ARA NEWS ITEMS OF DECEMBER 6 1984

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP90B01370R000801110093-9
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 7
• Document Creation Date: December 21, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 2, 2008
• Sequence Number: 93
• Publication Date: December 7, 1984
• Content Type: CABLE

Approved For Release 2008/12/02 : CIA-RDP90B01370R000901110093-9
UNCLASSIFIED
OLL/LD
INCOMING
STAT
84 5894740 SUO
PAGE 001
TOR: 07093OZ DEC 84
STA
00 RUEAIIB
ZNR UUUUU ZOC STATE ZZH
00 RUEHC
DE RUEHC #0465 3420922
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
0 R 070007Z DEC 84 ZEX
FM SECSTATE WASHDC
TO ALL AMERICAN REPUBLIC DIPLOMATIC POSTS IMMEDIATE
RUFJCX/AMCONSUL MARTINIQUE IMMEDIATE 0000
RUEHAO/AMCONSUL CURACAO IMMEDIATE 0000
RUEHMD/AMEMBASSY MADRID IMMEDIATE 0000
RUEHBS/AMEMBASSY BRUSSELS IMMEDIATE 0000
RUEHLD/AMEMBASSY LONDON IMMEDIATE 0000
RUFHLI/AMEMBASSY LISBON IMMEDIATE 0000
RUFHFR/AMEMBASSY PARIS IMMEDIAE 0000
RUESUA/AMCONSUL RIO DE JANEIRO IMMEDIAE 0000
RUDKGPQ/AMEMBASSY THE HAGUE IMMEDIAE 0000
RUEHLT/USMISSION USUN NEW YORK IMMEDIAE 0000
RUEOEHA/USCINCSO QUARRY HTS PN IMMEDIAE
RUCBSAA/USCNCLANT NORFOLK VA IMMEDIATE
RUWTFTA/COMSFORCARIB KEY WEST FL IMMEDIATE
RUEOEHA/CDR193D INFBE PAN FT CLAYTON PN AFZU
RUEOSBA/USAFSO HOWARD AFB PN/PAO
RUEOSBN/NAVSTA PANAMA CANAL RODMAN PN/PAO
INFO RUEHOT/AMEMBASSY OTTAWA 0000
RUEHMEG/AMCONSUL GUADALAJARA 0000
RUEHIA/USIA WASHDC
XMT AMEMBASSY NASSAU
AMEMBASSY PORT OF SPAIN
AMEMBASSY GEORGETOWN
BT
UNCLAS STATE 360465
E.O. 12356: N/A
TAGS: SOPN
SUBJECT: ARA NEWS ITEMS OF DECEMBER 6, 1984
CIA MANUAL HEARI W!W.T MORE THE
HOUSE INTE" ON T * GOwn*OW SIAL CIA
MANUAL. C TTEE MEMBERS REPORTED THAT WILLIAM CASEY DID
CONCEDE SHORTCOMINGS IN MANAGEMENT. (FOOTAGE OF
CONGRESSMAN FOWLER: "MR. CASEY HIMSELF ADMITTED TO
NEGLIGENCE IN THE MANAGEMENT AND CONTROL OF THIS
OPERATION.") SEVERAL MID-LEVEL CIA OFFICIALS HAVE BEEN
DISCIPLINED. BUT CASEY APPARENTLY COULD NOT BE DIRECTLY
CONNECTED AND FURTHER PUNISHMENT WILL NOT BE PURSUED.
(FOOTAGE OF CONGRESSMAN BOLAND: "THE PROBLEM IS THAT
EVERY TIME THE INSPECTOR GENERAL WENT UP THE LINE TO GET
WHERE THE RESPONSIBILITY FINALLY WAS THE TRAIL SEEMED TO
GET COLDER.") ANOTHER COMMITTEE MEMBER WAS MORE VOCAL.
(FOOTAGE OF CONGRESSMAN MINETA: "I HAVE INDICATED IN THE
UNCLASSIFIED
Approved For Release 2008/12/02 : CIA-RDP90B01370R000801110093-9
 Approved For Release 2008/12/02 : CIA-RDP90B01370R000801110093-9
UNCLASSIFIED
84 5894740 SUO PAGE 002 NC 5894740
TOR: 07093OZ DEC 84
PAST, AS A RESULT OF OTHER THINGS THAT HAVE OCCURRED WITH
THE AGENCY'S OPERATION, THAT MR. CASEY OUGHT TO RESIGN.")
