A REAGAN INTERVIEW

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP90-00552R000505380068-8
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 12, 2010
• Sequence Number: 68
• Publication Date: April 2, 1985
• Content Type: OPEN SOURCE

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WASHINGTON POST
2 April 1985
A REAGAN INTERVIEW
reporters David Hoffman and Lou Cannon
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In this country, even though
.your popularity remains very
high, on the issue of Nicara-
gua polls show that there are
many Americans opposed to
your policy there and the Con-
gress shows very little inclina-
tion to give you the $14 mil-
lion you've asked. Do you have
any now that would change l this or ideas
view in
Congress?
Well, nothing that I can talk
.about here. But let me just say, I
know this about what the polls show
and I know what happens up on the.
'I-rill: But we've been subjected, in
this country, to a very sophisticated
lobbying campaign by a totalitarian
government-the Sandinistas.
There has been a disinformation
program that is virtually worldwide,
and we know that the Soviets and
-the Cubans have such a disinforma-
tion network that is beyond any-
thing that we can match.
And, of course, I don't think the
people have heard actually the thing
that we're trying to explain of what
,is, going on. People go down, some
people, to Nicaragua and claim they
come back now with views that are
,favorable to that totalitarian gov-
ernment. But why don't they go to
Some of the neighboring countries
and talk to the thousands and thou-
sands of refugees and ask them why
they fled Nicaragua?
EXCERPT7Q'
inn ou tell us something
about the accom liosumee s ieve
this area that
ou've ac ieve .
Well we're makin? headway and
have been successtul in gettmn[? co- -
operation and trading Information,
intelligence information gettm
a regiments with other countries
with re and to extradition an e-
n in their countries as shelter for
terrorists who then cross a border
and are reasonably, have been in
the ast reasonably safe if they
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beenizin? and lust getting
much more mutual agreement
all l of us to work
abou- t the need for al
toget er.
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