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by Congressman Ron Wyden
Q. Stories about continued vio
lence In E l Salvador have been a ma
jo r news item in recent weeks. Given
the current situation, do you think
the adm inistration Is Justified in
continuing to provide military aid to
the ruling Junta?
hope, not guns for war.
O u r s u p p o rt f o r a m ilita r y d ic ta
to rs h ip th a t c o n tin u e s to b r u ta liz e
its o w n p e o p le has n o t b ro u g h t sta
b ilit y to E l S a lv a d o r . I f a n y th in g ,
th e s itu a tio n th e re has d e te rio ra te d
to th e p o in t th a t it has d e s ta b ilize d
n eigh b orin g G u a te m a la , to o .
I f w e p ersist in these p o lic ie s ,
A . N o , I d o n o t. In f a c t, I th in k
th e A d m i n ii t r a t io n ’ a in sisten ce o n
u s in g U . S . d o lla rs to p ro p u p th e
m ilita r y ju n ta in E l S a lv a d o r is rep
rehensible.
A s a leader in the W e s te rn H e m i
s p h ere . th e U n ite d States sh o u ld be
seen in L a tin A m e ric a as an agent o f
ch an g e, not a m in is ter o f d e a th . W e
should be giving its people cause fo r
m a tte rs w ill get ev en w o rs e . E ith e r
b o th sides w ill c o n tin u e to ra m
heads to n o a v a il— o r o n e side w ill
a a in a m ilit a r y v ic to r y , w h ic h
w o u ld be a v ic to ry fo r extrem ists.
In a speech a t R eed C o lle g e th is
w ee k, I called fo r an a b ru p t change
in U .S . p o lic y in E l S a lv a d o r, m o v
ing fro m s u p p o rt o f the ru lin g m ili
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ta ry ju n t a to w o rk in g fo r a c o o lin g -
o f f p e rio d a n d ta lk s b e tw e e n th e
b u ild up th eir arm s caches.
w a rrin g factions.
h u m a n rig hts v io la tio n s by g o v e rn
m ent security fo rces, in re tu rn f o r a
cessation o f g u e rilla a tta c k s b y th e
L e ftis t C o a litio n leader G u ille rm o
U n g o has expressed a w illin g ness to
p a r tic ip a te in such ta lk s , w ith o u t
p re c o n d itio n s . T h e U n it e d S tate s
• T o call fo r an im m e d ia te en d to
rebels.
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• T o press, o n c e a c e a s e -fire is
sh o u ld m o ve q u ic k ly to ta k e h im up
o n his o f f e r . Because o f o u r e a rlie r
f ir m ly es tab lis h e d , f o r a le g itim a te
n a tio n a l e le c tio n a n d f o r m u lt i
a rm s s h ip m e n ts to th e j u n t a , w e
should have the leverage to persuade
p a r ty ta lk s o n la n d r e f o r m — th e
c ru x o f p o litic a l in s ta b ility a n d u n
E l S a lv a d o ra n g o v ern m e n t o ffic ia ls
rest in E l Salvad or.
to n eg otiate as w ell.
T h e goal o f these talks w o u ld be:
• T o w in a c e a s e -fire — a re a l
T a k in g these steps w o u ld e f f e c t
ively re w rite the 1 5 0 -y e a r-o ld M o n
ro e D o c trin e a n d b rin g U .S . p o lic y
c e a s e -fire , n o t a tim e o u t d u r in g
in L a tin A m e ric a in to th e 20th C e n
w h ic h b o th sides ta k e a b re a th e r to
tu ry — in the nick o f tim e .
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Outside the U.S. there o
500000 armed men
12000 nuclear warheads
Map published by It» Inlcwmelion Center
2500 m ilitary bases ond
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Reagan budget expands military budget
T h e R e a g a n A d m in is t r a t io n has
asked Congress fo r $ 1 .6 4 0 b illio n to
S o v ie t a t t a c k w h e r e v e r it s h o u ld
occur an d to strik e back at areas o f
b illio n n ext y e a r. T h e b u d g e t calls
fo r increased sp en d in g o n strate g ic
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w ill b u y m o re A w a c s ra d a r s u rv e il
Soviet weakness.
S p e c if ic a lly , th e P e n ta g o n says
th a t i f S o viet fo rce s w ere to in v a d e
n u c le a r fo rc e s to $ 2 3 b il l io n . T h e
lance planes and tactical a irc ra ft such
larg e item s arc th e new B -l B lon g -
ra n g e b o m b e r , a n e w s u b m a r in e -
as the F-15, F - 16 and the A -10.
M i d d l e E a s t c o u n tr ie s th e U . S .
launched ballistic m issile. T rid e n t 2,
T h e la rg e s t in c re a s e w il l be f o r
s h o u ld h a v e th e c a p a c ity to s tr ik e
e q u ip m e n t, su p p lies, m ilit a r y c o n
C u b a , V ie tn a m , A s ia , L ib y a o r th e
new cruise missiles, a vast expansion
o f co m m u n ica tio n s and c o n tro l sys
Soviet U n io n itself.
T h e n ew b u d g e t p ro p o s e s an
increase in w eapons purchases fro m
te m s , an d th e M X la n d -b a s e d m is
siles.
T h e A rm y will receive m o re m oney
T h e N a v y b e n e fits m ost w ith the
n u m b e r o f ships increased fro m 513
fo r the new M - l ta n k , fig h tin g vehi
to 6 0 0 by 1990.
spend d u rin g the next fiv e years to
b u ild U . S . m i l it a r y p o w e r a r o u n d
the w o rld .
struction and a irlift and sealift ca p a
c it y f o r th e R a p id D e p lo y m e n t
F o r c e . T h e p h ilo s o p h y is th a t th e
U .S . m ust be read y to respond to a
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What do military expenditures represent for mankind?
