Non-Lethal Supplies Shipped to Contras
Associated Press
WASHINGTON —
The United States has sent Nicaraguan rebels the first shipment of non-lethal supplies--boots, clothing and medicines--from the $27 million aid package approved by Congress last summer, the head of a special State Department office said Friday.
Robert W. Duemling, director of the Nicaraguan Humanitarian Assistance Office, said the first supplies were flown from New Orleans on Thursday to a location in Central America that he would not disclose. He said his office has so far spent $980,000.
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