NICARAGUA, REPUBLIC OF

Addresses

Appeals to Expatriates: Violeta B. Chamorro, 23320 [4OC]

Agreements

Election procedure: Nicaraguan Government and opposition parties, 22746 [2OC]

Amendments

Central America: bipartisan accord (H.R. 1750), 6420 [13AP]

———bipartisan accord (H.R. 1750), Committee on Appropriations amendments en bloc, 6420 [13AP]

———bipartisan accord (S. 760), 6490, 6506, 6521, 6527, 6593 [13AP]

Elections: assistance for free and fair process (H.R. 3385), 23277 [4OC], 24622 [13OC], 24701 [16OC], 24837, 24854, 24858, 24893, 24895, 24896 [17OC]

Analyses

GAO Investigation on Conditions of Displaced Nicaraguans and Salvadorans (H.R. 45), 25846 [25OC]

Articles and editorials

Anti-Sandinistas Wary on U.S. Aid, 18991 [4AU]

At Home in the Contra War, 25149 [18OC]

Betrayal, 6498 [13AP]

Bush Pressing Congress To Permit CIA Role in Nicaragua Election, 18991 [4AU]

CIA in Nicaragua—No Thanks, 18993 [4AU]

Coming to the Aid of Endangered Refugees, 25853 [25OC]

Covert U.S. Aid for Election Worse Than None, Says Ex-Contra Leader, 18991 [4AU]

Date Not Worth Celebrating, 16445 [26JY]

Democracy or Revenge?, 18992 [4AU]

Democrats and Nicaragua, 21374 [22SE], 24849, 24863 [17OC]

Effort To Bring Democracy to Nicaragua in Peril, 5631 [5AP]

Farewell to Alms—The Contras Can Win if They Break Their Culture of Dependency, 26092 [25OC]

Give Ortega Enough Rope, 28026 [8NO]

Hands Off, 18994 [4AU]

Help Nicaragua's Democrats, Openly, 24849 [17OC]

Here—Migrants and the Need for Safe Haven, 3050 [28FE]

Honduras Says It Seized Arms Bound for Salvadoran Rebels, 25561 [24OC], 25795 [24OC]

IDB-Sandinista Affair, 31440 [21NO]

In Managua, Carter Says He Is Satisfied With Nicaragua's Election Plans, 24157 [11OC]

In Nicaragua, Election Observers Are Coming?, 24875 [17OC]

Iran-Contra Ruling—Immunity's Limits, 297 [19JA]

Iran-Copter Affair, 20034 [12SE]

It Gets Worse for Salvadorans, 25852 [25OC]

Keep Watch on Our Elections, 28601 [13NO], 29290 [16NO]

Lottery Winner Granted Political Asylum, 8197 [4MY]

Mercy for Refugees, 25852 [25OC]

More IDB-Sandinista Flim-Flam, 31441 [21NO]

Mr. Bush, Alone on Nicaragua, 20405 [13SE]

Mr. Gregg Still Lacks Credibility, 20035 [12SE]

Mr. Ortega's Fumble, 26638 [31OC]

Nicaragua Sends Arms to Panama, 15513 [20JY]

Nicaraguan Opposition Operating on a Shoestring, 24863 [17OC]

Nicaraguan Turning Point—How the 1984 Vote Was Sabotaged, 18994-18996 [4AU]

Nicaraguans Register in Huge Numbers, 26183 [26OC], 31773 [21NO]

Nicaraguans Want Sandinistas Out, 28720 [14NO]

North Trial—Wrong Man, Wrong Issue, 4125 [14MR]

Ortega Does It Again, 26637 [31OC]

Ortega's Reckless Threat, 26638 [31OC]

Our War Against Nicaragua Saps America's Moral Authority, 19504 [15AU]

Pact Challenged by Bush Counsel—Latin Agreement Seen as Too Empowering for Congress, 6534 [13AP]

Policy of Hope Is No Policy, 27109 [3NO]

Post-Contra Opportunity, 20405 [13SE]

Rebel Drive Long Planned, U.S. Says, 29292 [16NO]

Resist the Temptation to Rig Nicaraguan Vote, 18993 [4AU]

