NICARAGUA, REPUBLIC OF

Addresses

Central America: President Reagan, 751-754 [3FE]

Central America and Mexico in the Balance: Constantine C. Menges, 2981-2983 [2MR]

Democratic Response to President Reagan's Weekly Radio Broadcast: Representative Gephardt, 684 [2FE]

Enigma of U.S. Foreign Policy: Ulric Haynes, Jr., 13482-13485 [6JN]

Iran/Contra Affair: Representative Hamilton, 3549 [8MR]

Labor and the World: J.F. Otero, 1197 [4FE]

Seizing the Initiative U.S.-Soviet Relations in the 1990's: Michael S. Dukakis, Governor of Massachusetts, 23718 [14SE]

Affidavits

Tony Avirgan and Martha Honey v. John Hull: Thomas R. Spencer, 20307-20309 [3AU]

Agreements

Government of Nicaragua and the Nicaraguan resistance, 5181 [24MR], 6028 [31MR]

Amendments

Central America: support peace, democracy, and reconciliation (H.J. Res. 523), 5900-5903 [30MR], 6029, 6183 [31MR]

Contras: assistance (H.J. Res. 484), 3236 [3MR]

———assistance (Michel substitute), 2504 [25FE]

Articles and editorials

Aid Cutoff Cited as a Key to Accord—Managua and Contras Achieving Truce, Concur on Role of Congress, 5952 [30MR]

Amherst's Sister City Feels War's Effects—Nicaraguan Conflict Ends in Death to Sons of La Paz Centro, 403 [28JA]

Area Women Helping in Nicaragua, 403 [28JA]

Arias Peace Plan Needs U.S. Help, 183 [27JA]

Arias Plan—Diplomats Fiddle While Nicaragua Burns, 9161 [27AP]

Arias Should Earn Nobel by Calling Ortega to Account, 11333 [17MY], 11349 [17MY], 11527 [18MY]

Assistance to Contras, 854, 858 [3FE], 2521 [25FE]

Avoid Peace, at Any Price If We Won't Take Risks Now, Intervention Will Be Required, 3966 [15MR]

Avoiding Foes, Shooting Civilians, 544 [1FE]

Betrayal, 25188 [23SE]

Beware the Soviet ``Peace'' Plan for Nicaragua, 933 [3FE]

Bitter Contras Recall Days of Hope and U.S. Support, 32598 [21OC]

Call It the Write-Off Doctrine, 932 [3FE], 31179 [17OC]

Carter's Unfulfilled Deal, 566-567 [1FE]

Casting Call on Aid to Contras, 4291 [17MR]

Cease-Fire in Nicaragua, 12476 [25MY]

Central American Peace Plan, 1011 [4FE]

Christic Case Thrown Out of Court, 20313 [3AU]

Christic Mystics and Their Drug-Running Theories, 20310-20313 [3AU]

Christic's ``Fairy Tale'' Lawsuit Called ``Legal Terrorism'', 20309 [3AU]

Clearly Visible Origins, 9167 [27AP]

Closing Down of La Prensa, 7276 [19AP]

Compromise Proposal Offered To Keep Bermudez, Let Dissident Officers Return, 18211 [13JY]

Congress, the Contra Vote and ``Friends of Freedom'', 4608 [21MR]

Conservative Traditions Overturned by Hard Right, 33474 [21OC]

Contra Aid Counter to Prospects for Peace, 22762 [7SE]

Contra Aid Offensive Fizzles Amid Contradictions, 4298 [17MR]

Contra Aid—Bad Answer to Bad Question, 1043 [4FE]

Contra Aid—Continued Funding Would Undercut Central American Peace Plan, 1676 [17FE]

Contra Aide, 10791 [12MY]

Contra Assistance (sundry), 3206 [3MR]

Contra Bases Called Target of Managua, 4288 [17MR]

Contra Disintegration, 16523 [29JN]

Contra Peace-Talks Ploy Disclosed, 18212 [13JY]

Contra Power Struggle, 18211 [13JY]

Contras Could Have Won, 21506-21510 [10AU]

Contras Leave a Trail of Tears, 546-547 [1FE]

Contras Likely To Scale Back Forces, 6033 [31MR]

Contras Reject Sandinistas' Proposal for Truce Extension, 10794 [12MY]

Contras Surrender—The Democrats Get Their Way, 5290 [25MR], 6034 [31MR]

Contras Vow Anew To Stay at Peace Talks, 10794 [12MY]

