NATIONAL SECURITY DECISION DIRECTIVE (NSDD) 17.
Dated 4 January 1982, NSDD 17 gave the Central Intelligence
Agency (CIA) approval to provide military assistance to the
Nicaraguan Contra rebels. It also authorized economic support to
Central American and Caribbean countries in order to counter “the
actions by Cuba, Nicaragua, and others to introduce into Central
America heavy weapons, troops from outside the region, trained sub-
versives, or arms and military supplies for insurgents.” See also
BOLAND AMENDMENTS.NATIONAL SECURITY DECISION MEMORANDUM (NSDM)
93.Aclassified document issued by the National Security Council
(NSC) in November 1970, titled “Policy Toward Chile,” that sup-
planted Operation FUBELT. The document called for maximum
pressure on President Salvador Allendeand his government to pre-
vent its consolidation by isolating, weakening, and destabilizing Chile
until the country became ungovernable. It also envisaged intense eco-
nomic destabilization and diplomatic efforts to turn other Latin Amer-
ican countries against Chile. An annex to the document provided for
Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) intervention, specifically by us-
ing the newspaper El Mercurioto conduct a massive propaganda
campaign. NSDM 93 became part of Track I, which called for a desta-
bilization campaign. Track II, developed a few years later, envisaged
the overthrow of the Allende government. See also KISSINGER,
HENRYA.NATIONAL SECURITY DIRECTIVE (NSD).NSDs were policy in-
structions and guidance issued to foreign policy and national security
agencies during the administration of George H. W. Bush. See also
NATIONAL SECURITY DECISION DIRECTIVE; NATIONAL
SECURITY PRESIDENTIAL DIRECTIVE; PRESIDENTIAL DE-
CISION DIRECTIVE.NATIONAL SECURITY EDUCATION PROGRAM (NSEP).The
National Security Education Program (NSEP) was initiated by Senator
David L. Boren’sNational Security Education Act of 1991. The act cre-
ated the National Security Education Board to oversee a trust fund in the
U.S. Treasury to provide resources for scholarships, fellowships, and
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