Respite for Central American Refugees, 25852 [25OC]

Rights Group Cites Abuses in Nicaragua, 28559 [13NO]

Rights Monitors See Increase in Abuses by Sandinista Army, 7045 [18AP]

Salvadoran Tragedy, 25851 [25OC]

Salvadorans Deserve a Welcome, Too, 25853 [25OC]

Sandinista Election Law Violates Treaty, Opposition Figure Claims, 8065 [3MY]

Sandinistas Quietly Kill Off Contra Sympathizer Suspects, 7062 [19AP]

Sandinistas' True Colors Reflect in Aid to Noriega, 12614 [20JN]

Saving the Nicaraguan Election, 28940 [14NO]

Soviet Fist in Nicaraguan Glove, 6678 [17AP]

U.S. Calls Sandinista Election Laws Unfair, 7470 [25AP]

U.S. Group Aided Aria's Costa Rica Foes, 24866, 24874 [17OC]

U.S. Intervention in Nicaraguan Elections, 13738, 13740 [28JN]

U.S. Says East Bloc Increases Arms Shipments to Nicaragua, 24258 [12OC]

U.S. To Pare Aid in Nicaragua Vote, 24860 [17OC]

United Nations Will Monitor 1990 Elections in Nicaragua, 20937 [19SE]

Updating the Boland Amendment, 18994 [4AU]

Where I Stand, 5612-5615 [5AP], 8371-8372 [4MY]

Bills and resolutions

Central America: bipartisan accord (see S. 760; H.R. 1750)

Civil war: Sandinista abrogation of cease-fire (see S. Con. Res. 79)

Contras: assistance (see S. 609; H.R. 1423, 1753)

Economic assistance: covert operation to influence elections (see S. 1574; H.R. 2635)

———sanctions (see H.R. 418)

Elections: assistance for free and fair process (see H.R. 3385)

———observer missions (see H.R. 3076)

Foreign trade: embargo (see H.R. 399)

Immigration: increase flow (see S. Res. 150)

Peace and democracy: monthly Presidential reports (see H.R. 376)

Refugees: accord status to certain nationals unwilling to return (see S. 1093)

———GAO investigation on certain (see S. 458; H.R. 45)

U.S. policy (see H.J. Res. 246)

Broadcasts

All Things Considered—U.S. Policy in Nicaragua, Richard Gonzalez, National Public Radio, 18990 [4AU]

Chronologies

Abuse of human rights by the Sandinistas—History of lies and broken promises, 6499-6503 [13AP]

Cloture motions

Elections: assistance for free and fair process (H.R. 3385), 24260 [12OC], 24606, 24608 [13OC]

Colloquies

Mining of Nicaraguan harbors: Senator Sarbanes and Robert McFarlane, 20020 [12SE]

Nomination of Donald P. Gregg to be Ambassador to the Republic of Korea: Donald P. Gregg and Senators Moynihan and Simon, 20021 [12SE]

U.S. intervention in foreign elections, Representative Hyde with Clark Clifford (1988), 13741 [28JN]

Communiques

Peace agreement for Central America, 6395 [13AP]

Comparisons

Comparison of Electoral Laws—Chile, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Paraguay and Venezuela, 21753 [26SE]

Court decisions

Dan L. Burton V. James A. Baker III: U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, 19445-19447 [4AU]

Documents

Bipartisan Accord on Central America, 6377 [13AP], 13749 [28JN]

Financing Campaigns of Candidates for Public Office: National Endowment for Democracy Charter, 24859 [17OC]

Nicaragua and the U.S. Congress—Nine Years of Promises, Peace Plans, and Self-Delusion, 13731-13732 [28JN]

———Republican Policy Committee, 6480-6489 [13AP]

Votes on Assistance to Democratic Opposition in Nicaragua (100th Congress), 24851 [17OC]

Factsheets

Funding for Nicaraguan Internal Opposition, 21373 [22SE]

Interviews

Nicaraguan Contras: with Francesc Vendrell, 29267 [15NO]

Letters

Assistance to Nicaraguan Contras: Adolfo Calero, 4142 [14MR]

———James A. Baker III, Sec. of State, 21373 [22SE]

———President Bush, 24849 [17OC]

