CENTRAL AMERICA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP90B01013R000400250003-4
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 6
• Document Creation Date: December 27, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 6, 2012
• Sequence Number: 3
• Publication Date: January 22, 1987
• Content Type: MEMO

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TH E. WHITE"H`O'overnments to cooperate with
us on Nicaragua policy wi~lsc;ls affected by the level of U.S.
military and economic assistance to them. (S)
The interagency review should therefore consider, e.g.:
-- the objectives of the $100 million program and how it
relates to other political, economic, and security
components of our overall policy toward Central America;
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-- the likely effect of giz~Y()W 57 Xnillion program on the
political and militaf r capability of the Nicaraguan
resistance; the prospects for=t'he resistance, given
sustained U.S. suppo, by he end of this Administration;
-- the strengths and we es s of the political alliance
represented by the tMited Nicaraguan Opposition (UNO); and
ways to broaden participation in the armed resistance by
other democratic Nicaraguan opposition groups;
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the role of the Nicaraguan internal opposition, including
the Catholic Church,,, 3a.bor riwate sector, and the
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the prospects for continued cooperation with our Nicaragua
policy by the four reg~ona].f democracies;
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the capability of theriSandini,st
a regime to improve its
counterinsurgency efforsan 'to suppress the internal
opposition;
the future course of Soviet and Cuban policy in supporting
the consolidation of the Sandinista regime and using it to
serve their pol-military interests in the region;
the role of the Contadora and Support Groups in promoting a
democratic solution in Nicaragua, and the role of Mexico and
other Contadora goverrimen is
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the role of the UN and-=OASEu=bpean countries, and others
in promoting democrat i'c so~Iutions; and
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the response of Nicaragu; and t]e Central American
democracies to these ~dip`1No atic ezfforts; the prospects for
Central American dip16matic nit atives. (S)
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The review should contain.,/8 l~ recommendations on, e.g.:
-- how to strengthen of=her compon is of our policy in Central
America -- military; coaoma:cpolitical -- to reinforce the
impact of our support f'o~ the Nicaraguan democratic
resistance;
whether any changes should be made in our assistance,
training and advice to the Nicaraguan democratic resistance;
how to help UNO maximize its-effectiveness and acceptability
in Nicaragua, internationally, and in the U.S. Congress;
what steps might be taken to encourage the civilian populace
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to assist the democraticmovement within Nicaragua;
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what further steps are available to increase pressures,
e.g., economic, on Cubarand Nicaragua; how we might raise
the costs to the Soviet Union, Cuba, and bloc countries of
..,..~ ~..,.~,. OuNNU.LL uL aicaragua;
how can we diminish.Western.'assi.stance to Nicaragua and
increase it for the four.,'d`emocracies;'
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wnetner the U.S. snou d encourage or undertake a more
activist diplomacy, e.g ;~P,resident Arias' proposal to
enlist Latin and European faders in a call for
democratization in Nicaragual.howto encourage a more
activist diplomacy on=he part ..,the four democracies,
especially within La'tA`n;..Amerca,
in addition to our handing admonition on jet fighter
aircraft, possible newmarkers on their relations with
Nicaragua which we should lay down with the Soviets that
would establish explicit limits beyond which the United
States would react;
whether and under what circumstances the U.S. should conduct
any talks with the Sandinista regime; whether diplomatic
relations with Nicaragua should be continued and, if so, at
what level;
whether adjustments are needed '.n our security assistance in
light of heightened securty ,co cerns in Honduras and the
prospect of Nicaraguan promotion of terrorism in the region;
whether changes shou kd be mad&cin our economic and security
assistance for El Salvador;to hel4p the GOES deal with
increased urban guerr"illa adtivity, including front
operations in the universiti and labor unions;
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options for improving t=hYe economic situation in Central
America, includingaid le els aid trade issues, including
options for reviving g"
gMn~traregional trade; (S)
options for improving the political situation in Central
America, e.g., measures to strengthen democratic
institutions and to promote cooperation and mutual support
among Central American democracies and from other democratic
governments in Latin America; and
-- a status report on implementation of the Kissinger
Commission recommendations _'
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This review shall be the r'`esporis-b l ty of the Restricted
Interagency Group on Latiri Amerca chaired by the Assistant
Secretary of State for Intr-Amer?can Affairs. The report
shall be submitted no later ,than February 13, 1987. (C)
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