Register of the Council for Inter-American Security records

Finding aid prepared by Daniel Case

Hoover Institution Library and Archives

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Stanford University

Stanford, CA 94305-6003

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Title: Council for Inter-American Security records

Date (inclusive): 1975-1988

Collection Number: 86013

Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives

Language of Material: English

Physical Description: 17 manuscript boxes (6.8 Linear Feet)

Abstract: Correspondence, reports, conference papers, memoranda, minutes, press releases, press summaries, and statistics relating to security requirements of various Latin American countries, especially in Central America; guerrilla activity in El Salvador; and a series of World Media Conferences on the media, especially in relation to formulation of American foreign policy. Includes statistics of incidences of violence in El Salvador and papers of Lynn Francis Bouchey, president of the Council.

Creator: Bouchey, L. Francis

Creator: Council for Inter-American Security

Creator: World Media Conference

Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives

Access

The collection is open for research; materials must be requested in advance via our reservation system. If there are audiovisual or digital media material in the collection, they must be reformatted before providing access.

Use

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Acquisition Information

Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 1986.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Council for Inter-American Security records, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Historical Note

Founded in 1976 by Ronald Docksai and headed by Lynn Francis Bouchey from 1977 to 1992, the Council for Inter-American Security's (CIS) mission objective was to clarify the common security interests of Western Hemisphere nations, provide strategic advice for the protection of those interests, and disseminate its recommendations. Publications and analyses from CIS focused primarily on Latin American countries and provided data and statistics to Congress, the executive branch, and the American public.

In the early years of the Ronald Reagan administration, the organization was one of the more influential think tanks of the New Right, providing both policy and policymakers to the new administration. CIS also sponsored educational programs, seminars, conferences, and briefing sessions; conducted direct mail and advertising campaigns; and produced publications, radio shows, films, and television documentaries on various issues relating to foreign policy and national defense posture.

Scope and Content of Collection

The materials in the Council for Inter-American Security records, including correspondence, reports, conference papers, memoranda, minutes, press releases, press summaries, and statistics, were collected by Lynn Francis Bouchey during his time as president of the Council for Inter-American Security (CIS) from 1977 until his resignation in 1992. The collection focuses on security for Latin America countries such as El Salvador, Guatemala, Nicaragua, and countries in the Caribbean against Soviet and Communist infiltration and expansion.

The collection has been organized into ten series, and the original folder titles have been retained.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

El Salvador -- History -- Civil War, 1979-1992

Latin America -- Military relations -- United States

United States -- Military relations -- Latin America

Mass media

United States -- Military relations -- Central America

Central America -- Military relations -- United States

Lynn Francis Bouchey File 1977-1983

Scope and Contents note

Comprised of correspondence, travel records, projects, and notes of Lynn Francis Bouchey, arranged chronologically.

box 1, folder 1

Lists: meetings, receptions, dinner, etc. 1977-1981

box 1, folder 2

Network notes 1977

box 1, folder 3

Correspondence 1979-1980

box 1, folder 4

Speech file 1980s

box 1, folder 5

Omniplan chron 1980

box 1, folder 6-15

Correspondence 1981

box 1, folder 16

Chron file for Annie 1981

box 1, folder 17

Lynn projects 1983

Conferences File 1977-1988

Scope and Contents note

Includes records on the sponsorship, production of, and participation in educational programs, seminars, conferences, symposiums, and briefing sessions during the final years of the Cold War. There are subseries on the Center for Liberation Strategy conference in 1986, the Inter-American Symposiums held annually between 1979 and 1981, the Geneva Conference in 1986, and World Media Conferences held consecutively between 1981 and 1983. The conferences cover topics relating to political and economic security between the United States and Latin American nations between 1977 and 1988. The subseries have been arranged alphabetically, then chronologically thereunder.

