CABLE TO DIRECTOR FROM LINCOLN RE GUATEMALA 1954 COUP

Created: 4/26/1954

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LINCOLN STATION

TO: ROUTINE

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TO: SLINC

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UTHJZINO "EL CAMPESINO" ON OUR RADIO PROGRAM APPEARS DESIRABLE VIEW HIS SPANISH AND REVOLUTIONARY BACKGROUND. DO TOO HAVE RECORDINGS HIS SPEECHES? OR CAN TOO HAVE HIM CONTACTED AND RECORDING MADE? OUGHT TO REACH OSAI, PREFERABLY EARLIER.

IF RECORDING YET TO REMADE, SUGGEST TWD MAIN THEMES(PERHAPS TK> SEPARATE SPEECHES):

COMMUNISM NOT REVOLUTIONARY, BUT MOST REACTIONARY FORCE AND ONLY SERIOUS WAR THREAT

CO MHTE-SPONSORED AGRARIAN REFORMS EVERYWHERE ONLY BRIEF TRANSITION TO HE KOLKHOZ AND STATE SLAVERY POR ALL FARMERS.

EITHER THEME TO BE STRONGLY SUPPORTED BY CAMPESINO'S OWN EXPERIENCES IN SPASM AND RUSSIA.

NO RECORDINGS AVAILABLE, POOCH HIS BOOK, ARTICLES, OTHER SUITABLEABOVE LINES SOONEST, POSSIBLY ALSO RECORDINGS OR WRITTEN MATERIALS FROMWITH SIMILAR BACKGROUND.

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