U.S. INVOLVEMENT IN NICARAGUA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP90-00806R000201140015-7
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 30, 2010
• Sequence Number: 15
• Publication Date: November 10, 1982
• Content Type: MISC

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Assjclated Students, Men RM. 3177
University of California at Santa Barb
Santa Barbara, California 93106
BERKELEY ? DAVIS ? IRVINE ? LOS ANGELES RIVERSIDE ? SAN DIEGO ? SAN FRANCISCO
The Associated Students Legislative Council of the University of California, at Santa
Barbara, on the date of: Nnvemhar 10 19R7 , took action on this bill. The
final vote was:-p.,-,,-,d , by a vote of: 11YES/ I NO/ 1 ABSTAIN. This endorse-
ment has been approved by the Associated Students Legislative Council. The use of
the University seal is for identification purposes only, and should not be construed
as implying support, endorsement, or opposition from the University.
Subject: T_g Tn yn1yam,nt in
Nicaragua
Number 11gR2-67
WHEREAS: The American government has been engaged in a covert attempt to
discredit, undermine, and destroy the government of Nicaragua since
the ouster of Dictator Anastasio Somoza in 1979 and,
WHEREAS: Presidents Carter and Reagan have authorized. CIA action in Central
America directed towards the destruction of the current government
of Nicaragua and of any progressive or leftist elements throughout
the region and,
WHEREAS: In the past four years American military delegations have been sent
to Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, and most recently to Costa Rica and,
WHEREAS: The amount of military aid to right wing elements in the area has
increased dramatically in the years of the Reagan Presidency and,
WHEREAS: In 1981 the United States Navy staged a "war game" type of operation
off the Nicaraguan coast and,
WHEREAS: On December 5, 1982, the United States and Honduras will begin military
maneuvers at the Nicaraguan border, within miles of the Nicaraguan
military bases of Mocoron and Cabo Gracias A Dios, an action dangerously
likely to provoke open war and,
WHEREAS: The hundreds of millions of dollars of military aid flooded into
El Salvador since 1979 has produced no decrease in the military
effectiveness or popularity of progressive movements in El Salvador and,
WHEREAS: Despite the vast amounts of military aid extended to the nations
of Central America, the region has not made progress toward peace,
stability, and democracy but has rather sunk further into violence
and polarization and,
WHEREAS: The Los Angeles Times, Newsweek, and other nationally respected periodicals
have voiced their opposition to continued involvement in Nicaragua and,
WHEREAS: American backed covert operations in Central American can serve no
purpose but to escalate local conflicts in the area and to increase
the likelihood of American entry into any regional war that may result and,
C DCI
EXC
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THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that A.S. UCSB Legislative Council calls for an
immediate withdrawal of all American military, para-military,
covert operations, and intelligence personnel from Central America and,
THEREFORE BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that We request an immediate Congressional
investigation of CIA-sponsored activities in Central America, especially
of their attempts to de-stabilize the government of Nicaragua,
and of the role of Ambassador John Negroponte in such attempts and,
THEREFORE BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that we call for the suspension of all military
aid to nations engaged in or harboring military or para-military
groups engaged in the subversion of the government of Nicaragua and,
THEREFORE BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that we request our Congressman, Robert
Lagomarsino, member of the House Foreign Affairs subcommittee on
Inter-American Affairs to address the Legislative Council on the
American a::tions against Nicaragua and on his support for recent
increases =n military aid to Honduras, El Salvador and Guatemala and,
THEREFORE BE IT FINALLY RESOLVED that copies of this bill be sent to the
Daily Nexus, Santa Barbara News & RPyiew, Santa Barbara Npws-Pracc,
KCSB, the Los Angeles Times, Congressman Robert Lagomarsino,
Senators Cranston and Hayakawa, Ambassador John Negroponte, Ambassador
Deane Hinton, Assistant Secretary of State Thomas Enders, Secretary
of State George Shultz, National Security Advisor William Clark,
President Ronald Reagan.
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OFFICE OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS
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