POSSIBLE CESSATION OF NICARAGUAN REVOLUTIONARY MOVEMENT

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• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: November 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 25, 1999
• Sequence Number: 8
• Publication Date: March 7, 1949
• Content Type: REPORT

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1. On 27 January 1949, Carlos Jose Solorzano, a Nicaraguan oppositionist residing
in Mexico City, wrote to Dr. Ricardo Orue Reyes, in Guatemala City, his
intention of abandoning the revolutionary struggle and returning to Nicaragua
about 10 February 1949. Details of the letter, in translation, are summarized
as follows:
s? ho aid for the iicaraguan revolutionary cause can be expected from
11 Salvador or from Costa Fiica.
b, Since the time limit given to hosendo Arguello Jr,, leader of
another Nicaraguan anti-Somoza faction, had expired, Solorzano
presumed that the groundwork laid in Guatemala had crumbled,
c. Solorzano was not worried about personal persecution should he return
to Nicaragua, since Sontoza was contemplating a general peace and
conciliation with revolutionaries within the country, Somoza was
also planning to make a change in presidents soon (possibly sub-
stituting Alberto Sevilla for Roman y Reyes).
2, Dr. Orue Reyes, who holds unlimited power of attorney of the Liberal Independent
Party of Nicaragua, in a letter written on 3 December 1948, said that he
believed he too would return to Nicaragua in view of the total collapse of
all collaboration in Guatemala.,
3. A more optimistic view of Nicaraguan revolutionary activities in Guatemala
was conveyed, however, in a letter from San Jose, Costa fiica, to the Nicaraguan
Conservative Felipe Arguello Bolafnos, 14 Calls P. #11, Guatemala city on
31 January, The writer, F. Soloraano M. X indicated that erstwhile disillusion-
ment on the part of many revolutionists had given way to a new consolidation
of efforts to eliminate internal confusion, He expressed hope that the
"General" and "Carlos" (presumably General Emiliano Chamorro and Carlos Rivers
Delgadillo) would travel to Habana that day,
4, Rosendo Arguello Jr,, writing to Dr, Jeronimo Aguilar Cortes, -'atemala City,
from San Jose on 27 January 1949, said that Rivers Delgadill:, would arrive soon
in Guatemala City and bend his efforts towards the revolu+?ionary cause there.
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ento The Nicaraguan revolutionary movement is apparently dying
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out slowly but surely. Guatemala has lost most of its enthusiasm, partly
because of internal problems. The situation in El Salvador is contradictory
in that the Junta has made promises of aid on certain occasions and has
refused any sort of assistance on other occasions. In the words of Carlos
Jose Solorsano, whose information he said eman :d from official Costa Rican
sources, Costa Rica is definitely out of the picture.
A. change in outlook of the revolutionary situation could occur when and if
President Juan Manuel (3alvez of Honduras makes good his promises to Figueres
and Arevalo to join the movement against Somoza. Galvez reportedly agreed
to fulfill. his promises by 1 May 19490
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