CASEY HAS SURVIVED STILL ANOTHER SKIRMISH WITH CONGRESS,
BUT THE WARNING SHOTS HAVE BEEN FIRED. CONGRESS IS IN NO
MOOD TO LET THE ADMINISTRATION CONTINUE ITS COVERT WAR
AGAINST NICARAGUA. (PHIL JONES)
CIA MANUAL HEARINGS: THE HOUSE INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEE
FINISHED ITS INVESTIGATION ON THE CIA MANUAL. THE
COMMITTEE SAID THE CIA WAS GUILTY OF BREAKING THE LAW, BUT
IT WAS ALL UNINTENTIONAL. (TOM BROKAW)
WILLIAM CASEY TOLD THE COMMITTEE THAT PUBLICATION OF THE
MANUAL HAD BEEN MISMANAGED BY THE AGENCY, THAT NONE OF THE
TOP OFFICIALS, CASEY INCLUDED, HAD SEEN THE MANUAL BEFORE
IT WAS GIVEN TO THE REBELS. THAT SHOCKED THE COMMITTEE
CHAIRMAN. (FOOTAGE OF CONGRESSMAN BOLAND: "I FIND IT
INCREDIBLE, AS DID ALL THE MEMBERS OF THE INTELLIGENCE
COMMITTEE, THAT NO ONE IN THE FIELD AND NO ONE AT
HEADQUARTERS HAD EVER READ THE MANUAL"). AND BOLAND
REJECTED CASEY'S CLAIM THAT THE MANUAL DOES NOT RECOMMEND
MURDERING NICARAGUAN OFFICIALS. (FOOTAGE OF BOLAND: THE
MAJORITY OF US CAME TO THE CONCLUSION THAT 'NEUTRALIZE'
WAS WORD THAT ONE COULD SUGGEST ASSASSINATION.") CASEY
MAINTAINED THAT THE MANUAL WAS DESIGNED ONLY TO MODERATE
EXCESSES COMMITTED BY THE REBELS IN NICARAGUA, BUT SOME
CONGRESSMEN SAY IT WAS INTENDED TO AID THE REBELS IN
OVERTHROWING THE NICARAGUAN GOVERNMENT -- AN ACT
SPECIFICALLY PROHIBITED BY LAW. (FOOTAGE OF CONGRESSMAN
FOWLER: THE MAJORITY OF THE COMMITTEE DID FIND THAT
THERE HAD BEEN A VIOLATION OF THE LAW OF THE LAND AS
INVITED IN THE BOLAND AMENDMENT IN THE PRODUCTION AND
DISTRIBUTION OF THIS MANUAL.")
A MAJORITY OF THE COMMITTEE ALSO SAID THE CIA DID NOT HAVE
ADEQUATE COMMAND AND CONTROL OF THE NICARAGUAN OPERATION.
CASEY PLAYED THE GOOD SOLDIER TODAY, BUT SENATOR MOYNIHAN
WAS NOT IMPRESSED. (FOOTAGE OF MOYNIHAN: "I WONDER IF HE
WOULDN'T STOP DOING THINGS HE HAS TO APOLOGIZE FOR LATER
ON.") VIOLATION OF THE BOLAND AMENDMENT CARRIES NO
PENALTIES. THE DEMOCRATS ON THE COMMITTEE ARE SIMPLY
USING THE MANUAL TO HELP BUILD PUBLIC AND CONGRESSIONAL
OPINION AGAINST COVERT OPERATIONS IN NICARAGUA; (LEE
MCCARTHY)
CIA MANUAL: THE CIA WAS FOUND GUILTY TODAY OF NEGLIGENCE
BUT NOT AN INTENTIONAL VIOLATION OF THE LAW IN PRODUCING
THAT CIA MANUAL FOR ANTI-GOVERNMENT FORCES IN NICARAGUA.
THE HOUSE INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEE HAS CONCLUDED THAT THE
CIA MANUAL IS AN EMBARRASSMENT TO THE U.S., REPUGNENT TO
AMERICAN VALUES. IT NEVER SHOULD HAVE BEEN RELEASED, SAID
THE COMMITTEE, IN ANY OF ITS FORMS. DIRECTOR CASEY
ACKNOWLEDGED THAT CIA OFFICIALS SHOULD HAVE REVIEWED THE
MANUAL BUT DID NOT.
