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