SFRC WESTERN HEMISPHERE SUBCOMMITTEE BRIEFING ON LATIN AMERICA

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• Publication Date: January 27, 1982
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EA 82-0224
27 January 1982
MEMORANDUM FOR:
FRONN:
SUBJECT:
DDI/CSS
SFRC Western Hemisphere Subcommittee Briefing on Latin America
1. I spoke with Chris Manian, Senate Foreign Relations Committee (SFRC)
Western Hemisphere Affairs Subcommittee staffer regarding Thursday's (28 .)
briefing on El Salvador.
2. Latest information follows:
Helm's (who will chair the briefing) will be out of town until early
Thursday morning. Manian and Helms' personal staffer, John Carbaugh, will
be preparing for the briefing. The following are items of interest:
latest information on the elections in El Salvador;
- fairness of these elections and the possibility of carrying out
successful elections under current security conditions;
- control of the miltary by the civilian junta;
- latest progress in land reform;
- control of lower echelons of the military by the high-ranking
officers;
- various aspects of the Dodd amendment. (see attached).
State's representative at this hearing will be Ted Briggs, political
assistant to Tom Enders. I stressed that we would prefer the Agency to brief
first, with DIA and State briefing jointly.
3. The schedule for the briefings are as follows:
- 2:00 p.m. DIA and State to brief the Subcommittee on Guatemala; rise of
insurgency there and government complicity in death squads there;
- 3:00 or 3:30 DIA, CIA and State to brief jointly on El Salvador.
4. I will be in touch with Chris t i rrow on additional etails.
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 anch has not proceeded with those
ed to by a majority of the Members
ttee. Though accorded the primary
;ns process, the Foreign Relations
such a role over reprogramming
loner hours of careful legislative
ndone, with no effective control,
i ng process. Moreover, reprogram-
of increasing concern. At a time of
ntingency funds, and an expanding
e, reprogramming notifications are
in ever-increasing numbers and for
:e, the Administration recently f-Iscal year 1981 funds from several
;gramming of assistance to Liberia
.?ould expand and specify the notifi-
34A. The amendment would require
sposal, the Administration submit a
:ature and the purpose of both the
previously appropriated funds. Fur-
.!quire the President to certify the
amming, rather than a .supplemen-
r the stated purpose. Finally, the
-tification of the foreign policy rea-
_- McPherson sent a letter to the
f AID "to consider fully objections
ed by members and staff of all com-
`hold' on such projects in order to
as raised by the reprogrammings."
i uestioning from the Chairman and
.h AID and State Department offi-
a informal objection arrangement
ions committees would be extended
AID officials affirmed that repro-
of the. Committees involved would
way.'"
ies Buckley sent a similar letter to
programs under the primary juris-
ite. His letter follows:
-DER SECRETARY OF STATE
a, SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY,
Washington, D.C., May 13, 1981.
Relations,
citing to convey the position of the
ct to expressions of concern - that
in connection with proposer; rfepro-
}:~he Congress pursuant to section
Act of 1961, as amended, and in-
volving programs for which the Secretary of State ex rcis 3 policy
responsibility.
In this regard, I can assure you and members of the Committee
that we will give full consideration and great weight to the views
of the Committee, in particular to any objections to the proposed
action. We will make every effort to resolve differences before pro-
ceeding. I can further assure you that the Department will accord
expressions of concern from the Committee on Foreign Relations
the same degree of attention and seriousness as those from the
Committee on Appropriations.
Sincerely yours,
JAMES L. BUCKLEY.
Section 706 Abolishment of the International Development Cooper-
ation Agency
This section is an amendment offered by Senator Pell and co-
sponsored by the Chairman which repeals the reorganization plan
and executive order which established the International Develop-
ment Cooperation Agency (IDCA). This Agency was intended to co-
ordinate United States' development programs and provide a voice
for development interests in the making of overall United States
international economic policy.
