SHULTZ VISIT CAPS A TUMULTUOUS WEEK IN NICARAGUA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP90-00552R000504880047-7
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• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 15, 2010
• Sequence Number: 47
• Publication Date: June 3, 1984
• Content Type: OPEN SOURCE

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ARTICLE APPEARED NEW YORK TIS
ON PAGE-/ 3 June 1984'
Shultz Visit Cape a Tumultuous Week In Nicaragua
AnOCIUM F.
Eden Paatora Gomez being carried
away after explosion last week.,,,
N view of the Reagan' Administra- . House-Senate Confere
ce thi
n
s week.
tion's support for rebels bent on A rebel leader, Eden Pastore G6mez,
overthrowing the Nicaraguan Gov.,' who has been at odds with Washington,
ernment, there was general surprise had a narro w escape last week. A bomb '
that Secretary of State George P. Shultz expoloded as he.spoke with reporters at
should pay a visit to Managua last week a news conference in a jungle hamlet.
to discuss openings for peace with Dan- Eight people including Linda Frazier, an
iel Ortega Saavedra, the Nicaraguan American journalist working for a Costa'
leader. The airport meeting, which Mr.' Rican newspaper, were killed. Mr. Pas--,
Shultz described as "direct and candid,".. tore and 27 others were injured.
will be followed by other talks,- he and. .:Mr. Pastora, a. , former Sandinista.-
Mr. Ortega said. Mr. Shultz, who was known as Commander Zero; ` first'
said to have been Instructed by Presi.-'; blamed his enemies in the Nicaraguan
..dent Reagan to "figure out a way to., Government.. But later he'accused the
bring peace to the region," presumably C.I.A. of trying to kill hira. Managua;
pressed American demands that Nicara .Havana "and Moscow' .suggested ? that
gun stop helping guerrillas in El Salva- . rival .insurgents in the ?Honduras-baaed't
dor, get rid of its Soviet and Cuban ad Nicaraguan Democratic For ce'were re. = visers and make good on promises to re sponsible "together with the . C.I.A."-:"
store democracy at home. The Adntinis Spokesmen for the force and the Central
tration appeared to have embarked on a- Intelligence Agency issued denials.
double-track policy of dialogue and mill. Mr. Pastore. had summoned foreign
tary, pressure. The American yillirig.? journalists to explain his' continued re-
ness to talk .to the Nicaraguans was fusel to merge his 2,000 to 3,000 followers
linked by Mexican officials with new ef- . in southern Nicaragua'vith American.
forts by Mexico to improve relations supported insurgents in Honduras as
-with El Salvador. Foreign Minister Ber- 'long as they 'retain commanders. who
nardo Septliveda Amor attended the served in Gen. Anastasio Somoza De-.,
Inauguration of Jose Napoleon Duarte as bayle's National Guard. ;
El Salvador's President last week, as Mr. Pastora was taken to a hospital in
..,did Mr. Shultz. But the Administration's San Jose, Costa Rica, and treated for;
request for $21 million for the Nicara broken ribs and facial injuries. Then be ;
,guan rebels remained on the agenda of a' -was. flown to Venezuela. Costa Rica,.
fearful of compromising Its neutrality,-;,'
had asked him to leave.
Mr. Pastora's associates in the al-'I
': fiance said they were giving in last week
to what one of them called "a C.I.A. ulti-
matum." They agreed to set up a joint
1 command with the insurgents In Hon-
duras. The, leaders there, meanwhile, i
expressed confidence that the Reagan 8
:1' Administration would continue to fi:.1
nance their 8,000 to 12,000 troops despite
the refusal by the House of Representa
l fives :to :approve additional support
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