Contras Wage War of Symbols, 547 [1FE]

Cruz Ponders Solutions to Nicaraguan Malaise, 3009 [2MR]

David Bonior's Democrats, 15119 [17JN], 16531 [29JN]

Deployment Alarms Democrats, 4284 [17MR]

Domestic Dangers of the Contra War, 3609 [9MR]

Drug of Anti-Communism, 3013 [2MR]

Endangering Those Who Dared To Speak, 30179 [12OC]

Eyes Have It, 4449 [18MR]

Five Guilty in $10 Million Cocaine Run, 20306 [3AU]

5,000 Nicaraguans Protest Conditions With Rally in Streets, 4279, 4294 [17MR]

FMLN Kills 3 Women During Transport Ban, 2548 [25FE]

For the Sake of United States and Central American Security, Stop Aid to the Contras, 1048 [4FE]

From Munich to Managua, 1881 [19FE]

Harry S. Truman Is One To Follow on Aid to Contras, 941 [3FE]

Honduran Cooperation in Support of Contras Is Cooling, 6033 [31MR]

House Erupts Over Accusation on Contra Aid, 4285 [17MR]

How the Contras Created Shultz' Credibility Gap, 21522 [10AU]

In 1980, Nicaraguans Arrived With ``a Crazy and Foolish Idea'', 32599 [21OC]

Jim Wright and the CIA, 25143 [23SE], 27312 [30SE]

Jim Wright's Vietnam, 4103 [16MR], 4292, 4300 [17MR]

La Prensa Out of Paper, Cites Discrimination, 6923 [14AP], 10793 [12MY]

Left in Disneyland, 20314 [3AU]

Light One Candle, 9796 [3MY]

Long Night in a Nicaraguan Orphanage, 577 [2FE]

Maligning of an American Patriot, 20313 [3AU]

Managua Attempts a ``Knockout Blow'', 4279, 4293 [17MR]

Managua Blocks Flight of Paper to La Prensa, 6924 [14AP], 10792 [12MY]

March of Folly in Further Contra Aid, 563 [1FE]

New Iran-Contra Revelations, 33479 [21OC]

New Plan Paralyzes Nicaraguan Economy—Plenty of Rotten Eggs, but No Rice, No Beans, 4280, 4295 [17MR]

Nicaragua Accused of Violating Territory, 4287 [17MR]

Nicaragua Assistance to Contras, 3250 [3MR]

Nicaragua Cuts Off American Airlift of Paper to La Prensa, 6923 [14AP], 10792 [12MY]

Nicaragua Moms Riot Against Military Draft, 4281, 4295 [17MR]

Nicaragua Proposes Direct Talks With Contras, 3219 [3MR]

Nicaragua Revives Gang Tactics To Block Opposition, 3556 [8MR], 4282, 4295 [17MR]

Nicaragua Taking a Tougher Stand on the Opposition, 11368 [17MY]

Nicaragua—Managua Suspends 3 Newscasts, 1 Radio Station, 10793 [12MY]

Nicaraguan Military Assistance, 6027 [31MR]

Nicaraguan Police Arrest 30 in 2-Month-Old Strike, 10793 [12MY]

Nicaragua—One Last Chance, 15119 [17JN]

Nicaragua's Secret Plan, 8667 [25AP]

Noriega—The Big Ditch in Panama, 2678 [29FE]

One More Flabby Flexing of U.S. Muscle, 5115 [24MR]

Ortega Denies That His Troops Crossed Into Honduras, 4289 [17MR]

Ortega Denounces ``Pseudo-Leaders'' of Labor, 10795 [12MY]

Ortega Says Congress Hurt the Contras, 4144 [16MR], 4279, 4294 [17MR]

Ortega Threatens to Attack if Contras Refuse to Bend, 10794 [12MY]

Ortega Threatens To Crush Contras, 2521 [25FE], 4278, 4292 [17MR]

``Pardoned'' La Prensa Accused of Following Reagan Line, 2984 [2MR]

Pinning Failure on the Donkey, 1007 [4FE]

Placing Too Much Faith in Our Foes?, 6035 [31MR]

Political Fiction Says Contra Camp Does Not Exist, 551 [1FE]

Politics of Contra Aid, 3953 [15MR]

Pretrial Pardons for North and Poindexter? No: Representative Rodino, 19475 [28JY]

Preventing Irangate Reruns, 23859 [14SE]

Price of Freedom—Pay Now or Pay Later, 1440 [16FE]

