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PASTOR GENERAL'S REPORT, APRIL 29, 1983
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dictatorial right-wing regimes. Again, the recommendation that
we fight armed Castroites with land reform, economic redistri
bution, human rights commissions, anything except military
assistance for our desperate friends. Again, the hands of the
President are being tied.
Prohibited by the Clark Amendment from �oving against the Russian
beachhead in Southern Africa, [Angola in 1976] the President is
now prohibited, by the Boland Amendment of December last, from
disrupting the Russian beachhead in the Americas.
Odd, is it
not ? The two most ex � osed and vulnerable provinces of the Soviet
em: � Hre, Angola and Nicaragua, � designated protected sanctu
aries of the Congress of the United States.
Let us not mince words. The margin for the U.S. is narrowing; the
conclusive battle for Central America is under way. In Guate
mala, General Rios Montt has turned the tide against the
Communist guerrillas•... In El Salvador, 7,000 communist guerril
las have won a stalemate. In Nicaragua, pro-American "contras"
have established [base camps]. We will win, the "contras" p
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claim proudly, because "the strongest power on earth� behind
US• II
Is it? What do we hear from Congress? Abandon Rios Montt! He
has�o respect for human rights! Make aid to El Salvador con
ditional on negotiations with the guerrillas. Cut aid at once to
the contras.•••
The United States cannot remain a credible superpower if it
allows the establishment of half a dozen Cubas in Central
America. The President should declare it to be American policy
to liquidate every Soviet outpost in Central America; and Con
gressmen who labor relentlessly to impede that national purpose,
while cloaking their resistance with the familiar patter of pro
gressive nonsense, should be identified for what they have
become: Passive--and in some cases active--collaborators of the
Communist Empire.
Walter H. Annenberg, the President of Triangle Publications which publishes
TV GUIDE, and a former U.S. Ambassador to Great Britain, wrote a special
"commentary" in the April 16-22 copy of his high-circulation weekly maga
zine entitled "The High Price of Liberty." In it he took issue of the now
popular habit of having Soviet and other communist officials present their
views over U.S. television.
There is a curious process taking place in our country today.
Soviet arguments.••are given as much time on television as the
Administration's position, if not more. Network� departments
want to be objective, and objectivity involves presenting both
sides of a controversy. The fact that one side has a history of
lies and aggression carries'J.fttre"'we"Ight inrletwork evening news
presentations of today's headlines.
The freedom of the American press, a cornerstone of our system,
is an ideal setting for outside manipulation. The Soviets can
orchestrate a reply to our President and be certain that their