LETTER FROM CONGRESSMAN ADDABBO ON AID TO THE CONGRESS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP90B01370R000801110037-1
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• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 23, 2010
• Sequence Number: 37
• Publication Date: December 22, 1984
• Content Type: CABLE

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TO RUEHSN/AMEMBASSY SAN SALVADOR IMMEDIATE 1677
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SUBJECT: LETTER FROM CONGRESSMAN ADDABBO ON AID TO THE
CONGRESS _
1. THE SECRETARY HAS RECEIVED THE FOLLOWING LETTER DATED
DECEMBER 11 FROM CONGRESSMAN ADDABBO:
AS YOU ARE AWARE, THE RECENTLY ENACTED H.J. RES. 648,
MAKING CONTINUING APPROPRIATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 1985,
CONTAINS A PROHIBITION REGARDING ASSISTANCE TO THE
"CONTRAS" FIGHTING IN NICARAGUA. RECENT REPORTS HAVE
INDICATED THAT OTHER COUNTRIES ARE FURNISHING AID TO THE
"CONTRA" FORCES IN ORDER TO KEEP THEM A VIABLE MILITARY
FORCE EXERTING PRESSURE ON THE SANDINISTAS. OF THE
COUNTRIES IDENTIFIED IN THESE REPORTS AS FURNISHING SUCH
AID, SEVERAL ARE CENTRAL AMERICAN NEIGHBORS OF NICARAGUA
AND ARE THEMSELVES RECIPIENTS OF U.S. FOREIGN ASSISTANCE
FUNDING. FOR EXAMPLE, EL SALVADOR HAS BEEN THE RECIPIENT
OF INCREASED U.S. AID SINCE THE ELECTION OF PRESIDENT
DUARTE, AND IS IDENTIFIED IN THE REPORTS AS BEING ONE OF
THE COUNTRIES AIDING THE "CONTRAS". IF THESE REPORTS ARE
ACCURATE, I AM CONCERNED THAT COUNTRIES RECEIVING U.S.
FOREIGN ASSISTANCE AID MAY BE UTILIZING A PORTION OF SUCH
AID TO ASSIST THE "CONTRAS" AND, IN SO DOING, EFFECT A
RATHER DEVIOUS CONTRAVENTION OF THE LAW PROHIBITING SUCH
AID.
I WOULD APPRECIATE RECEIVING YOUR THOUGHTS ON THIS ISSUE
AS WELL AS YOUR ASSURANCE THAT NO U.S. FOREIGN ASSISTANCE
FUNDING IS BEING UTILIZED TO EFFECT WHAT AMOUNTS TO
"REVOLVING DOOR" AID TO THE "CONTRAS".
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SINCERELY,
/S/
JOSEPH P. ADDABBO
MEMBER OF CONGRESS
2. THE FOLLOWING IS THE
TO ADDABBO.
I AM PLEASED TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO RESPOND TO YOUR
LETTER OF DECEMBER 11 TO THE SECRETARY IN WHICH YOU
EXPRESSED YOUR CONCERN THAT U.S. FOREIGN ASSISTANCE TO
CENTRAL AMERICAN COUNTRIES IS BEING USED TO AID THE
ANTI-SANDINISTA FORCES AND'THEREBY CIRCUMVENTING THE
PROHIBITION CONTAINED IN THE CONTINUING RESOLUTION FOR
FY 1985.
OUR FOREIGN ASSISTANCE FUNDS TO CENTRAL AMERICAN
COUNTRIES, AS ELSEWHERE, ARE MONITORED VERY CLOSELY TO
ENSURE THAT THEY ARE USED FOR THE PURPOSE INTENDED. IN
EL SALVADOR, THE MANAGEMENT OF U.S. MILITARY ASSISTANCE
IS PERFORMED BY THE U.S. MILITARY GROUP WHILE THE U.S.
AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT (AID) MISSION
MANAGES ECONOMIC AND DEVLOPMENTAL ASSISTANCE. WE CANNOT
DETERMINE OR DICTATE HOW A NATION EXPENDS ITS OWN
RESOURCES, HOWEVER, DISBURSEMENT OF FUNDS AND DELIVERY OF
EQUIPMENT THROUGH U.S. FOREIGN ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS ARE
CLOSELY SUPERVISED. TO OUR KNOWLEDGE, NO U.S. FOREIGN
ASSISTANCE FUNDING OR EQUIPMENT PROVIDED THROUGH THE
FOREIGN ASSISTANCE ACT IS BEING DIVERTED TO THE
ANTI-SANDINISTA FORCES OR A THIRD COUNTRY.
W. TAPLEY BENNETT, JR.
ASSISTANT SECRETARY
LEGISLATI-VE.ANO INTERGOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS
SOON AS POSSIBLE.
SHULTZ
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