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...constitute a large proportion of the Democratic turnout. He might win enough delegates to hurt Mondale, Glenn, or both, and possibly even bag the 20% of the vote he would need to get in at least one primary to requalify for federal cash. Nonetheless, the threat of a money cutoff puts his campaign under a cloud...
Congress approved $64.8 million in military aid to El Salvador this year, but withheld $19 million more until the suspects accused of killing four U.S. churchwomen in December 1980 are brought to trial. It also passed legislation requiring a cutoff in military aid unless the President could certify that El Salvador had made progress on human rights. Reagan used a pocket veto to kill the bill in November...
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...