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...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 of the death squads vs. the Gulag...
Kissinger and company urge a stepped up campaign by the Salvadoran Army in order to defeat the leftist insurgents and end the country's three-year civil war. Although the group wisely rules out the use of any U.S. troops in El Salvador, it does call for a quadrupling of U.S. military aid in the next year to the order of $250 million, adding the important condition that aid be contingent on the Salvadoran Government's success on curbing the rightist death squads and securing basic human rights. Such a condition, unlike in the past, must be strictly adhered...
...same time, the report asks the Salvadoran government to invite the rebel organizations to participate in the upcoming March elections and details plan to guarantee the fairness of the elections and the safety of all the participants. The preparation of the Salvadoran Army for the knock-down blow of the guerrillas is sure to keep the rebels away from the voting booths and the negotiating table. A far wiser course would be to delay increased military aid for El-Salvador and hope for signs of willingness to negotiate on the part of the insurgents. This would give the rebels time...
...standards but control of that society itself. They will neither give their U.S. arms back to their donors or stop using them. The United States would be well advised to negotiate with the Nicaraguans and offer to withdraw support for the Contras provided the Sandinistas stop aiding Salvadoran guerrillas and reduce ties with the Cubans and Soviets. Recent moves by the Sandinistas such as scheduling elections, expelling 2000 Cuban advisers and granting greater freedom to the opposition signal a willingness on the part of the Nicaraguans to come to terms with the U.S. Washington must seize this opportunity and pursue...
...night-riding, right-wing death squads that are suspected of killing as many as 25 Salvadorans a week in recent months are causing the White House almost as much concern as the Salvadoran military. Alarmed that right-wing violence might endanger hopes of political reform in El Salvador and alienate congressional critics in the U.S., the Reagan Administration dispatched Vice President George Bush to San Salvador last month to let the government of interim President Alvaro Magana know in no uncertain terms that the U.S. wanted suspected ringleaders to be transferred out of the army and other sensitive posts...