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DR. ESTEBAN A. FERRER Field Staff Director The Council for Latin America, Inc. 680 Park Avenue New York, N.Y. 10021
Phone: 628.3200 Cable: COLATAM Telex: 422547
Dr. Esteban A. Ferrer was born September 20, 1925
in Las Villas, Santa Clara, Cuba. He was graduated
from the University of Havana in 1947 with a
Doctor’s degree in Law. From 1948 to 1960, Dr.
Ferrer practiced with the law firm of Salaya and
Casteleiro (Havana, Cuba). He was made a partner in 1953. During 1960-61, he served as a legal con-
sultant on Latin American Affairs for the Shell In- ternational Petroleum Corporation.
In 1961, Dr. Ferrer joined the Latin American
Information Committee, Inc. as Assistant Director. He was appointed Deputy Director of the Council for
Latin America when the Information Committee was merged into CLA. He is in charge of the CLA Staff’s
work in Latin America. Dr. Ferrer became a U.S. citizen in January 1966.
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The Council for Latin America (CLA) headed by David Rockefeller, proudly
calls itself the “chief spokesman for US businesses operating in Latin America.”
Its members, over 200 major US corporations, account for more than 80 percent
of all US investments in Latin America. Presented below are CLA officer and
membership lists and biographies of the organization’s field staff — men who
have had wide experience in the corporate, university, media, military, intellig-
gence and diplomatic fields. For example, Mr. Cortina, a Cuban exile who is
the area director for Peru, Paraguay and Bolivia, not only participated in the
Bay of Pigs invasion, he also served as a 2nd Lieutenant in the US Army Special
Forces (Green Berets).
It is worth noting that the CLA recently went rather far afield in issuing a
background paper on how to deal with New Left criticism of overseas business
operations in the form of frequently asked questions (or charges) and suggest-
ed answers. The organization’s public affairs officer, Sal Marzullo, described
for CLA members a confrontation-debate held last September with an unidentified
New Left group which appears to be the Committee of Returned Volunteers. He
tells business leaders that in such confrontations “…we must, nevertheless,
‘keep our cool’ and not be injudicious in our remarks…” and that “in the
face of increasing attack, silence is no defense….” (his emphasis).
For a copy of this 8 page document, entitled “The New Left,” write to Mr.
Marzullo at the CLA, 680 Park Ave., New York, New York 10021. If you fail
to obtain a copy please let us know. If we receive a sufficient number of
notices the piece will be reprinted in the Newsletter. For more on the CLA
see NACLA Newsletter, Sept., 1967 and April, 1969.Mr. Muller was born in Vifia del Mar, Chile on February
19, 1923. He studied at the Military School, the Institute of
Humanities and the Institute of Theatre of the University
of Chile. He is married and has five children.
Art critic, author and educator, prior to joining the
Council for Latin America in 1965, Mr. Muller was em-
ployed by the J. Walter Thompson Company in Chile and
was the founding professor of the Instituto de Publicidad,
Mercado y Ventas, the first professional school of public
relations in Latin America.
Mr. Muller served as CLA representative in Panama be-
fore assuming his present position.
Born in Santiago de Chile on January 27, 1935, Mr. Berto-
lone received his degree from the School of Economics and
Administration of the Catholic University of Chile in 1965.
An Assistant Professor of economics, mathematics and sta-
tistics until December, 1960, Mr. Bertolone is the author of
a two-volume study on The Aspects of the Policy of Exports
of Chile for the Years 1929-1963.
He worked for the Braden Copper Company in Chile as
an economist, was Executive Secretary of the Inter-Ameri- can Council for Commerce and Piroduction in 1964 and
served as an economist for an engineering consultants firm
prior to joining the Council in July of 1966.
Mr. Wyant was born in SHo Paulo, Brazil, October 7, 1929
of American parents assigned to missionary work in Brazil.
He was graduated with a B.A. degree in journalism from
the University of Washington in Seattle. Mr. Wyant is mar-
ried.
After serving in the U.S. Army from 1951-53, Mr. Wyant
worked for the Yakima Morning Herald and the Seattle
Post-ntelligencer before joining the U.S. Information
Agency in 1958. While with USIA, he was posted in Cuba,
Peru and Brazil. Mr. Wyant was Press Attach6 in Rio de
Janeiro, serving as Embassy spokesman with responsibili-
ties for press, radio, television and publications. He joined
the Council staff in late 1967.
