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...cited the quadrupling of U.S. military assistance in the last four months and claimed that U.S. military officers directed the recent air assault on Perquin in EI Salvador...
With any luck at all the discovery of this booklet should stiffen congressional resolve to resist more funds for the contras. But then what is to be done with the remaining books? One good possibility would be to distribute it free of charge to the rebels in El Salvador on the off chance they might follow some of the suggestions. Considering the luck the contras have had and the usual quality of CIA advice, the rebels will roll over and die within a month...
...important payoff for Duarte's meticulous groundwork was the reaction of rightist politicians and conservative businessmen in San Salvador. Declared the powerful National Association of Private Enterprise, a group that had long opposed Duarte's left-of-center economic policies: "If the Salvadoran terrorists lay down their arms and work in peace toward their objectives, they are welcome to work shoulder-to-shoulder in the country's electoral process...
Privately, the guerrillas concede that the success of El Salvador's presidential balloting last March came as a heavy blow to them. As U.S. Ambassador to El Salvador Thomas Pickering puts it, "Since the presidential election, the guerrillas have really seen the political sand wash out from under them." Confidence in Duarte's political legitimacy, in short, provided the most important underpinning for his peace offer...
...describing Aquino's stops in Singapore and Taipei? Those, said Ver, were received by the intelligence authorities but were never requested. At least the general knew when the former Senator was due to arrive in Manila? No, replied Ver, his only information was a letter from Opposition Leader Salvador Laurel requesting special security for a Japan Air Lines flight from Tokyo...