Public Ignorance on Central America Reflects a Major Failure for Reagan, 13637 [7JN]

Radio News Program Iglesia Canceled, 14308 [13JN]

Reagan Considers Session on Contra Aid, 30641 [14OC]

Reagan Is Crying Wolf on Nicaragua, 5968 [30MR]

Reagan Scorns Dukakis on Defense—Democrat's ``Disneyland'' Policies Are Called Menace to Society, 23708 [14SE]

Reagan Sends 3,200 Troops to Honduras—Azcona Asks Help Against Sandinistas, 4287 [17MR]

Reagan Spurred Latin Democracy? Nonsense, 21968 [11AU]

Reagan's Dwindling Options—Time to Confront the Deadly Strike Against the Contras, 10177 [9MY]

Rebels' Jungle Trek a Mission of Fits and Starts, 549 [1FE]

Repression Flows as It Gets Hot Under Sandinista Collar, 27331-27333 [30SE]

Repression in Nicaragua, 21418 [9AU]

Resistance Leaders Struggle To Heal Rift, 11490 [18MY]

Resuming Contra Aid Would End Peace Hope, 16526 [29JN]

Sandinista Police Batter, Arrest Dozens of Strikers, 10793 [12MY]

Sandinista Strategy, 21512 [10AU]

Sandinista Supporters Disrupt Opposition Rally—Police Watch as Civilian Mob Confronts Marchers, 3661 [10MR], 4281 [17MR], 4295 [17MR]

Sandinistas Confiscate Evidence of Their Dirty Secrets, 18936 [26JY]

Sandinistas Crack Down on Three Radio Stations, 10374 [10MY]

Sandinistas Find Contras, Who Then Turn and Run, 551-553 [1FE]

Sandinistas Hammer Rebels, Ortega Boasts—Reagan Pleads With Lawmakers, 4283, 4298 [17MR]

Sandinistas Hold Leaders of Opposition After March, 10373 [10MY], 10794 [12MY]

Secret Aid To Contra Kin Ends, 5971 [30MR]

Should the Contras Be Newly Funded? No, Because Human Rights Won't Benefit, 1059 [4FE]

Soviet Arms Supplies to Sandinistas Continue Unabated, 4293 [17MR]

Strife Grows in Nicaragua—Hopes for Peace Fade Despite Contra Cutoff, 2457 [24FE]

Subtle Undermining of a Nation (series), 872, 873 [3FE]

Superdiplomat Jim Wright, 16531 [29JN]

Tactics Designed To Defeat, 1008 [4FE]

Talk of the Town, 6331 [11AP]

Their Style of Democracy, 307 [27JA]

Time for a ``Yes'' Vote on Contra Aid, 963 [3FE], 1212 [8FE]

Tough Words From a Good Friend, 22884-22885 [8SE]

Tougher Stand on the Opposition—New Curbs on the Press—Regime Resists Strikers, Ends Miskito Talks and Presses Contras With Threats, 11540 [18MY]

Triumph or Death?, 4291 [17MR]

Troop Order Takes Pentagon Chiefs by Surprise, 4284 [17MR]

Trying To Diminish the Presidency, 9816 [3MY]

Two Protesters Slain by Sandinista Troops, 4282, 4297 [17MR]

U.S. Fliers Aiding Contras—Ortega, 4290 [17MR]

U.S. Frame-Up of Nicaragua Charged, 1057 [4FE]

U.S. Intervention in Haiti Condemned, 2984 [2MR]

U.S. Kept Changing Purpose of Resistance, 32600 [21OC]

U.S. May Admit Rebels, 1201 [8FE]

U.S. Said To Weigh Sending Airborne Force to Honduras, 4286 [17MR]

U.S. Says Kremlin Proposed To Cut Aid to Nicaragua, 1041 [4FE]

U.S. Should Support Peace Plan and Contras, 822 [3FE]

U.S. Snub of World Court Won't Avert Day of Reckoning, 33528 [21OC]

U.S. To Give Defector $800,000, 1049 [4FE]

United States Role in Mining Nicaraguan Harbors Reportedly Is Larger Than First Thought, 3134 [4MR]

Viet History Repeating Itself in Nicaragua, 937 [3FE]

Where Militarism Flourishes, 22363 [11AU]

White House Orders Troops Into Honduras, 4283 [17MR]

Who Does He Speak For—Appeasement Will Not Work With the Communists any Better Than It Worked With the Nazis, 29157 [6OC]

World Court and Nicaragua—Our Right To Know and To Understand Law's Relevance to Peace and Disarmament, 33529-33530 [21OC]

