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great deal about the way of give, and God's law.
anxious to learn more.
I am very
T.R. (Kingsland, GA)
I received The PLAIN TRUTH about
25
years ago for awhile, but
then I got to moving around so much that I lost track of it, and I
lost touch with hearing Mr. Armstrong. I heard him today for the
first time in
20
years and I am overjoyed. It's such a blessing!
J.H. (Riddle, OR)
I heard Mr. Armstrong years ago when I was a teen-ager (I'm
45
now) and couldn't believe it when I turned on the radio this
morning and heard him again! He's still talking about the same
things!
ON THE WORLD SCENE
Mrs. R.N. (Kansas City, MO)
--Richard Rice, Mail Processing Center
CASTING THE DIE FOR THE LOSS OF CENTRAL AMERICA The Reagan Administration
has suffered a severe blow in its program to stem Communist inroads in
Central America. In an extremely quick 84-12 vote this past Tuesday (April
10), the Senate passed a non-binding vote to condemn the CIA-backed plan of
mining harbors along the Nicaraguan coast. The House of Representatives
followed with similar condemnations.
Leading Senators claimed they had not been fully informed of this phase of
the so-called "covert" plan to intensify pressure on the Sandinista
government in Managua. CIA chief William J. Casey claims otherwise.
The mining operation, intended to disrupt the shipment of arms through
Nicaragua to the leftist guerrillas in El Salvador, became a matter of con
troversy after seven ships were damaged. The weapons involved are so
called "acoustic" mines which are set off by the sound of passing vessels.
The mines cripple a large ship's operating mechanisms, but do not destroy
it.
There is no doubt that the mining operation was severely impacting
Nicaragua's economy and beginning to hamper its war operations. As the
controversy in Congress mounted, Nicaragua's Foreign Minister Miguel
D'Escoto, in a very shrewd move, traveled to Washington, where, from the
Nicaraguan Embassy--in order to get maximum U.S. press attention--he
announced that Nicaragua would bring the case to the attention of the World
Court in the Hague. The TV news people fumbled all over themselves to get
him on their interview segments.
D'Escoto charged that the U.S. was guilty of "state-supported terrorism"-
employing a phrase that the U.S. has often used in condemning Communist
backed terrorist attacks around the world. D'Escoto was backed by House
Speaker O'Neill who called the U.S. action "terrorism at its worst."
The U.S. State Department replied that it would not submit to a World Court
decision. While Washington possesses this freedom of action, its refusal
nevertheless made it look "guilty" in the world's eyes.