Tools for Peace established an office in Managua, Nicaragua in 1985 in order to facilitate the acquisition and distribution of aid. The records in this series represent the communication between the Managua office and the office of the National Coordinator, and document the activities of the Managua office. The series consists of correspondence, minutes of and agendas for, meetings. The records were originally contained in four binders and arranged chronologically by date of receipt. For conservation purposes, the records have been removed to acid-free file folders, each file folder representing the original binder. Researchers should note that files 2 and 3 in the series Operational files of the Office of the National Coordinator, location 606-E-1, consist of correspondence with the Managua office.