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LAST week's bomb explosion near Secretary of State George P. Shultz's motorcade in La Paz, Bolivia points to one characteristic of the Reagan Administration's Latin American policy that was previously in doubt: the United States will support governments that wage a war against drugs...
After the bombing, which the Bolivian government said was the work of local cocaine traffickers, Shultz gave a talk entitled "Winning the War Against Narcotics" at a La Paz hotel. Schultz praised Bolivia's anti-drug efforts and said that Congress "has looked at your law and your performance with great interest, and I trust that your steady commitment will convince the members of our legislative body of your serious intentions. To sum up, the drug traffickers are in trouble in Bolivia...
...Shultz had been scheduled to go to the Hotel La Paz but instead was rushed directly to the U.S. Embassy, which was cordoned off by police and had sharpshooters dispatched to the roof...
...rest of Shultz's schedule was unchanged, Ms. Oakley said...
There was no claim of responsibility for the bombings, but Foreign Minister Guillermo Bedregal said both were the work of cocaine dealers. Bedregal was riding in Shultz's car along with U.S. Embassy charge d'affaires David Greenley...