NICARAGUA POLICY IS AFFIRMED BY U.S. AFTER SHULTZ TRIP

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• Publication Date: June 3, 1984
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,4EARED NEW YORK TIMES
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ON PAGE 3 June 1981+
POLICY"w rF MwMe ng y ,
lar by President Miguel de 1;$adrid of at the instigation of President Miguel
NICARACUAMexico on his visit here last month and de la Madrid, according to Govern-
BY meted by American officials mmentof icials. In a visit to Washington !
IS AFFIRIKED 11.3. with encouraging Mr. Reagan to try last month, Mr. de la Madrid urged Mr.
talking with the Nicaraguan leaders. eag to demonstrate commitment to
The mood aboard Mr. Shultz's plane,, the Contadora process, officials said.
on the flight home bordered on The effort to schedule talks with AFTER SHUIJTZ TRIP :lientatthisnewttrninthetwoyearsof ragua went forward, ' Officials said, Reagan
oblique hostilities between the Unitedpouncethe NiIOOntinued to de-
?States and Nicaragua. Mr. Shultz, sit-' Various favorable signs forthe visit
,.Reagan Will Continue to Seek .tingcalmly in his cabin, reflected some fell into place in the last three days.
Hof that mood but also stressed the case- On the one hand, critics of the Ad-
$21 Million in C vert Help demand for a "verifiable" ministration said the House's rejection
4 p guarantee that Nicaragua stop "ex- Of aid to the Niacaraguan rebels
porting revolutiaton" and start observing amounted to a prodding of the white
for the Guerrilla Groups human rights home. House toward diplomacy. On the other
hand, State Department officials, con-
Asked whether his visit had eased tend, the Salvadoran election was such
By FRANCIS X. CLINES i mutual distrust, Mr. Shultz said: a success that pressure grew on Nica-
SpKWt*M*%rwYatTbDw "Oh, probably a little bit. But trust is raga to also agree to the talks.
WASHINGTON, ?June 2 - President something you build over a period of
Reagan will pursue his request for The ? Administration was promptly
more military aid for Nicaraguan ; complimented by one critic, Senator
rebels even as be plans additional talks Paul E. Tsongas, Democrat of Massa-
with the Nicaraguan Government, ac- chusetts, who was aboard the plane as
cording to Secretary of State George P. a member of the delegation to the inau-
Shultz. guration of President Jost Napoleon
Mr. Shultz, flying borne from his visit Duarte in El Salvador. It was on the
to Nicaragua on Friday, said the Ad- way back from El Salvador that the
ministration would continue to seek the plane made the unexpected detour for
$21 million in aid that the House of Rep- the meeting in Nicaragua. {
resentatives has rejected. Senator Tsongas said that even al-
In Managua, the Government called lowing for Mr. Reagan's obvious elec-
the talks with Mr. Shultz a good begin- tion-year need to improve his standing
ning, but called for concrete United as a peacemaker, the Shultz mission
States actions to resolve the conflicts in was "a very healthy" development.
Central America. [Page 23.] "The Administration and the Sandin-
In Mexico City, officials said Mexico istas are such stereotypes of each
was modifying its policy toward the other," he said at the Managua airport
Salvadoran Government, apparently while Mr. Shultz was meeting with
as a quid pro quo for the United States Daniel Ortega Saavedra, the Nicara-
overture toward Nicaragua. guan leader. "The meeting can be a
?"disaster and it is still better than what
U.S. Policy Is Affirmed exists."
The affirmation of United States Senator Tsongas was referring to
policy toward Nicaragua was echoed what he described as mutual intransi-
, by the White House as Mr. Shultz gence and militarism in which Nicara-
headed on to report to the President in Sce feared a United States invasion,
Ireland. Mr. Reagan's spokesman, and the White House feared subversion
Larry Speaker, said there that the visit directed from the Soviet Union and
Cuba through Nicaragua.
to Nicaragua was not a "new initia-
tive" American officials conceded that the
or a change of policy, but rather a visit offered propaganda value to both
recommitment
to the search for peace. governments. Although request for aid for the Nicara- though it produced no
gran insurgents is expected to be taken changes in policies, State Department
again next week in officials said it marked a promising
up Congress. Ad- new level of opportunities.
ministration officials hope Mr. Shultz's "The Contadora process needed a
'visit will reduce criticism that the shot in the arm," one official said,
United States has ignored diplomacy in referring to the effort, initiated on the
-favor of covert war In its dealings with island of Contadora, by Mexico, Pana-
:Nicaragua. ~.. ma, Venezuela and Colombia to see
outside forces withdrawn from Central
America.
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