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MR. H. n DATE: December 28,
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... You may be interested in the following information which

l'laS furnished to the Bureau Agents dllring the COurse of the South
America assessment survey:
As you know, a few weeks a~o Ted Kennedy :;de a t~ur ~f
countries. I (b)(3) per C I A ,
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Kennedy l'laS accompalll.e \ by Professor ~an~, liho tm;ly be
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J. en J.cal with John: Nathan 'Plank, Associate Professor, Center ot:]
International Affairs, Harvard University. Bufiles contain no:-previous
references to Plank prior to his trip with Kennedy. Plank a arent
served as Kennedy's political counselor on the trip. '(b)(3) per CIA
in each coun-try Kennedy ins~sted on interviel'ling "the angry young men
of the country.' He wanted to meet with communists and oth~rs who had.
left ..wing vi~ws. Plank allegedly was the person who 'recommended that ._ ~
certain loca·l politicians be made available. Ambassador FJi'~eet1lan, /'
Bogota_, said- the first person whom Kennedy wanted to meet was Lauchli-n
Currie-. .
( (b)(3) per CIA in ~rexico Kennedy asl{ed ,Ambassador Mann that
~ cer aJ.n. left"l'lingers be invited to the Embassy 'residence where inter-
~ views could be held. ~Iann took the\;strong position that he liould not
. ~ invite such people and stated that if any such interviews were to be
~ conducted, all arrangements should be made by Kennedy himself.•
' . Douglas Henderson, State official in Lima, confidentially,.
- advised~that Kennedy had nmde similar requests in Peru. Henderson }~
[}describ~d· Kennedy as pompous and a spoi_~ed brat. .--
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,p IWliJ.le Kennedy ·was in :Santiago, he
macfe arllangements to Itrent" a brothel for an entire nigl}.t. 'Kennedy
all~ged~ invited one -'of the Embassy cJtiUjifeu!JlJ1» participate in,Jl:
night's ~:?tivities.; . McY.i8 ~/ ~'-;)/f"'"~ S::i':?
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