ON APRIL 10 H. RES. 484 A RESOLUTION OF INQUIRY CONCERNING UNITED STATES MILITARY INVOLVEMENT IN HOSTILITIES IN CENTRAL AMERICA

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• Publication Date: April 13, 1984
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WYCHE FOWLER. JR., GA.
LEE H. HAMILTON, IND.
ALBERT GORE, JR., TENN. U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
LOUIS STOKES. OHIO
DAVE McCURDY, ANTHONY
Y C. . BEI BEIUENSO NSON, CALIF. PERMANENT SELECT COMMITTEE
J. KENNETH ROBINSON, VA. ON INTELLIGENCE G. WILLIAM WHTTEHURST, VA.
C. W. BILL YOUNG, FL& WASHINGTON, D.C. 20515
BOB STUMP, ARIZ.
WILLIAM F. GOODUNG. PA.
THOMAS K. LATIMER. STAFF DIRECTOR
MICHAEL J. O-NEIL CHIEF COUNSEL
STEVEN K. BERRY, ASSOCIATE COUNSEL
April 13, 1984
Row H-405, U.S. CIVROI
(2021225-4121
The President
The White House
Washington, D. C. 20500
Dear Mr. President:
On April 10, H. Res. 484, a resolution of inquiry concerning United States
military involvement in hostilities in Central America was introduced in the
House of Representatives and referred for appropriate action to the Committee
on Foreign Affairs and the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence.
Under the Rules of the House, the Committee has fourteen legislative days
beginning on April 10 to take action on the resolution. The Committee
therefore requests that you provide to the Committee documents responding to
the itemized particulars of the resolution by Friday, April 20 so-that the
Committee will be in a position to determine how to frame its recommendation
on the resolution. : Three copies of the resolution are enclosed herewith.
The Committee's staff point of contact on this matter is Michael O'Neil,
Chief Counsel of the Committee, who can be reached at 225-4121.
With every good wish, I am
WARD P. OOLAND
Enclosures
cc: Secretary of Defense
Director of Central Intelligence-
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98TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION H. ? RES. 484
Directing the President to furnish certain information to the House of Representa-
tives concerning United States military involvement in hostilities in Central
America.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
APRIL 10, 1984
Mr. MARKEY submitted the following resolution; which was referred jointly to the
Committees on Foreign Affairs and the Permanent Select Committee on In-
telligence
RESOLUTION
Directing the President to furnish certain information to the
House of Representatives concerning United States military
involvement in hostilities in Central America.
1 Resolved, That within seven days after the adoption of
2 this resolution, the President shall furnish to the House of
3 Representatives the following:
4 (1) All documents in his possession concerning in-
5 stances of United States aircraft flying intelligence-
6 gathering missions in the airspace of El Salvador since
7 August 1, 1983, including any document showing the
8 time and frequency of such flights, the type of aircraft
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1 involved, the missions performed, or the origin of such
2 flights.
3 (2) All documents in his possession indicating that
4 intelligence gathered by United States Armed Forces
5 has been supplied to the armed forces of El Salvador,
6 Honduras, or Guatemala since August 1, 1983, includ-
7 ing any document indicating that United States Armed
8 Forces have provided tactical intelligence directly to
9 elements of the armed forces of El Salvador while
10 those Salvadoran forces were engaged in operations
11 against insurgents.
12 (3) All documents in his possession giving details
13 of actual or proposed involvement by military or civil-
14 ian agencies of the United States in combat missions in
15 El Salvador or Honduras since August 1, 1983, in-
16 cluding any documents discussing proposals by United
17 States Government authorities to have aircraft owned
18 by the United States Government, or manned by per-
19 sons paid by the United States Government (including
20 contract personnel), fly combat support missions
21 against insurgents in El Salvador.
22 (4) All documents in his possession discussing the
23 possible involvement of United States Armed Forces in
24 combat in Central America.
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1 (5) All documents in his possession indicating
2 what is the border between Honduras and El Salvador
3 which is recognized by the United States, all docu-
4 ments indicating how close to that border United
5 States Armed Forces in Honduras may approach under
6 the applicable rules of engagement, and all documents
7 showing the number of times that members of the
8 United States Armed Forces in Honduras have crossed
9 that border.
10 (6) All documents in his possession showing that
11 United States Armed Forces deployed in Honduras
12 have entered into the territory, airspace, or waters of
13 El Salvador or Nicaragua since August 1, 1983, for
14 any purpose other than transportation of such forces
15 into or out of Honduras.
16 (7) All documents in his possession discussing the
17 purposes of Emergency Deployment Readiness Exer-
18 cises on the Honduras-El Salvador border, the effects
19 these exercises will have on the conflict within El Sal-
20 vador, or whether these United States forces will be
21 equipped for combat.
22 (8) All documents in his possession discussing any
23 instances in which United States Armed Forces in El
24 Salvador or Honduras have come into contact with
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1 forces hostile to the governments of those countries
2 since August 1, 1983.
3 (9) All documents in his possession discussing any
4 instances since August 1, 1983, in which members of
5 the United States Armed Forces in El Salvador or
6 Honduras either have been subject to hostile fire them-
7 selves or have been accompanying members of the
8 armed forces of El Salvador who were subject to hos-
9 tile fire.
10 (10) All documents in his possession indicating
11 that since August 1, 1983, United States Armed
12 Forces have transported elements of Honduran or Sal-
13 vadorn Armed Forces while these forces were engaged
14 in operations against insurgents, including any docu-
15 ment indicating that United States Armed Forces
16 transported elements of Honduran Armed Forces in
17 operations against insurgents in September 1983.
18 (11) All documents in his possession discussing
19 any instances in which United States Armed Forces in
20 El Salvador or Honduras have come into contact with
21 forces engaged in hostile action against the Govern-
22 ment of Nicaragua since August 1, 1983.
23 (12) All documents in his possession indicating
24 that United States Government personnel (including
25 contract personnel), or that vessels owned by the
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1 United States Government or operated by United
2 States Government personnel (including contract per-
3 sonnel), have participated in the mining of Nicaraguan
4 waters.
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