Illusion and Reality in Inter-American Relations

Office of Church and Society, Board of Christian Education, Illusion and Reality in Inter-American Relations, [From the Social Deliverances of the 181st General Assembly (1969) of The United Presbyterian Church, USA, San Antonio, Texas], Philadelphia: A Social Progress reprint, July – August, 1969.

Accompanied by the following letter (extract) by John H. Sinclair (Regional Secretary for Latin America):

Dear Sir:

The General Assembly of the United Presbyterian Church in the United States of America issued in May, 1969 two statements which will interest you as a Latin Americanist. They were prepared over a period of three years. Several members of the Latin American Studies Association aided us in this effort. Of course, as is natural for a statement approved by an assembly representing three million church members, these documents are partially the result of compromise. Nevertheless, for us they represent significant new departures…