ALERT MEMORANDUM

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP83B01027R000200030019-3
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 7, 2006
• Sequence Number: 19
• Publication Date: June 14, 1979
• Content Type: MF

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The Director of Central Intelligence
Washington. D. C. 20505
ALERT MEMORANDUM
270200030019-3
MEMORANDUM FOR: The National Security Council
SUBJECT: Marxist Threat to Somoza in Nicaragua
The Marxist-led Sandinista National Liberation Front
(FSLN) is waging an active guerrilla warfare campaign
against the regime of Anastasio Somoza with logistical
support from Cuba and Panama. The National Guard has been
stretched thin by FSLN attacks and ambushes in outlying
cities and the capital city of Managua. Although Somoza
may be able to hold on to power for a short time, the
economy is at a standstill and the FSLN is steadily gain-
ing strength and popularity. The ossibility of an even-
tual FSLN victory looms large.
NI IAM 79-10009C
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