HOUSE UNIT MEETS REAGAN HALFWAY ON SALVADOR AID

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• Document Release Date: July 28, 2010
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• Publication Date: April 27, 1983
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HOUSE UNIT MEETS
REAGAN HALFWAY
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the part of the leadership of El-Salvador
to come to grips with their problems,
especially on hur.aa rights,"
In his letter, Mr. Shultz sought to an-
swer Congressional criticisms of the
Salvadoran Government's treatment of
ordered an Be tvilso , h gbid he had
O!I~ ~1 AID Prisoners.
' -level in-
SALVADOR
N Into the slaying of the church-
worixw~ in 1581. More broadly, be said
the
Aden ti was promoting a
;UMESS of judicial l changes in II Salva-
Panel Appropriates $30 Million
~tlor =s ..;
in Extra Military Funds His letter concluded by saying that
the.Adminisustion would resubmit its
4 Conditions Attached request for reprogramming the mil-
lion in military aid voted down by the
:1 subcommittee Representative vid R. Obey,
Democ
at f '
W
r cox mittee is scheduled to
rneet y on this proposal.
Representative Edward P. Boland,
Democrat of Massachusetts, was asked
afterward whether he still believed that
tbe.Administration had violated a pro
hibition-of which be was the author-
against providing covert aid for the pur-
pose
Government. think~we rebebeyo~nd
that question now," he said.
_she . real question, be said, was
"whether the activities there are really
in the interests of the United States."
Pressed on whether be thought the law
had -been violated, Mr. Boland rwpoad-
ad, "My own judgment is that we have a
problem with it."
R tative Norman Y. Miners,
Democrat of California, who was
among those who made the Central
America trip and said Monday in Hon-
duras that he had not made up his mind
whether the Administration was violat-
ing the Boland amendment, said today,
"Unfortunately I saw little to relieve
my doubts about the Administration's
.current approach to that important
area of the world."
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WASHINGTON, April 26 - A House ~90-da3' dela Y. expressed s
sed reservations
Appropriations subcommittee today ap- i about the committee's attaching condi-
proved 530 million in additional mill- - tins to the funds. "I don't think you can
Lary aid for El- Salvador, half the rat foreign policy from a subcommit-
amotmt asked by President Reagan. tee," he said.
"If we gave the S60 million, we would The committee earlier rejected, 75, a
have lost all our leverage," Represent- Republican move to provide the full $60
alive Clarence D. Long, chairman of million requested by the President, and
the panel, the Foreign Operations sub then voted 6-6 against a Democratic
move to delay action for go days. The
committee, said after the 7 to.5 vote.: owing vote on the compromise proposal
"There will be no more dollars until we was cast by Representative Matthew F.
see measurable progress." McHugh, Democrat of New York, spon-
In the compromise, proposed by Mr. sor of the unsuccessful proposal to
Long, the committee attached four delay action, who explained that rejec-
con.iItions to the appropriation: tion of Mr. Long's proposal would en.
4Appointment by the President of a ~ able the dminist ation to spend the
special envoy with ambassadorial rank $8D mflhm
to help the Salvadorans hold free, fair The committee action capped a day of
and safe elections. intensive congressional activity con-
lReview by the Administration of all cerning Central America. The Senate
evidence pertaining to the murder of held a closed, 90-minute sessr~'"'on in
rsof tour Amencan churchwomen. mittee were ouestioned mne rning All.
!The opening of prisons and deter- ~ ministration activities lion centers to "unnanounced and unre- "ThIs was a fact and information
stricted" inspection by the Red Cross. sharing session," said Senator Christo.
!Release of political prisoners ands pher J. Dodd, Democrat of Connecticut,
early enactment of an amnesty law. a critic of the Administration's policies
Administration officials said Mr. in Central America, who requested the
Reagan had asked former Senator session. "Members of the Senate have a
Richard B. Stone of Florida to become responsibility to be informed as to what
the special envoy. [Page A13.] : the !acts are in El Salvador and Nicara.
The intelligence committee e is our
Immediately after the vote, Mr. Long agent, in effect."
distributed copies of a letter tram Sec Mr. Reagan meanwhile met with !
retary of State George P. Sbultz that ac- members of the House intelligence
knowledged the Administration's intent committee including sevem who spent
to comply with the committee's condi- ~t days in Central America, to
lions. Mr. Long, a Maryland Democrat, lobby against a Democratic proposal
visited El Salvador Iast weekend and that would cutoff covert military aid to
said be had found "a real willingness on Nicaraguan rebels and instead provide
overt aid to friendly nations to help stop
weapons flowing to guerillas in El Sal-
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