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3-Mar~2016
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Tht> departmf'ntal commanders usualh· b;n't" b;·-oo.sSrtl
th-nmnth dt'lar. th•· JK'"\I.' ~lirti! la1J1ll'iiin1£
nf the ~alional CaTIJp,'lbtn Plan-0pf'r:ilion !l.faqui·
lishual. Howe\·e-r. as thC' nffensirt' lcist momt"11tu1n. f.t.r
rig-hi elements again p}a\'t'd on offk'f't fru!.lration lmhtr of tht" J96.'l taTJ,diJ·. Whilr lite t!ffd to maintain
dffirers. \\ 1 hilt> this rt-Clects Sah·adoran realitit•s-+
LS a.uistanC't- allbwed Carcia to suh·i\·e the­
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rel..,Jlion io Janua,.{ 1983 by a.nether 1963 landa
uwrnbt>r. Lieutt!J13~t Colonel Omc~cr~ls
win lhe ~larch elf'