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| Special Report No. 142 |
Documents on the Nicaraguan Resistance: Leaders, Military Personnel, and Program | |
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United States Department of State Bureau of Public Affairs Washington, D.C. |
March 1986 |
This Special Report contains a collection of basic documents and data pertaining to the character of the Nicaraguan democratic resistance. The purpose of this Report is to partially answer the question: "who" is the democratic resistance?
These documents provide an insight into the debate about the relationship between civilian and military leaders within the resistance, about the organizational nature of resistance military forces (especially those of the FDN), and about the political programs of those struggling for freedom against the Soviet-equipped and Cuban-advised Sandinista dictatorship.
Document 1
Letter from Assistant Secretary for Inter-American Affairs Elliott Abrams to Senator Richard G. Lugar (Ind.), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, February 24, 1986
Dear Mr. Chairman:
You asked about the allegation that the Nicaraguan resistance consists of, or is led by, supporters of the late dictator Anastasio Somoza. We have reviewed the facts carefully and conclude that this charge is incorrect and misleading.
The leaders of the main resistance organization, the United Nicaraguan Opposition (UNO), are Adolfo Calero,
Background of Senior
FDN Military Personnel,
November 1985
| Total Civilian | 53% |
| Total National Guard | 27% |
| Total Sandinista | 20% |
| Source: Document I, Table 1 |
