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El Salva$Nr.
A spokesman in Washington said the US
would take "whatever steps were
nacessary" to stop the arms flow - @nd
did not rule out a blockade of Cuba.
The Americans are apparently willing to
make this a test case to reverse years
of Soviet and Cuban infiltration into
international trouble spots.
President DagaL&s adEHNHs--ation (N-Ds
to demonstrate that it regards El
Salvador as vital to US interests.