The Reagan Administration, which recently incited a violent demonstration in Nicaragua and then professed moral outrage when President Ortega reacted by expelling Ambassador Melton and tightening internal security, reminds me of the man who killed his parents and then cried because he was an orphan.

This comes as no surprise to those of us familiar with this administration’s disinformation campaigns. Hopefully the American public will see this latest charade for what it is—namely, an atempt to stampede Congress into finding further Contra aid.

Will Congress refuse to take the bait this time and hold out for a peaceful resolution of the conflict, eschewing support for either Contra terrorists from without or rightwinging agitators from within Nicaragua?

Cecile Meyer

(In Nicaragua at time of incidents in question on five-week study tour.)