. The Committee believes that IDCA has not been able to ade-
quately perform those mandates, and determined that it would be
more sensible to abolish IDCA outright than to try to tinker with it
to see if its performance could be improved. The section transfers
authority for programs under the IDCA umbrella back to the
status quo ante. The Committee continues to believe that coordina-
tion of foreign economic assistance programs is crucial, and that
our long run interests in economic and social development in the
Third World is reflected in our international economic policy. The
Committee urges the Administration to consult closely with the
Congress on what new steps might be taken to assure that develop-
ment assistance programs are coordinated in the future, and on
how to deal with an administrative problems which might arise
from IDCA's abolition, such as th -status of the Trade and Develop-
ment Program. This issue is di ussednx greater d tail in the Com-
y itteeomments.
,Section 707-El Salvad
Section &nator Dodd. It requires as a con-
dition for U.S. assistance to El Salvador that the President certify
that the Government of El Salvador is meeting five specific tests
relating to human rights, control over the armed forces, economic
and political reforms, free elections and a negotiated solution to
the present conflict.
Subsection 707(a) requires a Presidential certification for El Sal-
vador prior to each (1) obligation of MAP or IMET funds; (2) issu-
ance of letters of offer for an arms sale; (3) extension of FMS. fi-
nancing; or (4) assignment of U.S. Armed Forces personnel to El
Salvador.
Subsection. 707(b) requires similar certifications each six months.
If the President is unable to make such a certification, due to the
failure of the Government of El Salvador to pursue those object'- .-s
in accordance with these standards, then the President is to take
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various actions to suspend aid and remov
ilit
e m
ary personnel.
Those actions include: (1) suspension of all assistance funds and de-
liveries under chapters 2 and 5 of Part 11 of the Foreign Assistance
Act; (2) withholding all FMS credits approvals for new uses of pre-
viously extended and guaranties; (3) suspending all deliveries of de-
.fense articles, defense services and construction services; and (4)
prompt withdrawal from El Salvador of all U.S. Armed Forces per-
sonnel providing services under the Foreign Assistance Act and the
Arms Export Control Act.
Subsection 707(c) sets forth the conditions required by the certifi-
cation to be made in subsections (a) and (b). The five conditions are
that the Government of El Salvador:
(1) is making a concerted effort and significant progress in
controlling indiscriminate and gross violations of international-
ly recognized human rights;
(2) is moving to achieve control over all elements of its own
armed forces, so as to bring to an end the indiscriminate tor-
ture and murder of Salvadoran citizens by these forces;
(3) is making continued progress in implementing essential
economic and political reforms, including the land reform pro-
gram;
(4) is committed to the holding of free elections at an early
date; and
(5) has demonstrated its willingness to negotiate an equitable
political resolution of the conflict with any group which re-
nounces and refrains from further military or paramilitary op-
position activity.
Each criterion is to be discussed full
d
l
y
an comp
etely as part of
the certifications. In considering these five conditions, the Commit-
tee adopted suggestions by"the Chairman to make changes in items
(1) and (2). These changes brought the conditions more closely into
line with reasonable expectations given the current situation in El
Salvador.
Subsection 707(d) requires a one-time certification that the Gov-
ernment of El Salvador has made good faith efforts both (1) to in-
vestigate the murders of the six United States citizens in El Salva-
dor; and (2) to bring to justice those responsible for those murders.
In adopting section 707, it is not the intent of the Committee to
preclude the continuation of assistance to El Salvador in the event
that one or more of the standards set in subsection (c) was not met
due to actions by other parties or events outside the control of the
Government of El Salvador.
This section represents the Committee's bipartisan view concern-
ing El Salvador. The Committee believes that the amendment
would strengthen President Duart's ability to undertake the basic
reforms necessary to bring peace to his nation.
The provisions of the amendment also closely parallels the Ad-
ministration's stated objectives in El Salvador. With respect to eco-
nomic and political reforms, a recent letter to the Chairman by
Under Secretary of State James Buckley (see below) reemphasizes
the Administration's support for Duarte's social and economic re-
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