CUBA - NICARAGUA - EL SALVADOR: ARMS TO THE FMLN

Created: 12/18/1989

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CUBA-NICARACUA-EL SALVADOR:

to the FMLN

reported agreement to increase deliveries ofnd other weapons implicates Cuba in past deliveries, possibly including the missiles found in the air crash late last month, Cuba and the Salvadoran rebels probably can chooseumber ofmoreroutes. The FMLNogistic support through Mexico. Honduras, and Guatemal

Any sizable increase in deliveries almost certainly would require use of Nicaraguan territory and facilities, but Managua probably will avoid firsthand involvement for now. The Sandinistas are noi likely to abandon their long-term commitment to the FMLNfl

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