JACKSON COMPARES NICARAGUA ISSUE TO WATERGATE

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• Publication Date: April 14, 1984
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NEW YO ' T.-L VS
14 April 19Bi
Jackson Compares Nicaragua- Is
to Watergate'
By GERALD M. BOYD
S e a to The $ . York Timae
CINCINNATI, April 13 - The Rev.
Jesse Jackson today said that the Rea-
gan Administration, in mining the har-
bors of Nicaragua, had created a crisis
for the country that made "Watergate
look benign."
Mr. Jackson's remarks represented
the latest in increasingly biting criti-
cisrn by the Democratic Presidential
hopeful of the Administration policy to-
wand Nicarag=ua and El Salvador. The
comment came during a brief airport
press conference as Mr. Jackson
headed here from Chicago, having ap-
peared earlier in Phoenix, Ariz.
Mr. Jackson declined again today to
directly call for M.r. Reagan's im-
peachment over the mining issue. His
position is that Congress must begin a
review to determine if the situation
warrants impeachment.
However, as Mr. Jackson came into
Ohio to begin two days of campaigning,
he argued that Congress, through a
nonbinding resolution, had not gone far
enough in making sure the Administra-
tion's policy . in Central America
changed.
-Both the Senate and the House are
to be congratulated for their rapid ac.
t,on m censoring the . s mining of
the harbors of Nicaragua, but the unde-
cia-rea g^iTst the t2ple of Nca
ragua ~'a11 _~ sItpr of great con-
sera,,' he said. "It must be stopped."
For the first time Mr. Jackson ex-
panded the target o his attack to in-
c of ae to Director of en me
ence. Wi -
L'iarn Casey. He contended
that Mr. Casey bad stated that he
would fin other sources for finar~i CUMUR
Lhe_m r ins u a oreign gwern-
meat, if Confess withdrew hinds for
e action.
A spokesman for'the C.I.A. said to-
day that Mr. Casey had never made
such remarks.
Arguing that the Democratic Party
cannot pursue politics as usual, Mr.
Jackson. said neither of his rivals for
the nomination, Walter F. Mondale and
Senator Gary Hart, had gone far
enough in opposing the Administra-
tion's action. He called upon both of
them to join him in urging further as
tion in Congress. Such action, be said,
was needed to "stop our funding of ter-
ror of Nicaragua and El Salvador now
and to withdraw all our troops from
Central America."
"It is not enough for Walter Mondale
to cell mining the harbors a clumsy and
i i11-conceived act," Mr. Jackson said.
"It is not enough to imply that the main
problem was not informing Congress
adequately. Our foreign policy in Cen-
tral America is wrong. We are standing
on the wrong side of history. We are en-
gaged in killing people, and starving
people who are trying to work out their
own destiny."
Mr. Jackson said at a press confer.
ence in Cincinnatti that he believes
both Mr. Mondale and Gary Hart were
resume a hectic campaign schedule
that is to take him to areas with high
concentrations of minorities, including
the cities of Cincinnati, Dayton and
Cleveland.
On Thursday, as be wrapped up cam-
paigning in Arizona, Mr. Jackson spoke
with passion on the plight of American
Indians in a visit to Window Rock. He
called for the creation of a Cabinet-
level agency to protect Indian affairs
d i
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n
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so called for the
moving in the direction of a posture to an
"demilitarize" United States involve- f ! airs, which b h te the called Bureau
"the; a Iworst tbu bvndis-
airs-
ment in Central America. reaucracy in Ameican history."
On Thursday while campaigning in Mr Jacltson told th
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. Arizona, Mr. Jackson criticized Mr. - council that there should be a change in
Hart -on several occasions saying that the leasing of coal reserves on Indian
a e Han he failed to return to the Sen lands, which be contended was ban-
riskier by the Bureau of Indian Affairs.
have cut off United St
fi
i
ates
nanc
ng in
Central America.
Mr. Jackson's reference to Water-
gate came as he argued that the nation
must recognize the significance of the
mining.
"We must all realize the seriousness
of a situation that makes Watergate
look benign," he said. "Watergate was
by stealing; Central American action
is by killing, maiming and destroying."
Mr. Jackson arrived here poised to.
Mr. Jackson said that 25 percent of all.
coal reserves are on Indian lands.
"These leases should be renegotiated
as soon as possible," Mr. Jackson said.
"I pledge to help find a way to renegoti-
ate.
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