The fact of the matter is, Mr. Chairman, that three of the coup leaders in Guatemala all were graduates of this school. The notion that somehow our military are able to influence these people in these foreign countries is simply not the case. We have also brought in, since the Salvadoran soldiers killed the six priests, seven or eight of those individuals who killed the priests have come to America and went to this school after they killed the priests. That is the record of this school, and that is the reputation that rubs off on our country throughout Latin America.
Edward M. Kennedy: “The fact of the matter is, Mr. Chairman, that three of the coup leaders in Guatemala all were graduates of this school.…”
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Discussing the influence of a military school on foreign leaders during a committee hearing.
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