TWO MEMBERS OF CONGRESS CHARGE U.S. INTEFERENCE IN NICARAGUA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP90-00552R000100470003-8
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 21, 2010
• Sequence Number: 3
• Publication Date: April 11, 1983
• Content Type: OPEN SOURCE

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PHILAD ,PHIA INQUIREEI'
11 APRIL 1983
National and International News in Brief
Two members of Congress charge
U.S. interference in Nicaragua.
Rep. Berkley Bedell (D., Iowa) and
Rep. Robert G. Torricelli (D., N.J.),
who are traveling through Central
America. said in an interview Satur.
day in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, that
they are convinced the United States
is trying to topple the left-wing San.
dinista government. "It is clear that
we are involved in an overthrow
attempt and that the aid we are giv.
ing is not to prevent the flow of arms
from Nicaragua to Salvadoran guer-
rillas," Bedell said. The men left
Honduras for neighboring Nicaragua
after a two-day visit with a delega.
tion that included Robert White, for.
mer U.S. ambassador to El Salvador.
Both congressmen said they believed
that U.S. activities violated an
amendment passed by Congress in
December that prohibits the use of
U.S. aid to attempt to overthrow the
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