(NID) NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE DAILY FOR TUESDAY, 17 AUGUST 1982

Created: 8/17/1982

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ELUBAi Insurgent Plans

Tka Sal'Jtidorm insurgent* apparently are dlecuaoing strategy wttfl Cuba and Xieaeagua tohe mora aggpeeatve taetttw of Honduran Goaavnment forces-

.aunts iijum airy uuimuircatiuu umwfccfl Nicaragua and Honduras, while the Sandinistas have wanted the guerrilla* to step up attacks in El Salvador and Honduras. The reports suggest the insurgents have agreed to increase their attacks in return for greater jse of Nicaraguaupport base. | " |

Talks are continuing in Havana to resolve anyerences

Guerrilla leaders believe chances ofpopularare not good butilitary coup attcnpt will allow then te seisenitiative. Discussions among the insurgent group* are under way to get ready for this possibility, in the interim, the People's Revolutionary Army plans to continue staging ambushes and attacks on Isolated military units and sabotaging economic facilities, j |

Coaanenti Increased Cuban and Nicaraguan support should help the Salvadoran Insurgents to increase Before they canajorhey will have to overcome chronic logistic problems and factional disputes. In tho meantime,oupseemsL-LI,to rely on more small attacks.

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