STATEMENT BY SENATE AND HOUSE SELECT INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEE CHAIRMEN

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• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 28, 2007
• Sequence Number: 77
• Publication Date: March 5, 1982
• Content Type: CABLE

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SUbJE,CT: STATEMENT BY SENATE AND HOUSE SELECT INTELLIGENCE
CO''!MITTEE CHAIRMEN
1. HOUSE COMMITTEE: QUOTE: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
MARCH u, 1982. CONGRESSMAN EDWARD BOLAND, D-MASS.,
CHAIRMAN OF THE HOUSE SELECT COMMITTEE ON INTELLIGENCE,
TODAY RELEASED THE FOLLOWING STATEMENT FOLLOWING A
COMMITTEE BRIEFING CONCERNING EL SALVADOR. PARTICI-
PATING IN THE BRIEFING WERE ALL ELEMENTS OF THE INTEL-
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LIGENCE COMMUNITY, LED BY DCI WILLIAM J. CASEY. THE
TEXT OF THE STATEMENT FOLLOWS:
INNER QUOTE: THE COMMITTEE HAS RECEIVED A BRIEFING
CONCERNING THE SITUATION IN EL SALVADOR, WITH PARTICULAR
EMPHASIS ON THE QUESTION OF FOREIGN SUPPORT FOR THE
INSURGENCY. THE INSURGENTS ARE WELL-TRAINED, WELL-
EQUIPPED WITH MODERN WEAPONS AND SUPPLIES, AND RELY
ON THE USE OF SITES IN NICARAGUA FOR COMMAND AND CONTROL
AND FOR LOGISTICAL SUPPORT. THE INTELLIGENCE SUPPORTING
THESE JUDGMENTS PROVIDED TO THE COMMITTEE IS CONVINCING.
INNER QUOTE: THERE IS FURTHER PERSUASIVE EVIDENCE
THAT THE SANDINISTA GOVERNMENT OF NICARAGUA IS HELPING
TRAIN INSURGENTS AND IS TRANSFERRING ARMS AND FINANCIAL
SUPPORT FRDM AND THROUGH NICARAGUA TO THE INSURGENTS.
THEY ARE FURTHER PROVIDING THE INSURGENTS BASES OF
OPERATIONS IN NICARAGUA. CUBAN INVOLVEMENT -- ESPE-
CIALLY IN PROVIDING ARh1S -- IS ALSO EVIDENT.
INNER QUOTE: WHAT THIS SAYS IS THAT, CONTRARY TO THE
REPEATED DENIALS OF NICARAGUAN OFFICIALS, THAT COUNTRY
IS THOROUGHLY INVOLVED IN SUPPORTING THE SALVADORAN
INSURGENCY. THAT SUPPORT IS SUCH AS TO GREATLY AID
THE INSURGENTS IN THEIR STRUGGLE WITH GOVERNMENT FORCES
IN EL SALVADOR, END QUOTES.
2. SENATE COMMITTEE: BEGIN QUOTE: FOR IMMEDIATE
RELEASE MARCH 2, 1982, BARRY GOLDWATER CHAIRMAN OF
THE SENATE INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEE RELEASED THE FOLLOWING
STATEMENT AT A BRIEFING ON CENTRAL AMERICA IN A RECENT
ABC INTERVIEW THE NICARAGUAN AMBASSADOR TO THE U.S.,
FRANCISCO FIALLOS, SAID THAT HIS COUNTRY, INNER QUOTE,
DOES NOT SEND WEAPONS'AND IS NOT GOING TO SEND WEAPONS
TO EL SALVADOR. END INNER QUOTE,
ON THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 25r CIA DIRECTOR WILLIAM CASEY
AND OTHER REPRESENTATIVES OF THE INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY
BRIEFED ME"-BERS OF THE SENATE INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEE
IN EXECUTIVE SESSION ON DEVELOPMENTS IN CENTRAL AMERICA.
THE BRIEFING, WHICH LASTED SEVERAL HOURS, ADDRESSED
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THE MILITARY SITUATION IN EL SALVADOR, THE STRUCTURE
AND COMPOSITION OF GUERRILLA FORCES THERE, AND THE
DEGREE OF EXTERNAL SUPPORT TO THE INSURGENTS IN EL
SALVADOR, ESPECIALLY THAT PROVIDED BY THE SANDINISTAS
IN NICARAGUA.
THE BRIEFING LEFT NO DOUBT THAT THERE IS ACTIVE INVOLVE-
HENT BY SANDINISTA GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS IN SUPPORT
OF THE SALVADORAN GUERRILLA MOVEMENT. THIS SUPPORT
INCLUDES ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE USE OF NICARAGUAN TERRI-
TORY FOR THE MOVEMENT OF ARMS AND MUNITIONS TO GUER-
RILLAS IN EL SALVADOR, THE CONTINUING PASSAGE OF GUER-
RILLAS IN AND OUT OF NICARAGUA FOR ADVANCED TRAINING
IN SABOTAGE AND OTHER TERRORISTS TACTICS, AND THE
PRESENCE OF HIGH-LEVEL GUERRILLA HEADQUARTERS ELEMENTS
IN NICARAGUA. THERE IS STRONG EVIDENCE OF A GREAT
SURGE IN THE DELIVERY OF ARMS, AMMUNITIONS, AND RELATED
MATERIALS FROM NICARAGUA TO EL SALVADOR.
SPEAKING AS CHAIRMAN OF THE COMMITTEE, I MUST STRESS
THE SENSITIVE NATURE OF THE INTELLIGENCE PROVIDED
US. THE DETAILS MUST REMAIN SECRET, BUT THE AMERICAN
PEOPLE DESERVE TO KNOW THAT THE OFFICIALS CHARGED
WITH DEVELOPING AND IMPLEMENTING U.S. POLICY IN THIS
AREA ARE DOING SO ON THE BASIS OF SOLID INFORMATION.
END QUOTE.
3. DEPARTMENT IS TONIG.1T, 3/4, CONSIDERING HOW BEST
TO USE THESE STATEMENTS.HAIG
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