NICARAGUA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP88-01070R000301910007-9
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 11, 2010
• Sequence Number: 7
• Publication Date: October 21, 1985
• Content Type: OPEN SOURCE

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RADIO TV REPORTS, INC.
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CBS Evening News STA110N WDVM-TV
CBS Network
DATE October 21, 1985 7:00 P.M. CITY Washington, D.C.
Nicaragua
DAN RATHER: Back at the U.N., the leadoff speaker for
this final week of fortieth anniversary proceedings was
Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega.
Pentagon correspondent David Martin reports that the
flow of made-in-Russia weaponry may have resumed to beef up
Ortega's military.
DAVID MARTIN: Nicaragua's Daniel Ortega dressed like a
diplomat for his speech to the United Nations today, but he spoke
like a warrior.
PRESIDENT DANIEL ORTEGA [translated]: The policy of
state terrorism being practiced by the rulers of the United
States will never bring Nicaragua to its knees.
MARTIN: According to Ortega, attacks by U.S.-backed
Contra rebels have caused a total of one billion dollars in
damage, while the U.S. trade embargo has cut off badly needed
American markets for exports of Nicaraguan coffee and imports of
spare parts for farm machinery.
PRESIDENT ORTEGA [translated]: Due to the continuation
of the aggression committed by the United States Government
against our country, the situation has worsened, to the point
where though we should be exporting one billion dollars worth per
year, we are only exporting 300 million dollars annually.
MARTIN: Ortega's hard-line rhetoric may soon be backed
up by more Soviet-built weapons. U.S. intelligence has picked up
signs that for the first time since last November the Soviet
Union is shipping arms to Nicaragua.
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Soviet ships have been seen unloading military
equipment, including T-55 tanks, at the Cuban port of Mariel.
And some intelligence analysts believe they are being transferred
there to Nicaraguan freighters, one of which has already taken
its cargo home. Analysts think they have spotted ten tanks, but
they cannot be certain because the cargo is covered by camouflage
netting to confuse U.S. spy cameras passing overhead.
Analysts say this could be the start of a new Nicaraguan
military buildup, but caution there is not yet enough evidence to
prove it. Intelligence reports point out that Soviet Bloc ships
have made more than two dozen port calls in Nicaragua so far this
year, but until now they have delivered only trucks and other
types of non-lethal military equipment.
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