———several Representatives, 6436 [13AP]

———Violeta B. de Chamorro, 24839 [17OC]

Congressional visits to Nicaragua: Representative Wolf, 6389 [13AP]

Deportation of Salvadoran nationals: ACLU, 25847 [25OC]

———Adolfo Calero, 25848 [25OC]

———AFL-CIO, 25849 [25OC]

———American Jewish Committee, 25848 [25OC]

———Elie Wiesel, 25849 [25OC]

———Haiching Zhao, 25855 [25OC]

———Jose Napoleon Duarte, 25856 [25OC]

———Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service, 25848 [25OC]

———Miguel A. Salaverria, 25855 [25OC]

———National Council of La Raza, 25848 [25OC]

———Nicaraguan American Chamber of Commerce, 25848 [25OC]

———Robert N. Lynch, 25849 [25OC]

———Robert W. Tiller, 25850 [25OC]

———several national and local organizations, 25850, 25851 [25OC]

———several religious and charitable organizations, 25849 [25OC]

Elections: James A. Baker III, Sec. of State, 24253 [12OC]

———Representative Fascell, 23276 [4OC]

Freedom of press in Nicaragua: Violetta Chamorro, 6391 [13AP]

GAO investigation on conditions of displaced Nicaraguans: Representative Moakley, 3049 [28FE]

Humanitarian assistance to Nicaragua: Tim Takaro and Susan Cookson, 6068 [11AP]

Peace agreement for Central America: several House Members, 6395 [13AP]

Trade embargo against Nicaragua: Reagan administration, 24842 [17OC]

Visit to Nicaragua: Robert Pastor, 24864 [17OC]

Lists

National Endowment for Democracy's grants to Nicaraguan institutions, 24850 [17OC]

Nicaraguan opposition parties, 24257 [12OC]

Sandinista promises, 6520 [13AP]

Sandinista restrictions on participation in Nicaraguan elections: Dept. of State, 19505 [15AU]

Memorandums

Amendments to the Electoral Process: Library of Congress, 21356 [21SE]

Iran-Contra Affair: Donald P. Gregg, 20042, 20045 [12SE]

Messages

National Emergency Relative to Nicaragua: President Bush, 26018 [25OC]

Motions

Central America: bipartisan accord (H.R. 1750), recommit, 6420 [13AP]

Elections: assistance for free and fair process (H.R. 3385), table Harkin amendment, 24848, 24852 [17OC]

———assistance for free and fair process (H.R. 3385), table Harkin amendment withdrawn, 24848 [17OC]

Papers

What's Wrong With the Bipartisan Accord on Central America: Republican Study Committee, 6435 [13AP]

Press releases

U.N. finds Nicaragua open-minded and flexible on election preparations, 28940 [14NO]

Remarks in House

Arias-Sanchez peace plan: compliance, 4142 [14MR]

Arms sales: diversion of funds, 8604 [9MY]

———President Bush knowledge of Iran-Contra affair, 6233 [12AP]

Central America: bipartisan accord (H.R. 1750), 4157 [15MR], 6376 [13AP], 6413-6415 [13AP], 6416-6425, 6435-6439 [13AP], 7715 [1MY]

———bipartisan accord (H.R. 1750), consideration (H. Res. 127), 6369-6376 [13AP]

———congressional factfinding mission, 16774 [28JY]

China, People's Republic of: Sandinista government support of reprisal policy, 12423 [20JN]

Civil liberties: civilians in Contra camps, 19447 [4AU]

———violations, 7045 [18AP], 13736 [28JN], 28559 [13NO]

Civil war: Sandinista abrogation of cease-fire (S. Con. Res. 79), 26789-26795 [1NO], 26921 [2NO]

Communism: control, 19077 [4AU]

Contras: assistance, 15104 [19JY], 19076, 19077 [4AU], 19504 [15AU]

———assistance (H.R. 1423), 4473 [15MR]

———humanitarian assistance, 6413 [13AP], 6415, 6416 [19AP], 6420 [13AP], 7062 [19AP]

———petition on U.S. assistance, 31809 [21NO]

Cookson, Susan: humanitarian assistance, 6068 [11AP]

