CONTINUED RESTRICTION ON TRAVEL TO EL SALVADOR

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP90B01370R000801110076-8
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 23, 2010
• Sequence Number: 76
• Publication Date: December 10, 1984
• Content Type: CABLE

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FM AMEMBASSY SAN SALVADOR
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C O N F I D E N T I A L
LIMITED OFFICIAL USE SAN SALVADOR 14795
E.O. 12356: N/A
TAGS: OREP, ASEC, PTER, ES
SUBJ: MffVM ITRSCTION ON TRAVEL. TG EL SALVADOR
REF: A) SAN SALVADOR 12807; B) SAN SALVADOR 13802;
- C) SAN SALVADOR 14287; D) SAN SALVADOR 14401
1. SECURITY CONDITIONS IN EL SALVADOR CONTINUE TO
JUSTIFY DEPARTMENT ADVISORY AGAINST USG TRAVEL HERE.
FOUR RECENT EXAMPLES SERVE TO ILLUSTRATE THE TENUOUS
SECURITY SITUATION AND TO REINFORCE THE BASIS FOR THE
TRAVEL ADVISORY.
2. ON OCTOBER 26, ONE OF OUR EMBASSY GUARD SUPERVISORS,
SALVADORAN NATIONAL RAUL MELENDEZ AQUINO, WAS ASSASSINATED
LESS THAN SIX BLOCKS FROM THE EMBASSY. THE ASSASSINS
REPORTEDLY ANNOUNCED THAT THEY WERE FROM THE FPL AND
REFERRED TO MELENDEZ AS AN "EMBASSY DOG". (REF A)
3. ANOTHER SALVADORAN EMPLOYED BY THE EMBASSY GUARD
FORCE, SANTIAGO CARCAMO SEGOVIA, WAS SHOT DEAD ON
NOVEMBER 17 WHILE WALKING ALONG A STREET FOUR BLOCKS
FROM THE EMBASSY. THE CLARA ELIZABETH RAMIREZ FRONT,
AN FPL SPLINTER GROUP, HAS CLAIMED RESPONSIBILITY FOR
THE MURDER. (REF B).
4. THE THIRD INCIDENT OCCURRED ON NOVEMBER 29, WHEN
UOKNOWN PARTIES FIRED UPON THE EMBASSY ITSELF, FORCEFULLY
REMINDING US THAT THE U.S. EMBASSY AND ITS EMPLOYEES
CONTINUE TO BE TARGETED. (REF C)
5. IN THE LAST INCIDENT, ON DECEMBER 1, A DAO VEHICLE,
DRIVEN BY A DAO MEMBER, WAS FIRED UPON SIX TIMES WHILE
DRIVING IN DOWNTOWN EL SALVADOR. (REF D)
6. WE REITERATE, THEREFORE, THAT EMBASSY POLICY IS TO
ADVISE AGAINST ALL UNNECESSARY USG TRAVEL TO EL SALVADOR
EXCEPT FOR THOSE VISITS WHICH ARE CONSIDERED NECESSARY
AND INDISPENSABLE TO THE MISSION. ANY VISIT WHOSE PUR-
POSES CAN BE SERVED BY EXCHANGES OF MESSAGES AND TELE-
PHONE CALLS BY DEFINITION FALLS INTO THE "UNNECESSARY"
CATEGORY.
OLL/LD
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7. POST REALIZES THAT SOME VISITS, ESPECIALLY CODELS,
WILL BE DIFFICULT, IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE, TO DISCOURAGE BUT
APPRECIATES DEPARTMENT'S CONTINUING EFFORTS IN THIS
REGARD.
PASSAGE
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