Word: cutoffs
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Another factor in the Council's decision was the possible cutoff of ROTC scholarships...
Kissinger, while accepting that wording, added a note urging that "conditionality" not be interpreted "in a manner that leads to a Marxist-Leninist victory." In a briefing for reporters, he explained that it would be "absurd" to stop military aid to El Salvador on human rights grounds if the cutoff resulted in a victory for a Communist regime that would kill even more indiscriminately. But if Salvadoran rightists do not believe that there is a risk of an aid cutoff, how can they ever be persuaded to curb their terrorism? Said one commissioner: "We never really resolved the dilemma...
...immediate confirmation of Abacha's announcement was possible because of the communications cutoff. But diplomatic sources in Paris said that Shagari, most of his Cabinet ministers and some members of the 544-seat National Assembly were under arrest. It was unclear whether Abacha, identified as the commander of an armored brigade in the capital, Lagos, had acted on his own or with the support of other commanders...
...extraordinary private message from President Reagan. The letter demanded a reduction in arrests by secret police and named the Salvadoran officials believed to be organizers of the death squads, whom the U.S. wants sent out of the country-or else. Washington evidently stopped just short of threatening a cutoff of its $65 million in military aid, which would probably doom the Salvadoran government. Explained one U.S. diplomat: "We're saying, 'Clean up your act or we won't be able to save you-and we might not even try.'" The Salvadoran government asked Washington for technical...
This is highly significant because it means that the Arab oil exporting nations could seriously injure the South African economy if they were to cut off their supplies. An Israeli trade cutoff simply could not have that effect. Moreover, these same countries can afford to lose one trading partner; Israel, with its huge trade deficit and its astronomic inflation (partly due to an Arab-sponsored economic boycott) cannot...