Wright vs. CIA—A Challenge to the Secret Government, 26835 [29SE]

Wright's Mouth Danger to Peace, 25837 [27SE]

Bills and resolutions

Central America: peace, democracy, and reconciliation (see S.J. Res. 351; H.J. Res. 523)

Children: survival assistance (see H.R. 4300)

Civil liberties: suppression (see H. Res. 589)

Contras: assistance (see S.J. Res. 276; H.J. Res. 514; H. Res. 412)

———assistance (H.J. Res. 532), consideration (see H. Res. 417)

Democracy: promote through the National Endowment for Democracy (see H.R. 4617)

Dept. of Justice: permit U.S. entry of certain Cuban or Nicaraguan nationals residing in Panama (see H.R. 4487)

Esquipulas II agreement: release all political prisoners in accordance (see H. Con. Res. 327)

Government: condemnation of antidemocratic actions (H. Res. 497), consideration (see H. Res. 498)

Humanitarian assistance: discourage Dept. of the Treasury regulation of donation of articles to relieve human suffering (see H. Con. Res. 320)

———trauma care for victims of war (see S. 2239; H.R. 4312)

International Emergency Economic Powers Act: terminate sanctions imposed (see H.R. 4403)

Military assistance: call on Soviet Union to withhold (see H. Con. Res. 275)

National Freedom Fighter Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 452)

Nicaragua Freedom Act: enact (see H.J. Res. 625)

U.S. policy (see H. Con. Res. 248)

———condemn antidemocratic actions (see H. Res. 497)

———limit introduction of U.S. troops (see S. 2198; H.R. 4235)

———lift economic sanctions (see H.R. 4398)

———prohibit introduction of U.S. troops (see S.J. Res. 274)

———reforms made toward peace, pluralism, and democracy (see H.R. 4285, H.J. Res. 566)

Broadcasts

Nicaragua cease-fire truce (Managua Radio), 10795 [12MY]

Cables

Humanitarian assistance to Contras: Dept. of State, 21478 [10AU]

Chronologies

America's on-again, off-again Nicaragua policy: Republican Policy Committee, 1013 [4FE]

Nicaraguan Sandinista actions: Dept. of State, 12520 [26MY]

Nicaraguan violations of the Esquipulas II peace agreement, 31316 [18OC]

Recent events, 11154 [16MY]

Communiques

Peace initiative: Contadora Group, 1040 [4FE], 4818 [22MR]

———Government of Nicaragua and YATAMA (organization), 1945 [22FE]

Dispatches

Contra issue provokes disorder in the House, 4286 [17MR]

Fort Ord, timely practice, 4284 [17MR]

U.S.-Nicaragua relations, 4299 [17MR]

Documents

Biographies of Sandinista Government's Inner Circle, 797-803 [3FE]

Constitution, 491-498 [1FE]

Procedure for Establishment of a Strong and Lasting Peace in Central America: 5 Central American Presidents, 819-821 [3FE]

Sandinista Promises: Republican Policy Committee, 1020-1023 [4FE]

Strategic Estimate (excerpts), 2979-2981 [2MR]

Examples

Sandinista's violations of civil liberties, 21500, 21501 [10AU]

Interviews

Exploring Wright's expectations—House Speaker perceives shifts in the Communist world, with Representative Wright, 6327-6330 [11AP], 9875 [4MY]

Nicaraguan mothers try to free their sons, with Concepcion Salazar, 25055 [22SE]

Letters

Assistance to Contras, 1441 [16FE]

———Drew Gibson, 896 [3FE], 1449 [16FE]

———Henry K. Stanford, 4368 [17MR]

———John K. Singlaub, 31178 [17OC]

———John P. Comer, 3556 [8MR]

———Larry Tracy, 922 [3FE]

———Nicaraguan mother, 855 [3FE]

———Nils Castro, Commission on U.S.-Latin American Relations, 569 [1FE]

———Oliver L. North, 1043 [4FE]

———President Reagan, 751 [3FE]

———Representative Gonzalez, 5349 [28MR]

———Representative Wright, 31179 [17OC]

———several Representatives, 2983 [2MR], 3654 [10MR]

———Sharon M. Grier, 4147 [16MR]

Constitutionality of section 711 of H.R. 3100, International Security and Development Cooperation Act: Library of Congress, 2546 [25FE]

Denunciation of Sandinistas: Violetta Chamorro, 15737 [22JN]

