MULTILATERAL ANTI-NARCOTICS STRIKE FORCE

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Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2014/05/01 : CIA-RDP92M00732R001100030012-0 MEMORANDUM FOR: FROM: ADMINISTRATIVE INTERNAL USE riF Counternarcotics Center OCA 3388-89 27 September 1989 Legislation Division Office of Congressional Affairs SUBJECT: Multilateral Anti-Narcotics Strike Force On September 20, 1989, the Senate passed an amendment to the Foreign Operations Appropriations Act, which would allow the President to use, out of the money appropriated to the State Department for international narcotics control, the amount necessary to fund the U.S. participation in a multilateral anti-narcotics strike force. I am attaching for your information, a copy of the Congressional Record on that date which has the amendment and the accompanying remarks. Attachment ADMINISTRATIVE INTERNAL USE STAT STAT STAT Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2014/05/01 : CIA-RDP92M00732R001100030012-0 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2014/05/01 : CIA-RDP92M00732R001100030012-0 ADMINISTRATIVE INTERNAL USE SUBJECT: Multilateral Anti-Narcotics Strike Force OCA/LEGi (27 Sep 1989) STAT Distribution: Orig - CNC 1 - D/OCA 1 - OCA Records 1 - OCA/Subject File: Counternarcotics 1 - Signer 1 - OCA Read STAT 2 ADMINISTRATIVE INTERNAL USE Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2014/05/01 : CIA-RDP92M00732R001100030012-0 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2014/05/01 : CIA-RDP92M00732R001100030012-0 S 11532 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD ? SENATE. September 20, 1989 such instability by reducing our eco- nomic aid at this critical juncture. As the Commission stated in its report: Durable peace, genuine democracy and eq- uitable development are indivisible. None Is sufficient by Itself; each is necessary for the attainment of the 'other. Without peace, there can be no development. But without equitable development, democracy cannot be sustained, and without democracy, there will be no lasting peace. I urge the adoption of the amend- ment. . Mr. KASTEN. Mr. President, we . have had an opportunity to review this amendment and urge its adoption. The PRESIDING OFFICER: The question is on agreeing to the amend- ment of the Senator from North Caro- . Ain& The amendment (No. 808) was ? agreed to. Mr. LEAHY. Mr. President, I move - - -to reconsider the vote by which the amendment was agreed to. Mr. KASTEN. I move to jay that motion on the table. ? ' The motion to lay' on the table was agreed to. ? ?? ? Annunn?zxr No: 809 ? (Purpose: To authorize the expenditure of In 1988, the Senate included lan- guage at my urging in the Anti-Drug Abuse Act, which Congress passed and the President signed into law (P.L. 100-690), expressing the sense of the Congress that "the President should call for international negotiations for the purpose of agreeing on the estab- lishment of an international drug force to pursue and apprehend major international drug traffickers." On July 20 of this year, Senator KERRY and I successfully offered an amendment to the State Department Authorization bill to expand the con- cept and mission of the force from a "drug force" to a "strike force." That amendment also recognized the role of network aimed especially at American consumers: The United States is fighting this scourge on numerous fronts. In De- cember 1988, a New York Review of Books article reported that the United States almost has doubled the budget of the Drug Enforcement Administra- tion (DEM during the last 5 years. Other efforts cited were the establish- ment of a drug interdiction center in El Paso and installation of detection devices along our borders. The Reagan administration deployed sophisticated AWACS planes over the Caribbean. In Latin America, special agents have been assigned to gather intelligence on cocaine producers. Additionally, the the strike force in purseing interna- tional terrorists, in addition to target ate Department is deploying Huey Ing international drug kingpins as Congress provided for previously. The amendment Senator KERRY and I offer today authorizes the expendi- ture of funds to further U.S. participa- tion in such a strike force, if and when It is established. ? Mr. President, the urgent need for nation. It is time to look toward a : establishment of such an international global response. strike force is clearly apparent. The The case for establishment of an . most recent statistics compiled by the International Strike Force to combat,. funds for a multilateral anti!narcoUcs_ state Department in its March 1989 the scourge. of international drug trat---z? strike force). - - --- Mr.-KASTEN. Mr.