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...issue came to a head last Tuesday when the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence defied Reagan and recommended cutting off covert aid to the contras. The lawmakers decided that the Administration's professed goal of stemming the flow of arms to rebels in El Salvador could best be accomplished in the open. The Senate Select Committee on Intelligence rejected this proposal on Friday, and the covert funds are likely to continue at least until the end of September. But the committee insisted that in the future it have the right to approve or veto specific covert activities...
...carry out its constitutional responsibilities." Another member of the Administration, U.N. Ambassador Jeane Kirkpatrick, impugned the motives of some members in an interview with a Buenos Aires newspaper: "There are people in the U.S. Congress who do not approve of our efforts to consolidate the constitutional government of El Salvador and who would actually like to see the Marxist forces take power in that country...
...covert operation says, "So far, they're doing better than expected, but in limited geographic areas." This official argues that the growing strength of the contras provides an effective way for the U.S. to apply pressure on the Sandinista government to end its backing of rebels in El Salvador. Agrees a senior State Department official in Washington: "Now we have got an element of reciprocity that gives Nicaragua an incentive to sit down and talk. We've got some bargaining chips: you call off your dogs and we'll call off ours...
...such an open challenge to the stern regime of General Augusto Pinochet Ugarte would have been unthinkable. A notoriously repressive dictator, Pinochet has regularly silenced his opposition with torture, killings and exile. In the 9½ years since he took power in the bloody coup that overthrew Marxist President Salvador Allende Gossens, Pinochet has also maintained control by bringing remarkable prosperity to the Andean nation. But Chile's economic miracle may have run its course. After a booming 7.3% average yearly expansion of the economy from 1977 to 1981, Chile suffered a catastrophic 13% negative growth rate...
...considerations Harvard should take into account. The new open letter does, however, give a disturbing implicit answer that morality has no place in Harvard's business dealings. The letter notes that because other countries are evil, it would be inconsistent to treat South Africa differently than perhaps Guatemala, EI Salvador, or the Soviet Union. But this is actually inconsistent with Bok's earlier statements and actions...