SUPPORT, SKEPTICISM

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP90-00552R000505400067-6
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 9, 2010
• Sequence Number: 67
• Publication Date: April 28, 1983
• Content Type: OPEN SOURCE

Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/08/09 :CIA-RDP90-005528000505400067-6
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Focus on 111ilitarv
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President Reagan ap-
peared initially to have failed
last night. in his aim to create
bipartisan support in Cnn-
crew iC~r his disputed policies
.. C--:;ra1 America. `.'i-hile
. _' ..: a.^.: cheered his
force~u'. description of Soviet
and Cuban threats to stabil-
in? i^ the region. Democrats
fauhed the administration's
relia:-:ce on militan? and co-
ve: ~ rest~onses.
"Instead of trying to ~'do
s^met:~inr about the factors
R:tic~ greed revolution, this
administration has turned to
r::a~~~?e rr:ilitan? buildups at
the coat of hundreds of mil-
liona o? dollars," said Sen.
Christopher J. Dodd (D-
Conr,. i. ago delivered the
ofticiiu Democratic response
w the soeech.
Dodgy characterized Rea-
e~n'a 1?nlict? in Central Amer-
ica ~s "e~?er-increasing mil-
itan? assistance, endless mil-
itan? training, even hiring
our on-n paramilitar