NICARAGUA/U.S.

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP88-01070R000201290004-2
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 21, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 21, 2008
• Sequence Number: 4
• Publication Date: July 19, 1984
• Content Type: OPEN SOURCE

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ABC WORLD NEWS TONIGHT
19 ,Tiny 1984
NICARAGUA/U.S. JENNINGS: Today is the fifth anniversary of the
revolution that brought the Sandinista government to power
in Nicaragua. President Reagan took note of the occasion
when he flew to~~Columbia, S.C., for a summit meeting with '
leaders of 15 Caribbean nations and territories. ABC's
Mike von Fremd went with him.
VON FREMD: Before these Caribbean leaders, the President
praised them and himself for what he considers a major
foreign policy achievement. RONALD\REAGAN: I'd like to
take this opportunity to congratulate many of you for your
courage and leadership in turning back the communist power
grab in Grenada last fall.
VON FREMD: And the president asked for support in turning
back what he considers another communist power grab.
REAGAN: The Soviet bloc and Cuba have been committing
enormous resources to undermining our liberty and
independence. Noxhere is this threat more pressing than
in Nicaragua, a country which today marks the fifth year
of Sandinista dictatorship.
VON FREMD: The Nicaraguans have announced that they're
holding elections this fall, but Mr. Reagan is already
calling it a fraud. REAGAN: We would wholeheartedly
welcome a genuine democratic election in Nicaragua, but no
person committed to democracy will be taken in by a
Soviet-styled sham election.
VON FREMD: This is the second day in a row that the
president has been warning of the .Nicaraguan threat. It's
an effort to influence next week's congressional session,
when members will take up funding for Central America.
Aids say that Mr. Reagan feels this may well be his last
chance to try and restore covert CIA assistance to rebels
fighting the Sandinista regime. Mr. Reagan is going ahead
with this, despite the fact that the covert funding is
unpopular here and could well prove to be a major campaign
issue. Mike von Fremd, ABC News, Columbia, S.C.
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