ARA NEWS ITEMS OF FEBRUARY 25, 1983 - 1983/02/25

• Document Type: SPECIALCOLLECTION
• Keywords: BARBIE KLAUS
• Keywords: NWCDA
• Collection: Argentina Declassification Project - The "Dirty War" (1976-83)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 00904089
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• Document Creation Date: April 3, 2019
• Document Release Date: April 12, 2019
• Publication Date: February 25, 1983

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SUBJECT: ARA NEWS ITEMS OF FEBRUARY 25, 1983
1. SUMMARY OF NEWSPAPERS:
-- WASHINGTON POST --
BOLIVIA: JACKSON DIEHL FRONT PAGE FROM LA PAZ (FOR
STRUGGLING BOLIVIA, BARBIE WAS A CONVENIENT GIFT TO
FRANCE, CONTINUED FRONT PAGE SECOND SECTION UNDER HEAD
EX-SS CHIEF BARBIE CHOSE WRONG TIME TO PAY A DEBT TO
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BOLIVIA) WRITES THAT EXPULSION OF KLAUS BARBIE TO FRANCE
IS STIRRING UP CONTROVERSY IN BOLIVIA. BARBIE WAS
ARRESTED IN JANUARY IN BOLIVIA WHEN HE WENT TO PAY A
SIX-YEAR-OLD $10,000 DEBT TO THE GOB, WHEN BOLIVIAN
OFFICIALS DISPUTED THE MANNER IN WHICH IT SHOULD BE
PAID. "WITH THAT PETTY ARGUMENT AND AD HOC DETENTION,
EVENTS WERE TOUCHED OFF THAT LED TO BARBIE'S CELEBRATED
IMPRISONMENT IN FRANCE ON CHARGES OF CRIMES AGAINST
HUMANITY -- AND AN ONGOING CONTROVERSY IN BOLIVIA ABOUT
THE METHODS AND MOTIVES OF A WEAK GOVERNMENT'S SUDDEN
ACTION," DIEHL SAYS. "BARBIE'S SUMMARY EXPULSION BY THE
STRUGGLING, LEFT-OF-CENTER GOVERNMENT OF HERNAN SILES
SUAZO HAS WON BOLIVA WIDE PRAISE FROM EUROPEAN
GOVERNMENTS AT A TIME WHEN THE COUNTRY DESPERATELY NEEDS
AID. GRATIFIED FRENCH OFFICIALS SAYS THAT IN ADDITION TO
AN AID PACKAGE PLANNED BEFORE THE EXPULSION, THEY INTEND
TO 'LEAD A CAMPAIGN FOR BOLIVIA IN EUROPE,' IN THE WORDS
OF ONE." IN BOLIVIA, HOWEVER, NOTES DIEHL, THE EXPULSION
IS NOT SUCH A SIMPLE ISSUE. "EVEN AS THE GOVERNMENT HAS
CONTINUED TO BROADCAST REPORTS ON STATE TELEVISION ABOUT
BARBIE'S CRIMES AND EUROPEAN GRATITUDE, LEADING
DEMOCRATIC POLITICIANS AND NEWSPAPERS HAVE QUESTIONED THE
GOVERNMENT'S HASTY ABANDONMENT OF AN EXTRADITION CASE IN
THE SUPREME COURT. THE UNCERTAIN LEGALITY OF THE
GOVERNMENT'S LATER ACTIONS...HAVE LED MANY BOLIVIANS TO
CONCLUDE THAT THE GOVERNMENT ACTED PRECIPATELY IN THE
HOPE OF QUICK POLITICAL GAINS." NEWSPAPER PRESENCIA
EDITORIALIZED, "BOLIVIA PRESENTS ITSELF IN THE NOT VERY
COMPLIMENTARY ROLE OF SOMEBODY WHO TURNED SOMEBODY IN FOR
A REWARD."
GOB OFFICIALS SAY THEY ALWAYS INTENDED TO EXPEL BARBIE,
AND JUST HAD THE RIGHT MOMENT BECAUSE HE WAS IN THEIR
HANDS. POLITICAL LEADERS ADD, HOWEVER, THAT BARBIE'S
ARREST COINCIDED WITH THE GOB'S WORST CRISIS IN ITS FOUR
MONTHS. THOSE DIFFICULTUES AND FRANCE'S STRONG
INFLUENCE, THEY SAY, ACCORDING TO DIEHL, "CAUSED THE
REVERSAL IN THE POLICY OF WAITING FOR A COURT DECISION
(IN A PENDING EXTRADITION REQUEST FROM WEST GERMANY) AND
AN EQUALLY WORLDLY WISE DECISION TO SEND HIM TO FRANCE
RATHER THAN WEST GERMANY." THE SILES GOVERNMENT HAD MANY
REASONS TO EXPEL BARBIE, DIEHL NOTES, SINCE HE HAD BEEN
ACCUSED OF HAVING CONNECTIONS TO MILITARY GOVERNMENTS AND
PARAMILITARY GROUPS AND WELL AS COCAINE SMUGGLING.
REPORTS ALSO SAY HE HAD ADVISED MILITARY LEADERS ON
TORTURE AND BROKERED ARMS DEALS, ALTHOUGH THERE NO PROOF
HAS SURFACED OF THESE CHARGES. GOB CRISIS IN JANUARY
ORITY PARTY,
PARTLY BECAUSE IT CLAIMED SILES WAS NOT ACTING AGAINST
RIGHT-WING PARAMILITARY GROUPS AND COCAINE TRAFFICKERS.
