Pl'&CZESS/iabAT/St&RT
CW HISTORICAL REVIEWSANITIZED
Chief of Station, Ouateoala
Conmmicatlona System in the Asuncion Kita area Kef ere nee i HUU-4S4 dated4
Onndisited the above area and tried to obtain all possibte data on the cocuni cations system, tie eJvised the followin-&nd submitted rough sketches, where possible, showing poeition of the wires.
Thereelegraph circuit (wire) froa Ouateoala City to Cuilapa to Jutiapa to Progreso to Asuncion Hi to to Sea Cristobal to Atescataapa to Jerez to Zapolltan to Jutiapa. Ue followed the line along the road froa Ouateoala City
to San Cristobal. There the telegraph oparator advised that the circuit extended to Atescatempa to Jeres to Zapolitan and back to Jutiapa via canape.
5. The above operator stated there iselegraph circuit froa Jutiapa to Progreso to Santa Catarina Hits, Chaparron to Jalapa. ESPfcRA?CB waa not able to find those lines leading out of Progreso.
elephone service between Guatemala City and Jutiapawaa unable to learn whether this was wire or radio. lie was not abfe
to verify the existenceadio circuit from the Srd Military Zone Headquarters to Guatemala City. There ia no telephone service fron Jutiapa to the Salvador border or to points in between.
All telegraph and long iistancc tek phono service ends at. und is resumed at.
ESPttiAHCE advised Uic following with regard to severing tho lines:
Salvador larder to Asuncion Kita. About five miles fron the Salvador border, tho wires cross the road and are only about ten feet from the ground. They could be pulled downruck or car. This is at the western end of Lake Atescateapa. Over the hlU from the lake the pcles cross back to fie south side and leave tlie roadway Toreetield.
Asuncion rtita to Crogreso, dle west of Asuncion rtita the road startsteep grade foriles. res follow the road, 'mereintHalf way up -here tho poles are on tho wdgee rood ana cross> feet. The oolcs are of unfinished tree liaibe and could be knocked downreat deal of force. Hiftro are nuKfinmsuld betxtiken
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(5) Proareeo to Jutlapa. Tho lima between rrogreeoand Jutlapa follow tha road out of rregreao, lba froa Jottepa thaha road an? out to toe right acroaa the hllla. e odd could work unseen.
(4) Jutlapa to Cullapa, Tha llnaa laav* the aaln part of Jutlapa on the aoutfa aid*ows the old road to Ouateaala City. They parallel the old road for abet two allea and ar* about ECO feet froa tha road. The wire* are two atrand froa the SalTador border to Aaundon Hit* and three atrand from there to Jutlapa to Cullapa to Guatemala City.
7. o tided eleetrlc power llnaa outaide Aaundon Mita. Ke aald he noticed tha power lineoo COO feet froa th* road on tha right aid* aa ho entered Aaundon Rita froa San Crletobal. He atoned hie aar, raised th* hood and pratanded to ba working on ths actor. edestrian walked b. and SSlDUKa aakad Ma what tha linea war* aad abar* thay want. Th* padeatrlaa anew-rod that thay war*power llnaa which caaoydroelaatrle plant (axaot location h* lidn't know but atatad that the plant vaan'tod aeeanai tho li^ht* went off every night.) KSpbxAMUg oould not locate th* plant. H* think* it ia betwaan Aaunelon Kite and the Salvador border and la probably onlyto produce enough power for daytla* uaa and abuts down at aiiftt.
fl. fcSPEHAJJCS atatad that there wore two wooden bridge* on the road froa Jutlapa to QuttUuiiala which if destroyed would block trafflooours. Th* firat bridge la aboutdlea out of Jutlapa toward Cullapa on the Ian Aiaertoeji Highway. Tho other bridge la en the sane readr 3reaching Cullapa. Destruction of theseculd force traffic froai Ouatemala to cc by of Jalapa.
aad* aarcral photographa of tha area and too llnaa but waa
forced to hide then an the way bac to Ouateaala, He aay ba abl* to go hack and pick up the film. If recovered, i; will ba forwardedpa ten.
10. Attacnadketches prepared froa drawings aada by SSP>'HaH m
(1) CosamnlcatLona linsa froa Ouateaala to tx border aa BJ"OUSCi;
believes than to exist (overlaycap),
iZ Skttob of Jutlapa ehowing location of telegrapc wires, (3 Skatoh of Aeunolon Jut* ahcarlng telegraph wire* and paveri Sketch of road and wires froa Asuncion Kits to Salvador border.
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