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li'I. SALVADOR:
Military lntenlilyfng Oporalion1
The goretnm•nft opetatlans •ealnst guetrllla s1ron~boldiltnd
Its effort• to /mprore caaperetlan with Handur••-ltfdlcate thet ·
th• military 11 lnl•nlll1lng Ila already aggressive ellarts. ~
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The Army is using five elite US·t_r.ainecfbattalions, suj)port~ by air
and arlinery. In sweeps norJh-of the Torola River in Morazan ----~
Department and In t~e-G-..lazapa Volcano area.c= ___.]
_.. =::-Jin San Miguel DepertmenL the 3rill!ii9ai!i on
Monday suslained light casualties whµn re elling a Jarge guerrllta
attack on a cottee-proceasJng plant. (C ) ---
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MeanwhUe. the 4th Brigade in Chalatenango led by ~91onefS1gifredo
Ochoa, is moving into guerriUa-conlrolled areas~_oehoa Is setting up
clvlllan defense teams in 1raditional guerrJfla-hilvens to' deny the
insurgents free movement after the __ ttOOPs leave~
ce:;;: ]11ie·~;r Force used two recenlly acquired . (b )( 1)
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The Honduran military[__ - ---]
[ -:::Jhas reinforced Its border units. The ge-nerat staffs Of t>oth--:.
countries are to mee_ t In Hondura~ JCl:t(!! t_!!Js month and subsequently ·
at a conference in San Salvador.~ · \
Comment: The mJlitary appears confident that It can-make progress
against the insurgents. It probably will intensify the level of offensive
operauor:s. _Rerhaps through the l~islalive and munk:ipal elecllotls tn
March~F) .
Signals from Honduras that It iS Interested In improving mllilary
cooperation may reflect Tegucigalpa's satisfaction with progress In
border negotiations with San Salvador. (S ~II') C 1 4, D!4, Ni'4
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