THE CRISIS FORCED THE CANCELLATION OF A TRIP TO FRANCE BY
SILES, WHERE AN AID PACKAGE WAS SCHEDULED TO BE
ANNOUNCED. THREE DAYS AFTER SILES' SCHEDULED DEPARTURE,
BARBIE SHOWED UP TO PAY HIS DEBT, APPARENTLY EAGER TO
SETTLE ANY DISPUTES THAT COULD HAVE GIVEN THE GOB AN
EXCUSE TO ARREST HIM. ELEVEN DAYS LATER HE WAS ON HIS
WAY TO EUROPE. VICE PRESIDENT JAIME PAZ SAYS THE ARREST
WAS A POLITICAL DECISION, MADE FOR EXTERNAL AND INTERNAL
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REASONS. PROCESS OF ARRANGING A DEPARTURE DRAGGED AT
FIRST "BECAUSE OF SECOND THOUGHTS BY BOLIVIAN OFFICIALS
OVER THE QUESTIONABLE LEGAL MEASURES." PRESSURE FROM
FRANCE HELPED DECIDE THE QUICK EXPULSION, PARTLY BECAUSE
OF THE PENDING AID PACKAGE AND PARTLY BECAUSE FRANCE
COULD HELP BY ALLOWING THE PLANE TO REFUEL IN ITS
TERRITORY OF FRENCH GUYANA, AVOIDING STOPOVERS IN THIRD
COUNTRIES. NOW, SAYS DIEHL, "FRENCH OFFICIALS SAY THE
AID PACKAGE WILL BE ANNOUNCED WITH FANFARE DURING A
RESCHEDULED TRIP (BY SILES) IN THE COMING WEEKS.
MEANWHILE, FRANCE WILL BACK BOLIVIA'S EFFORTS FOR
FINANCIAL AID IN INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND URGE
OTHER EUROPEAN COUNTRIES TO HELP THE GOVERNMENT." WHILE
GOB OFFICIALS SAY THE POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC AID IS
WELCOME, THE INTERNAL POLITICAL EFFECT OF THE EXPULSION
MAY NOT BE AS BENEFICIAL, SAYS DIEHL, SINCE BOLIVIANS
HAVE MANY MORE PROBLEMS THAN KLAUS BARBIE TO WORRY ABOUT.
EL SALVADOR: NEWS BRIEF "FOR THE RECORD" IN "AROUND THE
WORLD" COLUMN PAGE 13 SAYS THAT ACCORDING TO THE GOES,
GUERRILLAS CONTROL THE STRATEGIC TOWN OF TEJUTLA, 35
MILES NORTH OF SAN SALVADOR. THE TOWN IS AN IMPORTANT
GATEWAY TO GUERRILLA STRONGHOLDS IN CHALATENANGO
PROVINCE, SAYS ITEM.
MEXICO: NEWS BRIEF IN "FEDERAL TRIANGLE" COLUMN PAGE 17
(DAIRY FOODS TO BE SENT TO MEXICO) NOTES AGRICULTURE
DEPT. ANNOUNCEMENT YESTERDAY THAT THE US WILL DONATE MORE
THAN 30,000 METRIC TONS OF SURPLUS DAIRY PRODUCTS TO
MEXICO. DONATIONS WILL INCLUDE 20,000 TONS OF NONFAT DRY
MILK, 6460 TONS OF BUTTER OIL, 2000 TONS OF PROCESSED
AMERICAN CHEESE AND 2000 TONS OF CHEDDAR CHEESE. AGSECY
BLOCK SAYS PRODUCTS, WHICH WILL COST USG $80 MILLION,
WILL BE USED PRIMARLY IN THE SCHOOL BREAKFAST AND LUNCH
PROGRAMS AND TO HELP FEED PREGNANT WOMEN, INFANTS, THE
ELDERLY, HANDICAPPED AND MENTALLY ILL. DONATIONS ARE
THROUGH COMMODITY CREDIT CORP.
-- WASHINGTON TIMES --
SURINAME: NEWS BRIEF FROM GENEVA PAGE 6 IN "WORLD"
COLUMN (PANEL TO PROBE SURINAME KILLINGS) NOTES
ANNOUNCEMENT BY INTERNATIONAL COMMISSION OF JURISTS
YESTERDAY THAT IT WILL INVESTIGATE REPORTS THUE
GOVERNMENT OF SURINAME KILLED OPPOSITION LEADERS IN AT
LEAST TWO COUP ATTEMPTS CRUSHED IN DECEMBER. ITEM POINTS
OUT THAT THE NETHERLANDS EARLIER THIS MONTH SAID IT HAD
INDEPENDENT INFORMATION SHOWING THE ARRESTED OPPOSITION
LEADERS HAD BEEN "SHOT DEAD IN COLD BLOOD."
EL SALVADOR: AP FROM SAN SALVADOR PAGE 7 (MAGANA VOWS
LEGAL THAW, BARS REBEL TALKS) WRITES THAT PRESIDENT
MAGANA SAYS HE WILL NOT NEGOTIATE WITH LEFTIST
GUERRILLAS, BUT PROMISES TO APPOINT A "PEACE COMMISSION,"
WHICH HE SAID WILL RELAX REPRESSIVE LAWS. REBELS,
STEPPING UP THEIR MILITARY CAMPAIGN, GAINED CONTROL OF
TOWN OF TEJUTLA FOR THE SECOND TIME THIS YEAR, SAYS AP.
