EYES ONLY - FOR D/CPS RESPONSES TO REF D/CPAS

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: FOIA Collection
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0001338919
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: June 23, 2015
• Document Release Date: September 16, 2010
• Case Number: F-2001-01650
• Publication Date: February 8, 1996

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CITE
TO: IMMEDIATE DIRECTOR.
FOR: LIMIT D/CPAS
SLUGS:
SUBJECT: EYES ONLY - FOR D/CPAS RESPONSES TO REF D/CPAS CABLE FROM
REF: A. DIRECTOR 6204841 96 3022874 1
B. DIRECTOR 6228891 96 3036902 1
1. ACTION REQUIRED: NONE.
2. PER REFS, PROVTDFC
RESPONSES KEYED TO NS.
I. FATHER CARNEY, THE OLANCHO OPERATION AND REYES MATA 1983-1984
A
F .
IT WAS ALWAYS DESCRIBED AS A MAJOR COUNTERINSURGENCY
OPERATION THAT WAS CONDUCTED BY HONDURAN ARMY FORCES AGAINST A
COMMUNIST UNIT WHICH INFILTRATED FROM NICARAGUA. IT WAS KNOWN THAT A
U.S. CLERGY WAS WITH THE GUERRILLAS AND THAT HE DIED FROM EXPOSURE
WHEN THE GUERRILLA PATROL WAS LOST AND WITHOUT FOOD AND WATER SUPPORT
AFTER COMBAT CONTACT WITH HONDURAN FORCES.
B. I NEVER MET A HONDURAN ARMY SPECIAL FORCES OFFICER
NAMED ((VASQUEZ)) WHO PARTICIPATED IN THE OLANCHO OPERATION.
APPROVED FOR RELEASED DATE: SE ET
29-Jun-2010
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C. TO MY KNOWLEDGE, I NEVER SAW ANY
TO FIND OUT WHAT HAPPENED TO FATHER ((CARNE'Y)).
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D. SEE ABOVE nA". NO FURTHER INFORMATION.
U.S. EMBASSY
CARNEY. NFI.
TASKING
I DO NOT KNOW OF ANY
INVESTIGATION INTO THE DISAPPEARANCE OF
F. I WAS TOLD THAT THE U.S. MILITARY ASSISTED IN
TRANSPORTING HONDURAN SPECIAL FORCES TO THE OLANCHO AREA SO THAT THE
HONDURANS WOULD BE IN A POSITION TO BLOCK A SANDINISTA FORCE THAT
CROSSED INTO
OLANCHO DURING 1983. NFI.
II. STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS REPORTS
A. TO THE BEST OF MY KNOWLEDGE
A
,
'UMAN RIGHTS REPORT WAS SUBMITTED YEARLY WITH RESPE
CT TO CON A
f%I6HTS ABUSES/ACTIVITIES. I NEVER ACTUALLY SAW IT OR CONTRIBUTED TO
IT.
B. NO KNOWLEDGE TO THESE QUESTIONS.
C. NONE TO MY'KNOWLEDGE.-
D. I NEVER READ THE HUMAN RIGHTS YEARLY REPORT
ORIGINATED FROM THE EMBASSY. I HAVE NO KNOWLEDGE THAT THE
AMBASSADOR/EMBASSY WAS PRESSURED TO DOWNPLAY HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES IN
THE REPORT.
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C.
IV. CONGRESSIONAL NOTIFICATION AND POLITICIZATION
A. I AM NOT AWARE OF ANY CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATIONS
'IISITING HONDURAS WHO QUESTIONED ABOUT HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES
I DO NOT
S WHICH WERE NOT REPORTED OR HIDDEN
FROM CONGRESS/HQS/POLICYMAKERS.
V. HONDURAN SECURITY/INTELLIGENCE SERVICE INVOLVEMENT IN HUMAN
RIGHTS INCIDENTS
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B. IT WAS COMMON KNOWLEDGE THAT THE 316TH
INTELLIGENCE BATTALION HAD COMMITTED HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES IN THE
EARLY/MID EIGHTIES. DURING THE MID-EIGHTIES THE NAME WAS CHANGED TO
CI BATTALION AND SELECTED OFFICERS WERE RELIEVED/TRANSFERRED FOR
HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES. THE POLICE DNI WAS ALWAYS
SUSPECTED OF HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES. 1THE DNI
HAD A POOR REPUTATION THAT LASTS TO THIS DA
C.
LIBERATION ARMY
D. NONE TO MY KNOWLEDGE.
E. I HAVE NO KNOWLEDGE OF THE ANTI-COMMUNIST
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