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or toe second time within fire dayshave heardthere le the iwet serious eoncern ln the Office of
tbe Undertary of Defense with record to the continuation la Guatemala of the anall croup offficers presently there. (The
number isconaleUneForce.) It
has been stated that the Defense Department and/or Army hare Mam challenged conoerninc this by "eoaeone on Capitol Kill."
Mo further apeolfloa being eval labia to us, ve can only assume that this matter relates In eeae wey to the article whloh appeared eons time ace it the RawTO NILend whloh Intimated that Senator HaCerthy might be considering an attack on the army In thla connection.
It will be recalled thetatter of hour* after we noticed this article, wa brought It to tha attentlen of General Erskine and that wa also took this op lamed latelyigh level inate Department. Wa have praviouolj reported to Onneral Rrsktne thet we hoped the matter would not be raised on Capitol Mil. General Srefcine should know thet the basis of our "hope" In thle eonnsotloa was an Immediate actionigh level State Department pmrsonace, who took stepe to aae that It would not be ralaed and who reported back to ua that ble mission bed been successful.
U. It should be borne In mind that the basic question sa to whether or not the rail military group should be withdrawn fron Ouateaala and. If ao,t tine, has received very high level ccnaleeretlon ln the State Department ea well aa ln CIA, and tbat lt was discussedlong time ago with Oeneral firakine by Hr. wisner. The setter wee aralaby State end CIA following the appearance of the newspepar article and the Oft Ambseeador to Uuntemele was brought into tha discussion, he acknowledged that he had reeoanended the retention of the military group and he and the other State Departs* Tt people concerned mare of the opinion that lt would be craws tore at tbe present time to withdraw the group.
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*anhurd again (thla tint via Rr. Radios In stato) that tha Office of tha Under Secretary of Defease aae still very conoerned about thle oattor, Hr. Dulles sailed Under recretery Anderson and told bla Inlangnage thet If thla setter were to be broiejht to hie attention ltot of background and had been earefully thought out at vary high levels. Nr. Dullea suggested to Inder Secretary Andereon that no precipitous daclelon ba taken with regard to thewithdrawal of the group from Qeateaala and that thereie* cneeion between hlnself snd Hr. Anderson prior to any decision, at which time nr. Andereon could be wore fully filled in en the details of the entire natter. Onder Seeretary Anderson did not appear to be concerned and In any event accepted the suggestion of Hr. Dulles.
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