SUIT CHALLENGES U.S. AID TO CONTRAS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP90-00965R000503840004-1
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 12, 2012
• Sequence Number: 4
• Publication Date: September 24, 1986
• Content Type: OPEN SOURCE

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WASHINGTON POST
24 September 1986
Suit Challenges U.S. Aid to Contras
By Nancy Lewis
Washington Post Staff Writer
Five Americans who live in Nic-
aragua and several peace and hu-
manitarian groups filed suit yester-
day in U.S. District Court here
seeking enforcement of the World
Court decision last June against
U.S. aid to the contras.
The United States refused to co-
operate in the World Court's pro-
ceedings after the court ruled in late
1984 that the matter of U.S. aid to
the contras, the counterrevolution-
aries seeking to overthrow Nicara-
gua's Sandinista government, was
within its jurisdiction. The Reagan
administration has said it will not
abide by the court's decision.
The suit challenges the $100 mil-
lion contra aid package recently ap-
proved by Congress as a violation of
international law. It also seeks to
block any expenditure in excess of
$100 million on the grounds that it
would be a violation of the Admin-
istrative Procedures Act.
According to court naner the
groups think that the CIA plans to
spend money from its discretionary
funds to help "arm, train and direct
the contras' activities."
Among groups joining in the suit,
which was coordinated by the Cen-
ter for Constitutional Law, were the
World Federalist Association, the
Campaign for U.N. Reform and the
Committee of U.S. Citizens Living
in Nicaragua.
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