CBS EVENING NEWS: EL SALVADOR/CONGRESSMAN

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP90-00552R000404300017-4
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 16, 2010
• Sequence Number: 17
• Publication Date: April 25, 1983
• Content Type: OPEN SOURCE

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CBS EVENING NEWS
25 April 1983
EL SALVADOR/ RATHER: As Bruce Morton reports tonight from EA a or, some
CONGRESSMEN of those to whom Mr. Reagan will be appealing went to take a
look for themselves.
MORTON: Congressmen whizzed in and out of here today in a kind
of legislative now you see him, now you don't. First Clarence
Long of Maryland, chairman of the House Appropriations
Subcommittee which will vote tomorrow on whether to let
President Reagan shift $60 million in military aid from other
countries to El Salvador. El Salvador did two things long
wanted--released 10 political prisoners, though some reports say
they jailed others and promised Red Cross prison inspections,
and the Reagan administration sounds encouraging about another
Long suggestion, a special negotiator to try to arrange a peace
here. In return Long sounded like a man who would vote for the
aid. CLARENCE LONG (D-Md.): And it's gonna be a very difficult
project, but it might work. That's my feeling, and it's
certainly worth a try.
MORTON: No sooner did Long fly out than another group, members
of the House Intelligence Committee, flew in. They are
investigating whether the Reagan administration is obeying a law
which bars spending money to try to overthrow the government of
Nicaragua. This was their third stop after Nicaragua and
Honduras, and so far they said they are undecided about whether
the administration is within the law. REP. NORMAN MINETA
(D-Calif.): That's a conclusion that I just don't want to make
a statement on right now, but that's basically what I'm here
for.
MORTON: What worries El Salvador's government is the vote
tomorrow on military aid for the war here. Any congressional
action on money for the undercover war in Nicaragua seems much
further off. Bruce Morton, CBS News, San Salvador.
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