NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE DAILY (CABLE) THURSDAY 18 AUGUST 1983

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• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2022
• Document Release Date: August 9, 2018
• Case Number: F-2018-01012
• Publication Date: August 18, 1983

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Guatemala-El Salvador-Honduras: Military Cooperation 3
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GUATEMALA-El. SALVADOR-HONDURAS: Military Cooperation
//The new Guatemalan Government probably hopes that Its
increasing support for US policy in Central America and its interest in
closer military coordination with Honduras and El Salvador will result
In US military assistance�as opposed to cash sales offered by the
US last January. Defense Minister MePa says he wants to obtain
military aid, especially small arms and helicopter spare parts, directly
from the US or through El Salvador. Mejla and his Salvadoran and
Honduran counterparts last week discussed military coordination and
the possibility of Guatemala obtaining military aid from El Salvador.
The three ministers plan to meet again to discuss possible areas of
cooperation
Comment: //Under former President Rios Montt, Guatemala did
not cooperate actively with its two neighbors. Mejla already has
Issued a condemnation of Nicaragua's support of Salvadoran and
Guatemalan guerrillas. Areas of possible cooperation include
intelligence and training exchanges, arms interdiction efforts,
coordinated border patrolling and blockinr operations, and the loan
of equipment.
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