EL SALVADOR: PERFORMANCE ON CERTIFICATION ISSUES - SUMMARY

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP84B00049R001102740030-9
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: May 9, 2007
• Sequence Number: 30
• Publication Date: July 27, 1982
• Content Type: REPORT

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27 July 1982
Intelligence Community Assessment*
EL SALVADOR: Performance on Certification Issues - Summary
1. Although some abuses continue to occur, the monthly rate
of political deaths is down 45 percent from last year and the
Salvadoran government and military leaders continue to work
toward curbing human and civil rights abuses, and to respond to
the public's interest in participatory government as underscored
by the 28 March constituent assembly elections. Nevertheless,
their efforts continue to be hampered by the weaknesses of El
Salvador's unsophisticated body politic. These include an
inability to separate partisan and personal goals from common
national priorities and a failure to put aside ideological
conflicts that in the past have thwarted the democratic
process.
2. Despite the rigidity of the political system and the
myopia of certain of its key participants, the prospects for
continuing progress--while slow and arduous--seem generally
*This assessment reflects the judgment of the intelligence
community following a meeting of the National Foreign
Intelligence Board representives on 27 July 1982 chaired by the
Director of Central Intelligence.
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positive. The civilian government has so far been characterized
generally by pragmatic compromise, with the result that
political, economic, and social reforms are continuing and
violence has been reduced. This position has been reinforced by
the military high command, which distinguished itself as the
major moderating force during the fractious political
negotiations that followed the election. Led by Defense Minister
Garcia, the armed forces appear increasingly aware of the
psychological dimension of the war and cognizant that the
insurgents are the ultimate beneficiaries of any abuses.
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