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University Daily Kansan
Nation/World
Monday, Sept. 9, 1985
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Reagan to ask for more aid
United Press International
WASHINGTON — A briefing paper prepared for a meeting yesterday in Panama of U.S. ambassadors to Central America says the Reagan administration plans to ask Congress for almost half a billion dollars in additional aid for the region. The Washington Post reported.
The paper also reveals what the ambassadors presumably already know, that the effort by U.S.-backed rebels fighting the Nicaraguan government — the so-called contras — is still a long way from success.
The newspaper quoted from what it called a secret briefing paper prepared by the State Department for the strategy meeting of U.S. ambassadors to seven Central American nations.
"Nicaragua will remain our major
problem, and the chances for a breakthrough there are limited," the report quoted the Sept. 4 draft paper as telling the ambassadors.
The paper said the United States preferred to continue the Contadora peace process, sponsored by Mexico, Colombia, Venezuela and Panama, but would not go along with an agreement that did not meet White House specifications. "Collapse would be better than a bad agreement," the briefing paper is quoted as saying.
The briefing paper said the administration would seek a supplemental appropriation from Congress for fiscal year 1986 to bring aid to Latin American countries to the levels recommended by the Kissinger commission, which a congressional source told The Post would amount to $300 million in economic aid and another $182 million in
The briefing paper suggests Assistant Secretary of State Elliott Abrams make the following points at the Panama sessions:
military aid.
The dialogue between the government of Jose Napoleon Duarte, El Salvadoran president, and rebel forces has been useful. "We now need to consider whether and how to foster it. It does not appear that the war can be won by either side on the ground.
"Nicaragua will remain our major problem and the chances for a breakthrough there are limited... The armed Nicaragua resistance is a potent force but still a long way from success. Public support is growing but is still tenuous, 'They must understand the absolute necessity of fighting a "clean war.'"
Vaseline, nitrogen in plans
Experts try to float Titanic
The Sunday Mirror newspaper said a British underwater salvage expert proposed raising the liner from its berth $2\frac{1}{2}$ miles under the North Atlantic with 180,000 tons of Vaseline.
LONDON — Savage experts have proposed that the Titanic be floated to the surface from its Atlantic Ocean resting place with such dissimilar materials as ice and Vaseline.
United Press International
Tony Wakefield, a salvage engineer, has proposed pumping Vaseline — a greasy, oil-like substance — into polyester bags placed in the hulk of the wreck, according to the Mirror.
According to the plan, the liner would be towed to port while it remained 200 feet below water to prevent corrosion.
The 46,000-ton Titanic, found Sept. 2 about 375 miles south of Newfoundland by an American-French expedition, lies at a depth of 13,000 feet and many salvagers have ruled out the practicality of raising the vessel.
He said the Vaseline would harden and the vessel would then become buoyant and rise toward the surface.
But British salvager John Pierce, who helped recover artifacts three years ago from the wreck of the
Lusitania in 340 feet of water off the Irish coast, said a system of inflatable hydrogen-filled bags could raise the Titanic, which hit an iceberg and sank 73 years ago.
"This operation will represent a big step forward for the prestige of British science," he said. "I don't intend to get egg on my face."
Pieces plan calls for wire mesh to be placed around the giant hulk and for liquid nitrogen to be pumped through, turning the liner into "a giant iceberg" that would float to the surface, the Times said.
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