MAGANA'S COMMENTS CAME IN TELEVISED SPEECH, IN WHICH HE
SAID HE WILL APPOINT THE PEACE COMMISSION SOON TO CARRY
OUT REFORMS TO MAKE IT EASIER FOR LEFTISTS TO PARTICIPATE
IN ELECTIONS, BUT DID NOT ELABORATE.
EL SALVADOR: AP HAS SECOND STORY FROM SAN SALVADOR PAGE
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7 (GUERRILLAS IN SALVADOR ACCELERATE PACE OF WAR) WHICH
SAYS THE GUERRILLAS ARE STRIKING MORE OFTEN AND IN BIGGER
NUMBERS SINCE THE FIRST OF THE YEAR. WESTERN MILITARY
OBVERSER SAYS, "THE GUERRILLAS ARE ORCHESTRATING THEIR
OFFENSIVES MORE OFTEN THAN BEFORE." BUT, SAYS AP, "IT IS
UNCERTAIN WHICH SIDE IS AHEAD IN THE 40-MONTH-LONG CIVIL
WAR THAT HAS CLAIMED AN ESTIMATED 42,000 LIVES." AP'S
SOURCES SAY THE US IS PUTTING MORE PRESSURE ON THE GOES
MILITARY TO CHANGE ITS TACTIS OR RISK LOSING THE WAR.
AMERICANS ARE ADVOCATING MORE SMALL-UNIT PATROLS,
ESPECIALLY AT NIGHT, TO BEAT THE GUERRILLAS AT THEIR OWN
GAME. GUERRILLAS ARE NO LONGER RAG-TAG BUNCH OF STUDENTS
AND FARM BOYS THAT TOOK TO THE HILLS THREE YEARS AGO,
SAYS AP. NOW THEY ARE WELL-ARMED WITH WEAPONS CAPTURED
FROM THE GOVERNMENT, AND WITH THOSE THE US SAYS CONTINUE
TO FLOW FROM NICARAGUA.
EL SALVADOR/CUBA/GUYANA: VIRGINIA PREWETT OP-ED COLUMN
PAG-E 2C (EL SALVADOR AND THE CULT-LEADERS OF THE LIBERAL
LEFT) SAYS THE SOVIETS AND FIDEL CASTRO GET AWAY WITH
THEIR BUILDUP OF POWER IN THE CARIBBEAN BASIN BECAUSE THE
US LEFT ABETS THEM. NOW, SHE SAYS, "CULT-LEADERS OF THE
US LIBERAL LEFT ARE GOING FOR A NEW VICTORY -- IN EL
SALVADOR." THE SCHEME IS TO GIVE THE GOES A COUP DE
THROUGH US-SPONSORED "NEGOTIATIONS," TO END IN
POWER-SHARING WITH THE CASTRO-LINKED GUERRILLAS, SHE
SAYS. THAT SCHEME HAS BEEN SCUTTLED FOR THE MOMENT BY
AMB. KIRKPATRICK'S TRIP THROUGH THE CRISIS AREA. "BUT
LEFTIST TREND-SETTERS NOW ANXIOUS TO DUMP EL SALVADOR
INTO THE SAME BASKET WITH NICARAGUA HAVE DROPPED THE MASK
AS THEY PUSH FOR THE GIVEAWAY." PREWETT NOTES NEWS
REPORTS OF GUERRILLA GAINS AND IDEA THAT THE GUERRILLAS
DO NOT GET WEAPONS FROM NICARAGUA -- SHE CALLS THIS
"AGITPROP." ASST. SECY. ENDERS' INSISTENCE THAT THE US
IS NOT "GOING FOR" MILITARY VICTORY IN EL SALVADOR, SHE
SAYS HAS "KEPT ONE FOOT OF REAGAN POLICY IN CARTER
POLICY," AND HAS "HUNG DEFENDING SALVADORAN TROOPS TO
TWIST SLOWLY IN THE WIND FOR GUERRILLAS TO SHOOT AT."
PREWETT ONCE AGAIN CONDEMNS "NO-WIN" POLICIES OF GOES
DEFMIN GARCIA. SHE ALSO QUESTIONS THE NEED FOR ECONOMIC
REFORMS IN EL SALVADOR, AND BLAMES US LEFT FOR
"SALVADOR'S INTERNAL BLEEDING." AT THE SAME TIME, SHE
SAYS, THE SOVIETS AND THE CUBANS CONTINUE TO ADVANCE
THEIR MILITARY BUILDUP IN THE WHOLE AREA. SHE NOTES
PARTICULARLY A NUMBER OF MILITARY AIRSTRIPS BUILT BY THE
CUBANS IN GUYANA, AND CLAIMS THAT THERE WAS A SECRET
NIGHT DELIVERY, NOT FOR THE FIRST TIME, OF SIX THOUSANDS
TONS OF NORTH KOREAN ARMS AT LINDEN, IN GUYANA.
MEANWHILE, SHE SAYS, "THE GUYANESE PRETEND TO HAVE
DISTANCED THEMSELVES FROM CASTRO."
-- NEW YORK TIMES --
FOREIGN AID: BERNARD GWERTZMAN, REPORTING FROM
WASHINGTON ON SECRETARY OF STATE GEORGE SHULTZ'S OPENING
A PUBLIC CAMPAIGN TO WIN SUPPORT FOR THE ADMINISTRATION'S
MULTIBILLION-DOLLAR FOREIGN AID PROGRAM ("A CITIZEN PAYS
$43 FOR AID, SHULTZ SAYS, AND $35 FOR HAIRDOS" FRONT
PAGE), QUOTES THE SECRETARY IN ATLANTA SAYING THAT IT
COST EACH AMERICAN CITIZEN $12.35 "FOR BUILDING PEACE IN
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THE MIDDLE EAST," $3.84 FOR CARIBBEAN AID, 92 CENTS "FOR
CURBING POPULATION GROWTH" IN OTHER COUNTRIES, $3.15 FOR
FOOD AID AND 77 CENTS FOR AID TO TURKEY. "THE TOTAL COST
IN TAX DOLLARS FOR ALL OUR SECURITY AND ECONOMIC
ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS IN THE DEVELOPING COUNTRIES," MR.
