Foreign Policy / Clark Amendment / Argentina / Administrative Confusion

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Foreign Policy / Clark Amendment / Argentina / Administrative Confusion #515714

NBC Evening News for Thursday, Mar 19, 1981
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(Studio) Recent remarks of national security adviser Richard Allen's aide on death of United States-USSR detente, Secretary of State Alexander Haig's statement on Communist control of Nicaragua and murder of nuns in El Salvador noted all denied today by various government officials.
REPORTER: Roger Mudd

(DC) Haig's allegation yesterday with regard to Nicaragua recalled; efforts by State Department spokesperson William Dyess today to soften Secretary's remarks reported [DYESS - says Haig didn't mean what he implied.] Haig's efforts to clarify yesterday's statement by undersecretary state Walter Stoessel with regard to United States mil. involvement in Cuba outlined; Secretary of State's letter to West German for. minister Hans-Dietrich Genscher with regard to Haig aide's comment quoted on screen.
REPORTER: Marvin Kalb

(Studio) Report introduced
REPORTER: Roger Mudd

(DC) Haig said softening his comment with regard to Nicaragua and Communist "hit list" in Central America before Senate Foreign Relations Committee today. [Senators Howard BAKER, Edward ZORINSKY - praise and criticize Haig.] [HAIG - says information on arms shipments is received daily.] Emergence of "big stick" diplomacy explained. [Senator Paul TSONGAS and HAIG - discuss use of military force.] [BAKER - comments on United States and USSR 's use of military force.]
REPORTER: Tom Pettit

Reporter(s):: Kalb, Marvin;; Mudd, Roger;; Pettit, Tom
Duration:: 00:04:40

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