NICARAGUA - LARGE MILITARY BUILDUP 19,000-24,000 SECURITY FORCES

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP84B00049R000601650012-6
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 5, 2007
• Sequence Number: 12
• Publication Date: October 15, 1981
• Content Type: MISC

Approved For Release 2007/06/05: CIA-RDP84B00049R000601650012-6
SECRET NIO/LA
15 October 1981
CENTRAL AMERICA--TALKING POINTS WITH PHOTOS
NICARAGUA - large military buildup; 19,000-24,000 security forces
Photos
A - 25 tanks in Nicaragua ?- examples
B - 16 new military installations - example
Three airfields being prepared for jet fighters, e.g.,
C - Montelimar
D - Puerto Cabezas
E - 17 MIG-21s have arrived in Cuba (in shipping crates)
F - Revetments under construction at main airport, Sandino
G - Cuban air transports have been shifted to Playa Baracoa where
the airborne troops are (reports since July)
Atlantic port into Nicaragua is vulnerable
offloading at El Bluff
up the river on roll-off ship to Rama
one road leads to Managua
K - New Soviet military equipment at Montelimar
L - Another new barracks area, Matagalpa