SHULTZ SAID, "IS $43.91 PER PERSON." BY CONTRAST, HE
SAID, "WE AMERICANS SPEND $104 PER PERSON A YEAR FOR TV
AND RADIO SETS, $35 PER PERSON PER YEAR FOR BARBERSHOPS
AND BEAUTY PARLORS.. .AND $21 PER PERSON PER YEAR FOR
FLOWERS AND POTTED PLANTS." "...I AM TRY9NG TO ESTABLISH
SOME RELATIVE VALUES," HE SAID. "EVERY AMERICAN MUST
UNDERSTAND THAT IT'S NECESSARY TO SPEND A FRACTION OF OUR
COLLECTIVE RESOURCES TO SECURE OUR MOST PRECIOUS GOALS OF
FREEDOM, ECONOMIC WELL-BEING AND PEACE."
KLAUS BARBIE: E.J. DIONNE REPORTS FROM PARIS ("BARBIE
TO BE TRIED ON EIGHT CHARGES: THE CASE WILL INVOLVE
CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY -- KILLING OF LOULIN IS NOT
CITED" P. 5).
EL SALVADOR: LETTERS TO THE EDITOR INCLUDES "SHULTZ'S
WRONG PATH TO SALVADORAN PEACE" STATING THAT "THE NOTION
THAT IT IS ALL RIGHT FOR A GOVERNMENT (IF WE DEEM THE
GOVERNMENT TO BE FRIENDLY TO US) TO MAINTAIN POWER
THROUGH TERROR AND VIOLENCE BUT UNACCEPTABLE FOR OTHERS
TO RESIST THE RESULTING TYRANNY BY THE SAME MEANS....THE
SECRETARY'S POSITION IS ALSO IRRATIONAL, SINCE IT REJECTS
THE ONLY REALISTIC HOPE TO END THE CYCLE OF
VIOLENCE....BUT EL SALVADOR PRESENTS TOO MUCH OF A
CHICKEN-AND-EGG PUZZLE TO MAKE GLIB CONCLUSIONS AND THE
PARSING OUT OF BLAME EITHER SENSIBLE OR POSSIBLE."
NONALIGNED: S. NIHAL SINGH, FORMER EDITOR OF THE
STATESMAN OF CALCUTTA AND THE INDIAN EXPRESS AND NOW
SENIOR ASSOCIATE AT THE CARNEIGIE ENDOWMENT FOR
INTERNATIONAL PEACE, REPORTS IN A SPECIAL TO THE MONITOR
("EAST IS EAST, WEST IS WEST, AND NONALIGNED IS
NONALIGNED AGAIN" P. 6) THAT THE SUMMIT MEETING OF
NONALIGNED NATIONS BEGINNING IN NEW DEHLI ON MARCH 7 WILL
REPRESENT A DRAMATIC CHANGE. "CUBA WILL TURN OVER THE
MOVEMENT'S PRESIDENCY TO INDIA, GIVING THE GROUP AN
OPPORTUNITY TO GAIN GREATER CREDIBILITY IN THE WORLD.
INDIA, A KEY FOUNDER, HOPES TO BRING THE MOVEMENT BACK ON
THE RAILS. THAT ALSO APPEARS TO BE THE WISH OF THE
MAJORITY. BUT THE NATIONS WHO ACT AS STALKING HORSES FOR
EITHER EAST OR WEST ARE ACTIVE IN ESPOUSING THEIR CAUSES
IN A GROUP WHOSE RATIONALE WAS TO STEER CLEAR OF THE
SUPERPOWERS." NOTING THAT THE STARTING POINT FOR
NONALIGNMENT WAS A SHARED ANTI-COLONIALISM AND, IN THE
HEYDAY OF THE COLD WAR, PEACE AND DISARMAMENT. "AN
INITIAL ANTI-WESTERN SLANT WAS THUS INEVITABLE AND WAS
SKILLFULLY EXPLOITED BY THE SOVIET UNION." SPECIFICALLY
ON CUBA, SINGH WRITES THAT AT THE 1979 MEETING IN HAVANA,
"CUBA TRIED TO HIJACK THE MOVEMENT BY HAVING IT
PROCLAIMED THAT THE SOCIALIST COUNTRIES WERE THE 'NATURAL
ALLIES' OF THE NONALIGNED. THAT MOVE WAS DECISIVELY
DEFEATED, THANKS TO TITO, AMONG OTHERS, AND THE MAJORITY
COULD ONLY WAIT UNTIL THE END OF CUBA'S THREE-YEAR TERM
AS CHAIRMAN." ON THE CARIBBEAN, THE AUTHOR FEELS "THE
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CONSENSUS WILL PRETTY NEARLY BE AGAINST AMERICAN
INTERVENTION."
