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...reality, as Shultz and some Republican legislators see it, is that placing stringent human rights conditions on aid funds is counterproductive. Rather than bowing publicly to such U.S. pressure, they say, Salvadoran right-wingers are more likely to go their own way, blocking land reform and unleashing the death squads even more. In the long run, this argument goes, such activity creates more sympathy for the rebels, lifting their chances to win the military struggle. In the event they do win, they would almost certainly turn out to be even more authoritarian than the present government, and El Salvador would...
...Congress does not approve the requested aid, the White House has suggested that Reagan might use his Executive authority to draw from emergency military funds. The Administration contends that the rebels will increase their attacks in an effort to disrupt the elections and that the Salvadoran army is running short on ammunition, M-16 rifles, trucks and helicopter spare parts. Maryland Democrat Clarence Long, chairman of the subcommittee, warned Shultz: "The Administration would make a great mistake if it chose to bypass Congress." Replied the Secretary: "Pass our supplemental [aid request] right away. There...
...testimony before a House subcommittee last week, Langhorne Motley, Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs, urged a "gentleman's agreement," possibly to classify and thus keep secret the requirements for continued aid. This would make it unnecessary for the Salvadoran government to submit to American demands in public. At a dinner in Peoria, Ill., Shultz argued that it is impractical for the U.S. simply to cut off aid to those governments that abuse human rights. Said Shultz: "This to me is a copout; it seems more concerned with making us feel better than with having an impact...
...foreign affairs, all except Glenn stress the need for U.S.-Soviet summit meetings to reduce tensions. All would cut off U.S. aid to the rebels fighting the Marxist-led government in Nicaragua, and all would halt military aid to the Salvadoran regime unless death-squad activity stops. McGovern would withdraw U.S. military aid and troops from Central America, including Honduras. None of the Democrats would loosen U.S. ties to Israel, although McGovern and Jackson urge a more even hand in the Middle East. Yet even Jackson praises Israel as "the most brilliant flower in God's garden...
Winning scattered firefights is the first and least of the goals of Operation Well-Being, a protracted campaign that involves two other U.S.-trained Salvadoran battalions, the Atonal and the Bayoso, along with the Atlacatl unit. Their sweep through Usulután was a long-awaited extension of El Salvador's ambitious National Plan, a combined civilian-military offensive that aims to drive the guerrillas out permanently. Conceived with the help of U.S. military advisers, the National Plan was initially tested, with mixed results, last summer in the neighboring department of San Vicente. The plan's success...