TALKING POINTS ON FOREIGN ASSISTANCE

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP90B01370R000200330005-9
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• Document Creation Date: December 21, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 27, 2008
• Sequence Number: 5
• Publication Date: July 26, 1984
• Content Type: MEMO

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United States Department of S
Washington, D.C. 20520
July 26, 1984
MEMORANDUM
TO:
D - Mr.
T - Mr.
T - Mr.
Walker
Schneider
Boyce
S/LPD - Mr. Reich
P - Mr. Itoh
S/S-S - Mr. Hendrickson
PM -
Mr.
Mantel
PM -
Ms.
Martz
ARA -
Mr.
Michel
ARA -
Mr.
Holwill
L - Mr. Thessin
L - Ms. Keefer
EB - Mr. English
White House - Ms. Withey
NSC -
Mr.
North
AID -
Mr.
Kammerer
DOD -
Mr.
Armitage
DOD -
Mr.
Sanchez
DOD - General Gast
IA
Brig
ics - o Connally
OMB - Mr. Eisenhour
Justice - Mr. Gainer
FROM: H - Robert F. TIrner
SUBJECT: Talking Points on Foreign Assistance
cord
Exemwe Registry
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Attached are general talking points on the FY-84 (Omnibus)
Supplemental and the FY-85 Foreign Assistance Authorization
Bills, as requested at'the Wednesday Working Group meeting.
More detailed talking points will be distributed at this
afternoon's Working Group meeting.
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TALKING POINTS ON FOREIGN ASSISTANCE
Omnibus Supplemental
-- The Administration's highest legislative priority as
Fiscal Year 1984 draws to a close is passage of the FY-84
Regular (Omnibus) Supplemental, which contains urgently needed
economic and military assistance to support U.S. interests, and
those of our friends, in Central America.
-- Prompt action on the Supplemental is essential as we
are at the crossroads in our efforts to preserve democracy and
prevent further communist expansion in the Central America
region.
Foreign Assistance Authorization Bill
-- Prompt Senate passage of the FY-85 Foreign Assistance
Authorization Bill, including the Mathias Amendment authorizing
the Jackson Plan for Central America, is also a top priority.
-- Our Central America requests, as you know, are
consistent with the findings of the bipartisan Kissinger
Commission on Central America. Enactment of the Jackson Plan
would provide the basis in law for achieving long-term
security, political stability and economic growth in the region.
-- In addition to the Mathias Amendment, we will also be
supporting an effort to revise the SFRC-recommended conditions
on security assistance to Turkey so that the bill is supportive
of a political solution of the Cyprus problem without
undermining our NATO security assistance relationship with
Turkey.
-- In a turbulent, constantly changing world, we must
have adequate, well-balanced bilateral and multilateral
programs of development, humanitarian and military assistance
to support U.S. security interests and the well-being of our
friends and allies around the world.
-- The FY-85 Authorization Bill as passed, by the House
is a constructive piece of legislation. Senate passage of the
Authorization Bill would set the stage for the first Foreign
Assistance Authorization Bill in three years.
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-- I realize the it is always difficult to vote for
foreign assistance legislation in an election year; however,
world-wide U.S. security interests and immediate needs in the
Central America region make enactment vital.
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