-- BALTIMORE SUN --
ARGENTINA: RETUERS-BUENOS AIRES REPORTS ("ARGENTINE
AMNESTY HINTED FOR SOLDIERS, REBELS" P. 2) THAT
ARGENTINA'S MILITARY GOVERNMENT PLANS TO EXPLAIN
OFFICIALLY HOW IT CRACKED DOWN ON LEFTIST GUERRILLAS IN
THE LATE 1970S AND WILL PARDON BOTH SOLDIERS WHO
COMMITTED HUMAN-RIGHTS ABUSES AND THE GUERRILLAS,
MILITARY SOURCES REPORTED YESTERDAY. THE MEASURES WOULD
BE ANNOUNCED SIMULTANEOUSLY SOME TIME NEXT MONTH, THEY
ADDED. "THE JUNTA'S INITIATIVE IS AIMED AT SOLVING ONE
OF THE MOST EXPLOSIVE PROBLEMS IN ARGENTINA'S PLANNED
RETURN TO DEMOCRACY BY MARCH, 1984. AT ISSUE IS THE FATE
OF UP TO 30,000 PEOPLE WHO DISAPPEARED DURING THE
ANTI-GUERRILLA CAMPAIGN." HUMAN RIGHTS GROUP ALREADY
HAVE OPPOSED PARDONS, SAYING THE ARMED FORCES LACK THE
MORAL AUTHORITY TO ABSOLVE THEMSELVES OF RESPONSIBILITY
FOR ACTS THEY COMMITTED. THE MILITARY SOURCES SAID THE
PROPOSED ARMED FORCES DOCUMENT WOULD BE MORE OF AN
EXPLANATION OF HOW AND WHY THE ANTI-GUERRILLA CAMPAIGN
HAD BEEN CARRIED OUT. "IT WOULD NOT BE A DETAILED
EXPLANATION OF WHAT HAPPENED TO THE PEOPLE OFFICIALLY
LISTED AS MISSING BY THE HUMAN RIGHTS GROUPS."
EL SALVADOR: REUTERS-WASHINGTON ("MORE US TROOPS IN
SALVADOR SOUGHT" P. 4) HAS SMALL NOTE THAT DEFENSE
SECRETARY CASPAR W. WEINBERGER YESTERDAY SAID HE WOULD
LIKE TO EXPAND BY 10 OR SO THE NUMBER OF AMERICAN
MILITARY TRAINERS IN EL SALVADOR. "IT WOULD BE USEFUL
AND EFFECTIVE TO HAVE A FEW MORE," HE SAID AT A NEWS
CONFERENCE. REUTERS NOTES THAT THE NUMBER OF US MILITARY
PERSONNEL WORKING WITH SALVADORAN GOVERNMENT TROOPS HAS
NOT EXCEEDED 55 AND NOW IS BELOW 50. "EVEN A SMALL
INCREASE IN THE US CONTINGENT WOULD BE CERTAIN TO SPARK
PROTESTS IN CONGRESS, WHERE LIBERAL MEMBERS ARE
QUESTIONING REAGAN ADMINISTRATION POLICIES IN THE CENTRAL
AMERICAN REPUBLIC."
-- WALL STREET JOURNAL --
MEXICO: FRONT PAGE "WHAT'S NEWS" INCLUDES SEVERAL SPOT
NOTES INDICATING THAT MEXICO RECEIVED COMMITMENTS FOR $5
BILLION IN NEW BANK LOANS. AFTER TWO MONTHS OF TALKS
WITH "SOMETIMES-RELUCTANT LENDERS", MEXICAN OFFICIALS MAY
BE ABLE TO SIGN THE LOAN NEXT WEEK, WITH $1.7 BILLION
AVAILABLE BY MID-MARCH. THE US, IN A SEPARATE NOTE, WILL
ALSO REPORTEDLY GIVE SURPLUS DAIRY PRODUCTS TO MEXICO
THAT IT BOUGHT FROM FARMERS FOR $80 MILLION UNDER A
PRICE-SUPPO-RT PROGRAM ACCORDING TO AGRICULTURE DEPARTMENT
SOURCES.
S THAT SALVADORAN
LEFTISTS CLAIMED THEY AGAIN CONTROL NORTHERN MORAZAN
PROVINCE AFTER AN ARMY BATTALION WITHDREW FROM PERQUIN.
THE GOVERNMENT WOULDN'T COMMENT ON THE CLAIM. PERQUIN
WAS RETAKEN BY GOVERNMENT TROOPS EARLIER THIS MONTH.
ARGENTINA: ARGENTINE PLANES ARE TESTING THE 150-MILE
EXCLUSION ZONE ACCORDING TO BRITISH SOURCES.
VENEZUELA: INTERNATIONAL SECTION ("EUROPEAN CREDITOR
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SUES VENEZUELA BANK FOR OVERDUE LOAN; MORE SUITS MAY
FOLLOW" P. 30) NOTES THAT EUROPEAN BANKING CO., A BANK
CONSORTIUM, SAID IT IS SUING BANCO INDUSTRIAL DE
VENEZUELA TO RECOVER A $30 MILLION LOAN. BANKERS SAID
THE LAWSUIT COULD TRIGGER MORE LEGAL ACTIONS BY FOREIGN
BANKS OWED MONEY BY VENEZUELAN INSTITUTIONS. THE FAILURE
TO REPAY THE DEBT ALSO RAISED QUESTIONS ABOUT THE LEVEL
OF THE COUNTRY'S INTERNATIONAL RESERVES. BANCO
INDUSTRIAL IS ONE OF VENEZUELA'S LARGEST STATE-OWNED
BANKS. THE SUIT, FILED IN CARACAS, CALLS FOR IT TO REPAY
THE $30 MILLION, SHORT-TERM LOAN THAT IS OVERDUE PLUS $2
MILLION IN INTEREST. IN CARACAS, AN OFFICIAL OF BANCO
INDUSTRIAL SAID THE BANK WAS "SURPRISED" THAT IT WAS
BEING SUED. VENEZUELA IS IN THE MIDST OF TRYING TO
REFINANCE ABOUT $9 BILLION IN FOREIGN DEBT AND SOME
BANKERS HAVE SAID SUITS SUCH AS BANO INDUSTRIAL'S MAY
SERIOUSLY HINDER THAT EFFORT.
