Word: aid
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...will congregate while Sandinista and contra leaders continue to negotiate what the Sapoa accord calls a "definitive cease-fire." But the boundaries of the agreed-upon zones remain unfixed, when and how the rebels will disarm is still unclear, and the designation of a "neutral organization" to deliver & humanitarian aid to the contras could become a source of dispute, with some contras favoring a commercial company and the Sandinistas demanding a humanitarian relief group...
...Washington, Congress achieved a surprising consensus on a new $48 million humanitarian-aid package. The assistance, approved overwhelmingly by both the House and the Senate, provides the contras with nearly $18 million in food, clothing and medical supplies over the next six months. An equal amount will be applied toward the medical treatment of Nicaraguan children injured in the seven-year war. In addition, $10 million was allocated to help cover the expenses of the verification commission called for in the Sapoa accord, and $2.5 million was allotted to a U.S. agency to pay the costs of administering the aid...
...determinedly nonlethal nature of the aid package seemed a tacit acknowledgment that the hostilities are winding down. "This is the kind of stuff you send to refugees, not an army with a fighting future," conceded a State Department official. Still, the Reagan Administration won an important concession from traditional opponents of the contras: House Speaker Jim Wright of Texas promised in writing not to block future consideration of military aid if the peace effort falls apart...
...package will keep the freedom fighters together, body and soul," said a senior White House official. "It also provides the option to get new aid to them if the Sandinistas do not live up to their pledges." But the Administration was nevertheless shaken by the unexpected deal signed at Sapoa. "The contras jumped the gun, got out of control, by signing," said an official. After a Washington meeting last week with three of the rebel leaders who signed the Sapoa agreement, a State Department official contended that the contras had signed the cease-fire on the assumption that it would...
When is an arms cutoff not an arms cutoff? That was the riddle confronting Washington last week as it pondered what could be the final obstacle in talks on a Soviet pullout from Afghanistan. The trouble stems from a U.S. demand that Moscow end all military aid to the pro-Soviet regime in Kabul once Washington stops sending weapons to the mujahedin. Moscow refused to go along, and Washington offered a compromise: the U.S. will allow the Soviets to keep supplying Kabul if Moscow allows Washington to continue arming the rebels...