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To: Thomas M. who started this subject	3/31/2003 2:11:36 PM
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<<< In mid-September 1984, George Shultz sent a telegram to every foreign minister present urging that "no economic aid be given to Nicaragua because of its refusal to sign the Contadora Peace agreement." In September 1984, Nicaragua accepted the Contadora draft without reservations, becoming the first Central American state to do so. This unanticipated action, a slight embarrassment to Mr. Shultz since it was announced just before his telegram arrived in San Jose, caused virtual hysteria in Washington. Senior government officials demanded actions "to punish Mr. Ortega and the Sandinistas for accepting the Contadora proposal," the New York Times reported, apparently without irony. The U.S. then pressured its allies to reject the treaty, suddenly found to be unsatisfactory now that it could be implemented. A leaked National Security Council document exults in the success of these pressures, which "trumped the latest Nicaraguan/Mexican efforts" to achieve a diplomatic settlement. >>> Chomsky - Culture of Terrorism - p.134

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