CABLE FROM LINCOLN REPORTING SUMMARY OF MATERIAL FROM RO'S 0800 TO 1400 25 JUNE

Created: 6/25/1954

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METOQZA REPORTED THROUGH TO-UOl|ZACAPA FORCES USING HEAVY ARTILLERY AT PETAPlLLAOAD FROM CHIQUIMULA ANO IT WAS URGED EMPLACEMENTS BE BOMBED. O HEEN AT CUMBRF. O, ERE ORGANIZING FOR HEAVY ATTACK ON CHIQUIMULA AND REQUE^IEO UNITS BE ATTACKEO BY AIR. TO-iiO WAS

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WOULD BE DROPPED AT VADO HONDO AT

UNE AND THAT ENEMY UNITS WOULD BE ATTACKED BY AIR AT SAME HOUR.

C. CASTILLO REPORTED0UNE THROUGHHAT ALL CHIQUIMULA WAS UNDER CONTROL 8UT TRONG COUNTERATTACK WAS FEARED. HE SAID THAT POSITION OF HIS GROUP WAS DELICATE AND THAT THERE HAD BEEN HAND-TO-HAND FIGHTING. HE AGAIN ASKED FOR

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GASOLINE. 0UNE CASTILLO REQUESTED A RADIOSENT TO HIM IN ORDER THAT HE COULD BROADCAST IMPRESS IONSON RECEIVING HIS TROOPS. FCP IN MESSAGE TOSKEDAT-6'S AT ESQUIPULAS

AND GO AT ONCE TO MANAGUA0

D, 0 CASTILLO REPORTED THROUGH THAT HE WAS MARCHING TO QUEZALTEPEQUE WHERE HE WOULD MAKE CONTACTa

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