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...debate to frame and 132 pages to spell out. But the essence of the Kissinger commission's prescription for U.S. policy toward war-torn Central America could be put in a single word: more. More recognition, to begin with, that the U.S. has a vital interest in combatting Marxist revolution in the isthmus, and the misery and oppression that feed such revolution. Thus much more aid of every kind: more guns, ammunition, helicopters for friendly governments, but also more money to buy food, build roads and schools, train nurses and dentists. More pressure for democratic reform...
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...
Another troublesome point was U.S. policy toward Nicaragua. In general, the commission took an uncompromisingly hard line: The U.S. must not settle for "static containment" of a heavily armed Marxist dictatorship. Instead, the U.S. should keep pressure on the Sandinistas to schedule free elections, end censorship and otherwise liberalize their regime, without necessarily abandoning power...
...provide them with foliage cover and vital water supplies, the rebels cross the border into northern Namibia, hoping to bring an end to South Africa's 17-year control of that nation. This year, for the first time. South African troops came into direct confrontation with those of Marxist Angola, supported by some of the country's estimated 26,000 Cuban soldiers and advisers. After five years of tortuous U.N. negotiation, the Angolan-Namibian situation is still at a violent stalemate: Angola refuses to dismiss its Cuban troops until South Africa withdraws; South Africa refuses to withdraw until...
...favoring continued U.S. military assistance and hefty infusions of economic-development funds, which alone could total $5 billion to $7 billion during the next five years. Panel members are said to agree that any aid must be tied to political and economic reforms. Such a linkage principle would exclude Marxist Nicaragua, but whether it would put pressure on El Salvador or Guatemala is not clear. The roles that regional negotiations and the U.S. military must play in bringing about stability are also open questions. But whatever the specific issues that remain to be resolved, the White House will find...