When Chester Bowles OKd the appointment for President Kennedy. Betancourt had an American Ambassador who would let him write his own ticket. It was particularly stressed. in announcing Moscosos appointment. that he would be able to work closely with Betancourt in matters of American aid. "The third pound of flesh" which Betancourt has demanded from the United States was the extradition to Venezuela of his principal political opponent. former President Perez Jimenez now a political refugee in the United States. Betancourt well realizes that if he can get Perez Jimenez under lock and key in one of his notorious political prisons. the backbone of the conservative. antiCommunist Venezuelan opposition to his rule will be broken. Perez Jimenez has been under constant harassment and legal persecution in Miami.