BRIEFING OF THE SENATE FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMITTEE ON EL SALVADOR - 2 AUGUST 1982

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• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: May 14, 2007
• Sequence Number: 21
• Publication Date: August 2, 1982
• Content Type: MEMO

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2 August 1982
OEXA 82-195/1
SUBJECT: Briefing of th a Foreign Relations Committee on El Salvador -
2 August 1982
1. On Monday, 2 August 1982, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee (SFRC)
was briefed by CIA, DIA and Department of State representatives on the current military
and political situation in El Salvador, prior to Committee hearings that will bes held on
the Presidential certification on El Salvador. The room, 5-116, The Capitol, was swept
and the brief~'n~m?n~ed throughout. A transcript was taken. The briefing was at the
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2. Agency representatives included:
Const n i M ges
DDCI
Director, Office of African and
Latin American Analysis (OALAA),
DDI
NIO for Latin America
OALAA/DDI
OALAA/DDI
Representing the Department of State and DIA were:
Steve Tomohik
Col. Tom Bosch
4. Committee Members present included:
Charles H. Percy (R., IL),
Chairman
S. I. Hayakawa (R., CA)
Richard G. Lugar (R., IN)
Larry Pressler (R., SD)
DoS
DIO/LA/DIA
Legislative Affairs, DIA
Claiborne Pell (D., RI)
Paul S. Sarbanes (D., MD)
Edward Zorinsky (D., NE)
Paul E. Tsongas (D., MA)
Christopher J. Dodd (D., CT)
5. Staff members present included:
Ed Sanders, Staff Director
Charles Berk
Pat Chatska
Bob Dockery
Jerry Christianson
Patrick Bale.`strieri
Joel Johnson
Hans Binnendijk
Alan Safran
Margaret Hayes
Diana Smith
Jerry Connelley
Barry Sklar
Bob Robelo
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Cathy Stowe Cas Yost
Cran Montgomery
4. The DDCI, with the help of Messrs. Menges and0 described the level
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of insurgency in El Salvador and other C
military campaign, the relationship betw
other topics of interest to the Senators.
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merican countries, an assessment of the
ubkuisson and President Magana, and
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5. Follow-ups for the record include: ( )
a. Questions submitted for the record by Senator Zorinsky.
b. For Senator Dodd: Number of military advisors in Honduras (Nicaraguan
and El Salvadoran).
c. The recent ICRC report on conditions in El,Salvador_ (Senator Pell).
Legislative Liar. n
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