NICARAGUA/U.S.

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP88-01070R000201110005-0
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 21, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 21, 2008
• Sequence Number: 5
• Publication Date: March 13, 1984
• Content Type: OPEN SOURCE

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ABC WORLD NEWS TONIGHT
13 March 19314
NICARAGUA/ JENNINGS: Some other'news now. President Reagan may get.
U.S. his way on aid to those forces fighting the government of
Nicaragua. The Senate Intelligence Committee today got a
closed-door briefing from CIA Director William Casey and
then voted to approve $21 million in emergency aid for the
contras.
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CBS EVEti IN?G NEWS
13 March 1981
CENTRAL AMERICA RATHER: President Reagan won a partial victory today in
/U.S.AID his struggle for more covert aid to U.S.-backed rebels
fighting Nicaragua's Sandinista regime. The Senate
Intelligence Committee voted approval for a third of,the
White House request for $21 million. The rest of that
money was set aside awaiting CIA justification of its
need. This clears the way for a new vote by the Senate
Appropriations Committee, which last week rejected the
request. That committee also is considering an
administration request to triple, by adding $93 million in
emergency U.S. military aid to El Salvador.
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