70 Eric Thomas Chester, Rag-Tags, Scum, Riff-Raff, and Commies, p. 55. 71 Cable, “For Baber and Adams From Lister,” May 9, 1965, Papers <strong>of</strong> George T. Lister, p. 1. 72 Memo, George Lister to Mr. Vaughn, “Comments on Dominican Crisis,” June 3, 1965, Papers <strong>of</strong> George T. Lister pp. 5-6. 73 Cable, “For Adams From Lister,” May 12, 1965, Papers <strong>of</strong> George T. Lister, p. 1; Memo, Lister to Vaughn, “Comments on Dominican Crisis,” June 3, 1965, p. 1. 74 Memo, Lister to Mr. Vaughn, “Comments on Dominican Crisis,” June 3, 1965, p. 2. 75 Cable, “For Baber and Adams From Lister,” May 9, 1965, p. 2. 76 Memo, Lister to Mr. Vaughn, “Comments on Dominican Crisis,” June 3, 1965, p. 3. 77 Ibid., p. 2. 78 Telephone interview <strong>by</strong> <strong>Gregory</strong> <strong>Krauss</strong> with Harry Shlaudeman, former St<strong>at</strong>e Department <strong>of</strong>ficial, April 15, <strong>2007</strong>. 79 Memo, Unknown to William Boswell, November 16, 1967. 80 Ibid. 81 Report, Thomas L. Hughes, “U.S. Department <strong>of</strong> St<strong>at</strong>e, “P<strong>at</strong>ters <strong>of</strong> L<strong>at</strong>in American Views on the Dominican Crisis: <strong>The</strong> First Month,” June 17, 1965, Papers <strong>of</strong> George Lister, p. 1. 82 Eric Thomas Chester, Rag-Tags, Scum, Riff-Raff, and Commies (New York: Monthly Review Press, 2001), p. 4. 83 Eric Thomas Chester, Rag-Tags, Scum, Riff-Raff, and Commies (New York: Monthly Review Press, 2001), pp. 9-10. 84 Telephone interview <strong>by</strong> <strong>Gregory</strong> <strong>Krauss</strong> with Harry Shlaudeman, April 15, <strong>2007</strong>. 85 Ibid. 86 Lister to Vaughn, “Comments on Dominican Crisis,” June 3, 1965, p. 4. 87 Memo, Unknown to William Boswell, November 16, 1967. 88 Telephone interview <strong>by</strong> <strong>Gregory</strong> <strong>Krauss</strong> with Sandy Pringle, former St<strong>at</strong>e Department <strong>of</strong>ficial, April 14, <strong>2007</strong>. 89 Ibid. 90 Memo, W. Averell Harriman to George Lister, “Call George Lister,” November 13, 1967, Papers <strong>of</strong> W. Averell Harriman, Library <strong>of</strong> Congress. 91 Walter Isaacson, <strong>The</strong> Wise Men (New York: Simon and Schuster, 1986), p. 638. 92 Memo, W. Averell Harriman to George Lister, “Call George Lister,” November 13, 1967. 93 Memo, George Lister to W. Averell Harriman, December 6, 1967, Papers <strong>of</strong> W. Averell Harriman, Library <strong>of</strong> Congress. 94 Ibid. 95 Memo, George Lister to John Crimmins, “ARA/LA and the Intern<strong>at</strong>ional Police Academy.” October 1, 1970, Papers <strong>of</strong> George Lister, p. 2. 96 Ibid. 97 Michael T. Clare and Nancy Stein, “Handcuffs, Mace and Armored Cars: Exporting the Tools <strong>of</strong> Repression,” <strong>The</strong> N<strong>at</strong>ion, (October 16, 1976), pp. 365-366. 98 Nomin<strong>at</strong>ion for the Warren M. Christopher Award, und<strong>at</strong>ed (1997), Papers <strong>of</strong> George T. Lister., p. 2. 99 Memo, George Lister to John Crimmins, “Rockefeller Visit to Brazil,” June 12, 1969, Papers <strong>of</strong> George Lister, p. 2. 100 Library <strong>of</strong> Congress, “El Salvador, Dashed Hopes,” Online. Available: http://lcweb2.loc.gov/cgibin/query/r?frd/cstdy:@field(DOCID+sv0020). Accessed: May 1, <strong>2007</strong>. 101 Memo, George Lister to Elliott Abrams, “Lost Opportunities,” May 19, 1983, Papers <strong>of</strong> George T. Lister. 102 Email from Mark T. Hove, Historian, Office <strong>of</strong> the Historian, Department <strong>of</strong> St<strong>at</strong>e, “RE: Acting Assistant Secretary <strong>of</strong> St<strong>at</strong>e for Inter-American Affairs 1972,” to <strong>Gregory</strong> <strong>Krauss</strong>, May 3, <strong>2007</strong>. 103 Ibid. 53
104 Ibid. 105 Ibid. 106 Ibid. 107 CNN, Jose Napoleon Duarte Fuentes, Online. Available: http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/cold.war/kbank/pr<strong>of</strong>iles/duarte/. Accessed: May 2, <strong>2007</strong>. 108 Telephone interview <strong>by</strong> <strong>Gregory</strong> <strong>Krauss</strong> with John Crimmins, April 5, <strong>2007</strong>. 109 Ibid. 54
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