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...that was inaccurate: Clark's policy reviewers had already decided against asking for any increase at all. The apparent reasoning: now is not the time to raise the subject with a Congress that insists on cutting in half even the present request for military assistance to El Salvador...
...fighting grinds on in El Salvador and Nicaragua...
...political controversy deepened over how the U.S. could best support the government in El Salvador and the rebels in Nicaragua, military professionals were concerned with a basic question: In either case, will the U.S.-backed forces win? The answer: there are grounds for optimism in El Salvador, and pessimism about the CIA-backed contras in Nicaragua...
...military advisers in El Salvador, the country's four-year counterinsurgency campaign has mostly been an exercise in frustration. The main reason: the lackluster performance of the 22,000-member Salvadoran army and particularly its officer corps. According to the U.S. military men, almost all of whom have experience in Viet Nam, the way for the Salvadorans to beat the 5,000 to 6,000 Marxist-led guerrillas is to pursue them through the countryside. Says a U.S. counterinsurgency expert: "You have to put troops out and keep the guerrilla from operating. The ultimate goal is to reduce...
...action is producing progress. Most encouraging is a campaign known as Operation Goodwill, a U.S.-directed attempt by the Salvadoran military to regain the offensive. Launched in June, the drive is largely aimed at the departments of San Vicente and Usulután, the agricultural heartland of El Salvador. All together, 74 infantry companies (about 7,400 men) have been involved, spearheaded by two of the country's three "fast reaction" battalions, which were trained in the U.S. last year in counterinsurgency techniques. The campaign appears to be succeeding. Asserts Salvadoran Colonel Reinaldo Golcher, who commands Operation Goodwill: "This...