NICARAGUAN REVOLUTIONARY ACTIVITIES

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R002700690006-5
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: November 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 18, 1999
• Sequence Number: 6
• Publication Date: March 30, 1949
• Content Type: IR

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INFORMATION REPORT
COUNTRY Central America
SUBJECT Nicaraguan Revolutionary Activit
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L. Juan Jose Meta., of the Union Democratica Centro-Americans (UUDCP,) and
the racaraguean Patriotic Committee (Castillo Ibarra group j,, was in com-
munication from Mexico City on 29 March 1949 with Adolfo Ortega Diaz, who
is in an Jose attempting to organize remnants of the Caribbean Legion
and other Nicaraguan revolutionary groups which have been operating in
Costa Rica during the prat year.
2. Meza notified Ortega that General Carlos Pasos, Nicaraguan Conservative
leader and revolutionary, was handling large sums of dollars belonging to
Cuban President Prio, who now has great confidence in Pasos, according
to Meza. President Arevalo of Guatemala was also mentioned as being
involved in revolutionary activities, and Ness stated that a conference
scheduled for 29 March in Habana, Cuba,, would greatly clarify and strengthen
Arevalo's revolutionary negotiations. Meza added that something was being
prepared on the Belize issue., but he did not enlarge on this theme,
Mesa also discussed the accusation of peculation of revolutionp ry funds,,
which he believed was launched against him by Rosendo Arguello, Jr. He
likewise mentioned the fact that he was contacting Carlos Castillo Ibarra,
prominent Nicaraguan revolutionary leader, to acquaint him with the latest
developments.
4. On 30 March 1949 Castillo Ibarra wrote Ortega Diaz and referred to a
previous communication from Ortega in which the former had been requested
to recover some documents from an unidentified 'IV. C." Castillo Ibarru
deplored the fact that "V. C." was not available, and said that "V. C."
was last heard from in Escuintla, Guatemala. Castillo expressed a desire-
that he and Ortega Diaz, together with Meza, meet for a discussion at a
time and place not mentioned.
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Comment0 It is interesting to note that Castillo Ibarra did not
express himself as freely as is customary with him, nor did he relate
other pertinent revolutionary information which is known to be in his
possession. (Cf. This fact, coupled with the respectful tenor
of his letter, would indicate that Ortega is more to be identified with
the Conservative-Liberal Independent (Chamorro-Pasos) group than with
the Patriotic Nicaraguan Committee although Castillo Ibarra considers
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