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4. To carry out an integral agrarian reform, which responds to the natural right of private property, taking into account efficiency in the utilization of resources and the utility of giving land to those who work it;

5. To establish a new social contract, democratically adopted, which recognizes the equitable participation of all sectors of civil society, both in effort as well as in benefits;

6. To provide immediate assistance to the victims of the civil war, providing programs which permit their rehabilitation and economic security;

7. To adopt measures which facilitate full participation in productive civilian life by combatants who do not join the new army and national police;

8. To promote and facilitate the return of exiles through programs to finance the creation of jobs and the adoption of legal, economic and customs measures and other incentives;

9. To formulate and execute an immediate program of action and the securing of resources for the reordering and reactivation of the national economy and the providing of jobs for the Nicaraguan people;

10. To abolish state centralism and return to the private sector all those productive, commercial and service activities which said sector is able to carry out more efficiently for the common good;

11. The Government of Reconciliation, as guarantor of the common good and social peace, will observe and promote the principles of: social justice, freedom of association, work as a source of well-being and wealth, the indispensable contribution of laborers and peasants to the development of the country, as well as solidarity with the less favored sectors of the population, private property as the expression of a natural right and the sovereignty of Nicaragua over its natural resources;

12. To consolidate and perfect the Central American Common Market and to promote foreign investment as important measures to bring about socio-economic development.

'''III. Foreign Policy:'''

To adopt a foreign policy which protects the peace and strengthens the independence and sovereignty of the Nation, founded on the principles of the inter-American system; supported in the fulfillment of international accords, cooperation and friendly relations, especially with those countries which practice representative democracy, and in the permanent determination to contribute to the economic, social and political integration of the Central American fatherland.

'''IV. Plan and Program:'''

A Program of Government will be presented for the consideration of a consultative body in which will be represented the various democratic, political, social and labor organizations which will implement these principles. It will establish the procedures so that, by the eighth month after the installation of the new Government of Reconciliation, it will hold elections for a Constituent Assembly. After eighteen months it will hold general elections with guarantees to assure the free participation of all citizens and the integrity of the elections.

Among the preferred objectives to be considered by the consultative body should be the following: Reorganization of the Judicial Power; Municipal Autonomy; reorganization and integrity of Public Administration; health and social security; education; culture; housing; transportation; infrastructure; sports; policies of incentives for the various productive sectors; the financial system; agrarian reform; commerce; foreign investment; reduction of the foreign debt; fiscal, monetary and credit policies, giving special attention to the development of cooperatives and the balanced action of the State.

We reiterate that the liberation of our fatherland requires the participation of all the democratic sectors of the Nicaraguan people, as well as the solidarity and support of the peoples and governments of the countries of the Americas and the other free peoples of the world.

At the same time, we pledge ourselves to respect the consensus of Nicaragua's democratic spectrum in the selection of those who will implement the initial task of national reconstruction. Furthermore, we pledge ourselves to assure that it shall be the people, by means of an electoral process in full enjoyment of their rights and freedoms, who will elect the Constituent Assembly and, later, the national authorities.

Caracas, Venezuela, Cradle of Liberator Simon Bolivar, the twenty-second day of January of Nineteen Eighty-six.

Arturo Cruz   Document 6

Senior FDN Military Personnel

Positions and their occupants are as of the November 1985 survey utilized for compiling the data in Assistant Secretary of State Elliott Abrams' letter of February 24, 1986, to Senator Richard Lugar, Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Relations, United States Senate.

Personnel changes or discrepancies identified as of February 1986 are explicitly noted. Spellings are not necessarily authoritative. Italics indicate previous occupation. Note that several individuals occupy more than one position.

KEY

Former Sandinista Former National Guard (Guardia Nacional-GN) O Civilian Previous occupation unknown

CIVIL-MILITARY JUNTA

O Adolfo Calero Portocarrero, President of the FDN Directorate.

Enrique Bermudez Varela, "Comandante 380," FDN Directorate member and military commander, GN colonel.

O Indalecio Rodriguez, FDN Directorate member in charge of civil affairs.

O Aristides Sanchez, FDN Directorate member responsible for logistics.

Office of Finance

O Orlando Montealegre, "Oscar Montes," graduate in business administration.

Office of Legal Affairs

O Carlos Icaza, "Sofonias," Doctor of Law.

STRATEGIC COMMAND

■ Enrique Bermudez (see Civil-Military Junta).

Harlie Duarte Pichardo, " Venado, " assistant for personnel, GN sub-lieutenant.

Rodolfo Ernesto Ampie Quiroz, "Invisible," assistant for intelligence, GN lieutenant.



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