Word: cuba
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...fueled by Soviet-sponsored subversion spread by Cuban surrogates and the Sandinista government of Nicaragua. In that extreme and simple form, their case is as yet unproved, and indeed-by the very nature of these conflicts-may never be. In a lesser form-that there is significant involvement by Cuba and Nicaragua-the case is almost self-evident...
...witness to their country's involvement in El Salvador but by week's end were judged "not ready" to face the press. Finally, there was a young Nicaraguan soldier who was produced by the State Department but then promptly repudiated his previous statements about being trained in Cuba and Ethiopia and having been sent into El Salvador by his government. The U.S. did have solid evidence of a major military buildup in Nicaragua, and former high national security officials were persuaded by still secret intelligence that the Sandinistas were helping the El Salvador rebels. Nonetheless, the blunders...
Some of this material, however, was presented by Haig and CIA Director William Casey in a classified briefing to a bipartisan group of 26 former security officials and advisers. Although these experts did not wholeheartedly endorse the Administration view that the Salvadoran guerrillas are actually controlled by Cuba and Nicaragua, they agreed that external forces were playing an important role in the Salvadoran struggle. Said Sol Linowitz, one of the negotiators of the Panama Canal Treaty: "We found it sobering and reason for concern. We found what we were shown to be credible and quite persuasive." Added Jimmy Carter...
President José López Portillo of Mexico feels that tension in the region could be reduced through direct discussions between Washington and Havana. Said he last week: "I am absolutely certain that Cuba is willing to negotiate all the questions worrying the security of the U.S." Haig and Cuban Vice President Carlos Rafael Rodriguez met secretly last November in Mexico City, and Haig indicated in his Senate testimony last week that there have been other secret discussions. Said the Secretary: "I can assure you the President has never rejected the concept of exploring every conceivable means possible. Discussions...
...controlling (rather than just a shadowy but significant) part in the El Salvador civil war. To his critics, Haig is still a long way from making that case convincing. A "white paper" issued by the State Department in February 1981 cited "proof that rebel arms were being channeled by Cuba and the Soviet Union through Nicaragua; the evidence was sloppily presented and exaggerated in some cases, opening the Administration to charges of fraud. Last week the State Department had problems producing the two defectors from the Nicaraguan Air Force who were supposed to tell of their involvement in the Salvadoran...