Democratic Party: policy, 21213 [21SE]

El Salvador: clandestine arms shipments, 14897 [17JY], 16558 [27JY], 25561 [24OC], 25795 [24OC]

Elections, 15103 [19JY], 20937 [19SE], 22475 [28SE], 22654, 22655 [2OC], 26512, 26517, 26518 [31OC], 26713 [31OC], 26905 [2NO], 28601 [13NO], 29290 [16NO]

———assistance for free and fair process (H.R. 3385), 16963, 16964 [31JY], 23262-23286 [4OC], 23317 [4OC]

———financial assistance, 23285 [5OC]

———reform by Supreme Electoral Council, 13992 [29JN]

———results, 13738-13745 [28JN], 19504 [15AU]

———role of National Endowment for Democracy, 20099 [12SE]

———Sandinista policy, 7469 [25AP]

———standards for evaluating, 7404 [25AP]

———U.S. involvement, 18204 [3AU]

Foreign trade: lift trade and economic sanctions (H.R. 418), 169 [3JA], 26198 [26OC]

———U.S. policy, 17184-17191 [1AU]

Ortega, Daniel: attendance at Costa Rica's anniversary of democracy, 26513, 26518 [31OC]

———dictatorship regime, 27063 [2NO]

———election intervention, 28026, 28027 [8NO]

———Sandinista regime anniversary, 16444 [26JY]

———threats for end to cease-fire, 26503 [30OC], 26880 [1NO]

Panama: import of arms, 12614 [20JN], 16558 [27JY]

Peace initiative, 92 [3JA], 26917 [6NO]

Political situation: assessment, 22734-22742 [2OC]

Refugees: GAO investigation on certain (H.R. 45), 3049 [28FE], 5175 [22MR], 25833-25861 [25OC], 26466 [27OC]

———investigation on certain (H.R. 45), consideration (H. Res. 273), 25829-25832 [25OC]

Sandinistas: noncompliance with agreements, 31794 [21NO]

Somarriba, Justo R.: refugee granted political asylum, 8197 [4MY]

Soviet Union: arms shipments to Nicaragua, 9614 [18MY]

Takaro, Tim: humanitarian assistance, 6068 [11AP]

U.S. policy, 92-229 [4JA], 8065 [3MY], 27183 [6NO]

———(H.J. Res. 246), 7401 [25AP]

Remarks in Senate

Bush, President: policy initiative, 6625 [13AP]

Central America: bipartisan accord (H.R. 1750), 6536-6547 [13AP]

———bipartisan accord (S. 760), 5994, 6033, 6035, 6061 [11AP], 6473-6547, 6626 [13AP]

———bipartisan accord (S. 760), unanimous-consent agreement, 6471 [13AP]

Civil war: Sandinista abrogation of cease-fire (S. Con. Res. 79), 26592, 26597, 26600 [31OC], 26636-26639 [31OC], 26743, 26786 [1NO]

Contras: assistance, 3131 [1MR], 6461 [13AP], 21373 [22SE]

———assistance (S. 609), 4575 [16MR]

Disasters: assistance to victims of hurricane, 2481 [22FE]

Economic assistance, 10572 [1JN], 24837 [17OC]

———covert operation to influence elections (S. 1574), 18989, 18996 [4AU]

———funding to democratic opposition, 21116 [20SE], 24854 [17OC]

Elections, 26786 [1NO], 28720 [14NO]

———assistance for free and fair process (H.R. 3385), 24247-24260 [12OC], 24837-24857, 24858-24877 [17OC], 25028 [18OC], 26182 [26OC]

———assistance for free and fair process (H.R. 3385), cloture motion, 24606 [13OC]

———assistance for free and fair process (H.R. 3385), unanimous-consent agreement, 24242 [12OC], 24581, 24608 [13OC]

———U.S. policy statement, 24858, 24859 [17OC]

Immigration: increase flow (S. Res. 150), 13165 [22JN]

Panama: military assistance, 11411 [9JN]

Peace initiative, 2381 [22FE]

Refugees: accord status to certain nationals unwilling to return (S. 1093), 10629 [1JN]

———funding for resettlement, 11112, 11114 [7JN]