MEMBERS OF THE INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEE FAULT THE CIA FOR A
NUMBER OF THINGS: (1) THE CIA NEVER INFORMED CONGRESS OF
THE-MANUAL, MEMBERS LEARNED OF IT FROM THE PRESS; (2) THE
MANUAL, SAY SOME MEMBERS, IS ILLEGAL, A VIOLATION OFTHE-
BOLAND AMENDMENT; AND (3) THE CIA HAS ALREADY GONE OVER -A
$24 MILLION LIMIT IMPOSED ON AID TO THE CONTRAS. STILL
UNCLASSIFIED
Approved For Release 2008/12/02 : CIA-RDP90B01370R000801110093-9
 Approved For Release 2008/12/02 : CIA-RDP90B01370R000801110093-9
UNCLASSIFIED
84 5894740 SUO PAGE 003 NC 5894740
TOR: 07093OZ DEC 84
THE COMMITTEE IS NOT CALLING FOR CASEY'S RESIGNATION,
THOUGH SOME MEMBERS WOULD LIKE TO SEE HIM OUT NOW' THE
COMMITTEE HAS RECOMMENDED NO ACTION. BUT THEN THE HOUSE
HAS ALREADY VOTED FOUR TIMES TO CUT OFF U.S. AID -TO THE
CONTRAS. STILL, ONE MEMBER SAID, THERE IS A WARNING IN
ALL THIS FOR WILLIAM CASEY. ONE MORE MAJOR TRANSGRESSION
AND THERE COULD BE A CHORUS OF CALLS FROM CAPITOL HILL FOR
CASEY TO RESIGN. (CHARLES GIBSON. CAPITOL HILL)
NICARAGUA: STEPHEN KINZER, P. 2 FROM PASO CABALLOS
("NICARAGUA'S 'DREAM' RAILWAY: WILL IT EVER ROLL?")
WRITES ON A PROJECT TO BUILD A RAILROAD TO CROSS THE
COUNTRY FROM THE ATLANTIC TO THE PACIFIC. WORK HAS-BEGUN,
BUT NO FOREIGN COUNTRY HAS YET COMMITTED ITSELF TO
FINANCING THE PROJECT. SPAIN HAS PROVIDED 23 MILES OF
TRACK, AND CUBA IS GIVING TECHNICAL HELP, THOUGH IT DOES
NOT ITSELF PRODUCE RAILS OR LOCOMOTIVES.
EL SALVADOR: JAMES LEMOYNE ANALYSIS, P. 3 FROM SAN
SALVADOR, 12/5 ("STALEMATE IN SALVADOR: BOTH SIDES APPEAR
RELUCTANT TO BUDGE") SEES A POSSIBLE STALEMATE IN THE
PEACE TALKS BECAUSE EACH SIDE HAS PRESENTED PROPOSALS SEEN
BY THE OTHER AS A DEMAND FOR SURRENDER, SHOWING THE
FORMIDABLE OBSTACLES TO A NEGOTIATED END TO THE WAR.
IT IS NOT CLEAR TO LEMOYNE WHY THE REBELS DECIDED TO PUT
STRONG DEMANDS ON THE TABLE NOW, SINCE THEY HAD AVOIDED
DIVISIVE ISSUES IN THE FIRST MEETING AT LA PALMA IN
OCTOBER. "THE TOUGH POSITION MAY INDICATE THAT THE REBELS
DO NOT FEEL THEY CAN ENTER TALKS WITHOUT REASSURING THEIR
OWN FORCES THAT THE GOALS FOR WHICH THEY FIRST BEGAN
FIGHTING IN 1979 REMAIN UNCHANGED... SALVADORAN GOVERNMENT
OFFICIALS ARE NOW REASSESSING THEIR EARLIER VIEW, MORE
OFTEN EXPRESSED AS A HOPE, THAT THE REBELS' WILLINGNESS TO
ATTEND TALKS INDICATED A WEAKENING OF THEIR MILITARY
POSITION."