Born in Trenton, New Jersey on September 14, 1937, Mr. Shaw received his B.A. degree from Harvard University in
1959 and his L.L.B. degree from the Harvard Law School in
1963. He taught English literature and directed the Harvard
Freshman Seminar Program. He was an Assistant Dean of
Freshmen at Harvard. In addition to being the Executive
Director of the Inter-American Action Committee and
CLA representative in Colombia, Mr. Shaw is a member of
the Alvaro L6pez law firm in Bogota.
Mr. Falcao was born in Fortaleza, Ceara, Brazil in 1930
In 1953 he received his Law Degree from the Catholic Uni-
versity in Rio de Janeiro.
Mr. Falcao worked in 1956-59 for the International Coop-
eration Administration (predecessor of AID) and the U.S
Department of State in Washington, D.C. In 1958-59 he was an interviewer for the “Voice of America.”
Returning to Brazil in 1960, Mr. Falcao worked in Rio
de Janeiro, Recife and Brasilia for the Caixa Economica
Federal and subsequently became Assistant to the Chairman
of the Board of Othon Hotels Corporation. In 1963, Mr. Falcao was appointed Special Assistant to the Director of
the USAID in Recife. Pernambuco.
Born in Havana, Cuba in 1941, Mr. Humberto Jose Cor-
tina received his B.A. degree in Political Science from the
University of Florida, followed by a M.A. in Latin Amer- ican Studies in 1968.
A 2nd Lieutenant in the U.S. Army Special Forces, Mr.
Cortina participated in the Bay of Pigs invasion in 1961.
He was wounded and spent 13 months in prison. Mr. Cortina
became a U.S. citizen in April, 1968.
In March of 1968, Mr. Cortina joined the Council Field
Staff.
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Chairman: David Rockefeller Senior Vice Chairman: John F. Gallagher President: William E. Barlow Executive Vice President: Henry R. Geyelin
Vice Chairmen: Harold S. Geneen-George S. Moore-John R. White (Treasurer)–Other Executive Committee Members: Jose de Cubas-Harlow
Gage-William M. Hickey (Secretary)-Donald Kendall-Antonie T. Knoppers-Augustine R. Marusi-S. Maurice McAshan, Jr.-Donald E. Meads-
Frank Milliken-J. Howard Rambin-A. Thomas Taylor-Rawleigh Warner, Jr
Staff: Enno Hobbing, Staff Director-Dr. Esteban Ferrer, Deputy Staff Director-Ralf Brent, Assistant to the President-Sal G. Marzullo, Public Affairs
Officer-Orlando Bertolone, Central America-Humberto Cortina, Peru-Fernando FalcAo, Brazil-Herbert Muller, Argentina-Eric Shaw, Colom-
bia-Jack E. Wyant, Brazil.
CORPORATE MEMBERS
Addressograph-Multigraph Corporation
Aiken Industries
Allegheny Ludlum Steel Corporation
Aluminium Limited
Aluminum Company of America
American Broadcasting Company
American Can Company
AFIA
American Home Products Corporation
American International Oil Company
American International Underwriters Corporation
American Machine & Foundry Company
American Smelting and Refining Company
American-Standard
The Anaconda Company
Arthur Andersen & Company
Anderson, Clayton & Company
Anglo-Lautaro Nitrate Corporation
Armco International
Asiatic Petroleum Corporation
Associated Insurers
Atlantic Richfield Company
Avon Products
Bacardi Corporation
Bank of America
Bank of the Southwest
Bankers Trust Company
Bechtel Corporation
Belco Petroleum Corporation
Bethlehem Steel Corporation
The Borden Company
Braniff International
Bristol-Myers Company
Brown & Root
Burroughs Corporation
Business International
Canadian International Power Company Limited
J. I. Case Company
Caterpillar Americas Company
Celanese International Company
Cerro Corporation
The Chase Manhattan Bank
Chemetron Corporation
Chemical Bank
Chicago Bridge & Iron Company
Chrysler Corporation
Cities Service Company
Clark Equipment Company
The Coca-Cola Export Corporation
Columbia Broadcasting System
Combustion Engineering
Container Corporation of America
Continental Can Company
Continental Grain Company
Continental Illinois National Bank and
Trust Company of Chicago
Continental Oil Company
Corn Products Company
Corning Glass International
Crown Zellerbach International
Cyanamid International
Cyprus Mines Corporation