Center for Liberation Strategy 1986-1988

box 1, folder 18

General 1986-1987

box 2, folder 1-2

General 1986-1987

box 2, folder 3

Central America: Myths and Disinformation, 1980s

box 2, folder 4

Conference notes 1986

box 2, folder 5

Board 1986

box 2, folder 6

Brochures 1986

box 2, folder 7

Finance proposal 1987

box 2, folder 8

Saumer, France, 1988

Inter-American Symposiums 1977-1981

box 2, folder 9

Brochures 1977, 1979

box 2, folder 10

Programs 1979

box 2, folder 11-12

Correspondence 1979

box 2, folder 13-14

Correspondence 1981

box 2, folder 15

Symposium biographies 1981

box 3, folder 1

Simposio InterAmericano 1981

box 3, folder 2

Symposium materials in Spanish 1981

box 3, folder 3

Memo to participants 1980-1981

box 3, folder 4

Buenos Aires, Argentina 1981 May

box 3, folder 5

Expenses 1981

box 3, folder 6

Schedule 1981

box 3, folder 7

Travel arrangements 1981

box 3, folder 8

Acceptances 1981

box 3, folder 9

Programs in English 1981

box 3, folder 10

Programs in Spanish 1979, 1981

box 3, folder 11

Lists 1981

Geneva 1986

box 3, folder 12

Colloquium - proposal and agendas

box 3, folder 13

Colloquium - correspondence

box 3, folder 14

Correspondence - names and addresses

box 3, folder 15

Judith Bingham correspondence

box 3, folder 16

Conference documentation

box 4, folder 1

Receipts - originals from US

box 4, folder 2

Conference - originals from Paris

World Media Conference 1981-1983

box 4, folder 3

1981

box 4, folder 4-5

1982

box 4, folder 6

1983

box 4, folder 7

Peru/Institute for Liberty and Democracy 1982

box 4, folder 8-10

Education Institute: Jamaica Symposium Development 1982

box 4, folder 11

Convention on National Defense (Leadership Foundation Convention) 1982

box 5, folder 1

Central America and the US Conference 1983

box 5, folder 2

Conference/Santiago, Chile 1983

box 5, folder 3

Central America Freedom Alliance Conference - human rights 1983

box 5, folder 4

Institute on Religion and Democracy 1984-1985

box 5, folder 5

Paris/Central American Conference 1985

box 5, folder 6

Debt Crisis Conference 1987

box 5, folder 7

Privatization Conference, 1987-1988

box 5, folder 8

US-Colombian Legislative Conference on Narcotics Laws, Puerto Rico 1987-1988

Correspondence 1978-1987

Scope and Contents note

Notable correspondents include Jean-Louis Clariond, Ambassador Robert H. McBride, Jack Skelly, Ambassador William Middendorf, Frank Calzon, Robert Reilly, and Congressional contacts. Arranged chronologically.

box 5, folder 9

Coalition for Peace Through Strength 1978

box 5, folder 10

CIS mailings 1979

box 5, folder 11

Editorial submissions - rejected 1979

box 5, folder 12

Mailgrams 1979

box 5, folder 13

Cuevas, Gustavo 1979, 1981

box 5, folder 14

Clariond, Jean-Louis 1979-1984

box 5, folder 15

McBride, Robert H. (Ambassador) 1980

box 5, folder 16

Skelly, Jack, Cuba 1980

box 5, folder 17

Miscellaneous 1980

box 5, folder 18

Coalition - correspondence media, 1980-1983

box 5, folder 19

Cavallini, Raul 1981

box 5, folder 20

Middendorf, William (Ambassador) 1981-1984

box 5, folder 21

Calzon, Frank 1982

box 5, folder 22

Letter from Richardson to Weyrich 1982

box 5, folder 23

Reilly, Robert 1982

box 5, folder 24

Hamilton, Scott 1984

box 5, folder 25

Young, Peter 1984

box 5, folder 26

Grassroots correspondence 1987

box 5, folder 27

Congressional contacts 1987

box 5, folder 28

Items for Jose Robelo 1987

box 6, folder 1

Mail from Haiti 1987

Financial Documents 1981-1987

box 6, folder 2-4

Council for Inter-American Security invoices 1981

box 6, folder 5

Central America trip (travel records) 1985

box 6, folder 6

US Information Agency grant 1987

Memoranda 1977-1987

box 6, folder 7

Board of Directors 1977-1979

box 6, folder 8

Coalition for a Democratic Majority 1978

box 6, folder 9

Executive Committee 1979

box 6, folder 10

Memos 1979

box 6, folder 11

CIS Business Bureau 1980

box 6, folder 12

Association of American Chambers of Commerce in Latin America 1980

box 6, folder 13

The Fraser Institute, 1980

box 6, folder 14

Metro Graphics Inc., 1981

box 6, folder 15

Advisors - Admiral and Generals 1981

box 6, folder 16

Paraguayan-American Development Co. 1981

box 6, folder 17

Coalition for Free Elections in El Salvador, 1982

box 6, folder 18

Coalition for Democracy in Central America 1984

box 7, folder 1

Costa Rica Action Plan for Tom Miller 1986

box 7, folder 2

Frank Madsen 1987

Organizations File 1980-1986

Scope and Contents note

Includes files on organizations that worked in conjunction with the CIS, such as the Central American Working Group (CAWG), Organization of American States (OAS), Asamblea Nicaraguense Unidad Democrática, Central American Program of Undergraduate Scholarship (CAMPUS), and Unión del Centro Democrático.

