NICARAGUAN SUPPORT FOR CENTRAL AMERICAN REVOLUTIONARIES

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP84B00049R001503700006-5
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 23, 2007
• Sequence Number: 6
• Publication Date: September 30, 1981
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
NATIONAL FOREIGN ASSESSMENT CENTER
30 September 1981
MEMORANDUM
Nicaraguan Support for Central American Revolutionaries
The Sandinistas remain he
Salvado
Nicaragua is infil-
g arms into EI Salvador y land, sea, and air. Because of
interdiction efforts by Honduran authorities, the Sandinistas are
again emphasizing air deliveries over land shipments. Neverthe-
less, while the ongoing supply effort appears to be sufficient to
sustain the current relatively low level of guerrilla activity,
we believe it would have to b reased significantly to support
a major insurgent offensive.
addition, Nicaragua is sending sma numbers o military advisers
to El Salvador. The Sandinistas also "t, ue to support leftist
extremists in Honduras and Guatemala.
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El Salvador
The Sandinistas are convinced that a leftist victory in-El
Salvador is essential to the security of their own regime and
probably doubt that the US would resume economic assistance to
Nicaragua even if they halted their support activities, I 25X1
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This memoandum, covering the period from 13 August 1981 to 30 September
1981 was re uested by the Director of Central Intelligence. It was prepared
by I Latin America Division, Office of Political Analysis, and
coordinated with the Clandestine Services. Questions and comments should be
directed to Chief, Latin America Division, OPA,
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Inothing Washington can say or do will induce the
Sandinistas to cease their assistance to the Salvadoran
guerrillas. I
ThteT Salvadoran insurgent groupsi 25X1
I loperate separate arms-distribution networks in 25X1
Honduras. These networks maintain caches of weapons infiltrated
from Nicaragua and later transfer them to El Salvador 25X1
]a growing proportion of
arms deliveries are now being made by air, due in part to the
success of Honduran authorities in intercepting land shipments.
Nicaragua's Pacific ports for El Salvador.
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Cuba and the USSR have supplied most of the weapons smuggled
to the Salvadoran revolutionaries, but Libya apparently is taking
a larger role.
In addition to channeling arms to El Salvador, the
Sandinistas are now sending advisers.
Other Activities
Managua also is continuing its assistance to leftists in
Honduras.
Managua continues to provide small amounts of arms and other
assistance to Guatemalan insurgents revolutionaries
from various Central American countries continue to receive para-
military training in Nicaragua.
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