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Reagan, PortiLlo
meet; agree to
economic policy
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THURMONT, Md. (UPI) -
President Reagan and Mexican
President Jose Lopez Portillo agreed
yesterday to pursue a new policy for
Central American economic develop-
ment to stabilize the region and
diminish the potentialfor outside inter-
ference.
The two leaders met alone, except for
interpreters, for an hour and 10 minutes'
at Camp David. Afterward, officials
described the meeting as "spirited and
very amiable."
REAGAN AND the Mexican leader
will conduct two days of discussions on
issues including immigration, trade
and Mexico's emergence as an oil
power, as well as differing policies on
the Caribbean and Fidel Castro's Cuba.
Judging from the comments of a
senior U.S. official who attended the
expanded talks between the two leaders
and their aides, Reagan and his guest
agreed Mexico can act as "a com-
municator" of a new policy toward Cen-
tral American nations.
A JOINT policy for the Caribbean
basin is still being developed, the of-
ficial said, but it basically calls for in-
creased economic aid from the United
States, Canada and Mexico to the
region's underdeveloped countries. Ac-
cording to the official, there was no
discussion of a military component to
the plan.
Lopez Portillo, who strongly opposes
U.S. intervention in El Salvador, has
close ties to the governments of
Nicaragua and Cuba. But Reagan, ac-
cording to the official, told the Mexican
president of U.S. concerns over com-
munist arms shipments to Nicaragua
and El Salvador and the necessity of an
American response.
ON THAT POINT, the official said,
Lopez Portillo told Reagan a realistic
appraisal of the region must include
consideration of "both the internal and
the external causes of destabilization."
"There are no solid solutions to
economic problems" that spawn
political unrest, Lopez Portillo was
quoted as saying. "Therefore, a plan
that would address some of the fun-
damental problems of the region would
be most welcome."
The U.S. official said the Reagan plan
would spur economic development,
Portillo
... pursues new policies
jobs and markets for countries with
economies that have been too narrowly
focused in the past.
REAGAN, THE official said, told
Lopez Portillo he wants a plan that will
"prove that our way of economic
freedom can be an example for the rest
of the world."
The United States, the official said,
sees the Mexican president as "central
in the success of any program that in-
volves the Caribbean region" because
he maintains a dialogue with countries
unfriendly toward the United States.
The talks will continue briefly today
before both men return to Washington
for a state lunch at the White House.
In his official welcome to Lopez Por-
tillo at the White House earlier yester-
day, Reagan said, "The relationship
we've built as individuals is indicative
of a new dimension that we are bringing
to the friendship between our two coun-
tries."
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2-1 margin Saturday, but 16,000 construction workers who also belong to the
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