In a long cable to Washington, he advocated the consideration of using non-military aid suspension to spark the toppling of Diem.

Lodge and Brent tabled papers which included a program-by-program consideration of the impact of an aid suspension.

The Reagan Administration repeatedly threatened aid suspensions to halt right-wing atrocities.

Indonesia was never informed of the supposed US "aid suspension".

Some officials said the aid suspension would not have much immediate effect on the Panamanian Government.

If the current level of violence continues an aid suspension or cutoff is likely, they added.

And no aid suspension is likely to be airtight for long.

Panama paid, but the gesture was not seen as enough to lift the aid suspension.

Washington called off its aid suspension last week.

Therefore this makes the consequences of aid suspension negligible from a financial viewpoint and potentially counterproductive, as it would further impair political dialogue with the Government.