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...flexes its muscles, Reagan's envoy meets a Salvadoran rebel...
...principles of Operation Goodwill are based on the "hearts and minds" theory of combined military and economic action that the U.S. first tested in Viet Nam. In addition to a more aggressive role for the Salvadoran army, the campaign depends on the training of regional defense forces to keep the guerrillas from returning after the army moves on to other objectives. At its newly opened regional training center in Puerto Castilla, Honduras, the U.S. will have trained by the end of this year four new Salvadoran provincial military units of 350 men each, called cazador (hunter) battalions, to fill that...
Meanwhile, behind the military shield, Salvadoran government technicians and U.S. Government officials are moving into the territory reclaimed in Operation Goodwill to repair the roads, power lines, bridges and schools destroyed in the F.M.L.N.'s economic sabotage campaign. Says a U.S. military expert: "You can't bring the guerrilla to bay with military means alone...
Operation Goodwill is a step in the right direction, but so far only a modest one. The U.S. military advisers still face formidable obstacles. For one thing, the Salvadoran officer corps will not change overnight. As a U.S. expert puts it, there are still some "weak sisters" in crucial provincial commands. For another, the new, U.S.-inspired tactics and training are severely taxing the resources that Washington has made available in El Salvador. The U.S. military men in the country chafe openly at the Reagan Administration's self-imposed limit of 55 trainers in the country. Says...
...consideration is money. A senior U.S. diplomat in San Salvador estimates that a "bare minimum" of $80 million to $ 100 million, an increase of more than $30 million over current funding levels, is necessary annually to sustain the counterinsurgency campaign. Most would go for logistical support and training. The Salvadoran army requires $25 million annually for ammunition alone. Lack of a sustained funding commitment by the U.S., says the diplomat, reduces Salvadoran military self-confidence and also provides "an excuse for not taking vigorous action...