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...your article on the death of U.S. Adviser Albert Schaufelberger III in San Salvador, you say that U.S. officials call servicemen in El Salvador trainers because the word advisers evokes memories of Viet Nam. Actions speak louder than words, however. U.S. officials will have to do more than change the terminology to hide the similarities...
Shultz said the U.S. would continue to strive for "military balance," defend itself and its allies, and support "those who have a positive alternative to the Soviet model" in politically turbulent areas like El Salvador. "At the same time," he added, "we will respect legitimate Soviet security interests and are ready to negotiate equitable solutions to outstanding political problems...
...clear case of like-mindedness. Against a backdrop of growing concern in Congress over the Administration's Central American policy, El Salvador's provisional President, Alvaro Alfredo Magaña, on his first official trip to Washington, and President Reagan emerged from two hours of White House meetings last week to issue none-too-subtle pitches aimed straight at Capitol Hill. Both Presidents stressed support for Salvadoran democracy, land reform and human rights-prime congressional priorities...
...want to appeal to the honorable members of Congress to support the efforts of President Reagan to aid El Salvador," said Magaña. ". . . A weak, vacillating commitment endangers peace and hemispheric security." Reagan applauded Magaña's "admirable progress in the difficult task of moving El Salvador toward democracy . . . The people of that brave country deserve and have our support." Reagan also lauded Magaña for his attempts to encourage all Salvadorans, including the extreme left, to participate in the electoral process. Said Reagan: "This is the true path of peace for that country...
Taking all this in, Congress nevertheless remained wary of any new pressures, whether from the White House, El Salvador or Honduras, to up the Central American ante. Congressional committees recently cut in half the Administration's request for $60 million in aid to El Salvador, and sentiment seemed to be building for a different, nonmilitary approach. Democratic Senator Henry ("Scoop") Jackson of Washington and Republican Charles Mathias of Maryland proposed a bipartisan commission on Central America, similar to the one that helped design the Marshall Plan after World War II. The panel, which would formulate a strategy of economic...