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by its moderation i in its first
month in office since dic-
tator President —Hnastasio
Somoza fled the country.

First of all, there have
been no summary trials. and
executions like those in
Fidel Castro’s Cuba 20 years
ar ‘or asin Iran today.

he. ruling five-member
junta has. been. releasing
imprisoned National
Guardsmen who in another
time might have gone before
squad. Some
guardsmen even sought out
and surrendered to members
of the Sandinista National
Liberation Front whom they

felt would treat them better

than the average citizen. |

Those released so far
included a= 75-year-old
former guardsman who gave
the “coup de grace” in 1934
to Gen. Augusto Sandino,
the guerrilla leader
presumably assassinated on
orders of Somoza’s father
and after whom the San-
dinista movement is named.

Secondly, the junta
“Government of National
Reconstruction’ has
respected private property.
The exceptions have been
the holdings - including 75
companies - belonging to ex-
president Somoza and other
property belonging to his
family, top aides and
National Guard leaders.

However, many wealthy
Nicaraguans - fearing the
worst is yet to come”+ have
left the country and some
worried middle-class
Nicaraguans now are secking
exit visas.

There are two big
questions about the
revolutionary government

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revolutionary. -government

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‘young Sandinistas -

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around ‘$6 million for ex--
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; thse . worry
Nicaraguans~ ‘and -

neighbors: will the govern- 7

ment ©remain -. none
Com unist and will. .

refrain © from
revolution to its vulnerable
Cen American neigh-
bors?» .

There is a . general feeling
that the make-up of the
junta, put together in the
final weeks of the offe sive -
against |Somoza,. will‘: be -
changed.| If a strongman
emerges, the betting i is ona
man who isn’t even a
member of the junta - lomas
Borge, 48, a co-founder in
1961 of the Sandinista front.

The Sandinista leadership
also has said it will not
export its brand of
revolution to its northern

‘neighbors in El Salvador,
‘Honduras and Guatemala,

all of which have right wing
military presidents.
However, many of the
in-
cluding foreigners . who
joined the fight - probably
will become bored after a
few months of inactivity and
be anxious to take up arms
again. Some will probably
head north on their own,
even if intervention is not
government policy.

Also, there have been
rumors that El Salvador’
guerrillas - who specialize in
kidnappings - contributed
large sums to the Sandinista
coffers. If that is so, then
there’s an JOU awaiting
repayment.

Outwardly, Managua
looks like Havana did during

the first part of the Cuban
revolution.

Sandinistas in battle
fatigues and carrying an
assortment of machine guns,
rifles and sidcarms check

exporting ;

is fs fling the’,
* (Mexican Petroleam) to > control the ofl blowout in the Gulf of Mexico. (UPC witephoto) -

- identification at government
buildings and. the ‘leading .
hotel where . some of the
junta members live.

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of Cuba is exchanged’ in .
Nicaragua and revolutionary. .
slogans Adora “government

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correspondence |

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- Sandinistas will continué: to.
enjoy the backing of the
_ Majority of Nicaraguans

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