ROBERTO BARRIOS PENA

Created: 6/26/1956

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NFORMATION REPORT

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INTELLIGENCE AGENCY

BARRIOS Pen*

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Roberto BARRIOS Pena, tho Director of tbe Instituto Clvlco KlllUr, has beenby Mi leftist students into thinking that heossibleand, based on this, he has beeooe involved in oppositionthe Guatemalan Government. Roberto BARRIOS has two brothers,Carlos hnrique BARRIOS Pena, who occupy tho positions of Director of theCuatemalteco de Segurldad Social (IOSSj, Guatemalan GoYornmentInstitute, and Chief of the First Buroau of the Guatemalan Army For this reason, the government has been unwilling lo takeagainst BARRIOS. Guatemalan officials have talked to both brothers,that they have tried, unsuccessfully, to dissuade Roberto from hisactlvi'.ic3

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BARRIOS will be called to the iwaunican Republic, catena to President TftUJIIAO about alleged aid which TRUJILLO might be willing to give to groups opposed to President Carijos CASTILLO Armas. Upon his arrival lh.ro TRUJILLO .will- notify BARRIOS that he haJ been "offered" the position of Giatemalan Consul to the Dominican Republic and that ho should forget his anti-government activities. If BARRIOS refuses, he will then be told by TRUJILLO that he cannot loavo the Dominican Republic. *

^^fcora^nt. s also boon reported that FERNANDEZ la at present a

2. Roberto BARRIOS was reportedly Involved he5 movement against th governoent which waa led by Colonel Fran usco COSENZA Galvex who is still in exile In Costa Rica, where ho Is reported to bo involvedovementgainst the Guatemalan Govornaent.

the Central Committee of the underground POT.

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