-President, I send report, Patterns Of __Global Terrorism. --ficking and terrorism is rapidly devel- helicopters, and the Green Berets are instructing local police in the art of paramilitary operations. Yet, despite these effort's, the inter- national narcotics industry has flour- ished. The problem is too large and too widespread to be handled by one an amendment to the desk on behalf of Mr. SPECTER and Mr. KERRY. ? The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the amendment. The assistant legislative clerk read as follows: . The _Senator from Wisconsin (Mr. KASTEN] for Mr. SPECTER (for himself and Mr. KERRY) proposes an amendment num- bered 809. Mr. KASTEN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the reading of the amendment be dispensed with. The PRESIDING .OFFICER. With- out objection, it is so ordered. The amendment is as follows: On page 41, under the heading entitled "International Narcotics Control", at line 8, strike the period and insert in lieu thereof the following: "Provided. further, That of the funds made available under this head- ing, such funds as the President deems nec- essary may be made available for the fund- ing of MS. participation in a multilateral anti-narcotics strike force not including any communist or Warsaw past troops. Provided further. That funds for such a force may only be provided if the Committees on Ap- propriations of the House of Representa- tives and of the Senate are notified at least 15 days In advance of the obligation of funds.". ' Mr. KASTEN. Mr. President, I simply want to say that this is an amendment which the Senate has con- sidered in the past on previous legisla- tion. It is being added to this legisla- tion. It has to do with an international antidrug task force. Mr.-SPECTER. Mr. President, today I offer an amendment to the fiscal year 1990 Foreign Operations Appro- priations Act, H.R. 2939, regarding the reflect that transnational terrorists have set a record in 1988 for the raunber of attacks and have demon- strated the potential to continue their violent activities with impunity. The report states: "The 856 international terrorist incidents recorded in 1988 re- sulted in 658 persons killed and 1,131 wounded, including casualties to ter- rorists themselves." According to the State Department report, last year alone terrorists were responsible for such tragedies as the hijacking of a Kuwaiti airliner. in April, the attack on a day-excursion ship off the coast of Greece in July, and the bombing of Pan Am flight 103 over Scotland in December. Moreover, the United .States suffered a substan- tial increase . in terrorist attacks against, and casualties of, Americans abroad last year. But terrorism is not only an Ameri- can problem, it is an international problem. The State Department re- oping. Many _governments throughout the world Currently are under seige by: powerful international drug kingpins and violent terrorists. The justice sys- tems of many countries have been tin- mobilized due to the tremendous,' power these criminals wield. A shock- ing example is Colombia, where drug,_ lords have as-cassinated a presidential _ candidate, a minister of justice, an at-, - torney general, the head of the anti- narcotics police. 2 dozen journalists; more than 50 judges, and hundreds of ? ? police. Many countries also fear retal-, iation for their law enforcement el- ? - forts by terrorists or violent interna-; 1? ? tional criminals. Nation's internal 'se- ? - curity forces simply are ill-equipped to,, ." ? I combat this growing and dangerous ? criminal element. . ..?1 ' -4 A foreign goverzunent may be con-i cerned that local residents will rebel against its decision to extradite a pow- -. ? r?-.C.-1 erful national, albeit an International.. , A? ports that citizens and property of 79 criminal, by storming the embassy or ? 1 I ? ,,,.. - nations were attacked by international . foreign interests of the government re- '1:- - 1 P .. i .3 r , terrorists in a total of 68 countries and -ceiving the extradited felon. Extradit-'4?'t'') ott :,!flf the majority of victims were the least ing drug kingpins to the United States:' c? I -11,rrrl protected?innocent tourists and busi. for example, has sparked nationalistio-.7.;- nesses. With terrorists traveling under' uprisings against American interests.- fr?ri? , ',.-+ I many aliases and with the protection An illustration of this violent reaction? '1 ,1 ' ::3 ? or encouragement of certain states, was seen in Honduras in April 1988, : -: A I 1: the the problem is too large and too wide7 when American and Honduran au; :It ! ' 0: -I ' spread to be handled by the forces of thorities jointly seized a major inter- ; In" one nation. It is time to look toward a national drug trafficker, Juan Ramon . . -4- global response. Matta Ballesteros, and brought him to . The international narcotics trade the United States for triaL A riot -- -- --- -????'- t also poses a serious threat to world ensued and the United States Embassy., . safety as drug kingpins make their for- in Honduras was attacked by an angry - tunes trafficking drugs in the global mob. This deep nationalistic sentiment':' ; ? ? market. Reports indicate that as many also is reflected in opinion polls which establishment of an international as 50 countries are involved in the pro- show that approximately two-thirds of strike force to identify, locate, and ap- ' duction, processing, and transporting all Colombians are opposed to extmdi- prebend international criminals, of narcotics, forming an international tion, regarding it as a violation of na- Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2014/05/01 : CIA-RDP92M00732R001100030012-0 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2014/05/01 : CIA-RDP92M00732R001100030012-0 c September 20, 198.9 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD ? SENATE tional sovereignty and a provocation for more drug vfolence. As the extent and level of violence continue to escalate in certain regions of the world, more and more govern- ments