I believe we must view aid to Central America on the basis of an assumption fundamental to our democratic society: There Is no ideology more foreign to this hemisphere than that of the Communist state. In Nicaragua today we very clearly have a SovietCuban backed MarxistLeninist regime. We have evidence of a military buildup In Nicaragua unprecedented In any other Central American nation. Refugees are fleeing by the thousands and the elections which were held were a sham. The promises of the revolution of 1979 for a pluralistic societya nonaligned foreign policyand elections have been denied. What the Sandinistas have done in Nicaragua is a tragedy. and their behavior toward others. their neighbors. is no better.
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