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we pape Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/07/07 : CIA-RDP87M00539R000901 190016-2 SECR ET Nicaragua Nicaragua is represented officially in the United States by the Nicaraguan Mission to the United Nations, the Permanent Mission of Nicaragua to the Organization of American States, and the Nicaraguan Embassy. Nicaragua currently has approximately 60 officials assigned to these establishments. Approximately ten percent are considered K & S IOs. The Nicaraguan intelligence services (NIS) in the United States attempt to: -- gather information on the anti-Sandinista exile population; - collect information on U. S. Government policies vis-a-vis Nicaragua and Central America; and, -- project a positive image of the Sandinista revolution to the American people. Shortly after the Somoza Government was overthrown in 1979, the Nicaraguan Government of National! Reconstruction (GR N) utilized the pro-Sandinista organization "La Brigada" as an intelligence network. A source of unknown reliability advised during May, !980, that the goal of "La Brigada" was to quash any opposition to the Sandinista regime. At that time, "La Brigada" dispatched new operatives to the United States. This new group was largely composed of Sandinistas, Chileans, and Cubans. SECR ET - 19 - _.. .... Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/07/07 : CIA-RDP87M00539R000901190016-2 _ ....