• H a lf the resources at present allocated to m ilita ry expenditures in one
d ay w ou ld suffice to finance a p ro gram fo r the to ta l erad icatio n o f m a l
a ria .
• I n five hours, the w o r ld ’ s m ilita ry expenditures are the equivalent o f
the o verall U N IC E F yearly budget fo r ch ild care program s.
• T h e n u m b e r o f p e o p le w o r k in g in th e m i l it a r y s p h e re , in c lu d in g
a rm e d forces s t a f f , is to d a y tw ic e th e to ta l n u m b e r o f teach ers, p h y s i
cians and nurses in the w o rld .
• A p p r o x im a te ly 25 per cent o f the w o r ld ’ s sc ien tific personnel is en
gaged in m ilita ry activities. It is estim ated th at 6 0 per cent o f the o verall
s c ie n tific research e x p e n d itu re s is a b so rb e d by m ilita r y p ro g ra m s . T h e
v o lu m e o f such research p ro je c ts is fiv e tim es g re a te r th a n th a t o f th e
projects devoted to health p ro tectio n .
• T h e countries in A s ia , A fr ic a and L a tin A m e ric a allocate 5 .9 per cent
o f th e ir G ross N a tio n a l P ro d u c t to w eapons and m ilita ry ex pen ditures,
whereas they devote o n ly one per cent to pub lic h ealth and 2 .8 per cent to
tro o p s fro m A r g e n tin a , C h ile a n d
V e n e zu e la . T h e M P L said the H o n
d u ra n governm ent intends to h eig h t
en te n s io n s a lo n g th e b o r d e r w ith
N ic a ra g u a , c la im in g th ere has been
an o ccu p atio n o f its te rrito ry by N i
c a ra g u a . T h e y n o te d th a t 150 U .S .
m i l it a r y p e rs o n n e l h a v e b een in
H o n d u ra s fo r some tim e.
D is s id e n t g ro u p s in H o n d u r a s
c h a rg e d T u e s d a y th a t H o n d u ra s is
fo r firm in te rn a tio n a l action to p re
v e n t a w o r ld d is a s te r s h o u ld th e
U .S . c a rry o u t its th re a ts to in v a d e
C e n t r a l A m e r ic a o r C a r ib b e a n n a
tions. H e said the consequences o f a
to ta l value o f grains im p o rte d by A fric a in a year.
• T h e expenditures fo r m ilita ry activities in a year d u rin g the m id -’ 70s
against infectiou s diseases fo r all the ch ild ren in the w o rld , a p ro g ram fo r
th e e ra d ic a tio n o f a d u lt illite ra c y . In th e e n tire w o rld b e fo re th e ye ar
2 0 0 0 , a s u p p le m e n ta ry fo o d p ro g ra m fo r 6 0 m illio n p reg n an t w o m e n ,
and a classroom increase fo r over 100 m illio n pupils.
tin u ed .
3) A series o f nonaggression pacts
b e tw e e n N ic a r a g u a a n d th e U . S .
P o r tillo said th e re are three focal
a n d b e tw e e n N ic a r a g u a a n d its
neighbors should be d ra w n . T h is a r
t io n a l s e c u rity
U n ite d S ta te s ."
in te re s ts
of
C uba.
th e U n ite d S tate s th a t w h a t is h a p
d o r and possibly C u b a .
M e x ic a n P re s id e n t Jose L o p e z
P o rtillo issued a call on F eb ru ary 21
th e
in to le r a b le d a n g e r to (h e basic n a
t io n s h ip
nanced by the U .S . fo r staging o p e r
a tio n s against N ic a ra g u a , E l Salva
b e tw e e n
th e
U .S .
and
R e g a rd in g N ic a r a g u a , he n o te d
th at his re c o m m e n d a tio n s co in c id e
w ith th o s e o f th e N ic a ra g u a n g o v
ern m en t:
1) T h e U .S . s h o u ld d is c o n tin u e
ra n g e m e n t w o u ld le a d to n e g o t ia
tio n s b e tw e e n N ic a r a g u a a n d th e
U .S .
I f th is w ere to o c c u r N ic a r a g u a
c o u ld stop s p e n d in g its lim ite d r e
sources on arm s.
T h e g o v e rn m e n ts o f N ic a r a g u a
and C u b a and the F M 1 .N o f E l S al
v a d o r have resp on d ed fa v o r a b ly to
P o r tillo ’ s proposal but the U .S . has
h a p p e n in g in E l S a lv a d o r, th a t the
threats against N ica ra g u a.
2 ) E x -N a tio n a l G u a rd s m e n oper
a tin g a lo n g th e H o n d u r a s b o r d e r
w in d o f change b lo w in g th ro ug h the
should be d is arm ed and th eir tr a in
a t t a c k th e U . S . , b u t th e U n it e d
w h o le regio n does not c o n s titu te an
in g a n d a id b y th e U . S . d is c o n
States has not reciprocated.
p e n in g h e re in N ic a r a g u a , w h a t is
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w o u ld have fin a n c ed , am on g m any o ther things, a vaccin atio n p ro g ram
bean are ‘ •u n th in k a b le .’ ’ H e re p e at
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classroom s fo r 3 0 .0 0 0 c h ild re n in underdeveloped countries.
• T h e price o f a T rid e n t nuclear su b m arin e— the U n ite d States is p la n
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• T h e cost o f a m o d e rn ta n k w o u ld pay fo r the co n stru ctio n o f 1,0 00
fa ilu r e to achieve peace and detente
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• O n e per cent o f the developed co u ntries’ m ilita ry budgets w ou ld o ver
co m e the existing d e fic it in in te i n a tio n a l assistance fo r fin a n c in g an in
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