Economic assistance need in Central America: Norman E. Barth, et al., 882 [3FE]

GAO report on conditions of certain displaced persons: Elie Wiesel, 15510 [22JN]

Health conditions in Nicaragua: Susan Cooksan and Tim Takaro, 848 [3FE]

Humanitarian food and medical assistance to Nicaraguan Contras: Representatives Kemp and Pepper, 9974 [5MY]

National security implications of a Sandinista victory over Contras: Frank C. Carlucci, Sec. of Defense, 13952 [9JN]

Nicaraguan invasion of Honduras, Jean Walsh and J. Dennis Marker, 8666 [25AP]

Peace initiative: Susan Cookson and Jim Palermo, 5077 [23MR]

———Susan Cookson and Tim Takaro, 5076 [23MR]

Sale of military equipment to Nicaraguan Contras: Representative Houghton, 12525 [26MY]

Sandinista noncompliance with peace agreements: Violeta Chamorro, 21498, 21500 [10AU]

Sandinista regime: Violeta B. de Chamorro (sundry), 17438 [11JY]

Speaker Wright's disclosure of information relative to Nicaragua: Representative Gonzalez, 27308 [30SE]

U.S.-Soviet levels of involvement in Central America: Colin Powell, 3577, 3581 [9MR]

Violations of civil liberties: several Senators, 18142 [13JY]

Witness for Peace tour of Nicaragua: Bayard and Evelyn McConnaughey, 25838 [27SE]

Memorandums

Assistance to Contras: Americas Watch, 1058 [4FE]

———Commission on U.S.-Latin American Relations, 569 [1FE]

———Larry Tracy, 2988 [2MR]

———Robert Owen, 323 [28JA]

U.S. Policy in Central America, 1057 [4FE]

U.S. Policy Toward Nicaragua: Larry Tracy, 4114 [16MR]

Messages

Assistance to Nicaraguan Democratic Resistance: President Reagan, 262 [27JA]

Extension of National Emergency With Respect to Nicaragua: President Reagan, 8639 [25AP]

Petitions

Assistance to Contras: Isle au Haut, ME, Selectman, 9674 [2MY]

Contra forces in Nicaragua: Public Affairs Luncheon Club of Dallas, 8372 [21AP]

Pledge

Sandinista Creed, 902 [3FE]

Press releases

Arias-Sanchez peace plan commitments, 21479 [10AU]

CIA attempts to undermine Nicaragua's leftist government: Associated Press, 24730 [22SE]

Disclosure of confidential information by Speaker of House: Associated Press, 25195 [23SE]

Remarks in House

American Legion: assistance to Contras, 3556 [8MR]

Arias-Sanchez, Oscar: implementation of peace plan, 11333 [17MY], 11349 [17MY]

Arms sales: diversion of funds, 185 [27JA], 5111 [24MR]

Baldazon, Alvaro: mysterious death, 28170 [4OC]

Boren, David: Dept. of State efforts for release by Contras, 3558 [8MR]

Bush, Vice President: leadership, 24101-24103 [15SE]

Chamorro, Edgar: testimony before International Court of Justice, 26814 [29SE]

Children: survival assistance (H.R. 4300), 6233 [31MR]

Civil liberties: arrestation of opposition leaders, 9970 [5MY]

———political prisoners, 16573 [30JN]

———Sandinista atrocities, 23294 [9SE]

———trade unions, 1947 [22FE]

———violations, 9875, 9877 [4MY], 11260 [17MY], 11368 [17MY], 13797 [8JN], 17819 [12JY], 18495, 18552 [14JY], 18935 [26JY], 19802 [2AU], 22058 [11AU], 23413 [9SE], 25015-25019 [22SE], 32730 [21OC], 33498 [21OC]

Close Up Foundation: forum on U.S. relations, 10877 [12MY]

