Adolpho was the head of Coca Cola inside the country of Nicaragua during the Somoza period and was the leader of the opposition party to Somoza. There is very little contact with anyone relative to the Somozan regime among these folks at the present time involved in this freedom fighting organization with 14.000 in their armed forces. So I submit while we are talking about it that for the record at least we ought to recognize that most of the people involved are farmers. most of the people are very disenchanted with the Sandinistas or were themselves Sandinistas previously who fought the revolution against Somoza and certainly do not like what they see happening today inside the country. ht. any rate. the problem that I see happening and what I want to bring to the attention of my colleagues. particularly today. from the assessment of all concerned when the Contras effort collapsesnow. please hear thiswhen the Contra effort collapses the estimate of our Embassy down there is that between 150.000 and 200.000 refugees will cross the NicaraguanHonduran border within a period of 3 to 6 months. That is a very realistic estimate based on what is clearly observable to the support contingent inside Nicaragua for these Contras. What is going to happen when we see 150.000 to 200.000 new refugees from Nicaragua inside Honduras? Well. I would submit that while we may see opposition to it that there is going to be a sense of moral Imperative In this body and in the other body for the bringing of a great number of these to the United States because we did support the Contras to begin with
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