LETTER TO HONORABLE EDWARD P. BOLAND FROM WILLIAM J. CASEY

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP86B00885R000100070050-4
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 18, 2007
• Sequence Number: 50
• Content Type: LETTER

Approved For Release 2007/06/18: CIA-RDP86B00885R000100070050-4
Central Intelligence Agency
The Honorable Edward P. Boland
Chairman
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence
House of Representatives
Washington, D.C. 20515
During testimony before your Committee on 27 March, the suggestion of
Catholic Church opposition to the Nicaraguan armed resistance forces
surfaced. I thought you might find the enclosed translation of a
statement by His Excellency Obando y Bravo, Archbishop of Managua, of
interest. The Archbishop reaches the conclusion that nonviolent methods
of social change have no possibility of working in Nicaragua because the
necessary freedom does not exist. In addition, he states that "violence
is not Christian but when all other means are exhausted, one may turn to
violence."
Sincerely,
William J. Casey
Director of Central Intelligence
Approved For Release 2007/06/18: CIA-RDP86B00885R000100070050-4