TALKING POINTS ON GUATEMALA AGREEMENTS

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• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 27, 2011
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• Publication Date: August 26, 1987
• Content Type: MEMO

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EXECU'T'IVE SECRETARIAT
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STAT
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Executive Secretary
28 Aug '87
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CONFIDENTIAL WITH 6222 Add On
UNCLASSIFIED ATTACHMENT
NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL f Executive RC IS
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20506
August 26, 1987
MEMORANDUM FOR MR. DONALD GREGG
Assistant to the Vice President
for National Security Affairs
MR. MELVYN LEVITSKY
Executive Secretary
Department of State
COLONEL WILLIAM MATZ
Executive Secretary
Department of Defense
MR. L. WAYNE ARNY
Associate Director for National
Security and International Affairs
Office of Management and Budget
87-4057X/1
Central Intelligence Agency
REAR ADMIRAL JOSEPH C. STRASSER
Executive Assistant to the Chairman
Joint Chiefs of Staff
MR. LARRY R. TAYLOR
Executive Secretary
U.S. Information Agency
SUBJECT: Talking Points on Guatemala Agreements
At the PRG Meeting of August 18, 1987, it was decided to
circulate talking points on the Guatemala Agreements for
interagency clearance. The attached talking points have been
developed through the interagency process and are cleared for use.
Please distribute to the appropriate offices in your agency.
Attachment
Talking Points
CONFIDENTIAL WITH
UNCLASSIFIED ATTACHMENT
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TALKING POINTS
ON CENTRAL AMERICAN PLANS FOR PEACE AND DEMOCRACY
The U.S. Position on the Bipartisan Plan and the Guatemala
Agreement
-- The Wright/Reagan Bipartisan Plan reflects a consensus on
U.S. interests in Nicaragua: end of ties with Soviet Union
and Cuba; end of subversion and restoration of regional
military balance; and bringing democracy to Nicaragua. It
provides a realistic approach to achieve a negotiated peace.
-- We must build on the fact that the Sandinistas have now
signed an agreement that provides for bringing democracy to
Nicaragua. This objective is also central to the Bipartisan
Plan and is an essential condition for peace in Central
America.
-- To be sure, there are substantial differences between the
Guatemala Agreement and the Bipartisan Plan. But on the
key issue of democratization for Nicaragua, the two plans
have the same objective. The President, therefore, has
welcomed the Guatemala Agreement.
On Continued Support for the Nicaraguan Resistance
-- The pressure from the Nicaraguan Freedom Fighters is what
has moved the peace effort forward to begin with. Only the
Nicaraguan Resistance brought the Sandinistas to the
negotiating table and only continued pressure from the
Resistance offers a chance to negotiate good implementation
agreements and then to secure Sandinista compliance with
them.
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Withdrawal of this pressure would remove all incentives for
the Sandinistas to work out the details of either the
Guatemalan or the Bipartisan Plan, and would leave the
Sandinistas virtually free to violate whatever they agree
to.
Hence, continued support for the Freedom Fighters is
essential to bringing democracy to Nicaragua and thus to
achieving real peace in Central America.
The President has decided, in accordance with the
understanding he reached with Speaker Wright, not to send a
request to Congress for new funding for the Freedom
Fighters before September 30. And Speaker Wright has
accepted in the Bipartisan agreement that Congress would
consider such a request under expedited procedures.
We are beginning to see the concrete results of U.S.
policies: democratic governments have developed in
Honduras, El Salvador and Guatemala, joining democratic
Costa Rica; economic indicators are showing modest, but
nonetheless positive movement; the military in El Salvador
Honduras and Guatemala are subordinate to, and supportive
of, civilian government and better able to confront
Sandinista-supported aggression and subversion. And now,
the Sandinistas say they are prepared to join in
negotiations for bringing democracy to Nicaragua.
Of course, these negotiations can succeed: only if we
continue the dual-track approach: f ire _-1 o sac % and
cantinueii support E )f t; Free-Jo F ghr ::.
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The United States must not let the Freedom Fighters be
without adequate support after September 30.
-- (If asked) No decision has been made yet regarding a
request for further funding for the Resistance. The United
States will monitor the situation closely in the coming
weeks, and a decision about such a request will take into
account the Sandinistas' actions to honor their commitments
under the Guatemala Agreement.
-- FYI: Do not discuss publicly or comment on the allegations
that existing funds would be adequate for the first few
days or weeks of October. And do not say the Freedom
Fighters need new military aid only for the period of
September 30 to November 7. Also, do not use the term
"contingency' funding since that might be misunderstood to
mean the funds would initially be withheld.
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EXECUTIVE SECRETMRMT
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I~xecutive Secretary
gepartment of Defense
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SYSTEM! II
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NATIONAL SECLNM COUNCIL
WA * CN4, D.C. 20805
August 13, 1987
MI ,MORANDUM FOR J OR . DONALD G .L '
Assistant to the Vice President
for National Security Affairs
I4R. MELVYN LEVZTSXY
executive Secretary
gepartment of State
SUPJECTs
Executive Secretary
Central Intelligence Agency
REAR ADMIRAL JOSEPH C. STRASSER
Executive Assistant to the Chairman
Joint Chiefs of Staff
PRG on Guatemala Peace Plan (S)
RG is scheduW for due;"
shay, August 18, 1987, at 2:00 p.m., in
thf White House Pituation Roos. (S)
~tlached for your information is an agenda for the meeting. (U)
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Grant S. Green, Jr.
Executive Secretary
t chment
panda for PRG Meeting
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SYSTEM II
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PLAN K=-jZ M GROUP MEETING
Tuesday, August 18, 1-907
White House Situation Room
2:00 - 3:00 p.m.
I. Introduction ..........................Colin Powell
Guatemala Peace Agreement & U.S.
Interests
(5 minutes)
II. CIA Assessment ........................CIA
Likely Sandinista Strategy (10 minutes)
Implications of Agreement for Freedom Fighters
Implication of Agreement for FMLN & URNG
Assessment of Internal Nicaraguan Opposition
Proboble Soviet/Cuban Actions
Fro. Implications of Agreement for
US Dip omacy ..........................State
(10 minutes)
US Posture/Actions in Region
Invojvement of UN, OAS, Contadora in
Verification of Political Implementation
Requ,st for Assistance from Central American
Deipocracies
~~- Implications of Agreement for US
Securi%y ..............................DoD
Affeqt on US Advisors, Maneuvers, (10 minutes)
Sec ity of Region
Veri'ication: Process and Costs
~? General Discussion ....................All
(30 minutes)
Summary ............................... NSC.
Reconpendations to the President (5 minutes)
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