MORE AID TO NICARAGUAN REBELS BACKED

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP88B00443R001404090120-4
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 21, 2016
• Document Release Date: May 23, 2008
• Sequence Number: 120
• Publication Date: September 21, 1983
• Content Type: OPEN SOURCE

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R'ASHINGTON, S~t.2Q--The Rea.
-tea A_mirsstration told the Senate Ia-
teWgence Committee today that. it
p:zr~ed to coatit:ue covert ailitary aid
LO Lbe N)eaiag?.:an ii?Ttir$e~LS until Ih0
Sandlitista Cave.^nment StaPr~'-d 8z~8
mil:tsty s:tpport to the reb-ls in El Sal-
vador, accords to parti:ipaats in tha
m~~g' - ?
'.~IilliamJ.Casey,DistictorofCentr~-1
? Inte.ligeace, and Secretary of State
G ro:ge P. Shull net for several boors
bP..hisid closed doors t;ith the ooramit-
tee, which is.hraded by Senator Barre
Go:dwater, .Republicsa oL Arim:sa.
Sr..ztor Goldwater hnd retZaested a re?
pot': as pars iatr tae iiscat year that be-
gzssonOct I:
The A~-~*n;sr-?atian fs Obliged to ra-
pout Lo tlta int_lligeace commute-..3 of
both hausPS oa the goals and ob jettives
of arrJ covert aedviry. The ormrat~et
had drelzrsd in May chat. it s~ould cod
nff th_ and fa the absence of a ne4v re?
. portbySepL30. - ~ _ . ~ _
Diost of the c~m.~-^.Itte~ membPss
were report sits y e
-jt-- ruttre o tae~icc.-a~z=.u y.~o-
,E.,-zm. Score ~d b~ca cracern~ ba-
ca:.zse Mr: CESey had rrporzedty sug-
gested bofore thr Congressio~i rec.,ov
last month that the Ad**+i~1c~-at:Cn
rsight deride IO bars: the Ni~ra~ f4-+
"arntras," as the insurgents are
3r~own, Fith the afm of overtlav~ing
the Mansgesa Govera:ne^L,^.Meh is
'supported by Cuba rnd other Comruu.-
_?L-erp Impressed F,71th Shultz'
'The aembe.-s were very imp_*essed
with Shelt=,?' 03; partidp,ant said.
'They thought the plan was mach
more sensible than in -the: past It
poked as ff it hnd some,cobereaee and
n:actiraltty "- .
President Reagan bad said publicly
that the Liaited States had no iatentioa
of oVerthroSVl,~ tar Sard;nir~ fin?
melt A~**~+!~eierraLtOtl ofSdnlshad said
that ibe Sig million which had been ap.
propriated is the current fiscal year for .
carver[ aid was only Yaeant to prevent
arms from Nicaragua from going m ,
the insurgents is El Salvador. _ -
An Aa~,;rt~tion olfidal-said that
~? Prow outlined by I-3r. Casey and
Ns. Shultz west be3+ond the scope of the .
eurrent progrma. He said it was not
limited to interdietin~ arms but was
mare broadly stated is Rene support
Of the hrcara inn reb~. ~s. ?'A/e were al-
ways being question;' an o?fidal
said. ?'on whether we were going be.
'}-and our program of interdicting arms,
1`iow we say, 'Yes~twe are supporting
the rebels until the Nicara s
their su version in ne n~eotu~ ~ -
?'It R?zs a very positive stateiae:tt,?' - _
;he official said, zddirg t 'I wu. ed
xonS~r sari c~ weer rncluaed
One Poi dapaat said that the covert
aid wrs to be usad, not aaly until the
Sandinistas stopped suPPn~ iosiu-
.gents in El Salvador, but ie Honduras
and Costa Rica as well,
?he Administration ol5cial stressed
that this at-atnach should end thP. argu.
merit over whether the Ad.-ri.nstration'
w t v;nta~e its tledze doin move
t~iarl j,,L'SC SLO~~'nv th rn,e 04i. The
oftlual also said that there was no
iho~ht of the tr~?~u~Z--
_the insv~entS Irvine to Oro
the sA ?,~?,,,crs+ GpVerstm?,1' sL
The xortse earlier tlis year passed a
bill cutting off all covert aid to the
Iv'icaragusa insurgents for the 1,983 Ss-
cal year, but it stood little chance of
PassaSe by the Se:tat~ In the absence
of a~ioa by bath Nooses to cut oft the
aid? it continued,. Today's ootaaitteA
meeting seem to darer the way for i
Senate sppz~oval for Lhe 1984 fecal.)
year, which begins Oct 1. The Horse
will have to deride ~rbetlm~it want, to
erg ~ to cut oft covert aid is the _ 'si
Y~
The Senate Intelligence Comtnltix
} generally bed supportive of the
Adaials'sation's actions in Centel
America. The chiei critic of the Admin.. _
istration on the comrr.3t:e9 is S?najpr
Joseph IL Bider, I3?..rnoa-at of Dela--
vPare,
Acflording ~ partidpan:s in the aes-
Sion, th~? A~tr-,E.,it+.pticn tri~s.~s
r~^.ted a formsl findicg b'P _~; c-,ti
-~
Rexgaa tha:1: would bs !a t>~- ratic~l
securirp ia~(t')er~~'t io ec`?~.atr- a pa-a,-
S~d~ pA~p~asa dire~ed ~t Iha
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