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REVOLUTION
AND SUBVERSION
IN LATIN
AMERICA
1947-1987 |
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The
23 declassified National Intelligence Estimates and
related documents in this volume on Subversion and
Revolution in Latin America span the years 1947
to 1987. The documents in this collection of estimative
products fall into three groups. The first three, written
between April 1947 and December 1952, set the stage
for the emergence of a strong and potent argument in
official circles that the Soviet Union posed a threat
to US interests in the hemisphere. A second set of 13 National Intelligence Estimates (NIEs) and other estimative documents prepared between July 1961 and July 1977 reflects the Castro era, following his January 1959 Revolution in Cuba and the increased presence of the Soviets in the Americas. The final group of seven, written between
June 1981 and May 1987, reflects US policy concerns
following the collapse of the anti-Communist dictatorship
in Nicaragua and the rise to power of the Sandinista
regime.
This
collection, like its three predecessors, reflects a
joint undertaking with the CIA's Office of Information
Management Services, which selected and declassified
the material. Similar collections have been issued previously
on China, Vietnam, and Yugoslavia: Tracking
the Dragon, National Intelligence Estimates on China
During the Era of Mao, 1948-1976 (2004), Estimative
Products on Vietnam, 1948-1975 (2005). and From
"National Communism" to National Collapse,
US Intelligence Community Estimative Products on Yugoslavia,
1948-1990 (2006).
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