Fidel Castro government of THE REAGAN administration is waging war against the revolutionary Sandinista The war, organised by the Central Intelligence Agency, is the most extensive covert operation organised by the US since the Vietnam war.
Plans approved this week by the White House will mean that the present force of NO LOS AWATINAS from Bolivia were the highlight of a concert and rally held in London on 22 July to celebrate the fourth anniversary of the Nicaraguan revolution The CIA-organised war will receive fresh backing from the US Defence Department in the shape of military supplies. for the first time, 5,000 US to overthrow the Nicaraguan government will combat troops will join Honduran troops military exercises next month.
The exercises form part of military manoeuvres which included the dispatch of two major naval forces to the Pacific and Caribbean coasts of Nicaraona By the Editor For the first time too US military advisors will Salvadoran government troops into battle against the FMLN The appointment of Henrv Kissinger. the ar chitect of the later stages of the Vietnam Wal head a commission of inquiry into the situation in Central America has raised both scorn and alarm among such props of the US establishment the York Times and the Los Angeles Times. They fear • unal Keagans poncy will lead to all-out war between nicarama dression duras, followed by a new Vietnam WIll military engagement. defend democrac Nicaragua, was asked why the ack of democracy rightist governments in the area di I not provoke the same reaction Washington. Influence He replied: We have more influence over the others. You can trust them not to go against vital US Reagan fears that the example of the Sandinistas in throwing off the yoke of dictatorship will be followed, not only by other countries in Centra America such El Salvador and Guatemala but also by the powerful working classes of Brazil, Chile and Argentina.
If the US succeed in their campaign of intimidation it will set back the prospect of working Cass advance in Latin America and boost the US war drive world-wide.
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