Central American Working Group 1980-1984

box 7, folder 3

Q and A on El Salvador 1980s

box 7, folder 4

Proposal 1980s

box 7, folder 5

Correspondence, 1980-1982

box 7, folder 6

National Council of World Affairs Organizations 1980

box 7, folder 7

Washington College speaker 1981

box 7, folder 8

Outreach Working Group on C.A. 1983

box 7, folder 9

Lists 1984

box 7, folder 10

Organization of American States 1982

box 7, folder 11

Asamblea Nicaraguense Unidad Democrática 1983

box 7, folder 12

Central American Program of Undergraduate Scholarships 1985-1986

box 7, folder 13

Unión del Centro Democrático 1986

Project File 1980-1988

box 7, folder 14

Abraham Guillen 1980s

box 7, folder 15

Caribbean Central American Action 1980

box 7, folder 16

Castro Research Project 1980

box 7, folder 17

National Council of Churches 1981-1985

box 7, folder 18

Centro de Estudios Publicos 1983

box 7, folder 19

National Center for Pan-Am Studies 1983

box 7, folder 20

National Coalition for America's Survival 1984

box 8, folder 1

Lex Ritter/Costa Rica 1984

box 8, folder 2

Resume: Rafael Rosario, ADO, 1985

box 8, folder 3

The Caribbean and Latin American Scholarship Program 1985

box 8, folder 4

Memoria del Encuentro Intercooperativo 1985

box 8, folder 5

Briefing book for Dwight Ink 1985

box 8, folder 6

Nicaraguan Refugee Fund 1985

box 8, folder 7

African Studies Center - notes 1986

box 8, folder 8

"The Transition to Democracy in Central America," 1988

box 8, folder 9

"The Role of the Military in the Transition of Democracy," Spain 1988

box 9, folder 1

Oliver North: Declassified 1988

Scope and Contents note

Materials related to a video on North.

Reports 1977-1988

Scope and Contents note

Includes statistical reports of acts of violence between 1979 and 1984 relating to guerilla activity during the civil war in El Salvador. Additional reports relating to agro-industrial development and cold war political-economic relations are also included.

Acts of Violence reports, 1979-1984

box 9, folder 2-3

1979

box 9, folder 4-5

1980

box 9, folder 6-8

1981

box 10, folder 4-5, box 11, folder 1-2

1982

box 11, folder 3-6, box 12, folder 1-2

1983

box 12, folder 3

1984

box 12, folder 4

National Economic Development Association 1977

box 12, folder 5

Council for Inter-American Security - security survey 1978

box 12, folder 6

Members of Congress for Peace Through Law 1979

box 12, folder 7

"Annual Report, Foreign and Domestic Corporations," 1979

box 12, folder 8

"The Political Situation in Colombia in Recent Years," 1980s

box 12, folder 9

"Understanding of the Problem," 1980s

box 12, folder 10

A Primer on Communism 1980s

box 12, folder 11

"The Impact of Small Economies on Metropolitan Countries of Different Economic Systems," 1980s

box 12, folder 12

Banco Agricola 1980

box 12, folder 13

Citizens Commission on the Crisis in the Americas 1980-1984

box 12, folder 14

Foreign Broadcast Information Service El Salvador war toll 1983

box 12, folder 15

Justification de Implementacion 1983

box 13, folder 1

Executive Summary on Dominican Republic 1983

box 13, folder 2

El Salvador/special report 1984

box 13, folder 3

Manual de Codigos 1985

box 13, folder 4

"Is There a Future for Foreign Aid?," 1985

box 13, folder 5

Costa Rica - recent economic developments, 1985

box 13, folder 6

"The Activites and Operations of the Institute for Price Stabilization of the Dominican Republic," 1985

