BACKGROUND PAPER: CENTRAL AMERICA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP88B00443R001404070100-8
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Sequence Number: 100
• Content Type: OPEN SOURCE

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On Pvfr!y 13, 1983, the Permanent Scl_'ct Committee on Intelligence
of the House of Representatives issued a report which concluded that
"the Sandinistas have stepped up their support for insurgents in lion-
duras"and that Cuban and Nicara,gua;I aid for insurgents constittlrec "a
clear picture of active promotion for revolution without frontiers'
throughout Central America by Cuba and Nicaragua.'' The committee
also reiterated its earlier finding that the guerrillas in El Salvador "are
well trained, well equipped with modern weapoi!s and supplies, arid rely
on the use of sites in Nicaragua for eoinnrrulcl a;rd control crrd for lc~ ; tic'al
support. The
intelligence Supporting I%!ese Jl/ ,rl;mi tits pro S'i/l,'r' In /tIe C orn-
mi/tce is convincing.
The summary of Cubar7, Nicaraguan, and Soviet Ce'i-
Iral Arta "Ica included in this (ackground t;rt~>i'!' Sa~)[.'Urts t,',,! C('l.'('l.'Lc:i /)!I i
of the house Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence. It is
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in the interest of contributing to a better public urtders'andin, of the 1!i tory
of developments in the region.
This background paper does not attempt to analyze social and ecoreomic
conditions in the Central American countries. Rather, it describes Ic-ne
politically motivated violence is being used to exploit the more
democracy, social justice, and economic (.eee!OI?1i1: la in Central .1mer7ca
in order to b'rirtg exticnie leftist to Palter.
by the Department of !till 0~ - I)etMrtme.rt of t)efcii-e
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