(DELETED) CABLE RE GUATEMALAN LEASERS

Created: 4/1/1995

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DEFENSE GENERAL STAFF COLONEL JOSE LUIS ERNANDEZ)) LtGORKIA SUPPORTS THE CAMPAIGN, AND PROVIDED MINISTER OP DEFENSE GENERAL MARIO "RENE NRIQUEZ)) MORALESRNERAL BRIEF IMG ON THE

PLAN IN ENRIQUEZ, WHILE ALSO SUPPORTIVE.

INDICATED THAT HE FEELS IT IS TOO LATE FORAMPAIGN.

ENRIQUEZ WAS PARTICULARLY CONCERNED THAT THE CAMPAIGN MIGHT APPEAR TO BE AN ATTACK ON. CITIZEN WIFE OF BAMACA. JENNIFER

{(HARBURYt). ENRIGUEZ IS ALLOWING PLANNING FOR THE PUBLICITY

CAMPAIGN TO CONTINUE. BUT WILL NOT IMPLEMENT THE CAMPAIGN UNLESS

AN OPPORTUNE MOMENT PRESENTS ITSELF.

2. THE ARMY ESTIMATES THAT SEVEN GUATEMALAN ARMY SOLDIERS HERE KILLED AND JO WOUNDED IN SAN MARCOS DEPARTMENT IN AMBUSHES LIKELY ORGANIZED BY BAMACA. THE PLAN THEREFORE CALLS FOR THE FORMATIONOMMITTEE MADE UP OF THE FAMILIES OF THE DEAD AND WOUNDED SOLDIERS TO PUBLICIZE THEIR SIDE OP THE INTERNAL CONFLICT

i IDEAS BEING CONSIDERED BY THE ARMY INCLUDE SENDING THE FAMILY MEMBERS TO WASHINGTON TO MEET. CONGRESSMEN. PROVIDING PHOTOS TO THE PRESS OF AMPUTEE SOLDIERS WOUNDED IN THE AMBUSHES. AND EVEN USING THE ADMISSION OF-. CITIZEN WIFE THAT SHE WAS WITH BAMACA DURING THIS TIME. (SOURCE COMMENT: THE IDEA IS NOT TO CONFRONT HARBORY. INSTEAD. THE ARMY JUST WANTS TO SHOW THAT SHE COLLABORATED WITH BAMACA. AND THAT. THEREFORE. SHE MAY HAVE BEEN AN ACCOMPLICE IN THE DEATHS OF THE GUATEMALAN SOLDIERS KILLED IN THE AMBUSHES.)

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