Almost a quarter of a million persons are displaced in Nicaragua. The civil wars in both countries show little sign of ending. H.R. 618 would mandate a General Accounting Office study of the situation faced by refugees deported by the United States and the appropriateness of continuing to deport thousands of Salvadorans and Nicaraguans as wars continue in their homelands. During the 2year study and congressional consideration of the report. deportations to El Salvador and Nicaragua would be halted. This month the State Department issued a report on the guerrilla movement in El Salvador. Chapter 1 is titled "The FMLN: An Outgrowth of Terrorism." According to this report. the El Salvadoran resistance relies on tactics composed of. and I quote. "a combination of military operations. extensive sabotage of economic infrastructure. and terrorism." About the same time. the State Department came out with another publication titled "Victims of Guerrilla land mines in El Salvador".
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