EL SALVADOR/U.S. AID

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP88-01070R000201210010-3
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 21, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 21, 2008
• Sequence Number: 10
• Publication Date: May 24, 1984
• Content Type: OPEN SOURCE

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CBS EVENING`NEWS
24 May 1981
EL SALVADOR/ JONES: In Washington, the timing of the news from El
U.S. AID Salvador was perfect, coming as the House was about to
vote on $62 million in emergency military aid for El
Salvador. It passed easily, with some members taking
credit for the trial. (Graphic: Yes, 267; no, 147)
REP.\MICHAEL\BARNES (D-Md.): That trial never would have
taken place had it not been for the pressures that were
brought by the Congress of the United States...
JONES: But when it came to the question of continued
funding for rebels who are fighting the Sandinista
government in Nicaragua, the House was more divided today.
REP.\EDWARD\BOLAND (D-Mass.): We simply must not
appropriate one more penny to wage a war that has caused
our allies to wonder at our sense of proportion that has
turned Central America into an armed camp.
REP.\ROBERT\MICHEL (minority leader): What kind of moral
foreign policy is it that suddenly cuts off aid to those
we have urged to fight tyranny?
JONES: The House defeated the covert funds, but the
Senate has insisted on some money, so compromise
negotiations will continue. (Graphic: stop covert
aid--yes, 241; no, 177) Today's vote was a definite
message that a majority in the House wants an end to the
covert war in Nicaragua, but it was a good'day for El
Salvador, $62 million more plus $20 million that was on
hold to force El Salvador to prosecute those who had
murdered the four American nuns. Phil Jones, CBS News,
Capitol Hill.
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