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...Condemning the intervention plans of Guatemalan military and paramilitary forces and indicating our opposition to Honduran encouragement of hostile actions against Nicaragua...
During 1980 DOD has devoted considerable resources to expanding communications and improving relations with the Honduran armed forces. DOD's stated objective has been "to create a new balance in the region" after the fall of Somoza's National Guard. The discussions with Honduran officers have been characterized as "encouraging," "fruitful," and "successful" at different stages of the process. These discussions included the following topics...
...Honduran cooperation in resupply efforts to El Salvador's armed forces in the event of a large scale insurrectional offensive...
...have some 3,000 men under arms, are not yet a match for the 15,000-man Salvadoran army. But they have long promised a full-scale military insurrection, and there are signs that it may soon get under way. Skirmishes between guerrilla bands and army units near the Honduran border last month left at least 30 soldiers and 100 guerrillas dead...
...that Honduras might be used as a conduit for arms shipped to the Salvadoran guerrillas from Cuba and elsewhere. There have also been reports that thousands of Somoza's former national guardsmen are holed up in Honduras and plotting a counterrevolution against the Sandinistas. Partly to help the Honduran government guard against such in filtration, Washington has offered it a $3.5 million military-aid package...