President. if any of these prisoners are Cubans since 10 to 15 Cubans are normally attached to Sandinista battalions down to the company level. According to resistance sources. the Sandinista prisoners have indicated that their mission was to attack what they believed to be a resistance training center. nearly 20 kilometers inside Honduras and to destroy resistance supplies and medical facilities. The resistance radio broadcast that large numbers of Nicaraguan civilian refugees are in the area and that they are in desperate need of food. water. and medical supplies. Contrary to statements by Nicaraguan emissaries. it appeared that as many as 300 Sandinista troops continued to be blocked in Honduras and were unable to extricate themselves from the engagement. We had reports that they were breaking down into small groups. abandoning their weapons. and attempting to make it back across the border into Nicaragua.
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