REPORT ASSAILS U.S. POLICY ON CENTRAL AMERICA

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• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 14, 2010
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• Publication Date: April 8, 1983
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ReportAssarls-
T.S. PolictiQn
Central 'America
Assouaiec urea
A group of .prominent JUIS. and
Latin American -citizens said Wed-
-nesday_ that a. fawed,Reagaii acinin-
:asaation : policy. in :Ceiit~l= aier ca
-3isks prolonged bloodshed ,in`El_;'Sal-;
vador and new turmoil in.Nicaragaa. :
4t -denounced -past "overt and co-:!
vert 'U.S. intervention" in Latin
America and said -sharp =ex;einal
confrontation with revolutionary re;
gimes" is more likely to breed rev-
olutionary sentiment than quell it.
"The United States could do
much. to foster a climate of security
in the region by making ?unequivo-
calh clear its commitment to respect
national sovereigntv,"..he group said
'in a study known as the Inter-Amer.
ican Dialogue report.
It also urged "a many-sided dia-
-logue" to end disputes among all the
governments of Central America and
their opposition movements peace-
fully. It should include talks between
the United States. Cuba and the So-
viet Union, the study said. __
"Continued fighting in El Sal-
vador, continuing counterrevolu-
-tionary activities in Nicaragua. es-
calating violence in Guatemala: all
are .likely to feed each other and
even. raise the specter of wider re-
gional conflict.` it said. 'We believe.
therefore. that negotiations should
be tried."
Issued after a six-month study.
-the .report wwc preparedAunder the
ioin direction 0 : ,1:.MI. Lino itz.
former' US. representative to the Or-
,ganization of Ameri can =States;.and
Galo Plaza, former, -president of
" - .. -
Ecuador.
Participants included former po-
litical leaders as well as business
leaders, academics and clerics from
the ,region. The U.S. members in-
cluded former secretary of state Ed.
mund S. - Muskie and former secre-
tary of defense Elliot L. Richardson.
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