The mailing says the Reagan Administration is considering cuts of up to 50 percent of its $75 million request for economic aid to Zimbabwe for fiscal year 1984. The mailing says this assistance would make up the third year of the United States' pledge of $225 million in economic assistance to Zimbabwe. The proposed cuts are in response to Zimbabwe's abstention in the U.N. Security Council on a resolution condemning the Soviet Union for its downing of the Korean airliner. The mailing discusses Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Lawrence Eagleburger, Agency for International Development Director M. Peter McPherson, and Zimbabwe Prime Minister Robert Mugabe. The mailing asks people...
The mailing says the Reagan Administration is considering cuts of up to 50 percent of its $75 million request for economic aid to Zimbabwe for fiscal year 1984. The mailing says this assistance would make up the third year of the United States' pledge of $225 million in economic assistance to Zimbabwe. The proposed cuts are in response to Zimbabwe's abstention in the U.N. Security Council on a resolution condemning the Soviet Union for its downing of the Korean airliner. The mailing discusses Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Lawrence Eagleburger, Agency for International Development Director M. Peter McPherson, and Zimbabwe Prime Minister Robert Mugabe. The mailing asks people to write to Secretary of State George Shultz demanding that U.S. aid to Zimbabwe be retained and a similar letter to members of Congress: Senator Charles Percy, Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee; Senator Claiborne Pell, Senate Foreign Relations Committee; Senator Mark Hatfield, Chairman of Senate Appropriations Committee; Senator Bob Kasten, Chairman of Senate Foreign Operations Subcommittee; Senator Daniel Inouye, Foreign Operations Subcommittee; Rep. Clement Zablocki , Chairman of House Foreign Affairs Committee; Rep. Clarence Long, Chairman, House Foreign Operations Subcommittee; and Rep. Jack Kemp, Foreign Operations Subcommittee.
