STATEMENT BY SENATOR BARRY GOLDWATER ON SENATE INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEE BRIEFING ON CENTRAL AMERICA

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• Document Release Date: June 14, 2007
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• Publication Date: March 1, 1982
• Content Type: REPORT

12 March DDCI Senate Leadership bfg on
El Salvador by the DDCI
 Attached is a list of Senators that were
present for the Leadership bfg on El
Salvador by the DDCI.
(The ones checked by JWD)
 Senator Baker
Senator Byrd
Stenator Stevens
Senator Cranston
Senator Thurmond
Senator Garn
Senator Laxalt
Senator Hatfield
Senator Proxmire
Senator Kasten
Senator Inouye
Senator Stennis
Senator McClure
Senator Percy
Senator Pell
Senator Helms
Senator Zorinsky
Senator Tower
Senator Stevens
Senator Cranston
Senator Thurmond
Senator Kasten
Senator Pell
Senator Helms
Senator Zorinsky
Senator Byrd
Senator Garn
Senator Laxalt
Senator Tower
Senator Stennis
(Senator Gary
Hart has indicated
a desire to attend,
but has not been
invited - might
show up)
 Majority Leader (Senate) - Senator Howard H. Baker, Jr. (R., TN)
Minority Leader (Senate) - Senator Robert C. Byrd (D., WV)
Majority Whip (Senate) - Senator Ted Stevens (R., AK)
Minority Whip (Senate) - Senator Alan Cranston (D., CA)
Pres. Pro Tempore(Senate)- Senator Strom Thurmond (R., SC)
Office of the Speaker(House)-Representative Thomas P. O'Neill, Jr. (D., MA)
Majority Leader (House) -Representative James C. Wright, Jr. (D., TX)
Minority Leader (House) -Representative Robert H. Michel (R., IL)
Majority Whip (House) -Representative Thomas Foley (D., WA)
Minority Whip (House) -Representative Trent Lott (R., MS)
SAC
Ranking Majority Leader-
Senator Hatfield
Ranking Minority Leader-
Senator Proxmire
HAC
Ranking Majority Leader-
Rep. Whitten
Ranking Minority Leader-
Rep. Conte
SAC Sub on Foreign Ops
Ranking Majority Leader-
Senator Kasten
Ranking Minority Leader-
Senator Inouye
Sub. on Defense
Ranking Majority Leader-
Senator Stevens
Ranking Minority Leader-
Senator Stennis
Member - Senator McClure
SFRC
Ranking Majority Leader-
Senator Percy
Ranking Minority Leader-
Senator Pell
Sub on Western Hemisphere Afrs
Ranking Majority Leader-
Senator Helms
Ranking Minority Leader-
Senator Zorinsky
SASC
Ranking Majority Leader-
Senator Tower
Ranking Minority Leader-
Senator Stennis
HAC Sub on Foreign Ops
Ranking Majority Leader-
Rep. Clarence Long
Ranking Minority Leader-
Rep. Kemp
H FAC
Ranking Majority Leader-
Rep. Zablocki
Ranking Minority Leader-
Rep. Broomfield
Sub on Inter-American Affairs
Ranking Majority Leader-
Rep. Barnes
Ranking Minority Leader-
Rep. Gilman
HASC
Ranking Majority Leader -
Rep. Price
Ranking Minority Leader -
Rep. Dickinson
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PRESS RELEASE
March 2, 1982
Contact: Earl Eisenhower
(202) 224-2235
STATEMENT BY?SENATOR BARRY GOLDWATER ON SENATE INTELLIGENCE
CWIME I N ON CENTRAL AMERICA
In a recent ABC interview the Nicaraguan Ambassador to the U.S., Francisco
Fiallos said that his country "does not send weapons and is not going to send
weapons to El Salvador."
On Thursday, February 25, CIA Director William Casey and other representatives
of the Intelligence Community briefed members of the Senate Intelligence Commitaee
in Executive. Session on developments in Central America. The Briefing, which
lasted several hours, addressed the military situation in El Salvador, the structure
and composition of guerrilla forces there, and the degree of external support to
the insurgents in El Salvador, especially that provided by the Sandinistas jr)
Nicaragua. -
The br efing left no doubt that there is actave involvement by Sandinista
government ,officials in -support of -the Salvadoran guerrilla movement. Thi-E support
includes arrangements for the use of Nicaraguan -territory for the movement-of
arms and munitions to guerrillas in El Salvador, the continuing passage of
guerrillas in and out of Nicaragua for -advanced -training in sabotage and other
terrorist tactics, and the presence of high-level guerrilla headquarters elements
in Nicaragua. There is strong evidence of a great surge in the-delivery of arms,
ammunition and related materials from Nicaragua to El Salvador.
Speaking-as-Chairman of the Committee, I must stress the sensitive r,ai:ure
of the Intelligence provided us. The details must remain secret. But the
American people deserve to know that the officials charged with developing and
implementing U. S. policy in this area are.doing so on the basis of solid infor-
mation.
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