CONTRAS SEE A LONG-TERM NEED FOR AID

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP90-00965R000403790029-1
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 27, 2012
• Sequence Number: 29
• Publication Date: May 30, 1986
• Content Type: OPEN SOURCE

Declassified and Approved For Release 2012/02/28: CIA-RDP90-00965R000403790029-1
^"NEW YCRK TIMES
ON 30 May 1986
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14 By JAMES LaNOYNE Mr? Robelo had a seated that Mr.
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I rebel Wit. In an apparent ef(blt to relbal leaden. formally 29 a _ mNicaraguan give Mr. Cruz and Mr. Robelo greater
Y echhg a unity Pawn, the agnamant reached here
accord. said today that t they would seek will allow them to name officials to
continued assistance from the United oversee mbd military, political, Man.
States and elsewhere even if a regional cial and intanagaW affairs, rebel
peace treaty is signed by the nations of sources said.
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merica.
The irnsttrlilm leaders. whose war
against the Nicaraguan Government is, But ewe the same sources added
backed by the Reagan Administration, I that it rename to be shown whether the
argued that they have a right to fit on I am officals will be allowed to exercise
until it is proved that the terms of such real authority. Such skepticism is an
a treaty are fully observed by the San. Indication of the uneasiness of relations
dlaitas. between the three top rebel leaders.
the three headers of the American- maioed concerned becousis under the
backed rebel boot known as the United new unity agreement. Mr. Calm m
Nay had OpPppositisa. or UNO, said tabs osnt: 4 of the Nicaraguan Demo.
cal diffs more that ito cratcc Flea array, which al nd m .
split their movement Daltlcal and mi ill.
apart. Lary orptdsatian that foams part d the
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a this moment LINO is i it
ns most solid, o, w thee three a*.'- d i
Rebe rs of
the rebel front, said.
Arcs si of CAnvpdea peals/
All three leaden also denied persist.
out assertions about corruption and
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tration aft to provide mijilions Of
ddoolaars behld Caleee Hal.
duran4liand
led
by soldiers swwho served the Nicar .
arms-export controls on arms. The ac.
cusations are the subject of several
Congressional investigations.
The three directors are Mr. Robelo,
Adolfo Calera and Arturo Cruz. Mr.
Calero is also head of the main rebel
army, known as the Nicaraguan Demo-
cratic Force. Rebel leaden and their
aides' more fully defined the terms of
the agreement to work together that
they reached after months of bickering
and almost three weeks of hard negoti-
ations.
The rebel lenders said they would
continue to press for a political settle.
meet in Nicaragua but military, phew
sure was needed to force a solution. As
a rensult, they said. they would need
some support for their forces even if
Nicaragua agreed to sign the so-called
Contadora
Central Ame egionsif a. peace treaty for
Cemplie^n, Demae/sd
Mr. Calero said that rebel leaders
would demand full compitance before
ng to stop fighting. The peace
P being discussed by Latin
cAmerican governments calls for dis-
mantling foreign military bases in Cen-
tral America and for withdrawing for-
eign troops and military advisers. Still
to be resolved are qu redone of arms
control, foreign military maneuvers
and verification of compliance with the
pact.
Mr. Cruz said a thma.man human
rights commission would be created to
investigate charges of abuses by rebel
units. It would be made up of non-Nica-
raguans whose findings would be bind-
ing on the rebel directorate, he said.
One rebel official said that to allay
such concerns the commander of the
Nicaraguan Democratic Force army,
Col. Enrique Bermudez, had sent a
written acknowledgement of his recog.
nition of the United Nicaraguan Oppo.
sition's authority over his forces.
Mr. Robelo made a special point to.
day of denying charges of corruption /
and Promised to assist any investiga-
tion needed to prove the rebels' inno-
cence.
"We know we are clean," he said.
A 124 Million Lawsuit
Shortly after Mr. Robelo spoke a law-
yer stood up in the news conference and
served Mr. Calero with a subpoena.
Mr. Calera, the lawyer said, had been
named in a 324 million lawsuit filed in a
Federal court in Miami by two Amer.
ican journalists in Costa Rica.
The suit accuses a group of 30 Amer.
icans and Nicaraguan rebels of smug-
gling cocaine to finance military opera-
tions against the Sandinistas Th
e
. plaintiffs are part-time correspond.
eats. Tony Avirgan of National Public i
Radio and Martha Hon v of ABC.
u T3gf
f Nita a
Centel Intelligence Asencv officials
were involved to drug rwijjnv ,n r
I -ts Empamm
r Calero denied any involve jpt
in such actions.
Mr. Avirgan was among M e;..t.
including Mr. Pastors, who i .
jured by a bomb that killed five aghsre
when it exploded at a 1N{ news~CROW.
ence held by Mr. Pastore. The wit.
tee to Protect Jorcnaliets had
Mr. Avirgan and Miss Honey, war am
husband and wit., to investigat. the
bombing. They said their lives 4ma
threatened repeatedly.
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