BOLIVIA: EVERETT G. MARTIN, REPORTING FROM LA PAZ
("BOLIVIA CAN'T MAKE PRINCIPAL PAYMENTS ON FOREIGN DEBT
TILL 1986, OFFICIAL SAYS" P. 32), WRITES THAT BOLIVIA'S
NEW CIVILIAN LEADERS SAY THERE ISN'T ANY ROOM FOR
ARGUMENT: PAYING THE FOREIGN DEBT MUST TAKE A BACK SEAT
TO INTERNAL POLITICAL DEMANDS. IN COMING WEEKS,
PRESIDENT HERNAN SILES ZUAZO'S ECONOMIC TEAM MUST FACE
THE INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND AND A COMMITTEE OF 128
FOREIGN BANKS THAT HAVEN'T BEEN PAID SINCE OCTOBER. THEY
WANT MR. SILES TO IMPOSE TOUGH AUSTERITY MEASURES SO THE
COUNTRY CAN MEET PAYMENTS ON ITS $2.5 BILLION FOREIGN
DEBT.
2. HIGHLIGHTS OF T.V. NEWSCASTS AND PROGRAMS FEBRUARY 24:
-- CBS EVENING NEWS --
(DAN RATHER) MEXICAN ECONOMY - BANKING OFFICIALS IN NEW
YORK SAID LATE TODAY PLANS FOR A $5 BILLION LOAN TO
AILING MEXICO HAVE BEEN FINALIZED. THEY CALLED THE
AGREEMENT A MAJOR BREAKTHROUGH THAT COULD SET THE PATTERN
FOR LOANS TO OTHER TROUBLED ECONOMIES SUCH AS BRAZIL.
(DAN RATHER) EL SALVADOR - AT A PENTAGON NEWS CONFERENCE
TODAY SECRETARY WEINBERGER SAID IT WOULD BE "USEFUL AND
EFFECTIVE TO SEND 10 OR MORE U.S. MILITARY ADVISORS TO EL
SALVADOR." THIS WOULD REPRESENT AN INCREASE OF AT LEAST
20 PERCENT. SALVADORAN REBELS SAID TODAY THEY HAD
REGAINED CONTROL OF NORTHERN MORAZAN PROVINCE, BUT THIS
WAS NOT CONFIRMED.
(ED RABLE) CBS NEWS PURCHASED FILMS OF SALVADORAN
GUERRILLAS IN TRAINING FROM SALVADORAN FILMMAKERS WHO ARE
SYMPATHETIC TO THE REBELS. THE FILM IS DESIGNED TO SHOW
THEM AT THEIR BEST, AND THAT SEEMS PRETTY GOOD. WE SEE
WHAT TOOK PLACE LAST JULY AND AUGUST IN MORAZAN
PROVINCE. DURING THIS CAMPAIGN THE REBELS SAID THEY WERE
ABLE TO CAPTURE TRUCKLOADS OF ARMS, AMMUNITION AND
SUPPLIES -- A LOT OF IT FROM THE U.S. LEFT BEHIND BY
GOVERNMENT DEFENDERS. WHAT IS REVEALED ON THE FILM IS A
KEY REBEL BATTLE TECHNIQUE. THE OBJECTIVE IS TO FIRST
OVERTAKE A LIGHTLY DEFENDED TOWN, KNOWING NEXT GOVERNMENT
REINFORCEMENTS WILL BE SENT INTO THE TERRAIN, WHICH IS
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WELL KNOWN TO THE GUERRILLAS, PERFECT FOR AMBUSHES. ON
AUGUST 22ND, WE ARE TOLD, GOVERNMENT TROOPS FELL INTO THE
REBEL TRAP. THE GOVERNMENT SUFFERED 563 CASUALTIES,
ACCORDING TO THE GUERRILLAS. NEITHER SIDE IS WINNING THE
WAR MILITARY, BUT IN THE WAR OF PROPAGANDA THE GUERRILLAS
SEEM TO HAVE AN EDGE. WHILE THE GOVERNMENT IS ACCUSED
INTERNATIONALLY OF KILLING AND TORTURING INNOCENT
CIVILIANS, THE REBELS ARE TURNING OVER PRISONERS OF WAR
TO THE INTERNATIONAL RED CROSS, MAKING SURE PICTURES ARE
TAKEN FOR THE WORLD TO SEE. THEY ARE NOT WITHOUT A SENSE
OF PUBLIC RELATIONS AND UNDERSTANDING OF THE MODERN NEEDS
OF REBELLION.
3. PREPARED GUIDANCES FOR NOON BRIEFING FEBRUARY 25:
-- EL SALVADOR: US MILGROUP COMMANDER SAYS NO MILITARY
VICTORY POSSIBLE IN EL SALVADOR? --
Q: DOES THE DEPARTMENT HAVE ANY COMMENT ON THE
WIRESERVICE REPORTS (REUTERS 2/24/83) ATTRIBUTED TO
CONGRESSMAN EDWARD F. FEIGHAN (D-OHIO) THAT, DURING A
BACKGROUND BRIEFING WITH THE US MILGROUP COMMANDER IN SAN
SALVADOR LAST MONTH WAS INFORMED THAT "THERE CAN BE NO
MILITARY VICTORY OVER THE REBELS?"
