ANNOUNCEMENT OF KILLING - (TRUTH COMMISSION I)

— CE -——_— on on -— [J PAGE 0001 rd GD 2503092 HAR 80 — GEREN 2503002 MAR 80 GHEE - J (J [J — 1. AT APPROXIMATELY 1800 HOURS ON 24 MARCH 1980, SALVADOR'S TF ARCHBISHOP OSCAR ARNULFO R OM ER OG A L DAME Z WAS ASSASSINATED WHILE CELEBRATING MASS IN THE CHAPEL OF THE "DEVINE PROVIDENCE" HOSPITAL IN SAN SALVADOR. WHILE NUMEROUS ACCOUNTS ARE ALREADY CIRCULATING, MOST RELIABLE APPEARS TO BE THAT ROMERO WAS KILLED BY A SINGLE BULLET THRU THE HEART WHICH WAS FIRED FROM A GUN CONCEALED IN A CAMERA EQUIPP...