President Nixon a study on US Policy toward Haiti

July 22nd 1969 President Nixon a study on US Policy toward Haiti Here is an excerp from the a NATIONAL SECURITY STUDY MEMORANDUM 70 dated July 22, 1969 and signed by Henry A. Kissinger: NATIONAL SECURITY STUDY MEMORANDUM 70 TO : Secretary of State, Secretary of Defense, Secretary of Treasury Director, Central Intelligence Agency Administrator, Agency for International Development SUBJECT: Haiti The President has directed the preparation of a study of US policy toward Haiti. This should be a general study covering all aspects of our relations, and should focus on the central issue of whether there is anything that can be done now at an a cceptable political cost a) to prepare for or influence the transition to a post-Duvalier period and b) to help Haiti toward modernity and satisfy humanitarian needs. Alternative views and strategies should be examined and assessed. The study should include the following: 1. An assessment of the current situation and the most likely course of future developments. 2. A discussion of US interests and objectives, and the degree to which we really should or need get involved. 3. A description of the broad lines of policy and concepts that we have hitherto pursued. 4. Options open to us This information is no longer classified and is the public domain. You can read the original documment here: http://nixon.archives.gov/virtuallibrary...   More about Haiti in July What else happened in Haiti in the month of July? The United States Invaded Haiti Father Gerard Jean Juste was stopped at the airport in Port-au-Prince... Large landowners (grandons) massacre hundreds of peasants demanding... The Haiti Constitution of 1801 was declared Haitian Journalist Jacques Roche was found dead in Haiti.     Browse Haiti Timeline by Year »   1492 1493 1494 1496 1498 1499 1502 1503 1508 1528 1592 1606 1625 1659 1664 1665 1670 1685 1697 1743 1749 1751 1758 1766 1767 1772 1777 1778 1779 1781 1786 1789 1790 1791 1792 1793 1794 1795 1796 1797 1798 1799 1801 1802 1803 1804 1805 1806 1807 1808 1809 1811 1812 1814 1816 1818 1820 1821 1822 1825 1831 1838 1841 1842 1843 1844 1845 1846 1847 1849 1852 1853 1854 1858 1859 1860 1861 1862 1865 1867 1869 1870 1872 1874 1875 1876 1879 1880 1882 1883 1884 1885 1888 1889 1893 1896 1897 1902 1904 1908 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1919 1920 1921 1922 1926 1928 1929 1930 1931 1933 1934 1935 1937 1938 1940 1941 1944 1946 1948 1949 1950 1951 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1964 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1974 1977 1979 1980 1983 1985 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008

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