CABLE TO LINCOLN FROM GUATEMALA RE GUATEMALA 1954 COUP

Created: 3/26/1954

OCR scan of the original document, errors are possible

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1NF0: DIRECTOR

TO: SLINC INFO: DIR CITE: SQUAT PBSUCCESS RTBAT

IN DEALING WITHT HAS BECOME APPARENT THAT THET ARE AWARi OF THE GENERAL IDEfc OF PROJECT PBSUCCESS ALTHOUGH THET HAVE NOT BEEN BRIEFED BT THIS STATION. BELIEVE TILTS CONDITION POTENTIALLY. MORE DANGEROUS THAN TRUE BUT LIMITED BXWLBDGE. IF TOU AGREE, BANNISTER DESIRES BRIEF THEM ON STRICT NEED TO KKCW BASIS.

PROVOCATION ATTEMPTS BELIEVED INEVITABLE AS WSBURNT GOVT SITUATION DETERIORATES. BELIEVE BRIEFING THESE OFFICERS ON LIMITED BASIS WOULD TEND REDUCE HAZARDS OUR OPERATIONS.

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