U.S./NICARAGUAN AID

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP88-01070R000201310004-9
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 21, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 21, 2008
• Sequence Number: 4
• Publication Date: August 2, 1984
• Content Type: OPEN SOURCE

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2 August 1984
U.S./NICARAGUAN HUNTER-GAULT: Politics also played a role in foreign
AID affairs matters today, as a Democratic-controlled house
ignored pleas by Republicans and voted to deny aid to .
Nicaraguan rebels. The vote xas 294 to 118. Republican
leader Robert Michel xarned that the move forces the
United States to be either an 'interventionist bully' or
an 'isolationist ximp.' But the Democrats, for the fourth
time this year, denied the funds and also tightened
restrictions on the ability of the CIA and other' ?'
intelligence agencies to shift funds secretly from--one
account to another. Reacting from Santa Barbara, xhere
the president is vacationing, Nhite House spokesman Larry
Speakes said the administration rill continue wArking for
full funding.
Meanxhile, Nicaraguan officials have
reportedly called for direct talks betxeen ,jun to chief
Daniel Ortego and President Reagan. According to the
official Nicaraguan nexs agency, ANN, the proposal stemmed
from talks being held in Mexico betxeen U.S. Special Envoy
for Central America Henry Schlaudemann and Nicaraguan
Deputy Foreign Minister Hugo *Tanoco.
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