circulated as a document of the Security Council. (Signed) Vktor Hugo TINOCO Deputy Minister .f<Jr External Relations of Nicaragua DOCUMENT S/15671 Letter dated 31 March 1983 from the Deputy Minister for External Relations of Nicaragua to the President of the Security Council I hereby transmit to you a note of protest addressed by Mr. Miguel D"Escoto Brockmann, Minister for External Relations of the Republic of Nicaragua, to Mr. Edgardo Paz Barnica. Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Honduras, on 30 March 1983. ·· 1 am writing to you in connection with the fol­ lowing incidents: "On 28 March 1983, at 11.30 a.m., a group of counter-revolutionaries coming from Honduras and armed with mortars. 60-mm machine guns and FAL rifles, made a raid into our territory and proceeded to attack the Kum observation post in the north of the department of Zelaya. When Nicaraguan troops appeared the counter-revolutionaries immediately withdrew to their bases in Honduran territory. .. At 6 a.m. yesterday, 29 March. another counter-revolutionary group, also coming from Honduras, attacked the village of Teotecacinte in the department of Nueva Segovia with mortar and rifle fire. wounding a minor. Leopoldo Jimenez. Troops of the Sandinist People·s Army repulsed the attack and the group hastily withdrew to Honduran [Original: Spanish] [3/ March /983] territory, through the sector of Murrupuchi, 8 kilometres north-west of Jalapa. "On the same day, also at 6 a.m., another group of counter-revolutionaries, coming from Honduras like the others, again attacked in the frontier zone, in the sector of Kum, in the north of the department of Zelaya. .. ,n expressing to the Government of Honduras our strongest formal protest at these new acts of aggression, my Government once again reiterates its willingness to continue its efforts to preserve peace and tranquility in the frontier zone-an objective 
**Analysis**
This document appears to be a diplomatic communication between Nicaragua and Honduras, detailing incidents of cross-border attacks and expressing a formal protest. The focus is on the military actions and territorial disputes between the two countries, rather than any economic, social, or environmental issues.

**Category**
International relations, Humanitarian aid and relief