375. Editorial Note
The Policy Review Committee met on June 11, 1979, to review policy toward Central America. President Jimmy Carter approved the committee’s recommendations for El Salvador, which included the promotion of legislative elections in February 1980 and a Presidential election in 1982, the signing of an aid loan with a statement stressing the importance of respecting human rights, and improving the dialogue between the government and opposition groups. See Documents 469 and 470. Secretary of Defense Harold Brown wrote to Carter on June 25 to endorse a policy that would recognize the relative merits of Salvadoran President Carlos Humberto Romero’s government and lend additional assistance to buttress Romero. See Document 471.