Contras: assistance, 46 [25JA], 182, 183, 184, 186, 187, 189, 190 [27JA], 307 [27JA], 323, 324 [28JA], 563 [1FE], 575-578, 580, 601 [2FE], 776, 816, 892, 897-908, 917-928, 932, 942, 963, 964 [3FE], 973 [4FE], 1201-1203 [8FE], 1218 [8FE], 1440-1441 [16FE], 1449 [16FE], 1676 [17FE], 1692 [18FE], 2441 [24FE], 2503, 2505, 2508-2513, 2515, 2521-2524 [25FE], 3318 [3MR], 3500-3505 [7MR], 3609, 3619, 3622 [9MR], 3654, 3655, 3660 [10MR], 3966 [15MR], 4079-4083, 4100, 4102 [16MR], 4109-4132 [16MR], 4144 [16MR], 4368 [17MR], 4470 [21MR], 4608, 4611 [21MR], 4718 [22MR], 5045, 5046 [23MR], 5069, 5076 [23MR], 5872, 5873, 5874, 5929, 5930-5937, 5939, 5940 [30MR], 5968 [30MR], 9816 [3MY], 10176 [9MY], 10286 [10MY], 11376, 11378 [18MY], 11540 [18MY], 12028 [23MY], 12559 [26MY], 14071, 14073 [10JN], 16523 [29JN], 17785, 17789 [12JY], 18408 [14JY], 18819 [26JY], 19802 [2AU], 21417 [9AU], 22346, 22403 [11AU], 27331, 27346 [30SE], 27991 [3OC], 31170 [14OC], 32730 [21OC]

———assistance (H.J. Res. 484), 3204, 3236 [3MR]

———assistance (H.J. Res. 514), 5099 [23MR]

———humanitarian food and medical assistance, 9974 [5MY]

———status of U.S. taxpayers' donations made to certain organizations, 1691 [18FE]

Democracy: political groups and labor unions struggle, 25277 [23SE]

———promote through the National Endowment for Democracy (H.R. 4617), 11262 [17MY]

Dukakis, Michael S.: position on foreign relations, 29600 [7OC]

———support from Daniel Ortega, 22058 [11AU]

El Salvador: FMLN murders, 2548 [25FE]

Esquipulas II agreement: release of political prisoners (H. Con. Res. 327), 18541 [14JY]

———violations, 19234 [27JY]

Fonda, Vanessa: factfinding trip, 17789 [12JY]

Honduras: deployment of U.S. troops, 8665 [25AP]

———incursion into territory, 4369 [17MR]

———evidence of Soviet assistance, 5876 [30MR]

International Court of Justice: decision in Nicaragua suit against U.S., 33528 [21OC]

International Emergency Economic Powers Act: terminate sanctions imposed (H.R. 4403), 7514 [19AP]

Iran: arms sales indictments, 4367 [17MR]

La Prensa (newspaper): closing, 7302 [19AP]

Linder, Benjamin: anniversary of death, 9501, 9506 [28AP]

Military assistance: U.S.-Soviet levels of involvement, 3576, 3581 [9MR]

Mother Teresa: visit, 17738 [12JY]

National defense: national security implications of a Sandinista victory over Contra resistance, 13951-13958 [9JN]

News media: coverage of events, 17829 [12JY]

North, Oliver L.: role in diversion of funds to Contras, 29612 [7OC]

Ortega, Daniel: Representative Wright's interview, 6326 [11AP]

Peace initiative, 569 [1FE], 1342 [9FE], 1945 [22FE], 2457 [24FE], 2718 [11AU], 2979-2990 [2MR], 3533-3537 [8MR], 3573, 3574 [9MR], 4470 [21MR], 4718 [22MR], 4818 [22MR], 5112-5119 [24MR], 5952 [30MR], 6979 [14AP], 8425 [21AP], 9161 [27AP], 11527 [18MY], 12231 [25MY], 12476 [25MY], 16526 [29JN], 17737-17741 [12JY], 32728 [21OC]

———support (H.J. Res. 523), 14724 [15JN]

Political campaigns: Quayle-Bentsen Vice Presidential debate, 29590 [7OC]

Political situation, 16531 [29JN], 16619 [30JN]

La Prensa (newspaper): Government control of newsprint, 6813 [14AP]

Radio: cancellation of news program Noticiero Iglesia, 14308 [13JN]

Radio Catolica News: closing, 13382 [3JN]

Reagan, President: policies in Central America, 4180 [17MR]

Refugees: assistance, 28219 [4OC]

Sandinista government: condemnation of antidemocratic actions (H. Res. 497), 18411, 18437-18445 [14JY]

———condemnation of antidemocratic actions (H. Res. 497), consideration (H. Res. 498), 18428 [14JY]-18437 [14JY]

———diplomatic relations and OAS forum (H. Con. Res. 41), 565 [1FE]

———history of movement, 9167 [27AP]

———strategy document, 6356 [12AP]

Soviet Union: influence and activities, 14368 [14JN]

———spread of communism, 2916 [2MR]

Terrorism: attacks on political opposition, 3555 [8MR]

