Evening star., 1955-01-14
GAS Probers Find
Outside Aid in
War in COSTA Rica
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OAS has asked other Arneri-
can states to fly observation
missions over the trouble area.
The United States was the
first to offer such planes.
Today OAS announced that
Ecuador, Honduras Guate-
mala and Nicaragua itself
have offered observation
planes. and Venezuela said it
would send them on request Of
the investigating commission.)
Air Attacks Reported.
Newspaper reports in San Jose
sale the towns Of Liberia and
Las Canas were attacked last
night by a plane flying without
lights. According to the press
accounts both towns were strafed
and one bomb was dropped at
Liberia. Liberia and Las Canas
are in the northwest part Of the
country, on the Inter-American
highway leading south from MIC
aragua.
A spokesman for the general
staff's press ofiice said Liberia
underwent an air raid alarm but
no attack. He said San Jose was
blacked out for 35 minutes last
night because the army had
reason to believe there was
"high flying intruder" in the
area, but no planes appeared
over the capital.
.(In Washington, q Costa
Rican embassy spokesman
said both Liberia and the
town Of Grecia, about 80 miles
northwest Of San Jose, had
been bombed. The spokesman
said details were sketchy and
there was no indication
whether there had been any
loss Of Mfe.)
The tnter-Amefican tnveSti-
eating commission announced
that it would begin pacific OBJ
servation" flights today over
Costa Rican territory. The Unit
ed States has agreed to supply
planes for such surveys.
u. 8. Patrol Assigned.
The United States Army re-
ported in Washington last night
that the flights would be made
by Navy seaplanes from the Coco
Solo air station In the Panama
Canal Zone. The report said the
Navy has assigned the job to
Patrol Squadron as. commanded
by Comdr. william T. Luce, Of
Metuchen, N. ,.
The flights will be made in
two-engine Martin Martins,
which carry a crew Of 10 and are
armed for defense. These craft
normally are used for ocean pa
troll duties.
The OAS investigating COM
mission, headed by Luis Quin-
tanilla Of Mexico. arrived here
yesterday and Immediately called
morning, afternoon and night
meetings. A source request
ing anonymity said Costa
Rlcan officials presented aalarge
quantity Of evidence td back up
its charges that Nicaraguas had
aided the rebels.
The commission plans to go
On to Nicaragua from here torI
continue its probe. In Maragua.
Nicaraguan Foreign u Minister
Oscar Sevilla Sacasa said his
government had offered the
group the use Of an air force
plane for its observation flights
over Costa Rica.
Some Costa Ricans Held.
Mr.. Sevilla Sacasa also an
nounced that some" Costa
Ricans in Nicaragua had been
taken into custody and all
others. including former Presi-
dent Picado, have been order
ed to stay In their homes. The
foreign minister explained that
these orders were part Of Mic
aragua's efforts to demonstrate
that 1t is keeping its hands off
the trouble in Costa Rica.
The Managua government
previously announced closing Of
It's frontier with Costa Rica.
It said border commanders have
been ordered to take into GUS
tody and disar1n any Costa
Ricans attempting to cross into
their homeland.
In Caracas, the Venezuelan
army also denied published re-
ports that Venezuelan planes
had bombed points in Costa
Rica.
"We would not be so childish
aS to send them in with the