PRESIDENT DUARTE S LETTERS TO CONGRESSIONAL LEADERS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP90B01370R000801060019-7
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 30, 2010
• Sequence Number: 19
• Publication Date: July 28, 1984
• Content Type: CABLE

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SUBJ: PRESIDENT DUARTE'S LETTERS TO CONGRESSIONAL
LEADERS
1. WHEN I SAW PRESIDENT DUARTE AFTERNOON JULY 27, HE
GAVE ME COPIES OF TEXTS OF IDENTICAL LETTERS WHICH HE
HAD JUST SIGNED TO CONGRESSMEN WRIGHT, WHITTEN AND
LONG. PRESIDENT REMAINS CONCERNED THAT MILITARY
ASSISTANCE RECEIVE AS HIGH A PRIORITY AS ECONOMIC
ASSISTANCE AND HOPES THESE LETTERS WILL BE USEFUL IN
MAKING THESE POINTS CLEAR. HE IS SENDING ORIGINAL
SIGNED COPIES OF THESE LETTERS IN THE MAIL.
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I WANT TO EXPRESS MY THANKS FOR THE CORDIAL DISCUSSION
WE HAD TUESDAY. JULY 25. AFTER MY RETURN TO NEW YORK,
I FOUND SOME PRESS REPORTS SUGGESTING I DID NOT UNDERLINE
STRONGLY ENOUGH THE VITAL ROLE THAT THE SECURITY PART
PLAYS IN THE BILATERAL ASSISTANCE OF THE UNITED STATES
TO EL SALVADOR. TO PREVENT ANY MISUNDERSTANDING, I WANT
TO EMPHASIZE WHAT I SAID AT THE CLOSE OF THE MEETING:
THE PROBLEM IN EL SALVADOR IS BOTH MILITARY AND
ECONOMIC. THUS. WE ARE STRUGGLING TO PRESERVE THE
DEVELOPMENT OF THE DEMOCRATIC PROCESS, IMPROVE LIVING
CONDITIONS AND PREVENT THE SUCCESS OF CUBAN-BACKED
GUERRILLAS ALL AT THE SAME TIME. AS A RESULT, EL
SALVADOR URGENTLY NEEDS BOTH ECONOMIC AND MILITARY
ASSISTANCE FROM THE UNITED STATES. THE FORCES OF
DEMOCRACY CAN PREVAIL IN CENTRAL AMERICA IF THE
DEMOCRATIC NATIONS OF THE WORLD ASSIST US TO DEFEND
OURSELVES AND MAKE ECONOMIC PROGRESS.
WITH APPRECIATION FOR YOUR INTEREST AND SUPPORT, I
REMAIN, CORDIALLY YOURS
S/ ING. JOSE NAPOLEON DUARTE
PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF EL SALVADOR
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3. XEROXED COPIES OF SIGNED TEXT BEING SENT TO ARA/CEN
BY POUCH.
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