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(13 Sep 1989) }QUOTE REF EL SALVADOR REBELS OFFER PEACE FORMULA: EL SALVADOR/MEXICO
GS18098906 CITY. El Salvador's left wing rebels Wednesday (13/9)
18.9.89 proposed ending their nine-year old guerrilla war within six
months if the government undertakes a series of broad
political reforms. The rebel group, the Farabundo Marti
Liberation Front, made the offer at the opening in Mexico
City of the first peace talks with the U.S. - backed
government in two years. Leaders of the rebel coalition
outlined their plan in a statement before the talks began.
They said they would form themselves into a political party.
Date Shot:13.9.89

WTN 1.23mins
GS TAPE & CASSETTE GS180989
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13.9.89. EL SALVADOR. ZOOM to FMLN flag in jungle; rebel
soldiers on road; VS rebels; Rebel soldier with peasants;
Rebel holding rifles in road; Truck of government soldiers
down highway. MEXICO CITY. Wide pan of conference table; pan
of rebel leaders; SOT Joaquin Villalobos commandant FMLN - in
Spanish - "The FMLN proposes to cease hostilities to achieve
peace and democracy in El Salvador.

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