FOIA
U.S. TO SEND MORE AID TO EL SALVADOR
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Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST):
CIA-RDP84B00049R000902300020-1
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RIFPUB
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K
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2
Document Creation Date:
December 19, 2016
Document Release Date:
April 19, 2006
Sequence Number:
20
Case Number:
Publication Date:
February 2, 1982
Content Type:
OPEN
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More Aid, to
El Salvador
$57), M Called
Necessary to Bar
Probable Takeo'''ver
By William Chapman
wushingtun Post SW f Wrttr
The Reagan administration,
shrugging off sharp criticism from
'Democrats, said yesterday it is send-
ing an extra $55 million in emergen-
cy military aid to El Salvador. It said
continuing U.S. aid is necessary to
save that country from a "probable
victory" by communist-led insur-
gents.
Assistant Secretary of State
Thomas 0. Enders told congression-
al committees the $55 million is re-
quired to stave oft' a guerrilla cam-
paign to thwart the country's elec-
tions and declared: "To withhold
. assistance at this point would
be to abandon El Salvador."
His testimony was greeted with
? skepticism by House Democrats who
questioned sending ever-increasing
sums of money t
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