BRIEFING OF HOUSE FOREIGN AFFAIRS SUBCOMMITTEE ON INTER-AMERICAN AFFAIRS, 17 MARCH 1982

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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP84B00274R000100260002-6
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• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 26, 2007
• Sequence Number: 2
• Publication Date: March 17, 1982
• Content Type: MEMO

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EA 82-1031
17 March 1982
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SUBJECT: Briefing of House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Inter-American
Affairs, 17 March 1982
1. On 17 March 1982,1 Deputy Director/Office of African 25X1
and Latin American Analysis rie e the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee
on Inter-American Affairs on the current situation in El Salvador and the
assistance being provided by Nicara ua. He was assisted by 5X1
MACD/OALAA/DDI, and OALAA/DDI. The briefing held in H-236, The 25X1
Capitol, wa;S TOP E RET CODEWORD level. Alderson Reporting took the
tr,an cript. 25X1
2. Chairman Michael D. Barnes (D., MD) was present to open the briefing.
He left shortly after learning that the briefing would be the same as he had
received from Admiral Inman when he briefed the House Leadership on 15 March.
Present from the Subcommittee for all or part of the briefing were: 25X1
Gus Yatron (D., PA) Robert Lagomarsino (R., CA)
Samuel Gejdenson (D., CT)
George Berdes
Diane LaVoy, HPSCI staff, and Belden Bell, State, also attended.
4. began by presenting a detailed analysis of the Command
and Control system employed by the guerrillas. He characterized it as sophis-
ticated and he outlined the guerrilla groups and their areas of operations.
He then listed the actions that the guerrillas plan to take to disrupt the
28 March elections. He talked about the guerrilla radio stations and the
methods and routes used to get arms to the Salvadoran guerrillas.
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6. In a brief question and answer session, the Members asked about
the percent of eligible people who were expected to vote, international
observers for the election, and the recent cache of weapons found in San Jose.
There were no follow-up items.
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