ALTHOUGH TWO GOVERNMENT REPRESENTATIVES SAID "THEY WOULD
NOT ATTEND ANOTHER NEGOTIATING SESSION UNLESS THE
GUERRILLAS FIRST EXPLICITLY ENDORSED THE PRESENT
CONSTITUTION...." PRES. DUARTE "MAY TRY TO LEAVE HIMSELF
MORE ROOM FOR MANEUVER." HE WILL BE INFLUENCED BY
OPINION IN THE ARMY AND BY CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATIC ACTIVISTS.
NICARAGUA/CIA: JOEL BRINKLEY, P. 3 FROM WASHINGTON. 12/5
("HOUSE PANEL CALLS CIA MANUAL ILLEGAL") SAYS, "THE HOUSE
INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEE CONCLUDED TODAY THAT THE CIA'S
GUERRILLA WARFARE MANUAL FOR NICARAGUAN REBELS VIOLATED
THE LAW BECAUSE IT ADVISED THE REBELS ON HOW TO OVERTHROW
THE SANDINISTA GOVERNMENT.
"BUT THE COMMITTEE, COMPLETING A TWO-MONTH INVESTIGATION
OF THE MANUAL, DID NOT RECOMMEND SPECIFIC ACTIONS AGAINST
CIA EMPLOYEES. THAT CONCLUSION CAUSED DISSENSION,
COMMITTEE MEMBERS SAID'" A COMMITTEE STATEMENT CALLED THE
MANUAL "REPUGNANT" AND "AN EMBARRASSMENT TO THE US."
CIA DIRECTOR CASEY, "TESTIFYING BEFORE THE COMMITTEE THIS
MORNING, ACCEPTED RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE MAMJAL AS THE
AGENCY'S HEAD. COMMITTEE MEMBERS SAID. (REP. EDWARD P.)
BOLAND SAID MR. CASEY HAD ALSO ASSURED THE COMMITTEE THAT
HE WOULD ORDER SEVERAL MANAGERIAL CHANGES TO AVOID SUCH
PROBLEMS IN THE FUTURE."
UNCLASSIFIED
Approved For Release 2008/12/02 : CIA-RDP90B01370R000801110093-9
 Approved For Release 2008/12/02 : CIA-RDP90B01370R000801110093-9
UNCLASSIFIED
84 5894740 SUD PAGE 004 NC 5894740
TOR: 07093OZ DEC 84
PERU: REUTERS/LIMA BRIEF, P. 5 ("2 PERUVIAN POLICEMEN
KILLED IN GUERRILLA ATTACK ON SLUM") REPORTS SHINING PATH
ATTACKS ON LIMA SHANTYTOWNS, BOMBINGS.
MEXICO: RICHARD J. MEISLIN, P. 12 FROM MEXICO CITY ("IN
DEVASTATED MEXICAN AREA, THE ANGER PERSISTS") FOLLOWS UP
COMMUNITY REACTION TWO WEEKS AFTER THE EXPLOSION AND FIRE
AT THE SAN JUAN IXHUATEPEC GAS STORAGE PLANT THAT KILLED
452 AND INJURED 4248.
NICARAGUA: ARTURO JOSE CRUZ OP-ED. P. 31 ("MANAGUA'S
CENTRAL PROBLEM") SEES A DISTORTED VIEW OF THE NICARAGUAN
SITUATION IN THE US. THE KEY QUESTION IS, "HOW CAN THE
NICARAGUAN PEOPLE ACHIEVE THE DEMOCRACY FOR WHICH THEY
HAVE STRUGGLED SO LONG? UNTIL THAT IS ACCOMPLISHED," HE
CRUZ HAD WANTED TO GIVE THE SANDINISTAS A GRACE PERIOD
FOLLOWING THE ELECTION, FEARING "HASTY CRITICISM BY THE
NICARAGUAN OPPOSITION AND WORRIED THAT THE REAGAN
ADMINISTRATON MIGHT MAKE THINGS WORSE BY STRENGTHENING ITS
STAND AGAINST THE SANDINISTAS BEFORE THE PEOPLE OF CENTRAL
AMERICA WERE SURE OF THEIR OWN ATTITUDES."
