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Crimson: Secretary of State Haig said recently that the Soviet Union had a 'hit list' in Central America, starting with Nicaragua and moving on to EI Salvador. Would you agree with that assessment...
...halt the flow of arms to rebels in El Salvador, Haig warned, pos sible U.S. responses "include consideration of a whole range of American as sets." Cuban and Soviet bloc intervention in Latin America, he contended, is part of a "four-phased operation" that began with "the seizure of Nicaragua," a country whose new government Carter courted but Reagan seemed almost prepared to write off. Said Haig: "Next is El Salvador, to be followed by Honduras and Guatemala ... A hit list, if you will." The next day, Haig slightly backed off his extreme view on Nicaragua, saying there...
Compared with Viet Nam or even Nicaragua, the fighting was light. Even so, competition among the networks was as ferocious as a TV ratings war, and some correspondents attributed it to just that. With Walter Cronkite's retirement from the anchor position at CBS Evening News, the scramble for viewers has been more intense than usual. Admits ABC World News Tonight Executive Producer Jeff Gralnick: "Without Cronkite on the scene, people are sampling...
...bills itself as "the only news magazine devoted entirelty to national and international affairs" (no movie reviews), is a sturdy, battle-proven infantryman in the ranks of American journalism. No nonsense for U.S. News, just the news. Like "China No Longer Too Proud to Ask Help." Or this from Nicaragua: "Washington's tough stand against Communist meddling is forcing Sandinistas to think twice about arming leftist rebels in El Salvador." Or "The Needy Want Less Rhetoric, More Action...
...Cuban government, Glassman reread the documents, substituting Cuba for Esmeralda. One report discussed the Communist official's trip and the weapons he was promised. Another document spoke of Esmeralda-Cuba as a transshipment point for weapons from Ethiopia and Viet Nam, and mentioned guerrilla supply lines through Nicaragua. The grocery-store papers represented over 70% of the material that Washington used to draw up last month's White Paper documenting Soviet and Cuban arms aid to El Salvador's insurgency...