DECLASSITED Authority Stateletter Maher 21 me NARS Date 24981 TMCams na SEPARTMENT FM 1aarical trabº 88, sản OFFICARCI Datum Jasaington AMERICAN REPUBLIC AFFAIRS December 19, 1986, KODEC 28 1994 du hteo na Deusdbør 21, Grotta 1723 ooem. 20. 110 MM 8182812. The Reference in terminated from the ba says onfidential dospatoa No. 2223 of December 18, 1947, transmitting a manozenuwn of a conversation with Manuel Mora regarding costa Rioan economic conditions and contral Amezioan polities and particularly to tha. paregraph which begins at the bottom of page hip of the naorazdum.
18 18. 00 Yesterday afternoon had a talk with Maria Isabel Garvajal, generally iszown as Miss Carnen Lyra. As tho Department is aware. she was the intellectual leader and chief Inspiration at the former Communist party in doute Rice and how has the same roletions but to the Vanguardia Popular party. She is particularly close to Manuel Mora with wou aads in daily conference. Soon after the beginning of our Conyezation she made a point of telling me that she know about my recant: conversation with more and then referred to the Salvadoran question. She stated that 1t was her opinion that the latin American countries. 10, intervena in El Salvador for the purpose or bringing about.
a compromise settlement before the powers supported by Carias and Somoza get firmly established or a full 2016 war breaks out between Mexico and Guatemala on the de and the three mailotetora on the other. She said that would be difficult for the United States or Mexico 11dividually to mediate but that countries of South America: with deinooratio régimea, Buob as Colombia, Ecuador and Uruguay might be called upon for help.
In view of the close relations known to exist between Miss Lyra and Marvel Mora it is probable that mora, subsequent to his conversation with me abando ned any idea he may have had during that conversation that he might arrange that the various SelTadoras parties themselves request mediation by the United States.
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