CONGRESSIONAL HUMANITARIAN CONCERN RE GULF WAR

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP90B01370R000801050088-2
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 21, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 4, 2008
• Sequence Number: 88
• Publication Date: May 23, 1984
• Content Type: CABLE

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TAGS: PREL, MOPS ICRC, SHUM. US, IZ, IR
SUBJECT: CONGRESSIONAL HUMANITARIAN CONCERN RE GULF WAR
1. FOLLOWING CONGRESSIONAL LETTER TO PRESIDENT REAGAN IS
TRANSMITTED FOR YOUR INFORMATION, AS AN INDICATION OF THE
HUMANITARIAN CONCERN OF MEMBERS OF CONGRESS OVER THE
IRAN-IRAQ WAR. CONGRESSMAN DON PEASE (D-OH) DRAFTED THE
LETTER. -
WE ARE WRITING FROM DEEP CONCERN OVER THE PROLONGED
CONFLICT BETWEEN IRAN AND IRAQ. EVEN THOUGH OUR COUNTRY
HAS VERY LIMITED INFLUENCE WITH EITHER OF THESE
COUNTRIES, THERE ARE COMPELLING REASONS FOR YOU TO SPEAK
OUT MORE VISIBLY AND MORE FORCEFULLY FOR AN END TO THIS
SENSELESS WAR.
OUR SENSIBILITIES HAVE BEEN NUMBED BY CONTINUING ACCOUNTS
OF THE TREMENDOUS LOSS OF LIFE AND THE IMMENSE SUFFERING
INFLICTED BY THE FIGHTING. IRAQ HAS RESORTED TO THE USE
OF CHEMICAL WEAPONS AGAINST IRANIAN TROOPS. IRAN HAS
SEEN FIT TO MOUNT HUMAN WAVE ASSAULTS OF CHILDREN,
ELDERLY MEN, AND HANDICAPPED CITIZENS. WE APPEAL TO YOU
ON HUMANITARIAN GROUNDS TO USE EVERY APPROPRIATE
INTERNATIONAL FORUM AT YOUR DISPOSAL TO FOCUS ATTENTION
UPON THE NEED TO STOP THE BLOODSHED.
FURTHERMORE, WE BELIEVE THAT IT IS VERY DANGEROUS FOR THE
FUTURE OF U.S. FOREIGN POLICY IN THE REGION TO ALLOW THE
SLAUGHTER IN THE IRAN-IRAQ WAR TO GO UNABATED. WHEN
GOVERNMENTS ARE WILLING TO ENGAGE IN THE SORTS OF
ATROCITIES ALREADY REPORTED IN THIS CONFLICT, IT IS QUITE
POSSIBLE THAT ONE SIDE OR THE OTHER MIGHT DELIBERATELY
UNDERTAKE ACTIONS TO ENGAGE THIRD PARTIES IN THE STRUGGLE
IN ORDER TO SALVAGE ITS POSITION.
AS WE WRITE, IRAN HAS ALREADY AMASSED LARGE NUMBERS OF
TROOPS AND WAR MATERIAL ON ITS BORDER FOR A NEW OFFENSIVE
AGAINST IRAQ. IT IS IMPERATIVE THAT YOU ACT FOR THE
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REASONS WE HAVE CITED TO ENSURE THAT OUR COUNTRY HAS LEFT
NO STONE UNTURNED IN ATTEMPTING TO HALT THE ONGOING
CARNAGE IN IRAQ AND IRAN.
(SIGNED)
ANTHONY C. BEILENSON, DONALD J. PEASE, HOWARD J. BERMAN,
JOHN SEIBERLING, MARCY KAPTUR, WILLIAM J. HUGHES, DENNIS
E. ECKART, SANDER M. LEVIN. ROBERT E. WISE, BRUCE F.
VENTO, DOUG WALGREN, NORMAN Y. MINETA, PARREN J.
MITCHELL, MICKEY LELAND, BRUCE A. MORRISON SHULTZ
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