are seeking outside help. Most recently, the Prime Minister of Jamai- ca, Michael Manley, expressed his strong interest in the formation of a regional drug force in the Western Hemisphere. According to a June 10, 1989, Washington Post report, Prime Minister Manley predicts that the drug cartels will expand their oper- ations into international markets that were previously ignored. As a result, ? the Prime Minister stated that "the ? only effective solution is international action?a multilateral force, similar to the U.N. peacekeeping force that could be mobilized quickly at the invitation . of foreign' leaders." Moreover, Prime Minister Manley recognized "that by operating under the umbrella of the United Nations or some other interna- tional body, such a force would be less likely to arouse nationalist sentiments that have confronted some U.S. anti- drug actions in foreign countries." . Prime Minister Manley discussed his proposal for a multinational antidrug strike force at a recent dinner spon- sored by TransAfrica, an organization which focuses on United States policy ? In Africa and the Caribbean. As re- ported in the Christian Science Moni- tor on June 19, 1989, the Prime Minis- ter suggested that the members of the ? strike force "would be selected from countries that would be politically ac- ceptable to the host nation and would be mobilized only at the invitation of the nation's government." His propos- al for the multinational antidrug strike force garnered so much support from. the guests that he received two standing ovations. . Similarly, in a July 1988 Letter to - the Editor of the New York Times,' former U.S. Ambassador to Barbados, . Paul A. Russo, ? strongly endorsed a multinational force to combat drugs. Mr. Russo is troubled by the problems -! the smaller Caribbean nations face in combating illegal drug operations due .to their lack of resources. He stated: "A multinational force destroying the ? source of the supply in South America ? would lessen the pressure on this part ?. of the world and give these small . island nations time to keep ahead of a growing narcotics problem." Endorsements for international action is not limited to smaller coun- tries. Many governments recognize that the problems of drugs and terror- Lim are global and must be addressed more effectively through international cooperation and collective efforts. Strong precedent supports -the amendment I offer today. As cited above, the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988, which the Senate passed over- ? whelmingly, expresses the sense of the Congress that the President should call for international negotiations for the purpose of agreeing on the estab- lishment of an internatiohal drug force to pursue and apprehend major international drug traffickers. The new law also included a specific provi- sion for the formulation of a multina- tional force in the Western Hemi- sphere to conduct operations against international illegal drug smuggling organizations. Congress is aware of the imminent threat that international drug smugglers pose to small nations and this provision demonstrates our commitment to provide equipment, training, and financial resources to support the establishment and oper- ation of a regional antinarcotics force. Mr. President, the Congress also has recognized the pressing need for assist- ing foreign governments on the inter- national level in the prosecution of international criminals. In 1986, the Senate adopted my amendment on the Omnibus Diplomatic Security -Act? Public Law 99-399?which calls on the President to consider international ne- gotiations to establish an Internation- al Court to try terrorists:The scope of this initiative was expanded by my amendment to the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988 to include international drug traffickers and other internation- al criminals within the court's jurisdic- tion. ? As with the international criminal court amendments, the amendment Senator KERRY and I offer today is merely the next logical step in a lengthy process of study and negotia- tions to establish an international strike force. As my colleagues are aware, many issues will need to be ad- dressed, such as the composition of the force, the participating member nations, the specific role of the force, and the primacy of nations' sovereign- ty. This amendment, however, repre- sents an important step forward in the development of this urgently needed international force. The establishment of an Interna- tional Criminal Court will provide a necessary mechanism for the prosecu- tion and detention of terrorist and international drug traffickers. The _formation of an international strike force will complement the role of the International Criminal Court by pro- viding a mechanism to identify, pursue, and apprehend these danger- ous international criminals. Accordingly, I urge my colleagues to join in support of this amendment to strike another blow against terrorist and international drug traffickers. Mr. KERRY. Mr. President, Senator SPECTER and I offer an amendment which would give the authority to uti- lize funds from the International Nar- cotics Control Program to fund an international antidrug strike force. Such a force, proposed first by the Congress in the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988 and more recently by Prime Minister