"ALAS," HE SAYS, "I BADLY UNDERESTIMATED THE VIGOR WITH
WHICH THE NEWLY ELECTED NICARAGUAN GOVERNMENT WOULD
PROCEED TO REPRESS ITS OPPONENTS AND MILITARIZE THE
STATE. THE SANDINISTAS ARE EVIDENTLY DETERMINED TO IGNORE
THE DEMOCRATIC YEARNINGS OF THE NICARAGUAN PEOPLE. THEY
HAVE STAGED AN ELECTORAL CHARADE AND REFUSED TO ALLOW
SERIOUS OPPONENTS TO PARTICIPATE. THEY HAVE BEGUN AN OPEN
BUILDUP OF SOVIET ARMS, PRESSED AHEAD WITH THE
MILITARIZATION OF NICARAGUAN LIFE AND RESUMED CENSORSHIP."
CITING CRITICISM OF HIS OWN PREVIOUS POSITION BY A COSTA
RICAN NEWSPAPER, WHICH CALLED HIM "NAIVE," CRUZ SAYS THE
VAST MAJORITY OF CENTRAL AMERICANS CLEARLY NO LONGER
BELIEVE THE SANDINISTAS ARE ENTITLED TO THE BENEFIT OF
DOUBT. THEY ARE "SIMPLY NOT WILLING TO TOLERATE AN
INCREASINGLY TOTALITARIAN GOVERNMENT IN THEIR MIDST."
APPEALING TO US OPINION, HE SAYS, "SO LONG AS THERE IS NO
POSSIBILITY FOR FREEDOM IN NICARAGUA, THE ARMED REBELLION
AGAINST THE SANDINISTAS WILL CONTINUE TO GROW. THE
SANDINISTAS... WILL DRAW THEIR SOVIET AND CUBAN PATRONS
EVER MORE DEEPLY INTO CENTRAL AMERICA. THEY WILL ALSO, IN
TIME, PROVOKE CONFLICTS WITH THEIR NEIGHBORS IN ORDER TO
JUSTIFY EVER MORE REPRESSIVE MEASURES AT HOME."
"WHAT CAN THE US DO? CONGRESS IS SADLY WRONG IF IT
IMAGINES THAT IT CAN OBTAIN PEACE BY CUTTING OFF AID TO
THE NICARAGUAN INSURGENTS. THE INSURGENCY IS NO LONGER A
PRODUCT OF US INTERVENTION: IT IS THE REVOLT OF
NICARAGUANS AGAINST OPPRESSION BY OTHER NICARAGUANS.
"THOSE WHO OPPOSE SUPPORT TO THE INSURGENTS." HE
CONCLUDES, "HAVE A MORAL OBLIGATION TO INSIST THAT THE
SANDINISTAS RESTORE NICARAGUA'S LIBERTIES AND THAT THE
COMMUNIST WORLD TAKE ITS HANDS OFF OUR COUNTRY." -
NICARAGUA/CIA: MARGARET SHAPIRO, FRONT PAGE ("PROBE OF
CIA MANUAL FINDS NEGLIGENCE, NO ILLEGAL INTENT") SAYS,
"THE HOUSE INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEE CONCLUDED YESTERDAY THAT
A CIA MANUAL ADVOCATING THE 'SELCTIVE USE OF VIOLENCE' TO
'NEUTRALIZE' OFFICIALS OF NICARAGUA'S SANDINISTA
UNCLASSIFIED
4
Approved For Release 2008/12/02 : CIA-RDP90B01370R000801110093-9
 Approved For Release 2008/12/02 : CIA-RDP90B01370R000801110093-9
UNCLASSIFIED
84 5894740 SUO PAGE 005 NC 5894740
TOR: 07093OZ DEC 84
GOVERNMENT WAS ILLEGAL. EMBARRASSING AND PROOF OF THE
AGENCY'S LACK OF CONTROL OVER THE COVERT WAR.
"HOWEVER. 'NEGLIGENCE, NOT INTENT TO VIOLATE THE LAW,
MARKED THE MANUAL'S HISTORY,' THE COMMITTEE SAID IN A
PRESS REPORT THAT WAS DRAFTED WITH BIPARTISAN SUPPORT."
NO CONCLUSIONS ON RESPONSIBILITY WERE DRAWN. BUT THE
RELEASE SAID "THE INCIDENT OF THE MANUAL ILLUSTRATES ONCE
AGAIN TO A MAJORITY OF THE COMMITTEE THAT THE CIA DID NOT
HAVE ADEQUATE COMMAND AND CONTROL OF THE ENTIRE NICARAGUAN
COVERT ACTION."
