U.S./NICARAGUA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP88-01070R000201240002-9
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 21, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 18, 2008
• Sequence Number: 2
• Publication Date: June 11, 1984
• Content Type: OPEN SOURCE

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ABG WORLD NEWS TONIGHT
11 June 1984
U.S./NICARAGUA JENNINGS: In Central America, the leader of the
Nicaraguan government described the recent U.S. attempts
to negotiate with t~is government, 'purely propaganda.'
Daniel Ortega said that just when President Reagan sent
Secretary of State Shultz to Managua rebels carried out a
large attack on government forces. Well, many continue to
?believe that the Reagan administration's so-called covert ?
war in Nicaragua has been a reaction to what the
Nicaraguans were doing to destroy government forces in E1
Salvador. As Barrie Dunsmore reports, at least one man
who should know is now attempting to turn that theory
upside down.
DUNSMORE: Former CIA analyst David MacMichael is publicly
challenging the basic pillar of the Reagan
administration's policy for the area, namely that
Nicaragua is Exporting its revolution to E1 Salvador.
DAVID\MACMICHEAL (Former CIA Analyst): There is
practically no verifiable intelligence on any deliveries
of arms by Nicaragua or using Nicaraguan territory.
DUNSMORE: MacMicheal also alleges that there is no hard
evidence that Nicaraguans are planning and directing
Salvadoran insurgents and that not one ship or plane
carrying weapons into E1 Salvador has actually been
captured. He also rejects the administration claims that
it was supporting the contras in Nicaragua in order to. cut
off that weapons flow. MACMICHEAL : Despite
administration disclaimers that the purpose of the support
for the contras is to interdict the alleged arms flow, is
that the basic purpose of the operation is indeed to
overthrow the current government in Nicaragua.
DUNSMORE: The administration won't even officially
concede MacMicheal is a former CIA man. What the State
Department did today was quote from last year's House
Intelligence Committee report. ALAN\ROMBERG (State
Department Spokesman): The guerrillas in E1 Salvador,
quote, 'are well-trained, well-equipped with modern
weapons and supplies and rely on the use of sites in
Nicaragua for command and control and for logistical
support.'
DUNSMORE: Since MacMicheal left the CIA, he spent time in
Nicaragua and has joined in public protests against U.S.
policy there. He is clearly not a disinterested observer,
though he appears to be a knowledgeable one. Barrie
Dunsmore, ABC News, the State Department.
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