1. CONFERENCE FORMALLY INAUGURATED ON APRIL 15 BY PRESIDENT
FIGUERES WITH SPEECHES BY CONFERENCE SECY G. CARRILLO
FLORES, COSTA RICAN HEALTH MINISTER ORLICH AND MEXICAN
MINGOVT MOYA ON BEHALF OF ALL DELS. SINCE NATIONAL
THEATER UNDER REPAIR, INAUGURAL SESSION HELD IN LOCAL MOVIE
PALACE WHOSE MARQUEE WAS EMBLAZONED WITH TITLE OF CURRENT
(WOODY) ALLEN HIT: QTE ALL YOU WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT SEX
BUT WERE AFRAID TO ASK UNQTE.
BY PREARRANGEMENT AT PREVIOUS HEADS OF DEL MEETING,
FOLLOWING OFFICERS ELECTED:
CHAIRMAN: COSTA RICAN HEALTH MINISTER DR. JOSE LUIS ORLICH.
VICE CHAIRMEN: ARGENTINE MINISTER OF INTERIOR LLAMBI;
ALLEYNE FROM BARBADOS.
RAPPORTEUR: COLOMBIAN CHIEF OF PLANNING DEPT. ROSAS.
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3. GENERAL DEBATE INITIATED AFTERNOON MONDAY, CONTINUING
TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY WITH LAST 2 1/2 DAYS TO BE DEVOTED
TO DRAFT WORLD POPULATION PLAN OF ACTION. HIGHLIGHTS OF
DEBATE REPORTED SEPARATELY.
4. U.S. STATEMENT DELIVERED AT MONDAY AFTERNOON SESSION PAR-
TICULARLY WELL RECEIVED, WITH PRIASE FROM CARRILLO FLORES,
ECLA EXECUTIVE SECRETARY IGLESIAS, UN POPULATION CHIEF TABAH,
MEXICAN MINGOVT MOYA, BRAZIL DEL ALMEIDA AND OTHERS
5. NINE DELS HEADED BY CABINET LEVEL OFFICIALS AND OTHER
DELS BY PLANNING AND HEALTH OFFICIALS, WITH NINE-MAN MEXICAN DEL
THE LARGEST.
6. ATMOSPHERE FRIENDLY AND CONSTRUCTIVE WITH GENERAL DESIRE
AVOID CONFRONTATIONS WITH TWO EXCEPTIONS. ONE SLIGHTLY DIS-
CORDANT NOTE STRUCK BY ARGENTINE MINISTER LLAMBI WHEN HE
PROPOSED THAT FAMILY PLANNING RECOMMENDATIONS IN DRAFT PLAN
BE ELIMINATED AND REPLACED WITH RECOMMENDATIONS FOR ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT AND AID.
CUBAN REP. MELENDEZ BACH, VICE CHAIRMAN NATIONAL ECONO-
MIC SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL COORDINATING COMMITTEE, CHARGED
"IMPERIALIST POWERS" WITH FORCING POPULATION CONTROL ON LDCS
FOR NEFARIOUS ENDS AND ACCUSED "COLONIAL POWER" OF DRASTIC
MEASURES TO REDUCE POPULATION OF PUERTO RICO RESULTING IN
STERILIZATION OF 33 PERCENT OF ALL WOMEN.
7. FINAL REPORT OF CONFERENCE WILL CONSIST, AS
PLANNED BY IGLESIAS, OF TWO PARTS: (1) SUMMARY OF GENERAL
DEBATE AND (2) COMMENTS, APPROVED BY CONSENSUS IF POSSIBLE,
RE DRAFT WORLD PLAN.
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