LETTER TO CLARENCE E. MILLER FROM CHARLES A. BRIGGS

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• Publication Date: October 31, 1984
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31 OCT 1904
The Honorable Clarence E. Miller
House of Representatives
Washington, D.C. 20515
Dear Mr. Miller:
Thank you for your note of 21 September in which you
conveyed the concern of your constituent, Mr. Jerry Reese,
about the welfare of Mr. Raymond Hooker.
Let me assure you that this Agency neither participated in
nor countenanced the MISURASATA's kidnapping of Mr. Raymond
Hooker and Miss Patricia Delgado. The Central Intelligence
Agency does not condone such acts against the civilian populace.
The House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence has
been interested in the plight of Mr. Hooker and Miss Delgado,
and this Agency has been continually providing such information
as has come to our knowledge to that Committee. In accordance
with procedures established by the Congress, I am required to
respectfully refer you to the Oversight Committee.
Sincerely,
/s/Charles A. Briggs
Charles A. Briggs
Director, Office of Legislative Liaison
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SUBJECT: Ilh,,?inond 11ooker - Nicaraguan Captured
H1. Jerry Reese - Ohio University
at O.U. between 8:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m.
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Mr. Reese called to advise that Mr. Raymond Hooker is a personal friend
of his. Mr. Hooker lived in Ohio for years and has received numerous
degrees from O.U. Mr. Hooker works for the Nicaraguan Government and
was captured by the opposition to the Anti-Sandinistas. WhimhXXhxXtZXR.
hgXjt4XXXXCKXX Mr. Reese wants Congressman Miller to call the CIA and
tell them to release Raymond Hooker. I became very confused about the
call as I was assuming up to this point that Raymond Hooker was an
American - he is Nicaraguan but was educated at O.U.-
I told Mr. Reese that I would discuss this with others in our office 4Cq c
and let him know if there is anything that we could do in sending a ae6- Q
plea for the life of Raymond Hooker.
Mr. Hooker's Nicaraguan sister is employed in the Press'Section of
the Nicaraguan Embassy here - Mariam Hooker.
Bob Reintsema, AA for Congressman Miller, called the CIA,,.and:'an official
advised that we send over the inquiry and they would try to ge~`-,,us a
report on Mr. Raymond Hooker.
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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S.
WASHINGTON, D.C
Sept. 21, 1984
ReopectfA&Uy referred to
CIA
Congressional Affairs
Room 7-B24 CIA
Washington, D.C.' 20205
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Please find enclosed a recent
communication received by o.ir
office.
I would appreciate any informa-
tion or assistance you can pro-
vide us in this regard so that
.we may answer this correspon-
denceo
Thank you o
Sincerely,
Meimber- of-. Congress
Rayburn' House Office Bldg.
Washington, D. C. 20515
Contact: RAR
This follows telephone conversation
May we know if he is being held in
I captivity or note If so, state of health
and 'well-being.
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TO KIDNAP .Z
Managua Says Rightist Rebels
Have Abducted 80 Others
Since Beginning of July
"BY-STEPHEN KINZER
SpecW fe The New Yort Ttma
I31.UEFIELDS, Nicaragua, Sept. _
ti~rent~ Sandinista leaders were ap-
Y kidnapped by Nicaraguan
eb?.ls last week, and Government offi.
'a1.5 here said today that they feared
nth had been killed.
The reported abductions brought to
2 ,the number of people believed car-
ed oft by United States_backed insur_
nts since the beginning of July, ficials said. They the
involved in asserted that t peo-
e involved Sandinista organza_
ns were being targeted in an effort to
Scoura
ge residents from cooperating
fth the Government.
One of the two Sandinista Ieaders re-
'n~ kidnapped Ray Hooker, is a for-
er university dean educated in the
cited States. He had been chosen as a
ndinista candidate for the new' Na.
mal Assembly that is to be elected in
vember, and was traveling from this
antic coast city to the Indian village
Karawala, about 70 miles north of
'e: to promote his candidacy.