———GAO investigation on certain (S. 458), 2966 [28FE]

Reports

Arias-Sanchez Peace Plan—A Broken Dream, 4142 [14MR]

Human Rights in Nicaragua: Amnesty International, 28596 [13NO]

Nicaraguan Electoral Process: National Commission of Reconciliation, 20937 [19SE]

———Supreme Electoral Council of Venezuela, 22475 [28SE]

Sandinista Noncompliance, 1979-89—July Pledges to the OAS: Republican Study Committee, 31794-31797 [21NO]

U.N. Finds Nicaragua Open-Minded and Flexible on Election Preparations, 28940 [14NO]

Reports filed

Assistance for Free and Fair National Elections: Committee on Appropriations (H.R. 3385), 24507 [12OC]

———Committee on Appropriations (H.R. 3385) (H. Rept. 101-265), 22874 [3OC]

———Committee on Rules (H. Res. 256) (H. Rept. 101-269), 22868 [3OC]

———Consideration of H.R. 3385: Committee on Rules (H. Res. 256) (H. Rept. 101-268), 22874 [3OC]

Bipartisan Accord on Central America: Committee on Appropriations (H.R. 1750) (H. Rept. 101-23), 6329 [12AP]

———Consideration of H.R. 1750: Committee on Rules (H. Res. 127) (H. Rept. 101-25), 6329 [12AP]

GAO Investigation on Conditions of Displaced Nicaraguans and Salvadorans: Committee on the Judiciary (H.R. 45) (H. Rept. 101-244), 20773 [19SE]

———Committee on Rules (H.R. 45) (H. Rept. 101-244), 25238 [19OC]

———Consideration of H.R. 45: Committee on Rules (H. Res. 273) (H. Rept. 101-305), 25614 [24OC]

Statements

Assistance to Contras: several Senators, 10630 [1JN]

Contras Violate Their Own Code of Conduct: Susan Cookson and Tim Takaro, 6540 [13AP]

Democracy in Nicaragua: Donald Sweitzer, 26713 [31OC]

Deportation of Salvadoran and Nicaraguan Nationals, 25853, 25854 [25OC]

———David Saperstein, 25854 [25OC]

———Leadership Conference of Women Religious, 25854 [25OC]

———Ruth M. Fitzpatrick, 25855 [25OC]

———Salvadoran refugee community, 25854 [25OC]

Elections in Nicaragua: Daniel Ortega, 24839, 24842 [17OC]

———several Sandinista leaders, 6518 [13AP]

Prohibiting U.S. Covert Actions in Nicaragua: Senator Harkin, 24852 [17OC]

Sandinista's Marxism-Leninism Ideology: Daniel Ortega, 6402 [13AP]

Trade Embargo Against Nicaragua: President Bush, 24842 [17OC]

U.S. Intervention in Nicaraguan Elections: Lenin Cerna, 13740 [28JN]

Tables

Soviet bloc nations' assistance to Nicaragua, 6503, 6524 [13AP]

U.S. assistance to Contras, 6504 [13AP]

Testimonies

Iran-Contra Affair: Donald P. Gregg, 20017-20019, 20036, 20041, 20045 [12SE]

———Robert Earle, 20031 [12SE]

Texts of

H. Res. 256, consideration of H.R. 3385, assistance for free and fair elections in Nicaragua, 23262 [4OC]

H. Res. 273, consideration of H.R. 45, GAO investigation on conditions of displaced Nicaraguans and Salvadorans, 25829 [25OC]

H.R. 45, GAO investigation on conditions of displaced Nicaraguans and Salvadorans, 25858-25860 [25OC]

H.R. 418, lift trade and economic sanctions, 170 [3JA]

H.R. 1750, Bipartisan Accord on Central America, 6419 [13AP]

H.R. 3385, assistance for free and fair elections, 23277 [4OC]

S. 458, investigate and report on certain displaced Salvadorans and Nicaraguans, 2967 [28FE]

S. 1574, covert assistance to influence elections, 18990 [4AU]

S. Con. Res. 79, Sandinista abrogation of cease-fire, 26638, 26674 [31OC], 26922 [2NO]

S. Res. 150, increase flow of immigrants to U.S., 13165 [22JN]