LETTER TO HOWARD BAKER FROM RONALD REAGAN

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP87B00858R000200160005-2
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 23, 2010
• Sequence Number: 5
• Publication Date: April 4, 1984
• Content Type: LETTER

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April 4, 1984
Dear Howard:
There have. been questions resulting from my
March 29, interview in the New York Times and
whether our policy toward Nicaragua has
changed.
The fact is, no change has occurred. The
United States does not seek to destabilize or
overthrow the Government of Nicaragua; nor to
impose or compel any particular form of
government there.
We are trying, among other things, to bring
the Sandinistas into meaningful negotiations
and constructive, verifiable agreements with:
their neighbors on peace in the region.
We believe that a pre-condition to any
successful negotiations in these regards is
that the Government of Nicaragua cease to
involve itself in the internal or external
affairs of its neighbors, as required of
member nations of the OAS.
Sincerely,
The Honorable Howard Baker
Majority Leader
United States Senate
Washington, DC 20510
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