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EEMCHHABK 1t PBOGRYSS OM T~F DEVIM£ CASE -----------------------------------------S, WKILF WE HAVr S£tM PROGREsS OR THIS CAS£ (DFTAILED IN pnoR BEPORTS), ~<:"!'TIM;· T:H: lO~ TO IMDIC! AND TSY THOSE ~ESPONSIBLF FOR THE MURDER 0P HR. ~EVIRE REHAIRS THE SIRE QUA MOB ~08 T~E ESTA&LISHHENT OF A COOD US-GUATEMALA MILirARI PELATIOMSHIP, THE ARMY HIGH COMHABO, 1-KCLUDIM~ ITS CURBE~T MIRIS!~.B OF Dtfl;HSE, ijAS TRIED TO COVER-UP OFFICER IMVOLYEHEHT 1M THE CRIME AMI> F~OSTRAT' THE INVESTI~lTIOJ, WE MA(E THESE POINTS BrPEATEI>L! TO THE ~lr. (HOST BRC~HTLI THE CC!I TO PRESIDENTIAl ADVIS~R BERJARDO REUHAU, ~OYEHHR 19l--TH:· G~ HAS HO HISOMD=RSTAKDIHC II THIS BECARI>. WHILE WE P.AVF. AGREED TO CIVT. THE COC A "&BFATHER" .FBOH PUBLIC OS~ CRITICISM OR · DEVI~E URTIL REL~AS£ OF TK£ DEPAR~EMT'S 1991 HUtiAK RivHTS PRACTICES REPORT, Tft£ GO~ lROWS THE "DFAL" IS OFF AFTER THAT IF NO MAJOR PROGRESS IS SEEN.

6, VI: HAVE SOH£ nOH OF POSITIVE ~OV~EKT IN TK £ NOT-TOO-DISTANT FUTURE, ACCORDiti~ TO NEOMAMR, TKE · P4£SIDEKT'S C~BIR~-LEVF.L SPECIAL ADVISORl COHtiiSSIOK OK HUMAN RIGHTS (JUST BFGIKHIRC TO ·FUNCTIOR ONDER K£UHAHH'S DIPECTIO~) HAS RESOLVING THE DEVINE CASE AS ITS NOHBER OM• PRIORITY. !T IS ALSO LIKELY D<Fo~SE ~INISTEB M£~~A ~ILL NOT FE IR HIS JOB MUCH LONCtRI HIS DEPARTURE COCLD FACiliTATE ITS RESOLUTIOK.

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LAV" TO T~E IBTtRKAL ABHtD COJFUCJ A "JOI--~OTIAilL£" Do~~JD, TH! COC HAS BALKED AT THE IMTRODOCTION OF T~IS ~~E. HAtiNC TUO A!GC~EKTS1 ONE PBOCEDUBAL kM D OJ£ SUFSTAI<TtYr, THE FIBSTo BOTH PARTIES HAD AC!.:.ED U HolY THE TAL~ S UOOLD PRODUCt A "TOTAL ACCORD" TO BE IHPLti\EMT::D U ItS EfttiB~l , I .~ .. TM£RE UAS TO BE NO PtiCEMF-AL IHPLEHEHTATtOH OF PARTS OF THE ACCORD, THE SECOKD IS THAT TO INCLUDE THIS ISSUE IR THE TAL(S IMPLIES THE COHFLlct VILL CO OK, Ti£ ~OC. KtYtRT~EL!SS, ACREE& LAST SOHMER TO ALLOW AM ICBC YACCIHATIOM PROCRA~ IK AHD lROUMD TH~ CPR'S V!TK TUO CAVEATSt (1) ICRC WOULD NOT SF£~ UP.~C PER~ISSIOH FOR THE PBO:RAH, THUS lMPL!IiC ~RKC CONTROL OF TERBITOBI, AND (2) TH E COC ~I KI STBI OF PUBLIC H!Alt a UOOLD U~'!: PAU, ICRC APPARE~TLI VIOLATED TH E FIRST STBICTUBE Bl CONTACTIKC TH£ ORNC, VI A THE UM , Rt I TS PLAW , AN D THE SECOI D 21 BtFUSIJC : oc PARTICIPATION. tHE :o: PREVENTED ICBC FRO~ EIECUTUC THE PLA I , II ADDITIOR, THE UUC HAS BECOK A . CA~PAIC J D~~AKDIM: ICRC/UMIIMTEP.IATIO~AL CO~~UMITt HTERYEKT~ON ON BEHALF or CAPTOQED GUEi!BILLA VUOJ!CA OBT!t HtRlAKDEt (SrPTEL DISCUSSES THIS fURTHER),

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hBOUT T~t PROGRESS THAT HAS BE'~ MADE AHD VHAT Wf. EXPECT 1 TO HAPPEN sooNr THIS wouLD st DONE WITH A" trE tOVABDS

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THE BUSES NOV IM STORAGE IN VIRGINIA, OR OF THE PRE-FAB (. ·1 HRRAC~S, AHD INFOF~IN; ~E ;cc (8£1!HRDO HEUMAJIR) THAT

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