NICARAGUA COUNTERED U.S. CLAIMS OF A SOVIET-CUBAN BUILDUP THERE

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• Collection: General CIA Records
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• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 23, 2010
• Sequence Number: 2
• Publication Date: March 11, 1982
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NICARAGUA COUNTERED U.S. claims
,of a Soviet ban buildup there.
Sandinista official Jaime Wheelock said
Washington has exaggerated Soviet and Cu-
,ban assistance to Nicaragua, and he ac-
cused. the U.S. of launching. a campaign to
oust his government and make the nation
"another Chile." - Secretary of State "Haig
wouldn't comment on a report that Reagan
approved a CIA plan to destabilize Nicara-
gua's.leftist government.. Wheelock alluded
'to the alleged plan last week, and told UN
.diplomats he feared :a? U.S.-backed attack
from Honduras. Guatemala and El Sal-
Haig told a_Sent to subcommittee that
strife in El Salvador is part , of --a
"global" problem caused by Cuban and
Soviet adventurisrn.
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