Michael Manley of Jamaica, would be a potent weapon in the ongo- ing war against the drug cartels. This is a very simple amendment. It does not authorize any-new programs and it does not place any restrictions S 11533 on the administration. It simply gives the administration the ability to trans- fer funds for a multilateral antidrug strike force. I believe that this pro- gram is essential, but I recognize that we should not mandate it at this time. Mr. President, this is a timely issue, and it is a critical issue. The Govern- ment of Colombia is currently engaged in a hot war against the drug lords in Colombia, and we are left on the side- lines. While we can send military aid to Colombia, we have no way of help- ing with direct military support. Given the history and sensitivity about United States troops in Latin America, Colombia is very unlikely to ask for United States forces to assist them in their efforts. If there were a multilat- eral strike force in place, the Colombi- an Government would have the needed helping hand to which it could turn. We have already lost this opportuni- ty to help a nation struggling for its very survival against the drug king- pips. We need to ensure that other such chances do not go by. As Colom- bia's courageous struggle continues, we can get the Colombian Govern- ment military aid?late perhaps, but that is better than never. As I noted earlier in my remarks, this is an issue we in Congress have addressed previously. In 1988, the Senate included language in the Anti- Drug Abuse Act?Public Law 100-690-- expressing the sense of the Congress ? that the President should -call- for international negotiations for the pur; pose of agreeing on the establishment of an international drug force to pursue and apprehend major interna- tional drug traffickers. Yet, no action has been 'taken ? by the executive -- branch to follow up on that proposal. Now that we face a situation for which . such a force was intended, there is no force to use. We need to establish such a force now, and our amendment is in- tended to ensure that the ,administra- tion has the funding to support such a force. Mr. President, the Senate earlier considered this amendment in the De- partment of State authorization bill, where a much more extensive version was offered by Senator SPECTER and myself. That amendment was accepted by the managers of the bill. It author- ized the administration to support - strongly the establishment of a multi- lateral strike force. This amendment provides the administration with the important ability to transfer funds for such a force. As this year progresses, we will con- tinue to face the issue of appropriate military response to the war on drugs. In the Terrorism, Narcotics and Inter- national Operations Subcommittee of the Foreign Relations Committee, we will be holding hearings on this very Issue. I know there will be consider- able disagreement on the question of direct U.S. military involvement in the drug war. I am sure, however, that we npriassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2014/05/01 : CIA-RDP92M00732R001100030012-0 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2014/05/01 : CIA-RDP92M00732R001100030012-0 ? - S 11534 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD ? SENATE all will agree that whether or not the United States military should be di- rectly involved, a multilateral strike force is needed as an additional weapon in our arsenal. One final point should be made. Ja- maican Prime Minister Michael Manley is to be commended for pursu- ing a multilateralization of the war on drugs. He deserves credit for pressing this concept in a variety of multilater- al fora. His nation, with limited re- sources, is attempting to deal with a drug problem which threatens to over- whelm that country. I think it is im- portant for us to heed his call for the creation of such a force because he un- derstands all too well the threat to the national security of this country posed by the drug cartels. He deserves credit for demonstrating the courage to deal with this threat with constructive pro- posals before it reaches crisis propor- tions in Jamaica. I urge my colleagues to support this amendment. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there further discussion on the amendment? Hearing none, the ques- tion is on agreeing to the amendment. The amendment (No. 809) was agreed to. Mr. LEAHY. Mr. President, I move to reconsider the vote by which the amendment was agreed to. Mr. KASTEN. I move to lay that motionOn the table. The motion to lay on the table was agreed to. th Mr. clerk The as fob': The :tor from Vermont for Mr. 8 N, proposes an numbered 8 ABIENDPIENT NO- 810 . LEAHY. Mr. President, I send desk an araendment on behalf IKON. PRESIDING OFFICER. ? report the amendment. t legislative der Mr. ? " Mr. Presi unanimous ? t that the amendme be dispe The PRES II GO out objection, it so o ? The amendmen is On page 47. line 1 after the colon: the funds anpropria for countries in $5.000,000 shall be vaila AMENDMENT NO. 811 r. LEAHY. Mr. President, I send an amendment to the desk and ask for its ediate consideration. T PRESIDING OFFICER. The ante ment will be stated. The istant legislative clerk read as folio s: The Sc.