MEASURES BY THE SALVADORAN MINISTER OF DEFENSE AND CHIEF OF STAFF TO LIMIT THE INFLUENCE OF ARMY OFFICERS WHO OPPOSE THEM.

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: FOIA Collection
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 06629986
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• Document Creation Date: March 8, 2023
• Document Release Date: August 8, 2019
• Case Number: F-2017-01057
• Publication Date: November 5, 1982

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SITUATION ROOM, ZEN/NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL STAFF,
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COUNTRY: EL SALVADOR
SUBJ: MEASURES BY THE SALVADORAN MINISTER OF DEFENSE
AND CHIEF OF STAFF TO LIMIT THE INFLUENCE OF ARMY
OFFICERS WHO OPPOSE THEM.
TEXT: 1. GENERAL JOSE GUILLERMO ((GARCIA)), MINISTER OF
DEFENSE, AND COLONEL RAFAEL ((FLORES)) LIMA, CHIEF OF THE
ARMED FORCES GENERAL STAFF, CONTINUE IN THEIR EFFORTS TO UNDER-
CUT THE INFLUENCE OF ARMY OFFICERS WHO ARE ACTIVELY FOSTERING
CRITICISM OF THEM WITHIN THE ARMED FORCES AND AMONG RIGHTIST
POLITICAL ELEMENTS.
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SIGFRIEDO ((OCHOA)) PEREZ TO THE GENERAL STAFF TO ASSIST IN
PLANNING A NATIONAL MILITARY STRATEGY WAS A PRETEXT TO ALLOW
GARCIA AND FLORES LIMA AN OPPORTUNITY TO CONTROL OCHOA MORE
CLOSELY AND TO INFLUENCE HIM. IN THE HOPE THAT HE WILL BECOME
MORE SYMPATHETIC TO THE DIFFICULTIES OF COMMAND AT THE NATIONAL
LEVEL, FLORES LIMA HAD BEEN MEETING REGULARLY WITH OCHOA, WHOM
GARCIA AND FLORES LIMA CONSIDER TO BE THE MILITARY COMMANDER
MOST ACTIVELY PROMOTING THEIR REMOVAL.
3. ADDITIONALLY, ON 3 OR 4 NOVEMBER, GARCIA AND FLORES LIMA
INTENDED TO SEEK THE SUPPORT OF PRESIDENT ALVARO ((MAGANA))
IN AN EFFORT TO REPLACE COLONEL NICOLAS ((CARANZA)), DIRECTOR
OF THE NATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS AGENCY (ANTEL), WITH
COLONEL JULIO CESAR ((GOMEZ)), CURRENTLY THE CHIEF OF THE
ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT OF THE MINISTRY OF DEFENSE. GARCIA AND
FLORES LIMA CONSIDER THAT CARANZA, A CLOSE COLLABORATOR OF
ROBERTO ((D'AUBUISSON)), LEADER OF THE NATIONALIST REPUBLICAN
ALLIANCE (ARENA), IS THEIR MOST DANGEROUS OPPONENT IN THE
ARMED FORCES AND THEY ARE ANXIOUS TO REMOVE HIM FROM THE
INFLUENTIAL ANTEL POSITION WHICH ALLOWS HIM TO MONITOR
COMMUNICATIONS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY. ACCORDING TO THEIR
PLAN, CARANZA WOULD BE ASSIGNED AS DIRECTOR OF THE STATE
ELECTRICAL ENTERPRISE (CEL) WHICH GARCIA AND FLORES LIMA CONSIDER
TO BE A LESS SENSITIVE POSITION.
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