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Level of description
File
Title
Gastón A. Fernández: Federal Control Center Documents
Date(s)
- 1980 (Creation)
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Scope and content
Note on folder: "FEMA, Federal [Control] Center, memoranda" Note in folder: "Memoranda detail (1) the causes leading to riots at Camp Libertad similar to Ft Chaffee a few weeks later, (2) prejudice against [homosexuals], prostitutes and petty criminals, other undersirables lumpled together as cause of problem/disturbances, (3) details operational problems, bottleneckes overlapping roles and insufficiently clearly defined [administrative] roles, responsibilities, and authority contriubte to sense of [administrative] crisis. Shows concerns over public support of perpection of handling situtation and how leads to inaction, failure to assume responsibilities for 'fence jumpers' escaping Cubans at Libertad - sets stage for Ft Chaffee."