CIVIL WAR IN NICARAGUA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP88-01070R000100650007-7
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: May 21, 2007
• Sequence Number: 7
• Publication Date: April 4, 1983
• Content Type: OPEN SOURCE

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Good Morning America STATION WJLA-TV
ABC Network
DATE April 4, 1983 7:00 A.M. CITY Washington, D.C.
Civil War in Nicaragua
JACK ANDERSON: Well, Nicaragua is torn by its second
civil war in four years. My reporter John Lee Anderson is
traveling with the rebel forces which are operating inside
Nicaragua. Here's his latest report:
The man directing the invasion in Nicaragua is Enrique
Bermudez. He used to be the defense attache in Washington for
the ousted dictatorship. He insists that the fighting in
Nicaragua is not an attempt to bring back the dictatorship. As
Bermudez explained it, the battle plan is to coordinate the
various guerrilla forces.
The main attack is coming from Honduras in the North.
Then the Miskito Indian guerrillas are operating on the Atlantic
Coast in the Northeast. Finally, another rebel group is ma-
neuvering along the Costa Rican border. Bermudez says he's
directing the three-pronged civil war from Honduras by means of a
central command center inside Nicaragua. He uses both human
messengers and radio communications in code.
Bermudez says the government forces have retreated,
leaving the rebels a chance to occupy territory and distribute
arms to the native population. The exile leader claims the most
significant development is the way the peasants have rallied to
their cause. He predicts the civil war will be largely a rural
operation, and he's confident the rebels will control the
countryside.
In other words, the situation in Nicaragua appears to be
like that in El Salvador. The government controls the cities,
while the rebels control the countryside. The difference is that
in Nicaragua it's the leftists who are trying to defend the
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cities against anti-communist rebels out in the hills.
Bermudez insists his people will keep fighting -- these
are his words -- as long as there's a Marxist-Leninist regime in
Managua.
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