A: I AM IN NO POSIBITION TO COMMENT ON WHAT I SUPPOSE AS
A BACKGROUND BRIEFING ON THE MILITARY SITUATION IN THAT
COUNTRY. I WOULD LIKE, HOWEVER, TO ADDRESS THE POLICY
CONSIDERATIONS IN THE QUESTION. AS HAS BEEN INDICATED BY
A NUMBER OF ADMINISTRATION OFFICIALS IN TESTIMONY BEFORE
CONGRESS, AS WELL AS FROM THIS PODIUM, WE ARE TRYING TO
DO TWO THINGS IN EL SALVADOR: WE'RE TRYING TO GIVT IT
ENOUGH MILITARY ASSISTANCE TO HOLD OFF THE INSURGENTS;
ILITARILY, BUT TO PREVENT THEM FROM
PREVAILING, WHILE REFORMS BRING ABOUT CHANGES IN THE
POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS, AND CHANGES IN THE POLITICAL
HABITS OF THAT COUNTRY, SO THAT IN THE END THE INSURGENTS
ARE IRRELEVANT AS FIGHTERS, AND THERE OCCURS THE KIND OF
POLITICAL SOLUTION THAT HAS EMERGED IN A NUMBER OF OTHER
COUNTIRES THAT HAVE HAD THIS SORT OF INSURGENCY IN LATIN
AMERICA. VENEZUELA IS A CASE IN POINT.
-- ANNOUNCEMENT: RADIO BROADCASTING TO CUBA INTRODUCED --
- I WOULD LIKE TO ANNOUNCEMENT THAT SENATOR PAULA
HAWKINS OF FLORIDA, INTRODUCED THE ADMINISTRATION'S BILL
ON RAIDO BROADCASTING TO CUBA IN THE SENATE YESTERDAY.
COPIES OF A LONGER STATEMENT WILL BE AVAILABLE IN THE
PRESS OFFICE THIS AFTERNOON. I WOULD NOTE HERE THAT,
FOLLOWING THE BIPARTISAN SUPPORT GIVEN THE BILL'S
INTRODUCTION LAST YEAR IN THE 97TH CONGRESS, THE
REINTRODUCTION NOW HAS FOLLOWED A PERIOD OF CLOSE
CONSULTATION WITH RADIO BROADCASTERS, THE NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION OF BROADCASTERS AND KEY MEMBERS OF CONGRESS.
THE BILL INTRODUCED YESTERDAY MAKES SIGNIFICANT
CONCESSIONS TO THE CONCERNS OF AMERICAN BROADCASTERS, THE
MOST IMPORTANT OF WHICH IS NOT TO USE ANY
NON-GOVERNMENTAL FREQUENCY ON THE COMMERCIAL PORTION OF
THE AM BAND.
- AS PRESIDENT REAGAN STRESSED ON FEBRUARY 22 IN A
MEETING WITH A BI-PARTISAN GROUP OF LEGISLATORS, THE
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ADMINISTRATION BELIEVES STRONGLY THAT THE CUBAN PEOPLE
HAVE THE RIGHT TO KNOW WHAT IS GOING ON IN THEIR COUNTRY
AND ABOUT THEIR GOVERNMENT'S ACTIVITIES AROUND THE
WORLD. THE CURRENT BILL WILL ACHEIVE THIS OBJECTIVE
WHILE ALSO RESPONDING TO THE CONCERNS VOICED BY THE
BROADCASTING INDUSTRY.
-- REMAINS OF JOHN SULLIVAN IDENTIFIED --
Q: CAN YOU CONFIRM THAT THE REMAINS BURIED IN NUEVO
CUSCATLAN, AND EXHUMED THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 18 ARE THOSE OF
JOHN SULLIVAN?
A: THE DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN INFORMED BY THE OFFICES OF
CONGRESSWOMAN ROUKEMA AND CONGRESSMAN TORRICELLI THAT A
COMPLETE EXAMINATION OF THE REMAINS WHICH TOOK PLACE THIS
WEEK IN NEW YORK HAS CONFIRMED THAT THE REMAINS SHIPPED
FROM EL SALVADOR FEBRUARY 19TH ARE THOSE OF JOHN SULLIVAN.
Q: WILL THE DEPARTMENT CONTACT THE SULLIVAN FAMILY?
A: I AM CERTAIN THE DEPARTMENT WILL CONTACT THE SULLIVAN
FAMILY TO OFFER OUR SINCERE CONDOLENCES.
Q: HOW WERE THE REMAINS DISCOVERED?
A: ON JUNE 10 THE U.S. EMBASSY IN EL SALVADOR RECEIVED
AN ANONYMOUS LETTER WHICH SAID THAT THE BODY OF A MAN WHO
APPEARED TO BE AN AMERICAN WAS BURIED IN A SMALL TOWN
(PLAN DE LOPEZ, NUEVO CUSCATALAN) OUTSIDE THE CITY OF SAN
SALVADOR. ON THE BASIS OF THIS INFORMATION, THE EMBASSY
INVESTIGATED BURIAL RECORDS, INTERVIEWED LOCAL OFFICIALS,
AND ULTIMOTELY REQUESTED THE EXHUMATION OF A BODY. THE
EXHUMATION TOOK PLACE ON JULY 9, 1982. THE EMBASSY
ARRANGED FOR A FORENSIC SPECIALIST TO EXAMINE THE REMAINS
IN EL SALVADOR. HIS FINDINGS WERE FORWARDED TO THE U.S.
