COMMENT OF CARLOS CASTILLO IBARRA ON NICARAGUAN REVOLUTIONARY PLANS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R002500160009-2
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: November 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 9, 1998
• Sequence Number: 9
• Publication Date: March 16, 1949
• Content Type: REPORT

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la In a letter sated 12 ~'ebraary 1949: vr. Castillo Ibarra irate from San Salvador
to Tiro Arturo Velazquez ~A-lsman in ~lanaRua advising him of the current status
oi' Nicaraguan revolutionary affairs in which both men are actively engaged ThR
2~ Castillo Ibarra- reaffirmed the strength and preparedness of the Nicaraguan
revolutionary mov~ernant in order to allay the diecourageme~nt of Velazquez blemen,
who he feared had heard reports of failureo Castillo Ibarra added that since
than revolutionaries had at their disposal all necessary elements for successful
operations against Somoza, the problem was one of coordination and organization
He specifically requested that a regular and secure system of cormrtunication be
set up betkeen rebel forces within and outside Nicaraguan
3~. Castillo Ibarra disparaged the d?fection of men like Ricardo Orue Reyea9 of
the Liberal Independent faction9 whd gave up the revolutionary cause and went
back to Nicaragua to get back into SOmOZa?a good graeeso~
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