`he.other victim, Patricia Delgado,
I member of the regional Sandinista
'erring committee and was travel,
with 1Vir
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ooker to the village.
he-captain of the small launch in
ch-they were traveling, Santiago
Yotga, was also missing in the ioci-
t: which occurred Wednesday The
araguan Defense Ministry was
ted as saying Friday that the three
been abducted by. 80 insurgents
4 Bodies Have Been Found
r?tbe 82 Nicaraguans reported !dd-
'led by right-wing rebels since July,
xodies of 4 were found in the Escon_
River last month, but the fate of
Xher 78 victims is unknown Some
Jelleved to have been taken to rebel
Ps in Costa Rica or Honduras.
ntlinista officers believe that
lY 1.000 rebels, known as contras
:tattered throughout southeastern
mgua, a sparsely Populated ex-
of swamps, jungles and tropical
?'orests. Over the last 10 days, they
mounted a series of attacks.
Aug. 30. a raiding party
Turned a barge used to haul food
?ther goods to Bluefields from the
?rn " Part of the country. Three
nen aboard the barge were car-
'(f. and there has been no word of
fate.
re Is no road to connect Blue-
with the rest of Nicaragua, so the
( the barge has made it difficult
;idents to obtain goods. The Gov-
'nt is, however, constructing a
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.t,y200Rebels
,(u1Psy, a force estimated at
e than 200 rebels attacked the town
of La Cruz del Rio Grande, killing 4
people and suffering 14 dead, according
to Gtvernment figures.
Two days later, the head of an aV.n-
cultural cooperative in Canonero. less
than 10 miles from Bluefields, was
killed, in an ambush along with head
memtlers of the cooperative. of thecooperative, Jacinto Vargas Es-
trada, had urged his neighbors to work
with Sandinista officials. to do two
,,The contras are trying t a local
things," said Harry Chfivez. want to
Sandinista spokesman. "They
terrorize people so they will not work
with the revolutionary Government.
and at the same time they are laying
the groundwork foTan effort ort to seize
some territory. Bluefields
would be their greatest triumph...
In recent months. insurgents have
mountdd several attacks in which they
have made special efforts to single out
and kill leaders of pro-Sandinista or-
ganizations. Coordinators of Sandinista
block committees. youth. groups,
health centers and cooperatives have
been among the victims.
Mr. Hooker, who maintained rela-
tions with Indians opposed to the Gov-
ernment, is among the most widely re-
spected citizens of Bluefields. He
graduated from Ohio U vmee ii i
degree in -history.
dean of humanities at the National Uni-
versity in Managua, and in 1981 was
named director of the Institute for the
Atlantic Coast, a Government agency-
More recently, he had been in charge of
administering social services for in-
digenous groups in the coast region-
The official Sandinista newspaper
Barricada charged Saturday
Hooker's kidnapping planned by
the Central Intelligence Agency, which
has provided millions of dollars in cov-
ert aid to rebel groups-
Report of Cuban Deaths Denied
Special to him New Yoet Times
WASHINGTON, Sept- 9 - The Nica-
ragttan Mission to the United
a Reagan Ad
tiod. assertion that four senior Cuban
military advisers were killed In a rebel
air ?aid last Saturday in which two
Americans were killed.
The statement, issued Saturday
night by the Nicaraguan Embassy
ll here, accused Administration officials
tl of -lying." and reiterated earlier Nica-
raguan assertions That the only people
killed in the attack against a military
school in Santa Clara were three cltil-
- dren and a cook.
The statement said the Administra-
tiorts portrayal of the situation in Cen-
trai.America was based on an "insidl-
tu ousand systematic use of deceit." .
- will help the
'tNo amount of lying P
Reagan Administration to prevent the
people of the United States and the t-
terpational commtuuty from e a
~, seeing the reality of the aggress clearly
big. power against a small nation," it
it's alm
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