Word: manne
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Working indirectly with Assistant Secretary of State Thomas C. Mann (TIME cover, Jan. 31), Sanz and his committee will tackle the ticklish, difficult task of pinpointing aid needs, channeling requests and making recommendations on how Alianza funds should be spent. He has high credentials. Educated as a civil engineer, Sanz was a successful builder for ten years. Moving into politics, he became one of the best mayors Bogota ever had, served in four different Cabinets, was twice Ambassador...
...Mann believes that the real hope for a peaceful, prosperous Latin America in the future lies beyond the Alianza-in each nation's pride in itself. Says he: "There are two kinds of nationalism afoot in Latin America. The first kind, I believe, is the best bulwark we've got against the Communists, and the Latin American who doesn't sense it isn't doing his country a bit of good. This kind of nationalism means knowing who you are and for what your country stands. But there's another kind-xenophobic nationalism. This...
...Crowded Act. Mann himself was then Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs. Around and about him was a "task force" headed by aging, imperious Adolf Berle, a Latin expert under F.D.R. There was also a youthful White House speechwriter, Richard Goodwin, whom John Kennedy fancied as a real idea man about Latin America. Berle and Goodwin superimposed their decisions and advice on those State Department regulars, and there is little doubt that one reason for the Bay of Pigs invasion fiasco was the number of fingers dipping into the Cuban problem. U.S. policy toward Latin America...
...programs put forth by the CIA and the Defense Department. Bobby Kennedy tried a trip to Latin America; so did Adlai Stevenson and Kennedy himself. Eventually, Edwin Martin was made Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs. He served until President Johnson, in his first major appointment, returned Mann to the job he had left nearly three years before and sent Martin off as ambassador to Argentina...
...Kinds of Nationalism. Thomas Mann, the Texas pragmatist, still thinks there is hope. "I believe in the Alianza" he says, "But we must not believe that it is going to solve all problems. It is not a panacea. Countries lacking a good internal structure cannot expect to prosper with Alianza help-or, for that matter, with all the money in the world. Each country has to be studied as an individual case with individual idiosyncrasies and approaches. Our intention is to work with anybody who seriously wants to survive...