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### Viewing cable 08CARACAS420, EMBASSY STRATEGIC COMMUNICATIONS PLAN --

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08CARACAS420 | 2008-03-26 20:08 | 2010-11-30 21:09 | CONFIDENTIAL | Embassy Caracas

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    P 262019Z MAR 08
    FM AMEMBASSY CARACAS
    TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 0853
    RUEKJCS/SECDEF WASHDC PRIORITY
    INFO RUEHWH/WESTERN HEMISPHERIC AFFAIRS DIPL POSTS PRIORITY
    RHEHNSC/NSC WASHDC PRIORITY
    RUMIAAA/HQ USSOUTHCOM MIAMI FL PRIORITY

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    C O N F I D E N T I A L SECTION 01 OF 02 CARACAS 000420

    SIPDIS

    USSOUTHCOM ALSO FOR POLAD
    DEPT PASS TO AID/OTI RPORTER

    E.O. 12958: DECL: 03/18/2018
    TAGS: PGOV PREL VE
    SUBJECT: EMBASSY STRATEGIC COMMUNICATIONS PLAN --
    COUNTERING CHAVEZ' ANTI-AMERICANISM

    Classified By: CLASSIFIED CONFIDENTIAL BY ACTING DCM
    ROBERT RICHARD DOWNES FOR REASON 1.4 (d).

    ¶1. (U) This is an action request - see paragraph 12.

    ¶2. (C) Summary: Embassy Caracas requests DOD support in the
    execution of its strategic communications plan. The goal for
    this program is to influence the information environment
    within Venezuela. The strategy's goal is to counter the
    active and deliberate campaign by the Bolivarian Republic of
    Venezuela (BRV) to instill in the population a negative
    perception of the US. and distort more than 100 years of
    close and mutually beneficial relations between our two
    countries. Regrettably, the BRV has had some success. From a
    pre-Chavez level of over 65% approval, today the positive
    image of the US has fallen to a historic low of 31% in
    Venezuela. DOD support would greatly enhance existing
    Embassy Public Diplomacy and pro-democracy activities. End
    Summary.

    ¶3. (C) Venezuela at the Crossroads: Venezuela once ranked
    with Colombia and the Central American countries as being
    most favorably disposed to the United States. However,
    attitudes towards America have deteriorated after several
    years of daily, well-funded BRV attacks against the USG.

    ¶4. (C) Recent Developments: Embassy Caracas has developed a
    comprehensive strategic communications plan that incorporates
    various agencies within the mission. The Narcotic Affairs
    Section (NAS) has implemented a successful baseball clinic
    bringing former Venezuelan players and managers from the US
    major leagues to work with the youth in various Venezuelan
    cities as part of a narcotics demand reduction program. In
    addition, the Public Affairs Office targets the
    hard-to-penetrate youth and low-income sectors, programming
    Embassy leadership visits to all regions of Venezuela to
    interact with Venezuelan society, business, and civilian
    organizations. All of these programs have had an impact on
    Venezuelan perceptions towards the US within targeted
    sectors. Lack of resources limits our ability to reach a much
    larger population base.

    ¶5. (C) Objectives: The strategic communications plan focuses
    on three key objectives; strengthening Venezuelan-US
    friendship, informing Venezuelans of enduring ties with
    America, and countering anti-US influence and activity. The
    US government needs to remind the Venezuelan people of its
    historic friendship ("We have been with you since Simon
    Bolivar") through continuous engagement, either with goodwill
    activities or offers of US assistance for emergency
    situations. We should also develop a message to enhance
    Venezuelan understanding of its natural partnership with the
    US through our long history of mutual support, strong
    commercial and agricultural ties, and the cultural and people
    to people links--large numbers of Venezuelan immigrants live
    in US ("We have been allies since the 1800s"). Finally, this
    strategic communications program must demonstrate commitment
    and support to the shared values and aspirations of the
    Venezuelan and American people regardless of Chavez'
    hostility or harsh rhetoric in order to counter anti-US
    influence and activity ("Both our nations stand for freedom,
    democracy, and prosperity.").

    ¶6. (U) Themes: This program will center principally on three
    themes:

    The United States and Venezuela share common interests;
    --- Strong commercial and human ties.
    --- Both of our peoples respect and value civil and
    individual rights.

    Regional problems require the cooperation of all neighbors;
    --- Drug trafficking affects all countries and can
    only be effectively addressed through regional cooperation.
    --- Organized crime, international gangs, and
    trafficking in persons affect every society and are strongly
    correlated to peace and stability.

    Long historical and cultural ties;
    --- Wars for independence.
    --- Support to Venezuela against European
    intervention in the late 1800s.
    --- Baseball
    --- Large number of Venezuelan-American citizens.

    ¶7. (C) Standards: Three continuous threads will be woven
    throughout this proposed program. First, the absolute
    veracity of the information will be assured prior to any
    program being publicized or aired. This standard will be in
    direct contrast to the misinformation, broken promises, and
    exaggerations of the Chavez administration. The second is a
    commitment to sending only positive messages about people.
    Negative messages tend to become associated with the sender.
    The third standard is to refrain from any attacks against the
    BRV or Chavez that would provide a pretext for Chavez to
    rally Venezuelans against "the empire."

    ¶8. (C) Concept of Operations: The Embassy would like to
    begin operations May 2008 and continue through April 2009. If
    the program is determined to be successful through attitude
    polling metrics, then the Embassy will seek funding for a
    second year. The first phase would consist of information
    gathering - surveying the environment to determine attitudes
    and opinions about the US, drugs, and corruption, and other
    areas in Venezuela that affect people in their everyday
    lives.

    ¶9. (C) Based on these findings, in the second phase we would
    implement a campaign using newspaper ads, billboards, radio
    and TV spots. Embassy Caracas would focus their resources on
    key population areas of Venezuela and states outside the
    Caracas metropolitan area. Follow-on phases would include
    rock concerts, sporting events, and musical festivals. The
    final phase would converge on Caracas and concentrate on
    sending the message of our continued support to the
    Venezuelan people.

    ¶10. (C) The Embassy will evaluate the effectiveness of the
    program through feedback surveys. In order to gauge the
    program's long term effects a survey team will return to the
    target area between 90 and 120 days after the execution of
    the program. That will give time to the target audience to
    "digest" our message and show indications that they are
    either accepting or rejecting our message.

    ¶11. (C) Operational Timeline for the Strategic Communications
    Plan

    10-25 May - 1st Phase (Site Survey)

    1 June-30 August-2nd Phase (centered on outlying states)

    1 September-25 December 2nd Phase (Sporting events and
    musical tours)

    1 Jan 2009-30 April 2009-3rd Phase (Caracas focused)

    ¶12. (C) Action Request - Embassy requests support from
    Department of Defense in the execution of its Strategic
    Communications Plan. The embassy would like resources
    available by Mid-May 2008.

    ¶13. (SBU) US Embassy-Caracas points of contact:
    PAS:Benjamin Ziff, email: ziffbg@state.sgov.gov, phone
    number: 011-58-212-907-8330.
    MILGP:COL Gettings, email: gettingdj@tcsc.southcom.smil.mil,
    phone number: 011-58-212-907-8695.
    POL:Robert Downes, email downesrr@state.gov. phone number
    011-58-212-907-8329.

    DUDDY

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