CABLE TO LINCOLN FROM DIRECTOR, CIA RE GUATEMALA 1954 COUP

Created: 6/26/1954

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2. WE are CERTAIN THAT THIS MESSAGE WILL GO PROMPTLY TO BOTH TEGU AND MAMA DIPLOMATIC REPRESENTATIVES HEBE AND TO THEIR RESPECTIVE PRINCIPALS. HOPE THIS WILL PROVE SHOT IN ARM WHICH THEY -JaiwC -JCAN DISCREETLY PASS TO THEIR RESPECTIVE

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