NICARAGUA ON SATURDAY OBJECTED TO SUPPOSED PLANS BY NEIGHBORING COSTA RICA TO «MILITARIZE» THE BORDER BETWEEN THE TWO NATIONS _ THOUGH COSTA RICA HAS NO ARMY, AP REPORTED. NICARAGUA'S FOREIGN MINISTRY SAID IN A STATEMENT THAT IT «VIEWS WITH GREAT CONCERN» A COSTA RICAN PROPOSAL TO STRENGTHEN SECURITY IN THE REGION. IT CLAIMED THAT COSTA RICAN SECURITY MINISTER FERNANDO BERROCAL HAD TALKED OF «MILITARIZING THE BORDER.» BERROCAL HAD PROPOSED A CREATING A SMALL, SPECIALIZED POLICE FORCE FOR THE BORDER ZONES. COSTA RICA ABOLISHED ITS ARMY IN 1948.
