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...Cristiani government. He asked that the U.S. "pressure" Cristiani to "speak seriously" with the guerrillas. Pavlov even adopted Reagan's justification for the contras to explain Cuba's aid to the F.M.L.N. If the F.M.L.N. disarmed before a political settlement was reached, he argued, its ability to press the Salvadoran government to reform would be lost. It was Aronson's turn to reassure Pavlov. If the arms flow to the F.M.L.N. was reduced, he said, Washington would "do all it could" to press for serious negotiations. The echoes of the Nicaraguan settlement are distinct: Baker is trying to fashion...
...group called Neighbor to Neighbor and corporate giant Procter & Gamble, whose Folgers brand is the top-selling U.S. coffee. The 30- sec. spot, which aired earlier this month on CBS affiliate WHDH in Boston, accuses Procter & Gamble of prolonging the ten-year civil war in El Salvador by buying Salvadoran coffee beans, the country's leading export, and thereby supporting the right-wing government of President Alfredo Cristiani...
...firm yanked its advertising, worth as much as $1 million a year, from the Boston station. "We felt very strongly that our integrity was being attacked, and we could not let that go unchallenged," said Don Tassone, a P&G spokesman. He noted that Folgers contains less than 2% Salvadoran beans. "In addition, and this is important to us, we are supported by our Government's policy," Tassone said. In a recent letter to the company, Under Secretary of State Robert Kimmitt urged P&G to continue buying Salvadoran coffee to promote economic stability in the impoverished country...
...Washington, Congress could debate a boycott of its own this week, when the House is expected to vote on a measure to speed up the Salvadoran peace process. The bill would cut in half this year's $85 million of scheduled military aid to El Salvador if the Cristiani government appears to be stalling in talks to end the war with the country's leftist guerrillas...
Ironically any campaign to change American coffee habits would probably be overshadowed by last year's drop in coffee prices. Salvadoran coffee beans that sold for $135 per 100 lbs. last summer fetch just $70, a plunge that has slashed the country's export earnings by at least $175 million, or about 30%. Says Ernesto Altschul, a senior adviser to Cristiani: "I can't imagine they can hurt our coffee industry any worse...