NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL NEWS IN BRIEF

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP90-00806R000100250005-8
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 9, 2010
• Sequence Number: 5
• Publication Date: November 15, 1982
• Content Type: OPEN SOURCE

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PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER
15 NOVEMBER 1082
National -and International News it Brief
A report says . US. - operations. in
Nicaragua may be -out of control."
The Center for National Security
Studies. which is associated with .the
American Civil Liberties. Union, is-
sued a report yesterday contending.
that either the. Reagan- a-dministra-
tion's policy. is aimed at destroying
the Nicaraguan government or it is
out of control,'!. director. 'Morton Halperin said. He called on Congress JJ:
to investigate U.S. actions rela;ing to
Nicaragua. "The only secret about its
operation is its purpose,' said.. Hal
perin, who served on the National
Security Council staff under,-Henry .,'
A;: Kissinger in the early 1970s. "It is
high time Congress held hearings on., 4
the. very dangerous situation devel-
oping'in Central America because of'
.the CIA's activities there," he said. .
The.report questioned assertions by
the administration that its opera-
tions seek to support Nicaraguan
moderates, to disrupt Cuban supply
dines- 'to El Salvador.-and to force
Nicaragua to end its support of leftist .
guerrillas threatening El-Salvador's
U.S.-backed government.
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