DEMOCRATS MAD AT WHITE HOUSE USE OF NICARAGUA PAPER

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP90-00965R000605040038-9
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: May 4, 2012
• Sequence Number: 38
• Publication Date: February 28, 1986
• Content Type: OPEN SOURCE

Declassified and Approved For Release 2012/05/04: CIA-RDP90-00965R000605040038-9
28 February 1986
DEMO.CRAT.S_MAD AT WHITE HOUSE USE OF NICARAGUA PAPER
BY ROBERT PARRY
WA INGTON
Congressional Democrats are still an r over White House use of a secret
document 3utlininq an alleged ANIcaraquan Government I ' d n orma '^r' campaign
even though the Reagan administration has shelved plans to release the paper.
"It's-, slur and run," Rep. David ?aniar, D-Mich., said Thursday` of CrA
Director William Casey's distribution of'the document last week to some
members of Congress.
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"It makes public vague accusations but withholds the evidence supporting
those accusations," Bonier said. "It makes suspect every individual who opposes
the Contra war but denies those who are affected a chance to respond."
Casey showed wed the intercepted Nicaraguan government docurr?ent to 'm`e'mbers of
Congress as the White House launched its lobbying drive to win $100 million in
aid for Contra rebels fighting Nicaragua's leftist Sandinista g overn went
The administration vowed to release a declassified version this week, but
reversed itself in face of criticism from Capitol Hill that it was Using
intelligence information for partisan political gain.
Sen. David Durenberger, R-Ninn., Senate Intelligence Coign ttcc Chairman who
last week denounced administration plans to release the document, called the
reversal "a very wise
But Democrats said the White House suggestion that opposition to Con'- aid
s be Inn manI^ulat d' by t, ".C er should b
pia ti,.~ y r c e,~ .e ^;i raruquan gone.-^Ment , i ~?~ ~ic:!? Eer -ado
in the first place.
Rep. Richard .4. Gephar:t, D-Mc 5,icl the i h t"n Nai`s^ lz;
c~ m of l l d ilJin} m t n n 11_1a-1
a v l3 L'. s air in11- t h^th t^ :yitc>l l i4en"e ,1~ ~?"
patriotism, if there I5 a lack of intcrmat:Cn, it s in the White House."
But Rep. n Robert De tee?
. ,.rr,-J,n, one C' 'he r
a',y, "e^ "icwn the dccu^e^'
again denounced the alleged "disinformation program hatched in Havana and the _r a
Kremlin ... disinformation, that involves e'iery't!,:' g ftrom UsI g t
rho w , the Phil D?o -c
,how to encourayng n ive ?ui? a j,est, to ,:t in : .?',tCr~ .. a in, offices of congressmen ... to have, a perfectly arc,,estrated campaign of
propaganda down to what slogans should be used
die administration officiall insisting onono m t =a
r,V tyJaaJ ~~e J m~dil,ij'a
document was be ,, "_,h
q wi eiL ve.r. ...:,e an
if it were released in full :e version woo,', appear -JC.i
:H?ab that the avers would "scoff at :t.
The official said that :n the document, S1,,15ta leaders assess the
prospects for Congress resuming m:litary aid to the Contra, and discuss drag.
attention to the rebels' human rights abuses.
Mear?whiie, Alvaro ?aldI:on, a defector from the Nicaraguan interior Mtn st- ,
said that since 1981 the Sandinista government has used special military Unit:
,Dressed as Contras to commit atrccat e, that cou ld then be blamed the
U.S.-backed rebels.
But Baldizon, who worn for the rebels' human rights commissionD provided
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details about ~ t?_he alleged at~ ,. ,rocit:ec. Ea
~ ldivan, :~; Ga defected last ,; uly and hvas
made repeated charges of Sandimt sta abuses, he had s, ~ r before said mentioned
these operations.
in another development, a conservative group, the National Endowment for to
Preservation of Liberty, announced plans for a $2 million pro-Contra labbyinq
campaign, including $1,11 million in television commercials.
Declassified and Approved For Release 2012/05/04: CIA-RDP90-00965R000605040038-9