PRO-SANDINIST PAPER IDENTIFIES 13 AS AGENTS FOR C.I.A. IN NICARAGUA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP90-00845R000200860005-7
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 16, 2010
• Sequence Number: 5
• Publication Date: November 7, 1981
• Content Type: OPEN SOURCE

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NEW YORK TIMES
7 NOV E,.D R 1981
-Sandin Lt Pam Idennnes 13
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MANAGUA, Nicaragua, Nov. g - A ~ to protest to them that their
proSandinist newspaper today pub. willingness tocc~mtenancehis activities 1
listed the names of 13 people who it said led to this." an official said. "And this is
were Central Intelligence Agency rnem. a provocative act.>, =
bers now attached to the United States , - official said that Washington
Embassy here, prompting a strong pro- considering temaoraril j eva~
test from the Reagan Admirristratioa ...: families of em
Thenevispaper, Nuevo Diario, listed a .. Off. - named I
total of 40 people that it said were United
States 'intelligence officers who had
worlcedin Mcaragua In recent years. It
gave a brief biography of each of the 13
people who It said were C.I.A. employ-
eesstill assigned here. 1 charge d'affaires at the, United
States Embassy, Roger R. Gamble,
delivered a strong vocal protest to the
Nicaraguan authorities this aftemoot in
which he described, the publication as
..an act of. provocation," and?.warned
that several of those named had already.
received death threats:
The Nicaraguan Ambassador ? to
Washington; Arturo 3. Cruz. was called
in by the State Department this morning
and, according to United States otfi
dais, was reminded th i -the Nicara-
guan Government! was responsible for
the safety of all foreign embassy perms.
Ml stationed hare.
A Low Pott in Relations
The incident-was seen here as mark-
ing a low point in United States-Nicara-
guan relation, which have deteriorated
steadily since tReagantookof
ficeiastlanuary. ,
. In recent months; the United States
has accused Nicaragua of arming Sal-
vadoran .guerrillas and unec sarily.
buildingup itsawn army. Many Mcara-
guaa officials are-convinced that.the
Reagan Administration Is Intent on un-
dermirdng- the two-year-old Sa.ndinist
revoludot6- both a ccocmically and poll
ically.
UnltedV'Statee& officials here linked.
today's publication in Nuevo Diario to
last month's visit 'ere by Philip Agee, former C.I.A. agent who has
published the tames of people identified
by him as C.I.A. employees stationed In
differeet regicaisof the world.
'The Nicaraguan Gover nent's sup-
port forAstee while be was here zees us
leave. "We're not going to run," an offl-
cial noted.
- Nicaraguan officials denied ,today
`'-that the publication bad been coordi-
nated with Mr. Agee. They said Nuevo
I?iario had merely published a news
agency report from Costa Rica on its
own merits.
STAT
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