The World - News from Feb. 25, 1986

CIA objections held up release of a secret document purporting to illustrate the Marxist Nicaraguan government’s “disinformation” campaign in Washington, State Department officials said. The officials, requesting anonymity, said the CIA objected to plans to release a declassified version of the document on grounds that “sources and methods” used to obtain it might be compromised. Negotiations were under way within the Administration toward agreement on a way to release the document, by making deletions that would meet the CIA objections. The White House disclosed existence of the document last week, calling it evidence of the Sandinista government’s “sophisticated campaign of disinformation” in the United States.