U.S. policy, 8666 [25AP], 10004 [5MY], 13929-13930 [9JN], 17805-17810 [12JY], 18820 [26JY], 19681-19684 [1AU], 21427 [9AU], 24873 [22SE], 25837 [27SE], 30179 [12OC], 30638-30641 [14OC]

———tracking reforms necessary for peace, pluralism, and democracy (H.R. 4285), 5667 [29MR], 8851 [26AP]

———reforms made toward peace, pluralism, and democracy (H.J. Res. 566), 10490, 10491 [11MY]

———support peace, democracy, and reconciliation (H.J. Res. 523), 5891 [30MR], 5980 [31MR]

U.S. troops: deployment, 4175-4179, 4214, 4215 [17MR], 9633-9636 [2MY]

Wright, Speaker: disclosure of information relative to Nicaragua, 24872, 24873, 24874, 24875, 25007, 25015-25019 [22SE], 25143, 25159-25165 [23SE], 25273 [23SE], 26685, 26780 [29SE], 26835 [29SE], 27308-27312 [30SE], 27783 [3OC], 28988 [6OC], 31793 [19OC]

———interview on Daniel Ortega, 6326 [11AP]

Remarks in Senate

Appropriations making (H.J. Res. 395) consideration (S.J. Res. 243), 418 [28JA], 1002-1069 [4FE]

Civil liberties: violation of Guatemala City accord, 17734 [12JY]

———violation of Sapoa agreement with Contras, 17734 [12JY]

———violations, 17585, 17586 [12JY], 18141, 18197-18222 [13JY], 32514 [21OC]

Civil war: environmental impact, 17727 [12JY]

———trauma care for victims (S. 2239), 6143 [31MR]

Contras: assistance, 402 [28JA], 463, 488-491, 509-511, 544 [1FE], 632-636, 644 [2FE], 702, 704, 705, 739, 743, 745, 751, 754, 755, 772 [3FE], 998-1000, 1001 [4FE], 1881 [19FE], 3321, 3390 [4MR], 3952 [15MR], 4466 [18MR], 10791 [12MY], 11489 [18MY], 15118 [17JN], 19699 [1AU], 19882 [2AU], 21440, 21466-21502, 21504, 21514-21527 [10AU], 25188 [23SE], 29238 [7OC], 32597 [21OC]

———assistance (S.J. Res. 276), 4444 [18MR]

Democracy: promote (S.J. Res. 351), 18264 [13JY], 18563 [25JY]

———support peace, democracy, and reconciliation (H.J. Res. 523), 6014-6016, 6019-6046 [31MR]

Esquipulas II peace agreement: violations, 31315-31317, 31327 [18OC]

Honduras: deployment of U.S. troops, 4277-4301, 4315 [17MR], 4449, 4466 [18MR]

———incursion, 4449 [18MR]

International relations: U.S. and Soviet involvement with developing countries, 4491 [21MR]

Newspapers: closing of La Prensa, 7276 [19AP]

Panama: prompt Presidential report on presence of Soviet, Cuban, or Nicaraguan combat forces, 9302, 9304-9306 [28AP]

Peace initiative, 3952 [15MR], 5181 [24MR], 5228 [24MR], 5290, 5291 [25MR], 5861 [30MR], 6922 [14AP], 17437, 17439 [11JY]

———Oscar Arias-Sanchez plan, 21466 [10AU]

Reagan, President: assessment of policies, 19866 [2AU]

Sandinista government: recent developments, 18339 [14JY]

U.S. policy, 607 [2FE], 19699 [1AU], 21558 [10AU], 21967 [11AU], 31177 [17OC]

U.S. troops: deployment, 4223, 4224, 4234, 4243, 4324 [17MR]

———prohibit deployment (S.J. Res. 274), 4334 [17MR]

Wright, Speaker: disclosure of information relative to Nicaragua, 24729 [22SE], 25195 [23SE]

Yatama Indians: humanitarian assistance, 10790 [12MY]

Reports

Assistance to Contras: Committee on Secret Military Assistance to Iran and the Nicaraguan Opposition (Senate, Select) and Committee To Investigate Covert Arms Transactions With Iran (House, Select) (excerpt), 46 [25JA], 184-187, 190 [27JA], 5045 [23MR]

———(S. Rept. 100-216; H. Rept. 100-433) (excerpt), 9530 [29AP]

Journey to Nicaragua: William B. Grove, 3025 [2MR]

Sandinista Promises: Republican Policy Committee, 511-514 [1FE]

