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University Daily Kansan
Nation/World
Wednesday, March 26, 1986
Honduras asks for military aid
U.S. sends assistance to stop invasion
United Press International
WASHINGTON — President Reagan, answering an appeal from Honduran President Jose Azcona Hoyo, released up to $20 million in military assistance yesterday to help Honduras repel an invasion by some 1,500 Nicaraguan troops.
Reagan, in a move that quickly became linked to his drive to arm Nicaragua rebel, notified Congress that the United States would provide them with support and equipment U.S. diplomatic gifts, to the U.S.-backed Honduran government.
White House spokesman Larry Speaks said Azcona, in a telephone appeal Monday night, requested the aid in order to repel this and future attacks by troops of the Martial-led regime in neighboring Nicaragua.
The assistance was cast as a transfer of existing Defense Department resources not requiring congressional approval.
The State Department said the
Congressional leaders signaled support for the move, which brought fresh condemnations from the Nicaraguan government and added momentum to Reagan's drive to provide $100 million in aid to the anti-Sandinista rebel contras.
equipment included air defense weapons, conventional ammunition, emergency spare parts and armament for helicopters and essential training.
Assistant House Democratic leader Thomas Foley, an opponent of contra aid, said Congress and the administration would stand together in aiding Honduras. He said that if Nicaragua persisted it might spill over into wholesale U.S. support for the contras.
Speakes said the Nicaraguan incursion appeared to be a large-scale effort to locate and destroy rebel positions in Honduras, where most of the contra force is based. He suggested the drive might be intended to deal a death blow to the contra before Congress could provide arms
"We've already stressed it's a matter of utmost urgency," he said of the contras' plight, "and this underscores the urgency of the situation."
Assistant Defense Secretary Richard Armitage yesterday afternoon briefed House members on the conflict. Afterward, Rep. Henry Hyde, R-Ile., said one of the Nicaraguan battalions was in considerable difficulty.
and other aid to them.
State Department spokesman Charles Redman said that Saturday up to 1,500 Nicaraguan crossed into Honduras and suffered significant casualties. The targets were contra training, supply and medical facilities 12 miles inside Honduras, he said.
No direct clashes between Honduran and Nicaraguan troops were reported.
"Both the resistance and Honduran intelligence sources indicate that reinforcing attacks by up to four Sandinista battalions can be expected
within the next 24 hours," Redman said.
About 1,000 Sandinista troops crossed the same border area in May. An administration official said the Nicaraguans were in the Las Vegas Salient area of Honduras and near the intersection of the Yamal and Coco rivers at Yamalez.
In Tequigalpa, the government broke a 24-hour silence by confirming the incursion and said U.S. aircraft were transporting Honduran troops to the isolated and little populated area of Olancho province, where the Nicaraguan troops were said to be located.
Despite the participation of U.S. troops in that airlift, there were no plans for Reagan to invoke the War Powers Act.
White House chief of staff Donald Regan said U.S. helicopters and pilots would be used to ferry Honduran troops, but would go nowhere near where the invasion had taken place.
Invasion helps contra aid in congress, official says
United Press International
WASHINGTON — Speaker of the House Thomas P. O'Neill said yesterday that Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega was turning votes in favor of aid to contrast by ordering an invasion of their bases in Honduras
"It's a tremendous blunder by Ortega, "O'Neill said.
The House last week defeated President Reagan's request for $100 million in aid to the contras by 12 votes. O'Neill said if the voting was held now, the outcome could be different.
"If it was up before the House today, it could probably persuade some members of Congress to change the"
vote," the Massachusetts Democrat said.
In the Senate, where there was strong support for sending military aid to the anti-Sandinista rebels even before the Nicaragua incursion, the request for aid is still alive with a vote expected tomorrow.
As many as 1,500 Nicaraguan troops in pursuit of the contras moved into Honduras over the weekend.
Any measure approved by the Senate is subject to amendment in the House, where O'Neill has promised to compromise his forces, are drafting.
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