SUMMIT OF THE AMERICAS DECLARATION - DOMINICAN

C O N F I D E N T I A L SANTO DOMINGO 004497 SIPDIS WHA/EPSC FOR THOMAS MESA E.O. 12958: DECL: 10/03/2015 TAGS: KSUM DR ECON PGOV SUBJECT: SUMMIT OF THE AMERICAS DECLARATION - DOMINICAN REPUBLIC RESPONSE REF: STATE 178321 Classified By: Charge d'affaires Lisa Kubiske for Reason 1.4 (b) and (d ) (C) 1. Ambassador accompanied by political officer on September 28 delivered demarche in paras 5-6 reftel to Foreign Minister Carlos Morales Troncoso and left text of U.S. proposal (para 10) as a non-paper. Morales agreed that the negotiations over the declaration were going poorly and commented that in this process Venezuelan President Chavez is doing everything possible to make the United States look bad. Morales read our proposal and wrote notes to subordinates on our non-paper, but did not commit to supporting our language pending further study. KUBISKE