NICARAGUA ACCUSES CIA OF PLOTTING AIR ATTACK

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP90-00552R000100670002-7
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• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 18, 2010
• Sequence Number: 2
• Publication Date: July 1, 1983
• Content Type: OPEN SOURCE

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UNITED PRESS INTERNATIONAL
1 July 1983
*L~\:~GUA, NICARAGUA
\ICARAGUA ACCUSES CIA OF PLOTTING AIR ATT.ACI~
B`_' JOHN LAvTIGUA
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Nicaragua accused tt~e CIA Friday of plotting to bomb its territory in
unr~arked planes and stage a mock retaliatary raid on a Honduran village t o
provoke a war between the two countries.
t'inister of Interior Tomas Borge said the plan was hatched at a secret
reefing in Honduras attended by CIA officials, leaders~of the Nicaraguan rebel
mo?~enent and Gen. Gustavo Alvarez Martinez, Honduran mi~itary chief,
Rorge said the plot involved "the utilization of unmarked planes to attack
Nicaraguan towns and immediately attack a Honduran village to create public
opinion that it was a response by Nicaragua to the bombardment. "
His statements were printed Friday by the pro-government daily El Hue v o
Diario, and confirmed by Interior Ministry officials.
Forge, the only survivor of the three men who founded the leftist Sandinista
a~ovement that rules Nicaragua, said the attack on the Honduran village was to be
carried out by rebels disguised in uniforms of Nicaraguan regulars.
Hr_ said such an operation would then justify further attacks on Nicaraguan
territory not only by rebels but also by the Honduran army.
Other Nicaraguan leaders have predicted the United States would enter such a
war on the side of the conservative government of Honduras, despite P residen t
Reagar~'s statements that he has no plan to senC U.S. troops to Central America.
" They are ready with a plan to realize a war of rapid decisions with the
object of taking a piece of territory to establish a provisional government that
would be supported by the United States, " Rorge said.
Sorge also said Nicaragua had information the military government of Chile
rr~igtit participate, by providing landing craft to be used in an assault on the
a,~ cific coast of Nicaragua, a region not yet affected by the current conflict.
HE would not say exactly where and when the secret meeting had convened in
Honduras ar who had provided the information, but he has stated in the past that
Nicaraguan intelligence services have infiltrated the rebel movement.
A leader of the rebel forces, the Nicaraguan Democratic Force, Edgar
Charorro, said this week the guerrillas are planning a major offensive around
July 19, when the government celebrates its fourth year in power.
Reagan approved secret CIA funding for the rebels in late 1981. The Reagan
administration charges the Marxist-led Nicaraguan regime with arming leftist
rebels in E1 Salvador and trying to sow revolution in Central America.
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