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El Salvador / Mexico #70604

ABC Evening News for Tuesday, Mar 17, 1981
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(Studio) United States embassy in San Salvador, El Salvador, reported attacked by terrorists today following visit of Representative Clarence Long; details given, films shown.
REPORTER: Frank Reynolds

(Mexico City, Mexico) Opposition to United States policy in El Salvador by govts. of Mexico and Panama reported; Panama President Aristides Royo's arrival here today for state visit shown. Differences between United States and Mexican perspectives on El Salvador examined; details outlined on screen. President Jose Napoleon Duarte, Cuba, USSR incld. in report Mexico noted also rejecting Central American domino theory; details given. President Lopez Portillo's relationship with Fidel Castro and Nicaragua's Sandinista revolutionaries discussed; Anastasio Somoza mentioned. Exiled junta leader Guillermo Manuel Ungo mentioned, shown; Mexico's desire to reverse current relations with United States and Canada noted.
REPORTER: Barrie Dunsmore

Reporter(s):
Dunsmore, Barrie;
Reynolds, Frank
Duration:
00:03:00

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