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By Compiled From Wire Service Dispatches With Analysis From Monitor Correspondents Around The World; Edited By Laurent Belsie

April 14, 1983

A House subcommittee rejected President Reagan's request for an added $50 million in military aid to El Salvador. It also cut military aid requests by more than a third for fiscal 1984 and 1985. Turning to Nicaragua, the panel approved a ban on all US aid to rebels - unless specifically requested by the President and approved by Congress. The measures will go to the House Foreign Affairs Committee.