Contras OK 3rd Managua Talk

MANAGUA, Nicaragua — U.S.-backed rebels reversed their position and accepted Managua as the site of a third round of peace talks with the government, a rebel spokesman said today.

Roberto Ferrey, secretary of the Nicaraguan Resistance directorate, said by telephone from Costa Rica that the rebel delegation, headed by Alfredo Cesar, will arrive in Managua this evening.

The rebels, known as Contras, had previously refused to return to Managua, complaining of strict government limits on their activities during two previous sessions. They wanted instead to meet with leftist Sandinista officials in Sapoa, a post on the Costa Rican border.