On the Record
As the debate over contra aid heated up, we were fortunate enough to receive a copy of this stirring appealfor freedom from the Council for InterAmerican Security (CIS). CIS president L....
...citizenship revoked...
...Now just let me tell you the danger you, I and America are in, if the actions of these "brigadistas" continue...
...They see America as the enemy [. . . .. They criticize America and chant "Long live the Sandinista Front...
...government, then they should no longer be American citizens...
...The CIS advisory board includes seven Republican senators and congressmen, among them 1988 presidential hopeful Jack Kemp-The Editors...
...These misguided, Communist-puppets must be stopped (emphasis in original) from aiding the CommunistSandinistas in their bloody war against freedom...
...Your swift action today is vital to the internal security of the United States [. . .. ] For right now, my friend, THERE ARE AMERICAN CITIZENS FIGHTING WITH THE COMMUNISTS IN NICARAGUA AGAINST THE UNITED STATES...
...Do you remember when Abbie Hoffman incited riots AGAINST AMERICA in the 1960s...
...Every ten weeks another group of American "brigadists"- ranging in age from 18-71-venture off to Nicaragua to work on government farms in service to the Sandinista Government Army...
...And I must tell you Im OUTRAGED...
...And if so-called "Americans" insist on promoting a Communist government against the wishes and security of the U.S...
...security is too important to have traitors in our midst...
...Dear Concerned Citizen, I must ask you to sign the enclosed petition to the Department of State to refuse passports and visas to American citizens illegally working for the Communist-Sandinista government in Nicaragua...
...CIS president L. Francis Bouchey was one of the five authors of the 1980 Santa Fe Report, widely considered the intellectual blueprint for the Reagan Administration's Latin America policy...
...These Communist-loving Americans have been taken in by a New York-based, Sandinista support group called the NICARAGUA EXCHANGE...
...That they threaten our very lives and freedoms [. .. . .] You remember, as I do, our young American soldiers fighting for the sake of America, only to be spit on by Communist-loving TRAITORS...
...And "Long Live International Proletarianism...
...I fear for your life and mine, my friend...
...You and I must stop the brigadists [. .. ] Sincerely, L. Francis Bouchey Prospective "brigadists" willing to be indoctrinated can contact the Nicaragua Exchange at 239 Centre Street, New York, NY 10013-Ed...
...Do you remember Abbie Hoffman...
...For they have become enemies from within our own country...
...And these "Americans" are willing at any time to take up arms AGAINST America...
...And unless you and I act nowtoday-these RED AMERICAN "brigadists" (sic) will destroy every freedom you and I have fought for [. . . .] Because as cautious as I am in using the word, some may call these American citizens TRAITORS...
...And I know you realize, as I do, my friend, that you and I cannot let that happen again in America...
...Abbie Hoffman and his drug-crazed followers spit on the American flag and on American soldiers when they returned from Vietnam...
...Now, my friend, Abbie Hoffman is leading the American brigadists in Nicaragua...
...But I will not remain silent...
...These brigadists return to America indoctrinated by the Communist Sandinistas...
...For ten weeks, they volunteer their time, money and hard work to the Sandinista government picking coffee beans in the hills of Nicaragua...
...And U.S...
...Your petition also demands that any Americans already in Nicaragua return to the United States IMMEDIATELY or have their U.S...
...It is up to you and me to warn all loyal American citizens that there may be traitors among us...
...I fear for the secure 2 REPORT ON THE AMERICAS future of America...
...These brigadists believe the lies the Sandinistas tell them...
Vol. 20 • June 1986 • No. 3
