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...first meeting in the town of La Palma last October was called a historic step toward peace in El Salvador. The second public session, in the village of Ayagualo in November, was considered a major disappointment. Since then, Salvadoran President Jose Napoleon Duarte has said little about peace talks between his government and the Marxist-led guerrillas of the Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front. But last week Duarte casually told journalists that his government was taking cautious steps to resume the stalled dialogue...
...guerrillas against lightly defended targets. It came at a time when attacks by large units are relatively rare in El Salvador's civil war. Before legislative elections last month small groups of insurgents hit more than 20 small towns, burning government buildings and public records. In response, the Salvadoran government, with the help of U.S. military advisers, has been rejuvenating the country's civil defense network. One of the rebels' publicly declared goals is to undermine that effort; the object of the assault on Santa Cruz Loma was the village's still poorly trained and equipped 16-man civil defense...
...Salvador, the war also seems at a stalemate. The Salvadoran army has been more aggressive in conducting sweeps of guerrilla country, and claims to have the Marxist rebels on the defensive. But the guerrillas have proved adept at disappearing into the bush, then materializing again for attacks like the one last week on the village of Santa Cruz Loma (see WORLD...
...discuss ways of ending the war. A second meeting in November led nowhere. The chief reason: Duarte's government insists that the rebels lay down their arms as a first step toward rejoining the democratic process, while the F.M.L.N./F.D.R. demands a place for its fighters within the Salvadoran military and a share of political power before elections...
...bigger factor in Duarte's favor may be the state of the war. Bolstered by 40 UH-1H helicopters and two AC-47 aerial gunships provided by the U.S., the Salvadoran army is both better equipped and somewhat more aggressive than before. According to military spokesmen, 40 to 60 rebels surrender each month and even more guerrillas are simply laying down their arms and going home. Yet, other rebels are still joining up; estimates of the number of remaining insurgents vary from...