CABLE TO DIRECTOR FROM GUATEMALA RE GUATEMALAN 1954 COUP

Created: 3/30/1954

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CIA HISTORICAL REVIEW PROGRAM

: TO: SLINC PBSUCCESS RY8AT

0 MAR 5lt INFO: DIR

CITE: SGUAT

INFORMED RAZMARAARCH OPPOSITION STRENGTH SERIOUSLY THREATENED BY NEW GOVERNMENT PRE8SURE. PPOSITIONISTS IN JAIL. UNLESS ACTION COMES SCON BACKBONE OF RESISTANCE WILL BE BROKEN BECAUSE KEY PERSONS WILL BE JAILED OR EXILED. CLAIMS ARMY OFFICERS SYMPATHETIC TO MOVEMENT HAVE PERFORMED ASSIGNED TASKS THAT MAY BE REVEALED IF ACTION DELAYED, CLAIMS SOME OFFICERS THREATENING WITHDRAW FROM MOVEMENT, OTHERS BELIEVE THEMSELVES DANGEROUSLY EXPOSED BY THEIR ACTIONS INOF MOVEMENT AND BETRAYED BY CALLIGERIS FAILURE TO ACT.

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