NEWS U. S. SENATOR BARRY GOLDWATER/AF SENATE SELECT COMMITTEE ON HEARING ON BOLAND AME

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• Document Creation Date: December 19, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 15, 2005
• Sequence Number: 35
• Publication Date: April 12, 1983
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S. SENATOR BARRY GOLDWATER/A
SENATE SE * CT CO? TTEE ON
RE EASE
PRESS
APR=1. 12, 1963 HEARING ON ' BOLAND ADZ
There: has-`.been a '.good -deal of. confusion and
in the press. ..recently' regarding- the issue of whet'
is cperating .within the. constraints of the law.
confusion seems to arise within the context of al
activities directed against : the Marxist-inspired
in Nica.rap.:a:
cs Czaam ?o f" the. Se:Liate Select Cozttee c
called fcr : a::full Cow; tree hewing today to hen=
Our wi .e.sses..includad, but were not limited to,
Director. cf Centrs.1. Intelligence; ? r. John N. Xc'
of Ce::tralIztellig=ce; M Stanley Sporkin., Get
1.. 0assaccr horuas O._.Enders, Assistant Secretary or Lne .u_-eau 02
ter "i.er_c1. Affa? rs and nu:erou's other high-ranking officialsf the :Inzelli.c-ence Cam/L-~ity and the Department of State. The
iearing.lasted.fram 11:00 a.m. ? this =oz.-":_n- rntil appro~ mately
1:00 p.m. .his':.afternoon., :ar..d.provi ded us with a cazplete update on
mater=ial -:)resented at a previous ' full Co=n ttee hearing in F ebruary"
1 8 3" c- . t h e same'. s ub. .e ct .
T! e statute ir. "Question is the Boland Amer. ent which was
enacted, last year. 8 This Amen.caert. to the Continuing Resolution
s Cates the following :.
. None-:`"af'.Lhe, f ds provided i n th.i s -Act may be
used_-. byrI the Central intelligence Agency or the
Den inert'. of Defers .to furni sh military
ecuipment;- r .litary trainirg or advice , or
o e:'- support:.:Or miIita_`y activities, for the
pL..*T-aose -o overthrowing the government of
Nicaragua ?'or-.provoking a. military exchange'
between'Nicaragua and Honduras."
Thus ;-."a -key element of this ? l aw relates to the purpose of
the TJ. S..' Governrme: and not to the expressed p=-rpose of the
recipients of_ any such support.
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