-ator from Vermont, Mr. LEAHY, propose an endment numbered 811. Mr. LE Y. Mr. President, I ask unanimous onsent that the reading of the amendm nt be dispensed with. The PRES 'DING OFFICER. With- out objection, is so ordered. The amendm t is as follows: On page 142, lin 12, insert "determined that there is" after Mr. LEAHY. Mr. 'resident, this lan- guage clarifies sect an 581 of the bill relating to job-rela d crimes. This clarification is nec ary to ensure that it is the Secre of State's de- termination of reasonab e cause that a grievant has committed job-related crime which is the opera ve fact, not the reasonable cause itself. The PRESIDING 0 (AA. Is there further discussion? Mr. KASTEN. Mr. Presi? ? nt, we have had an opportunity to reivew this amendment and urge its ad, ? tion. The PRESIDING OFFICER. ? ear- ing no further discussion, the nu ion is on agreeing to the amendment. The amendment (No. 811) agreed to. Mr. LEAHY. Mr. President, I mov to reconsider the vote by which th amendment was agreed to. Mr. KASTEN. I move to lay t t motion on the table. The motion to lay on the tabl was agreed to. SUSTAINABLE USE OP RENEWABLE RES CES ? rem -111r-r-HEINZ... Mr. President, let me start by commending the Senator from Wisconsin [Mr. KAS and the Senator from Vermont . LEAHY] for including comprehe ive provi- sions in the pending b to support sustainable use of newable re- sources. They provide or the imple- mentation of a pilot ebt for nature program at the Won Bank. and else- where and enhance t e participation of nongovenunental tions in en- They have raY ese efforts. clear on what this this appears to be a reviated version of Ian- KASTEN and I included epartment authorization year. I would like to ask r from Wisconsin if this 'II have the effect of direct- retary of the Treasury to e the best location for a debt- ure clearinghouse, and whether also instruct the U.S. executive at the MDB's to support debt nature swaps and assist in setting s tamable development guidelines for ank lending? w Mr. KASTEN. The Senator is cor- rect- That is exactly what this Ian- LEARY] entlment ent, I ask t e reading of ed with. Chat. With- ered. follows-. rt the following vironmental poli d further, That of --fulfauP-Port for t under this heading I also Want to lint" Africa language does, e for Malawi.". very much ab guage Sena in the State earlier the Se language trig the de for-n It s dir Mr. . Mr. have had an o a portunit amendment d urge its The PR IDING 0 there furt discussion? T Is on agre to the amen The endraent (No. agreed Mr. . Mr. President, to re, ? nsider the vote by whic am ? , dment was agreed to. . KASTEN. I move to lay ? m ? ion on the table. he motion to lay on the table greed to. esident, we to review the option. CER. Is e question t. 8 0) was move the at September 20, 1989 guage will accomplish, and I apprer ate his making the record clear n that point. So that it is perfectly clear, I w uld like to highlight just four poin that we expect to be carried Out in t e im- plementation of these pr' ? isions. These points parallel the am ndment we adopted on the State thoriza- tion. First, the Treasury will onduct an analysis of where to best ? ate a debt for nature clearing hous Second, those findin will be report- ed to this committe along with a - timetable for their i a lementation, Third, instructio will be given to the U.S. executi directors to the MDB's on the inn' emention of those recommendatio and Fourth, the 31a 's at each MDB will. seek guidelines o support the sustain-, able use of na re ral resources. - Mr. sato i. I believe these provi- sions are im ?ortant and would make a sound poll, even if we did not face the poten al of global environmental crisis. B the fact is we face just that. Man's a vities are eliminating species from t e planet at a rate unparalleled since he Mesozoic era, 85 million yea ago. The rate of species extinc- tio in rainforest areas-where the ority of the -Earth's species ^ de-is presently_ 4,000 species per . That is a level more than 10,000 unes the prehuman global extinction. rate. Recently, no less a figure than E.0. - Wilson, perhaps the most respected bi- ' ogist in the United States and a fore- authority on the extincttorir crf? flo and fauna in the world comment ed man's continued actions such' as ? ;forestation will cause the extinct= tion ? at..least-251iercent world' existing species within the next 50 .. The elimination of one out of e y four species may or may not excl ?e ours, but It will almost certainly we species whose exist-, ence is cri to our ability ot main-? tain life as know it. ? ? - - - Debt for na? ? e swaps by themselves are not the : ?- But coupled with a ? commitment to sustainable develop- ment by private ? ? d multilateral lend- ers-which ? ? 90 percent-of- - developing world's apital formation-- can be the answer. Without this co ? talent the in- creasing pressures of lobal warming, the ozone hole and y other pre- dicted strains on the ir will over- take us. Sustainable deve1opm.4.t makes sense on its face. Both investors and bo era will get more return on the long erm use of renewable resources than f these. same resources are destroyed fu quick profit. As I mentioned, the Senate pre ous- ly adopted language to promote ?ese Initiatives. This is but a simplified er- sion. It is important to emphasize a r strong intention in this body to ours nar-laccifipri in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2014/05/01 : CIA-RDP92M00732R001100030012-0