HAIG CITES PROOF OF NICARAGUA ROLE IN SALVADOR WAR

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• Publication Date: March 5, 1982
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5 MACH 1982
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detailed as that given the intelligence you," he told Mr. Long, Democrat of
committees. He Proposed that Mr. Long Maryland, the Sandinista have insisted
accept the evaluation of '-your col- and maintained to the Administration
leagues on the intelligence panels. that "they have not only the right but
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WASHINGTON; -.March 4 * _ Chal.
lenged to prove his.contention that the
Salvadoran insurgents were being di.'
rected by foreigners,.Secretary of State
Alexander M. Haig Jr. told a House
committee this afternoon that a "Nica-
raguan military man" who was helping
run the guerrilla-operation had been
captured today in El Salvador.: Ina sometimes heated exchange with
Representative 'Clarence :D. Long,
chairman of the House Appropriations
"subcommittee- on. foreign operations,
Mr. Haig also said that the United States
had "unchallengeable" evidence"of the
Nicaraguan involvement in El Salvador:
and the Cuban involvement in the com-
mand and control of the operations iri'El
Salvadortoday."
Concerning Nicaragua,:.he: "asserted
that there were 2,000 Cuban military ad-,
visers, 70 Soviet military advisers, and
30 from North Korea, East Germany,-, press conference. make it
"I want to
-Bulgaria and the-Palestine Liberation
.Organization working with its '25,000.
On Tuesday. Mr: Haig told the House
'Foreign Affairs' Committee that the
United States had."overwhelming and
irrefutable" proof "of foreign control. of.
the Salvadoran insurgency. He declined
to give details, asserting.that it would
sources,-
-: Today, Mr. Haig.said.that the details
had been provided by the Administra
tion to both the Senate and House Intefli-.
genre- Committees.. When'. Mr'." Long
complained _ that;-ttis cornmitte also
needed to. erraluate4,it; Mr?. Hai'Lsaid-.
~the< RepreaesotatiypasoinE`A:Prida3-.bu~.
!I .,. cwu.,uua. tun gnu aw.miuiun in min-
tare assistance for co n,tr:m Salvadoran Cites #vfdence .
Caribbean region for the current fiscal year, which endson Sept. 30:
Mr. Haig made no commitment,
pointing out that the sharing of informs-
earlier this afternoon, the Defense
Minister. Gen. Jose Guillermo Garcia,
made no mention of the capture of a
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proceduresetupbyCongress. tured by the armed forces in operations
The official purpose of Mr. Haig's ap.. against the guerrillas and cited that as
pearance was to defend the Administra-
tion's overall package of $9.4 billion in
economic and military aid for fiscal
year 1983, an increase of $1.4 billion over
the current fiscal year. But much of the
questioning was about the situation in
the Caribbean region. ?
Mr. Haig's attack on Nicaragua was
seemingly spurred by comments from
Mr. Long that he had spoken with Daniel'
Saavedra Ortega, the head of the San-
dinist Government in Nicaragua. Mr.
Long said Mr. Ortega told him that his
Government was not involved in El Sal
vadorand wanted to havegood relations
with the United States.
Another member of the Nicaraguan
Government, Jaime Roman Wheelock.-
. was. in - Washington today and told a
clear that Nicaragua is not engaged in
any transfer of arms to El Salvador."
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Mr. Haig dismissed the Nicaraguan:
leader's offer, to "hold talks with the?
United States, as well as a similar pro-
posal recently made by President Jos&
Lbpez Portillo of Mexico. He said the.
United States had proposed twice last
year to the-Nicaraguan leaders that a
way should be found to resolve differ
-Nicaraguan. military man today but
evidence of Nicaraguan interference in
the civil war in his country. -
Representative Bob Livingston, Re-
publican of Louisiana, who is a member
of the official American observer dele.
gation to the Salvadoran electioiis_on
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