The World - News from Feb. 21, 1986
The Republican chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee assailed a White House plan to declassify and release a secret Nicaraguan document on the Managua regime’s lobbying tactics as a bald political ploy and a “betrayal of the American people.” In a written statement, Sen. Dave Durenberger (Minn.) charged that the Administration is planning to release the document on Monday as part of its campaign to win congressional approval of $100 million in new aid for anti-government rebels, or contras. “The Administration clearly intends to lobby Congress--to portray every senator and congressman who votes against the lethal aid as a stooge of communism,” he said.
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