CONGRESSMEN SAY THE REBELS IN NICARAGUA SHARE U.S. GOAL

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• Document Release Date: July 28, 2010
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• Publication Date: April 26, 1983
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NEW YORK TP?S
26 APRIL 1983
Congressmen Say the Reel
In Nicaragua Share U.S. Goal
Sped e.1 to Tda New Yort T1nre
TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras, April 25 Representative McCurdy said' the
- Members of the House intelligence purpose of the trip was to "get a cross
committee said here today that the de- section of views in the three countries.-
sires of Nicaraguan insurgents and of Although it was rumored that the
the Reagan Administration to have legislators would visit part of the Cea.
Nicaragua pay more attention to do- tral Intelligence Agency's operations
mastic matters could be compatible. near the Honduran border with Nicara-
Representative Norman Y. Mineta, gua, the Congressmen remained inTe.
Democrat of California, said at a news gucigalpa on Sunday. In addition to
conference at the American Ambassa. speaking to the United States Ambassa-
dor's residence here that. the goals of dor, John D. Negroponte, the delegation.
American policy were to make the San- talked with President Roberto Suazo'.
dinist leaders concern themselves with Cordova, Gen. Gustavo Alvarez Marti-
their "domestic commitments" instead nez, chief of the Honduran armed
of being "preoccupied with events out- forces, and an official of the main Nica
side Nicaragua." The United States has raguan insurgent group, the Nicara.
been trying to keep Nicaragua from guan Democratic Force. The Congress-
helping insurgents in El Salvador. men would not identify the official.
Although Nicaraguan rebels have in Representative Mineta,. who said he
the past said they wanted to overthrow was the most skeptical member of the
the Government, a colleague of Mr. delegation about the Admini trAtion's'
Mineta, Representative G. William policy on Nicaragua, said he had not de.
Whitehurst, said that an insurgent rep- tided whether President Reagan was
resentative told him they wanted the compliying with a Congressional meas-
Sandinists "to comply with their origi- ure enacted last year that prohibits the
n
al domestic commitments" to demo-
cratic elections.
Representatives Mineta and White.
burst, a Virginia-Republican, came to
Honduras on Sunday with three other
members of the House Select Commit.
tee on Intelligence. They are Dave
McCurdy, Democrat of Oklahoma,
C. W. Bill Young, Republican of Flor.
ida, and Bob Stump, Republican of Ari-
Purpose of the Trip
After the news conference, the Con.
gressmen flew to Managua, Nicaragua.
After a visit to El Salvador, they will re.
turn to Washington on Tuesday. Presi-
dent Reagan will address a Joint session
of Congress on Central America on
Wednesday night.
use of money to overthrow the Nicara-
guan Government or to provoke a war
between Nicaragua and Honduras.
Arrival in Nicaragua
Special to TDc New York Ttiaes
MANAGUA, Nicaragua, April 25 -
Five members of the House Select Com-
mittee on Intelligence met for two hours
today with Sergio Ramirez Mercado, a
member of the governing junta, In-
terior Minister Tomas Borge and For-
eign Minister Miguel d'Escoto Brock-
man. They also met with the United
States Ambassador, Anthony C. Quain-
ton, before leaving for El Salvador.
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