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OCI No.·0671/6~
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY . Dir.ectorate. of Intelli.gencQ · '- . lS July 1969' ..
INTELLIGENCE MEMORANDUM ~ . . .. ~ -
. El Salvador·-Ho·nduras
(S~ t\.1Ation R'eport41 - As ' of h 00 PM EDT)
'1. 'rhe OAS commission is'· Arrivin9 in Guatemala at . about 1300 hours and h.aving lunch before· proceeding to San Salvador • . Their plane will attempt a landing ' in San $alvador despi·te · continuing t"eportsof attack on the airport •
. 2. AirratJ:..a.aks and around fi qht:.ina on t.h_e,-""-==r-=d=e=r~a=r--,,f;J_· _ --, 25Xl · continuing. \ [ . ' Honduras is sendi'-n-g-""--~ 100 troops to the area to augment .t e: 2S~man force already there. The HondUran army has repor.tealy suffered 12 deaQ. 3 • Honduras. claims to have downed three Salvadoran · fig-.hter. pla.nes. · 1he Salvadorans had att,aoked 'l'~9'uci9'alpa at dawn and. made. ~ddit1onal forays against localities in Olancha and in f3olJthwes.t.ern Honduras. Salvadoran planes were reported making machine qun runs against the oivilian population in th~ NueVa oootepegue area. HondUran aircraf~ have st.ruok the airport at San Salv~dCir, the port of LaUn1.on., an~ the f\cajlitla oil refinery and port. . ' 4. Salvadora.n President Fidel Sanchez' ' e:peecl) early this · morning m~inta . ined . a belligerent. tone. The Salvador-an oo~gress has instituted a: state of 'siege for 30 days •
. 5. The Honduran ro~nister of defense has sent orders to all stations to e~pel1 ' all Salvr;\doran nationals res!di~g.in .Honduras.
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6. The Hond 'ur~ns,' feeling they are. at ·a· military . ,di·sadvan~~ge, are seeking weapons from abroad. Th~ U. S 'j 1 as a member of the OAS .team, ,has rejected. a . re<;tuest 'for arm,s
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