REAGAN VOW: EL SALVADOR NO VIETNAM

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP90-00552R000505400070-2
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 9, 2010
• Sequence Number: 70
• Publication Date: April 27, 1983
• Content Type: OPEN SOURCE

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USr. 10-
27 APRjz, 1983
Reagan vow:
El Salvador
no Vietnam
By Ann Devroy
and Don Campbell
USA TODAY
WASHWGTON - President
Reagan told USA TODAY he
intends to assure Congress and
the USA tonight "there is no
comparison whatsoever" be-
tween administration actions
in Central America and the be-
ginning of involvement in Viet.
nam
Reagan said the situations
cannot be compared because
"there is no and has never
been any talk" of sending
troops to Central America
On the eve of a national TV
address at 8 p.tn. EST, Reagan:
K Said he intends to make it
"difficult, in fact, impossible"
for Nicaragua to arm guerilla
movements in El Salvador and
elsewhere in the region.
^ Condemned the Nicara.
guar government as "the cen-
ter" of leftist guerrilla activi.
ties. The arms and the train-
ing and even the direction of
guerrilla military movements
are all centered in Nicaragua"
Insisted the full $would 60 million
forward
to increased military aid he is
seeking for E Salvador, de-
spite a House subcommittee
move Tuesday slicing it in half.
Reagan nustakeny said he got
the full amount froth the Sen-
ate - it hasn't voted yet
^ Said his speech tonight
will not reveal any more infor-
mation about secret CIA ac.
lion in Nicaragua
Earlier this month, Reagan
said the USA was attempting to
cut off arms supply lines be ;
tween Nicaragua and El Salva-
dor rebels. But he said there
was no violation of the law ban-
ning use of military aid for the
overthrew of the Nicaraguan
government
If anti-government forces in
Nicaragua say they are using
U.S.-Supplied arms to over.
throw the government, Reagan
said, "We can't control what
they sad ,."
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