CONFERENCE ON THE NICARAGUA INSURGENCY: PROSPECTS AND KEY ISSUES

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP87M00539R001802770010-3
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 6
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 18, 2009
• Sequence Number: 10
• Publication Date: June 17, 1985
• Content Type: MEMO

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17 June 1985
MEMORANDUM FOR: Director of Central Intelligence
Deputy Director for Intelligence'(
John L. Helgerson
Director of African and Latin American Analysis
SUBJECT: Conference on The Nicaragua Insurgency:
Prospects and Key Issues
1. We cordially invite you to participate in a joint ALA/OGI
conference entitled, The Nicaragua Insurgency: Prospects and Key
Issues by presenting some brief (perhaps 10 minutes) opening remarks.
Approximately 60 working-level specialists from DIA, State. NSA. CIA.
and SOUTHCOM have been invited to this one-day seminar.
2. Your invitation and a copy of the agenda are attached. We
would be honored if you can participate.
Attachments :
A. Invitation
B. Agenda
/ ohn L. Helgerson
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Central Intelligence ,agency
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MEMORANDUM FOR: Director of Central Intelligence
VIA: Deputy Director for Intelligence
FROM:
Director of Global Issues
Director of African and Latin American Analysis
SUBJECT: Conference on The Nicaragua Insurgency:
Prospects and Key Issues
1. We cordially invite you to participate in a joint ALA/OGI
conference entitled, The Nicaragua Insurgency: Prospects and Key
Issues by presenting some brief (perhaps 10 minutes) opening remarks.
Approximately 60 working-level specialists from DIA, State, NSA, CIA,
and SOUTHCOM have been invited to this one-day seminar.
2. Your invitation and a copy of the a enda are attached. We
would be honored if you can participate. 25X1
Attachments:
A. Invitation
B. Agenda
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2 -- D/ALA
2 -- D/OGI
2 -- ALA/MCD/CAS
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THE NICARAGUA INSURGENCY:
PROSPECTS AND KEY ISSUES
a conference sponsored by C.I.A.
TIME: 2 July 1985 9:00 to 16:30
PLACE: C.I.A. Headquarters, Rm. 1A07
(Optional)
Chicken Cordon Bleu
served in Executive
Dining room-$5.50 in
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UNCLASSIFIED
NICARAGUAN INSURGENCY CONFERENCE
Tuesday, 2 July 1985, 0900-1630 Hours
0900-1015 Historical and Comparative Context of the Nicaraguan
Insurgency
1015-1030 Break
1030-1200 Insurgent and Counterinsurgent Objectives (What do we
believe the anti-Sandinista insurgents and the Nicaraguan
government want to accomplish in the near future?)
1200-1300 Lunch in Executive Dining Room (Optional)
1300-1430 External Support (Who are the key suppliers, from whom
can each side expect further assistance, and what
difference will external support make?)
1430-1445 Break
1445-1515 Popular Support (Which side--if either--has it? What
can be done to secure and hold it?)
1515-1630 Net Assessment
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