Reports filed

Assistance to Contras (H.Res. 417), Consideration: Committee on Rules (H.J. Res. 523) (H. Rept. 100-540), 5653 [29MR]

Condemnation of Antidemocratic Actions: Committee on Rules (H. Res. 498) (H. Rept. 100-775), 18467 [14JY]

Resolutions by organizations

Assistance to Contras: Commission on U.S.-Latin American Relations, 570 [1FE]

———National Association of Pro America, 8664 [25AP]

Statements

Assistance to Contras: a Representative, 861 [3FE]

———George P. Shultz, Sec. of State, 856 [3FE]

———Miguel Obando y Bravo, 1063 [4FE]

———Representative Kemp, 12559 [26MY]

———Representative Pepper, 3220 [3MR]

———Robert Owen, 1042 [4FE]

———Roger Miranda, 860 [3FE]

———several religious representatives, 840 [3FE], 1044-1047 [4FE]

Central America and the Caribbean: AFL-CIO, 2759 [1MR]

Daniel Ortega Should Make Certain Gestures To Save Peace Plan: Oscar Arias-Sanchez, 21482 [10AU]

Disclosure of Information Relative to Nicaragua: Speaker Wright, 26835 [29SE]

Giving Peace a Chance, Again: George P. Shultz, Sec. of State, 6037 [31MR]

Marxist-Leninist Education in Nicaragua, 601 [2FE]

Monroe Doctrine, the Symms Amendment, and a Tragedy in the Making: John K. Singlaub, 31180 [17OC]

Nicaragua Cease-Fire Agreement: George P. Shultz, Sec. of State, 6028 [31MR]

Nicaraguan Elections: Adolfo Calero, 2523 [25FE]

Nicaragua Sandinista Government, 889 [3FE]

———Daniel Ortega, 1007 [4FE]

———Humberto Ortega, 1007 [4FE]

———Miguel Obando y Bravo, 1016 [4FE]

Peace Plan, 6030 [31MR]

———Daniel Ortega, 853 [3FE]

———Guatemala Accords, 863 [3FE]

———Oscar Arias-Sanchez, 580 [2FE]

———Susan K. Purcell, 2444 [24FE]

Nicaraguan-Soviet Alliance: Bosco Matamoros, 6032 [31MR]

Policy of Containment Applied to Central America: Senator Packwood, 21488 [10AU]

Policy Options in Central America and the Caribbean: Representative Dornan, 5937 [30MR]

President Ortega's Commitment to a Future Peace Plan: (sundry), 21482 [10AU]

Without Democracy in Nicaragua Peace Plan Will Not Work: Oscar Arias-Sanchez, 816 [16FE]

Studies

Health-Related Outcomes of War in Nicaragua, Richard M. Garfield, Thomas Frieden, and Sten H. Vermund, 958 [3FE]

Surveys

Americans on Contra Aid—Broad Opposition: New York (NY) Times, 1058 [4FE]

Tables

Major Sandinista requests for Soviet hardware, 1986-95, 1056 [4FE]

Nicaragua—the military buildup, 1014 [4FE]

Soviet Bloc equipment delivered to Nicaragua, 704 [3FE]

U.S. assistance to Nicaraguan Contras, 704 [3FE]

Telegrams

Assistance to Contras: Representative Wright, 3655 [10MR]

———Speaker Wright, 4117 [16MR]

Testimonies

Accounting of Humanitarian Assistance to Central America: Representative Panetta, 18497 [14JY]

CIA Involvement in Central America: Edgar Chamorro, 26815 [29SE]

Civil Liberties in Nicaragua: Gary Moore, 17819 [12JY]

Texts of

H. Con. Res. 275, urging Soviet Union and its allies to withhold military assistance to Nicaragua, 5936 [30MR]

H. Res. 390, assistance to Contras, 3204 [3MR]

H. Res. 473, consideration of H.J. Res. 523, supporting peace, democracy, and reconciliation in Central America, 14725 [15JN]

H. Res. 497, condemn Government's antidemocratic actions, 18437 [14JY]

H.J. Res. 444, consideration of H.J. Res. 395, appropriations, 907 [3FE]

H.J. Res. 484, assistance to Contras, 3235 [3MR]

H.J. Res. 523, support peace, democracy, and reconciliation in Central America, 5911 [30MR]

H.R. 4403, terminate sanctions imposed against Nicaragua under International Emergency Economic Powers Act, 7515 [19AP]

S. 2198, prohibit deployment of U.S. troops, 4440 [18MR]