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B-214929 1 (1984-10-11)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadqso0001 and id is 1 raw text is: COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES WASHINGTON O.C. 2054 B-214929 October 11, 1984 The Honorable Jim Sasser Ranking Minority Member Subcommittee on Military Construction Committee on Appropriations United States Senate Dear Senator Sasser: This responds to your March 29, 1984 request that we review several recent instances in which U.S. military train- ing team (MTT) personnel in El Salvador have come under hostile fire. You have asked us to determine the appllcabil- ity of the war Powers Resolution or section 21(c) of tne Arms Export Control Act to these events. Based upon our review of the Department of Defense's (DOD's) account of these occur- rences, we are unable to conclude that the events in question were subject to the reporting requirements of either act. Our conclusions are discussed in detail below. BACKGROUND The events in question were first described by the De- partment of Defense in an insert for the record of a March 20, 1984, joint hearing before the Military Construction Subcom- mittees of the Senate Committee on Appropriations and Senate Committee on Armed Services. In response to a request for details of any instance in which MTT personnel at La Union or San Miguel had come under hostile fire, DOD stated for the record: MTT personnel billeted in the military quarters at San Miguel came under hostile fire on two occasions. In November 1983 and again in March 1984 a small group of insurgent forces attacked the camp but did not penetrate the perimeter and there were no injuries to U.S. personnel on either occasion. In February 1984 U.S. MTT personnel at the Salvadoran Naval Base at La Union received sporadic sniper fire; there were no injuries. According to several press articles, this account was officially revised on March 30, 1984, at which time a DOD spokesman stated that the initial insert was prepared by a staff officer who had not checked the facts, and that in reality none of the attacks was directed at U.S. military personnel. This revised account is also reflected in the

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