld Declassified Released US Department of State EO Systematic Review 22 May 2009