WASHINGTON'S GRIEVANCE AGAINST MANAGUA

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• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 23, 2010
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• Publication Date: October 14, 1982
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Letters
NEV YORK TD' S
14 OCTOBER 1982
Washington's Grievance Against Managua
To the Editor:
In an Oct. 5 letter ("Grist for a
U.S. Campaign Against Nicaragua"),
Nicaragua's permanent representa-,
rive at the United Nations, Javier Cha.
morro Mora, spoke of "the Reagan
Administration's desperate attempts
to establish in the minds of the people
of the United States some kind of
causal link between Nicaragua and
the Salvadoran guerrillas."
A staff report, "U.S. Intelligence
Performance on Central America:
Achievements and Selected Instances
of Concern," issued Sept. 22 by the
Subcommittee on Oversight and.
Evaluation of the U.S. House of Rep.
resentatives' Permanent Select Com-
mittee on Intelligence, makes clear
that such a link has been established.
The repo:-, - not one of undiluted
praise for the U.S. Intelligence com-
munity - notes on page 6 that "over
the last two years perhaps Its greatest
ac.'iievement lies in determining witl
considerable accuracy the organza.
tion and activities of the Salvadoran
g:e.r illas, and in detecting the assist-
arce given to them by Cuba and other
Communist countries." "Intern.
gence," the report f*ntinues; "has
been able to establish beyond doubt
the involvement of Communist coun-
tries in the insurgency." -
. On the same page, the chairman of
the committee,. Representative Ed-
ward P. Boland, is quoted as saying
that "the intelligence supporting
these judgments ... is convincing,"
that "there is further persuasive evi-
deaoe that the Sandinista Government
of Nicaragua is helping to train insur-
gents and is transferring arms and
support from and through Nicaragua
to the insurgents" and that the Sandin.
ista Government is "providing the in-,
surgents with bases of operation in
The issues in Central America are
complex and subject to debate.And
the evidential basis of this Admiai.
tration's policies is, like those 'of
previous Administrations, frequently
dependent on data that cannot be
made public. As the staff report"indi.
C a t e s , however, o n t h e issue of a
causal link between the current poll.
ties of Nicaragua and the guerrillas in
El Salvador, the case has been made.
JEFTREY R:BI0GS
Public Affairs Adviser
'Bureau of Inter-American Affairs
Department of State
Washington, Oct. 5,1982
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