CENTRAL AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL POLITICAL ACTIVITIES 1982

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• Document Release Date: February 2, 2007
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• Publication Date: March 23, 1982
• Content Type: REPORT

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THE DIRECTOR OF
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE
National Intelligence Council
In addition to the rough chronology
of negotiations which I provided earlier
today, I thought you might find the
two attached chronologies of interest.
This data had been incorporated into
the 31 March 82 draft which you both
have but may be more useful in this
format.
cc: C/NIC
VC/NIC
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'CENTRAL. AMFRTCAN INTERNATIONAL POLITICAL ACTlvITIFS 1982
20 Feb Nicaraguans propose five point plan to reduce
tensions in the region. (NYT)
21 Feb Mexican President Lopez Portillo in Managua announces
a major new peace proposal. Includes a peace plan
for El Salvador and a three point initiative for
reducing tensions between Nicaragua and the U. (WP)
7 March Haig meets with Castenada in New York for 2.5
hours. (NYT)
14 March Haig and Castenada meet again in New York for 1..5
hours, and the US gives Mexico the go-ahead to
propose that Nicaragua and Cuba stop aiding
Salvadoran guerrillas in exchange for guarantees
against intervention by US or its neighbors. (NYT)
17 March Salvadoran guerrilla leader "Lt. Col. Martell" pays a
secret visit to Lebanon and meets with Yasir
Arafat. In press conference, he says, "We are
prepared for a'dialogue as much as we are prepared to
fight." The Salvadoran reportedly spent 10 days with
the Palestinians. (NYT)
Colombian President Turbay reportedly calls for an
inter-American naval force to block the flow of arms
from Cuba and Nicaragua to guerrillas in Ka l vador and
other countries. ( NYT 18 Mar)
18 March President Turbay appears on TV news to clarify NY
Times story that appeared that morning. He claims
that he was only discussing the provisions of the Rio
Treaty and that what he really meant was that he was
concerned about was the penetration of Colombia by
guerrilla groups that have rp support from
Nicaragua and Cuba. STAT
23 March 198?)
NY Times reports that Brezhnev and Gromyko have
expressed their support for Mexican peace plan.
(NYT).
FSLN delegation headed by Daniel Ortega and Bayardo
Arce and including Foreign Minister D'Escoto, Chief
of International Relations Department Julio Lopez,
and Nicaraguan Ambassador to Cuba Marco Valle discuss
situation in Caribbean and Central America with
Castro, AD Chief Manuel Piniero, Vice Minister of
Foreign Affairs Ricardo Alarcon and Cuban Ambassador
to N i caragua Julian Lopez. 20 MaSTAT)
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Nicaraguan Directorate member Sergio Ramirez meets
with Mexican President Lopez Portillo in Mexico to
present him with a copy of the statement Nicaragua
plans to make before the UN Security Council and to
reiterate Nicaragua's support for the Mexican peace
plan. (FBIS)
Mexican Foreign Minister Castenada meets with Castro,
Rafael Rodrigues, and Malmeirca in Havana. (FBIS)
before Special US envoy Vernon Walters visits Cuba.
21 'March
21 March Castenada visits Nicaragua. (FBIS)
23 March Honduran Minister of Foreign Affairs Edgardo Paz
Barnira calls for a reduction of weapons and troops
in Central America at an OAS Permanent. Council
meeting requested by Honduras. (WP)
U`; Ambassador Deane Hinton suggests for the first
time that the winners of the 28 March el ectI on
cons i der negotiating with the Salvadoran rebels.
(UPI 24 March)
Jamaican PNP President Manley is received by Fidel
Castro in Havana. They discuss problems of Central
America and coming activities of the nonaligned
movement. Rafael Rodriguez present at talks.
23 Mar 1-082) STAT
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