Czarnikow-Rionda Company
Decision Research Corporation
Deere & Company
Del Monte Corporation
The Deltec Group
Delta Steamship Lines
Dow Chemical
Dun & Bradstreet International
E. I. duPont de Nemours & Company
Eastman Kodak Company
Eaton Yale-Towne
Ebasco International Corporation
Ernst & Ernst
Firestone Tire & Rubber Company
First Boston Foundation Trust
First National Bank of Boston
First National Bank of Chicago
First National Bank of Miami
First National City Bank
First Wisconsin National Bank of Milwaukee
Ford Motor Company
The Fresnillo Company
General Electric Company
General Foods Corporation
General Motors Overseas Operations
The General Tire International Company
The Gilletthe Company
B. F. Goodrich Company
Goodyear International Corporation
W. R. Grace & Company
Gulf Oil Corporation
The Hanna Mining Company
Harnischfeger Corporation
Harris Trust & Savings Bank of Chicago
Haskins & Sells
H. J. Heinz Company
Hooker Chemical Corporation
IBM World Trade Corporation
Industrial Development International
Insurance Company of North America
International Basic Economy Corporation
International Harvester Company
International Minerals & Chemical Corporation
International Mining Corporation
The International Nickel Company
International Packers Limited
International Paper Company
International Telephone & Telegraph Corporation
International Textbook Company
The Interpublic Group of Companies
Johnson & Johnson International
Johnson & Higgins
S. C. Johnson & Son
Kaiser Industries Corporation
Kellogg Company
Kennecott Copper Corporation
Kimberly-Clark Corporation
King Ranch
Koppers Company
Kraft Foods
Kuhn, Loeb & Company
Lehman Brothers
Arthur D. Little
Loeb, Rhoades & Company
Lone Star Cement Corporation
Lumbermens Mutual Casualty Company
Lybrand, Ross Bros. & Montgomery
3M Company
Manufacturers Hanover Trust Company
Marcona Corporation
Marsh & McLennan International
The Merchants National Bank of Mobile
Merck Sharp & Dohme International
Mobil Oil Corporation
Monsanto Company
Moore-McCormack Lines
Morgan Guaranty Trust Company of New York
Morton International
The National Cash Register Company
North American Rockwell Corporation
North American Utility Construction Corporation
The Northern Trust Company
Norton Company
Otis Elevator Company
Owens-Illinois
PPG Industries International S.A.
Pan American Life Insurance Company
Pan American World Airways
Peat, Marwick, Mitchell & Company
PepsiCo
Pfizer International
Phelps Dodge International Corporation
Philip Morris International
Joshua B. Powers
Price Waterhouse & Company
Puerto Rican Cement Company
The Quaker Oats Company
RCA Corporation
Ralston Purina Company
The Reader’s Digest
Republic Steel Corporation
Rexach Construction Company
Rheem Manufacturing Company
Richardson-Merrell
Roberts and Holland
Rohm and Haas Company
Ruder & Finn
St. Joseph Lead Company
Schering Corporation
Joseph E. Seagram & Sons
Sears, Roebuck & Company
Sinclair Oil Corporation
The Singer Company
Smith Kline & French Overseas Company
Southern Peru Copper Corporation
Sperry Rand Corporation
Squibb Beech-Nut International
Standard Oil Company of California
Standard Oil Company (N.J.)
C. V. Starr
Stauffer Chemical Company
Sterling Products International
Sun Oil Company
Texaco
Texas Gulf Sulphur Company
J. Walter Thompson Company
Time
The Times Of The Americas
Union Carbide Corporation
Union Oil Company of California
United Fruit Company
United Shoe Machinery Corporation
U.S. Steel Corporation
Vision
Warner-Lambert International
Wells Fargo Bank
Westinghouse Electric International Company
Whirlpool Corporation
White Weld & Company
Whitney National Bank of New Orleans
Xerox Corporation
Arthur Young & Company
ORGANIZATIONAL MEMBERS
Chamber of Commerce of the United States
CICYP
Committee for Economic Development
National Association of Manufacturers
National Foreign Trade Council
National Industrial Conference Board
New York Stock Exchanre
Pan American Society of the United States
United States Council of the International
Chamber of Commerce