It is unrealistic to expect the administration to Immediately turn away from its primary instrument of Nicaraguan policy. Nor is it in the best interest of stability in the region for us to ignore the Contras from here on. Therefore. it is imperative that we devise a policy which effects a shift In emphasis from military support of the Contras to ?esponsible concern for the problems facing Honduras and Costa Rica in providing for the refugees and preventing erosion of their own domestic stability. Our first instrument of foreign policy toward Nicaragua must not be military intervention. We have several. more constructive. alternatives in our arsenal.
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