CABLE TO DIRECTOR FROM GUATEMALA CITY RE GUATEMALA 1954 COUP

Created: 5/27/1954

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TACA AIRLINES PROHIBITED FROM LANDING WSBURNT MORNINGAY. AYIATECA LINES GROUNDED. TEST REPORT FROM PAA TO EFFECT THEY NOT SURE IF WILL BE ALLOWED LAND. ALL LINES REPORT BAD WEATHER NOT REASON. MEETING ALL AIRLINES REPRESENTATIVES AND WSBURNT SPOKESMAN CALLEDOVTMAY. SOURCE: ESPARTO, ESCHEL.

REF LEAFLETS THROW FROM PLANE EVENINGAY, SOURCE REPORTS FIRST BUNDLE BOUNCED OFF ROOF OF PALACE AND SECOND BOUNCED OFF GUARDIA CIVIL HEADQUARTERS. SOURCE ESCHEL. IF PRE'CTIATED CONGRATULATIONS. THIS CAUSING MUCH COMMENT.

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