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Arms From the U.S.S.R. - or from Nobody
Black, George | August 31, 1985 issue

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At the urging of the U.S., the National Guard was to remain intact as a guarantee against Sandinista domination of the post-Somoza order. But the deal fell apart when Francisco Urcuyo, designated by politician Anastasio Somoza as his successor, demanded that the "irregular" Sandinista forces disarm. The notion that the victorious Sandinistas could have secured a hands-off pledge by the U.S. if they had forsworn all military ties to Soviet Union initially sounds plausible, but Washington made that impossible. Building an army required cash, and fleeing Somoza supporters had looted the treasury of all but $3.5 million.

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DISARMAMENT; ARMIES; SOMOZA, Anastasio; INTERNATIONAL relations; SOVIET Union; UNITED States
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