NICARAGUA: ROBERT J. MCCARTNEY, FRONT PAGE FROM ESTELI,
12/5, ("REBEL. SANDINISTA AMBUSHES VIEWED AS INTENSIFYING
WAR") WRITES, "ANTIGOVERNMENT GUERRILLAS KILLED 22 PERSONS
IN AN AMBUSH OF A TRUCK CARRYING COFFEE PICKERS YESTERDAY,
THE BLOODIEST OF A SERIES OF RECENT ATTACKS AIMED AT
DISRUPTING THE HARVEST, GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS AND SURVIVORS
OF THE RAID SAID TODAY.
"IN A SEPARATE INCIDENT, GOVERNMENT FORCES AMBUSHED AND
'COMPLETELY BROKE UP' A GUERRILLA FORCE, KILLING 35
REBELS, INCLUDING SEVERAL 'IMPORTANT' LEADERS. THE
INTERIOR MINISTRY REPORTED." THESE "APPEARED TO SIGNAL
THE START OF A WIDELY EXPECTED INTENSIFICATION OF THE WAR
IN NORTHERN NICARAGUA AS THE GUERRILLAS TRY TO BLOCK THE
ECONOMICALLY VITAL COFFEE HARVEST."
SURVIVORS SAY THAT IN THE ASSAULT ON THE TRUCK NEAR EL
PERICON, "ABOUT HALF OF THE PICKERS CARRIED SOVIET-MADE
AK47 AUTOMATIC RIFLES.... BUT LTHE GUERRILLAS KILLED ARMED
AND UNARMED PICKERS ALIKE... REBELS KILLED SEVERAL WOUNDED
PERSONS LYING ON THE GROUND BY SHOOTING THEM OR STABBING
THEM WITH BAYONETS, AND THEY SET THE TRUCK AFIRE WITH AT
LEAST THREE WOUNDED PERSONS INSIDE THE VEHICLE, INCLUDING
A BOY UNDER 10 YEARS OLD."
EL SALVADOR: JOANNE OMANG, P. 8 ("D'AUBUISSON URGES U.S.
BACK 'CONTRAS' OPENLY: SALVADORAN SPEAKS AT GEORGETOWN")
REPORTS, "ROBERTO D'AUBUISSON, THE LEADER OF EL SALVADOR'S
EXTREME RIGHT WING, LAST NIGHT URGED THE REAGAN
ADMINISTRATION TO CONVERT COVERT SUPPORT FOR 'CONTRA'
REBELS IN NICARAGUA TO AN OPEN PROGRAM OF AID. SPEAKING
AT GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY, D'AUBUISSON SAID THE
ADMINISTRATION 'OUGHT TO MAKE A DECISION CLEARLY."'
HE WAS SPEAKING "ON THE THIRD DAY OF A FOUR-DAY VISIT TO
THE US, DURING WHICH HE HAS MET WITH SEVERAL MEDIA
ORGANIZATIONS AND RECEIVED A PLAQUE FROM MORE THAN A DOZEN
CONSERVATIVE ORGANIZATIONS HONORING HIM FOR HIS EFFORTS
AGAINST COMMUNISM IN EL SALVADOR."
D'AUBUISSON. INVITED BY THE CAMPUS YOUNG AMERICANS FOR
FREEDOM, "DELIVERED A KIND OF CIVICS LECTURE TO ABOUT 120
GEORGETOWN STUDENTS AND FACULTY MEMBERS. ABOUT 20 MEMBERS
OF THE AUDIENCE STOOD AND TURNED THEIR BACKS AS HE BEGAN
SPEAKING." THERE WERE ABOUT 200 PROTESTERS OUTSIDE.
VENEZUELA: JACKSON DIEHL, P. E4 FROM CARACAS ("LAWSUIT BY
U.S. FIRMS HITS NERVE IN VENEZUELA; CHARGES COULD HAVE
POLITICAL FALLOUT") SAYS, "A LAWSUIT BY TWO US OIL
COMPANIES; AGAINST VENEZUELA'S STATE PETROLEUM MONOPOLY
HAS SHAKEN ITS ADMINISTRATION WITH CHARGES OF CORRUPTION
AND VIOLATION OF ANTITRUST LAWS AND CREATED A POTENTIALLY
SERIOUS POLITICAL PROBLEM FOR THE GOVERNMENT OF PRES.
JAIMI LUSINCHI."
COASTAL CORP,