REAGAN DENIES HAVING USED 'END RUN' TACTICS IN PUSH TO GET CENTRAL AMERICA AID

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• Publication Date: March 10, 1984
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01? PAGE 10 March 1984
Reagan Denies Having Usect'
`End Rim' Tactics in Push
to Get Central America Aid
By DON SHANNON, Times Staff W
WASHINGTON-resident Rea-.
Ban. saying Congress ' would . be
irresponsible not to'. approve ' addi-
tional military aid for-El Salvador,
denied Friday.that.his Administra
tidn.bad tried.*Qa a an "end rain"
by -rushing ? requests 'lor. . Cential
America. funding to a vote ' in ' the
Senate Appropriations Committee. ,..
The Republican-led panel.: in. a
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Thursda~ rejected an amendment to use his emergency powers to . prd?
provi e $21 million for covert aid to vide the aid,, Reagan said, "I cer-
Nicaruan rebels and unanimously tainly hope not."
-agreed to de Div consideration of The bypassing of the Intelligence
almost $94 million in new military and Foreign Relation,, committees
funds for El Salvador. prompted Republican Sens Dave
"We weren't trying to make an Durenberger of Minnesota and
end run," Reagan told reporters on Nancy Landon assebaum of Kan-
the White House lawn. as he left by sas to jnin Democratic Sen. Daniel
helicopter for Camp David, the K. Inouve of Hawaii in announcing a
presidential -retreat in Maryland. 'move to tighten con ssional con--
When it looked as if the- regular trol over aid to entrAmerica.
-appropriations ,process -could be too Their 'plan would require the
!low, he said, "w:e decided to 'do. Rouse and Senate to pass a resolu=
what so many of them do-ask them ,.lion of approval : every 'six. months
to put it on ' to a - program that was before either. economic or military
'already going through the legisla-, aid could be granted to Central
? American, countries The ' House
'Nonetheless. the State- De art- Foreign Affairs and Senate Foreign
ment acknowledged Fri _V athat -.Relations committees also would
Secretary of State George P Shultz :draw up semi-annual 'reports on
had apologized for the maneuver to ' 'how governments in the area were
members of the Senatelntelli ? planning to use. the aid. and' on
mmittee?' 'which' progress. in protecting human
have been 'first'. to consider the rights.. .
request for additional cover aid-
-:'.What the secretary did was to
express regret that the.process- of
consultation had not gone forward,"
State Department spokesman John
Hughes said. "It clearly alienated
people who support the Administra-
tion's position." Hughes, while con-
tending that the Salvadoran army
running short of arms and ammuni-
tion in the face of possible intensi..
fled guerrilla action before the pres-
idential elections in El Salvador on
March 25, declined to explain the
urgency of securing funds for the
Nicaraguan operation. That opera- .
tion its conduCLed by CiA_financed
insurgents, called contras. operating .
across the Hpnd r n border, .
At the White House, Reagan
expressed confidence that "reason
will prevail" when the Senate con-
siders the funding requests next
week, and he repeated his warning
that the additional money for El
Salvador is desperately needed.
"I don't see how anyone could
think it was responsible after 'all this
time to actually envision the armed
forces .of Salvador running. out of
.ammunition and material :that is
needed -to defend the:: country
against the guerrillas," Reagan said
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