box 13, folder 7

"Agricultural Sector Overview," 1985

box 14, folder 1

"Diagnostico de los Sistemas de Manejo Postproducción de Granos Basicos en Costa Rica," 1985

box 14, folder 2

Centro para Investigaciones 1985

box 14, folder 3

Interview 1985

box 14, folder 4

Mercado Agroindustria: Costa Rica 1985

box 14, folder 5

"Obstacles to US-USSR Arms Negotiations and a Viable Approach for the Future," 1985

box 14, folder 6

Nicaraguan Freedom Campaign - human rights, media 1986

box 14, folder 7

"Political-Economic Dynamics of Marketing Boards in Latin America," 1986

box 14, folder 8

"Postharvest Grain System Research and Development," 1986

box 14, folder 9

Gedes Voluntary Report 1986

box 14, folder 10

"Patterns of Conflicts," 1986

box 14, folder 11

"Dismantling Soviet Global Strategy," 1987

box 14, folder 12

"Central America and the Hemispheric Security," 1988

Research File 1980-1988

box 15, folder 1

Bibliography Task Force 1980s

box 15, folder 2

Guatemala trip - general 1980s

box 15, folder 3

"The U.S. Media and the Nicaraguan Revolution," 1980s

box 15, folder 4

José de Meira Penna 1983-1987

box 15, folder 5-6

Guatemala 1986-1988

box 15, folder 7

Caribbean Basin Initiative, Program Cruise 1988

Printed Matter 1975-1988

Articles 1978, 1980

box 15, folder 8

Direct mail possiblities 1978

box 15, folder 9

Capitalism and Christianity 1980

Brochures 1980s

box 15, folder 10

Cypress International, 1980s

box 15, folder 11

International Education: Cornerstone of Competition, 1986

box 15, folder 12

Resistance International, 1987-1988

Newspaper clippings 1978-1987

box 15, folder 13

Terrorism book 1978

box 15, folder 14

1979

box 15, folder 15

1979-1980

box 15, folder 16

The New York Times, 1984-1985

box 15, folder 17

La Republica, La Nacion, 1985-1986

box 15, folder 18

La Republica, 1986

box 16, folder 1-4

Africa 1987

box 16, folder 5

Press releases 1977-1980

box 16, folder 6

The MX Project 1979

box 16, folder 7

Navarro articles 1979

box 16, folder 8

News release 1980

box 16, folder 9

Press release 1980

box 16, folder 10

Council for Inter-American Security, publications press and advertisements, 1980-1981

Pamphlets 1975-1986

Scope and Contents note

Pamphlets collected while traveling between conferences in Latin America and Europe relating to the socio-political atmosphere of the 1980s between the Western and Eastern hemispheres. Arranged chronologically.

box 16, folder 11

Anhelos, 1975

box 16, folder 12

Proceedings of a Multinational Conference on NATO and the Global Threat, 1978

box 16, folder 13

Ethics and Public Policy Reprint 18: Alienation and US Foreign Policy, 1979

box 16, folder 14

Ethics and Public Policy Reprint 19: The Cost of America's Retreat, 1979

box 16, folder 15

Estatutos, 1979

box 16, folder 16

Money, Investment and Growth in Latin America, 1979

box 16, folder 17

Nacionalismo y Integracion, 1979

box 16, folder 18

You Won't Get Spanked in Sweden, 1980s

box 16, folder 19

Nicaraguan Democratic Union, 1980

box 16, folder 20

America Latina y La Crisis de Combustible, 1980

box 17, folder 1

Less Is More: Cutting Marginal Income Tax Rates, 1981

box 17, folder 2

The US Defence Mobilization Infrastructure Problems and Priorities, 1981

box 17, folder 3

How Realistic Is the Nuclear Freeze Proposal?, 1982

box 17, folder 4

Our Moral Duty to Defend Freedom, 1983

box 17, folder 5

Topicos de Actualidad, 1983

box 17, folder 6

Instituto de Formación Política del Partido Reformista, 1983 December

box 17, folder 7

Instituto de Formación Política del Partido Reformista, 1984 September

box 17, folder 8

Central America: The Future of the Democratic Revolution, 1984

box 17, folder 9

Instituto de Formación Política del Partido Reformista, 1985 January

box 17, folder 10

Instituto de Formación Política del Partido Reformista, 1985 May

box 17, folder 11

Economic Systems and Economic Ethics, 1985

box 17, folder 12

Misión Cumplida, 1986