The World - News from Nov. 20, 1985
A State Department official said the Reagan Administration will not provide electric cattle prods to Central American governments as part of a proposed $54-million package of counterterrorism aid. James H. Michel, deputy assistant secretary of state for inter-American affairs, told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that he “would have no hesitation in giving” the assurance that the cattle prods, used for crowd control, would not be included if the panel approved an aid request.
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