PRIVATE SECTOR PROTESTS ORIENTATION OF VISITING CONGRESSMEN

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP84B00148R000300770007-3
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 2, 2008
• Sequence Number: 7
• Publication Date: February 18, 1982
• Content Type: CABLE

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DEPT 'PLEASE PASS ::TO CONGRESSMEN LEAHY,'PELL -AND MURTHA
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TAGS: PINT, PEPR, ES.
SUBJECT: PRIVATE SECTOR PROTESTS' ORIENTATION OF VISITING
CONGRESSMEN
a. IN THEIR MARCH 16 EDITIONS, BOTH MAJOR 'SAN SALVADORAN
MORNING DAILIES PUBLISHED A STATEMENT BY THE ASOCIACION
NACIONAL DE LA EMPRESA PRIVADA (ANEP) WHICH ACCUSED VISITING
CONGRESSMEN OF BAD FAITH IN THEIR VISIT TO EL SALVADOR.
(ALTHOUGH THE STATEMENT WAS AIMED AT THE RECENT VISIT OF
SENATORS LEAMY AND PELL AND REPRESENTATIVE MURTHA, THE
STATEMENT DID-NOT SPECIFICALLY NAME THE CONGRESSMEN IN
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ON.) FOLLOWING ARE EXCERPTS OF THE 'STATEMENT.
2. TERRORIST ORGANIZATIONS HAVE WAGED IN A NUMBER OF
FOREIGN COUNTRIES A MASSIVE CAMPAIGN OF DISINFORMATION
ABOUT THE INTERNAL PROBLEMS OF EL SALVADOR* SOME REPRE-
SENTATIVES AND "SENATORS OF THE UNITED STATES ARRIVE WITH
THEIR MINDS ALREADY MADE UP ABOUT THE TRAGIC SITUATION
WHICH-OUR PEOPLE ARE. SUFFERING?-CONVERSATIONS WITH
SEVERAL OF THESE CONGRESSMEN HAVE CLEARLY SHOWN THAT THEY
ARE NOT INTERESTED IN TRULY LEARNING ABOUT WHAT IS HAPPEN-
ING IN THIS COUNTRY, BUT COME INSTEAD SIMPLY TO CONFIRM
-WITH A VISIT THE POSITIONS OF THEIR POLITICAL PARTY IN
OPPOSITION TO PRESIDENT REAGAN
. THEY HAVE NO INTEREST IN
THE WELLBEING OF'TNE SALVADORAN PEOPLE; THEIR TRUE'INTEREST
IS?TO GAIN POLITICAL-RECOGNITION-IN-THE U.S.BY CRITICIZING,
ATTACKING-AND OPPOSING THE PRESIDENT OF THAT-COUNTRY.
THEIR PRETENCE AT-AN INVESTIGATION WAS-.FOR,THE1PURPOSE OF
CONFUSING THE'AMERICAN PEOPLE AND-TO TRY TO BLOCK THE
ADMINISTRATION OF-PRESIDENT REAGAN, WHICH HAS :A CLEAR-VISION
AND. AWARENESS OF WHAT IS HAPPENING
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FiEJECTS CATEGORICALLY ANY MOVE TOWARD?A NEGOTIATION WITH
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SENATE. ATTITUDES LIKE THOSE OF LEAH?Y? PELL AND.
MURTHA REPRESENT AN INTERNATIONAL ABUSE'WHICH DESERVES
PROTEST AND REBUTTAL BY THE PRESENT SALVADORAN GOVERNMENT.
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