AND REVIEWED BY A SPECIALIST WHO INDICATED THAT FURTHER
REVIEW WAS NECESSARY BECAUSE THE SALVADORAN RESULTS WERE
INCONCLUSIVE.
Q: WHY DID IT TAKE SO LONG TO GET THE REMAINS SHIPPED TO
THE U.S.?
A: AFTER THE REMAINS WERE EXHUMED LAST JULY, THEY WERE
REBURIED BECAUSE SALVADORAN MEDICAL OFFICIALS CONCLUDED
ON THE BASIS OF THEIR EXAMINATION, THAT THESE WERE NOT
THE REMAINS OF JOHN SULLIVAN. HOWEVER, THE DEPARTMENT
AND THE FAMILY ARRANGED FOR SPECIALISTS IN HE UNITED
STATES TO EXAMINE THE X-RAYS TO RULE OUT ANY POSSIBILITY
THAT THESE WERE THE REMAINS OF JOHN SULLIVAN. X-RAYS OF
THE REMAINS WERE FORWARDED TO THE SULLIVAN FAMILY IN THE
SUMMER AND IT WAS NOT UNTIL DECEMBER 1982 THAT THE
DEPARTMENT WAS ADVISED THAT THERE WAS A HIGH PROBABILITY
THAT THE REMAINS WERE THOSE OF SULLIVAN.
Q: WHAT IS THE DEPARTMENT DOING TO SOLVE THE CASE OF
JOHN SULLIVAN'S DEATH?
A: THE EMBASSY HAS ACTIVELY PURSUED THIS CASE SINCE MR.
SULLIVAN'S DISAPPEARANCE IN DECEMBER 1980. NOW THAT IT
HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED THAT MR. SULLIVAN IS DEAD, WE WILL
ASK THE GOVERNMENT OF EL SALVADOR TO REDOUBLE ITS EFFORTS
TO FULLY INVESTIGATE THE TRAGIC CIRCUMSTANCES OF HIS
DISAPPEARANCE AND DEATH.
IF ASKED ONLY
Q: DO YOU HAVE ANY COMMENT ON ALLEGATIONS BY THE
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SULLIVAN FAMILY THAT THE DEPARTMENT DID NOT DO EVERYTHING
POSSIBLE TO LOCATE THEIR SON?
A: WE HAVE THROUGHOUT THE MORE THAN TWO YEARS SINCE JOHN
SULLIVAN DISAPPEARED, ATTEMPTED TO FOLLOW UP ON ALL LEADS
TO RESOLVE THIS CASE. A DEPARTMENT OFFICER HAS BEEN IN
CLOSE AND FREQUENT CONTACT WITH MEMBERS OF THE SULLIVAN
FAMILY. WE HAVE KEPT THE FAMILY, AS WELL AS THEIR
CONGRESSIONAL REPRESENTATIVES, FULLY INFORMED OF DETAILS
OF THE EFFORTS TO LOCATE MR. SULLIVAN.
Q: WHAT CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT THE ANONYMOUS LETTERS
RELATED TO THE SULLIVAN CASE RECEIVED BY THE EMBASSY
DURING THE COURSE OF THE PAST TWO YEARS?
A: THE U.S. EMBASSY IN SAN SALVADOR ATTEMPTED IN ALL
INSTANCES TO ESTABLISH CONTACT WITH THE WRITERS OF THE
ANONYMOUS LETTERS AND EFFORTS WERE MADE TO CROSS-CHECK
THE INFORMATION PROVIDED IN THESE LETTERS. IN FACT, IT
WAS AN ANONYMOUS LETTER WHICH DIRECTED THE ATTENTION OF
THE EMBASSY TO THE SITE OF MR. SULLIVAN'S REMAINS.
4. SUMMARY OF NOON BRIEFING FEBRUARY 25 (ROMBERG):
SPOKESMAN MADE THE ANNOUNCEMENT ABOUT THE RE-INTRODUCTION
OF THE RADIO MARTI LEGISLATION, AND NOTED THAT A LONGER
STATEMENT WOULD BE AVAILABLE IN THE PRESS OFFICE LATER IN
THE AFTERNOON. THERE WERE NO FOLLOW-UP QUESTIONS.
CHARDY OF THE MIAMI HERALD NOTED THAT REP. SOLARZ HAD
SAID DURING SECY. SHULTZ' TESTIMONY LAST WEEK THAT HE WAS
AWARE OF A NEW PEACE PROPOSAL FROM NICARAGUA, INVOLVING
JOINT BORDER PATROLS WITH HONDURAS, AND AN AGREEMENT TO
STOP SUPPORTING GUERRILLAS IN EL SALVADOR IN RETURN FOR
US AGREEMENT TO STOP SUPPORTING ANTI-SANDINISTA FORCES.
SECY. SHULTZ HAD REPLIED AT THE TIME THAT HE WOULD LIKE
TO SEE THE WHOLE PROPOSAL. COMMENT? SPOKESMAN SAID HE
HAD NOTHING ON THAT SUBJECT.
GIANDONI OF COPLEY NEWSPAPERS ASKED IF THERE WERE
ANYTHING NEW ON THE SITUATION BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT OF
PANAMA AND AMB. BRIGGS. SPOKESMAN SAID HE HAD NOTHING
NEW, AND SAID THE AMBASSADOR REMAINS IN PANAMA. DAM
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