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A nev political party designed toarty of tbe center although it bears theBsc local lota RctoIuc lcnar io dc laqulerdaRevolutionary Party of tha Left) tl CM being fcrned by ths purged aytmberfc of the Partldo accloo Revolucloiarl^. This nev party eca-teaiplates an Ideology of tbe Center but willadical politics to international policies, especially thoso oouceraina tbo tvo 'l*veritHa/m. ofhlch threatens ictervr.illou, cf tLeba : ar lac and annihilating of theersonality, of tha Soviet*.
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ron eebiud theparty areAlvaro HnOT^fta^uero, and Jon"ne*Dhrdo'p, all purged by the FAR^^avyer Jooeod Bnrloutf^Kirt Batrea, Mra Ouadclupf^rei'raa ^ulpouea aod Pranciaco Ther expect varloua deputioa aod what lapacto ca.Ua 'people of
academic nod political preparation' tc Join then.ty ie aotlraly Guatemalan, withoutInfiltration and ia an tneny of ih^ Ptiialantwtton of tho country.
eople realise that ao danaaroua and
tragic Ina become tbfi Red intervention In our domesticesult ot the Asiatic Aespotm of the Sovlata, tbat ve could ba sacrificial ahacpdlna upon the dealree of our Coanaunlsts and folio* travelers: For thia rea'aon, pcraona who ara connected vtth the (Guateawlan) RevolutionIflaa believe they can aavt It.'
fc.of the flrat aovea of the new party waa to oj-ponc the candidacy of Major Hareo Antonio Francoellow traveler, for tbef the Coiwrreaa convening, The organlaera recall that Major Traucorip far behind tb* lion Curtain, but at tha tiae tbey do noto be called anti-Coeasciiats la order that they do aot lUCOMB ccnruicd with ultra right-wing groupe or that they are adveraaries of thr regime of Frcaldent They explained they are ]r< reality activeiLHt 'the enslaving Instructions that arrive free tbe cold at^Rpea.'
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'Ispactq (l6 Feb soy* editorially that the nev party hu not changed the color of Ita supporters and tbat their mentality aod their ethics hare sot been modified. However, Impacto predicts the new party will be veil received because ttarty born vifhout dirty diapers, ir. that it la not so fax tarred by the brush of sectarianism to vhlch the other parties hate so heavily contributed.
"Biievhere on the political front: Under the impetus of. the otherparties, tbe.tvo factions of the Beoovacidn laclocal have arrivedormula which vould enable them to resolve their differences. These camelimax lasteeWaen the dissident elements ied^by Bee tor Fldo Gams took action to ouet the Secretary General Jaime Plat Bozxotto, Prirate Secretary of President Arbenx. Tbe formula provisoarty coaveDtion expected to be held shortly. Arbenx ls believed to be behind the movement to revive tbe Renovacidn. So for there ia no indication of what thla move might lead to and there io some- indication lt villwith failure In viev of the propaganda being Issuedr. Rcanotto to tht effect that the Flon Garma elements have been disciplined ncd vould accept the leaderabipi; Boxxotto.
he Ccaanialst infiltrator and Secretary of tbe Central Committee of the PfiG,nald that tbe differences exiattag between the political parties making up the coalition vlll be decided by tbe latioool Democratic front. The PRO in especially interested in this decision because in recent clashes with tbe PAR tbe PRO lost out in the tovna of San Marti'o,aodTuobedor,coe. Cuene'a claimed the PTC va* not the aggrvetor in these tvo dUputea becauae his party' bad given InatrucUoo* to avoid any friction vith the other coalitionecause such vould break the Indispensable unity of their fcrcaa.
"The latest aide mema-ire to Guatemala oent by tha Stat* Department auggcotlae, international arbitration of direct negotiation vith the United fruit Company over claims arialog from the expropriation ofacres, does not appear to have caused any excitement in Guatemala- Tha Forolgn Office announcedeb*ne receiptote from Washington aaying tbat thiaasking Guatemala to reply to the first notelx months previously requesting settlement* of the indemnity issue vltbnited Fruit Company. Foreign Hinlater Torlello said there had been no reply in either note and there vould be none issued in tbe next fev days, licv-over, in 'the Foreign Office tbe press was told An aaaver la under otady and rsaaeply vould be made knovn. Intate Department spokesman said thia vould be the last note In vhleU theassed Cunteamla to negotiate thia iasue and that if the government of Guatemala refuses, the rnloatiaa vould be submitted to as international court or to international arbitration. Overlooked hy the Guatemalan Foreign Office, either intentionally or becauseotoa the fact tbat the United Fruit <fcmpany baalaim vith the State Department far full value of the lands seized and Incidental damages soataioed. The State Deportment did not disclose the amount of theFruit (ioapaiiy'b claim..
"The united Fruit Company bus been accused by the experts of the Ministry of agricultureeport to labor inapector fbrflpolalvarado Cuervoorting to Inadequate measures to combat Panama anilSlgatoka diseases in tba Bananer* area. The charge is tied td the labor dispute involving the workers of that area and tha labor inapoetor aaid the United Fruit Coupaay officials' vould be called upon to explain measures taken on their plautatlone, and if the charge ia proven'the labor authorities vould demand payment of complete Indemnities- to workers that vere fired, besideseavy fine for violating the labor code unless thoy reemploy tho laborers.
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10. "The day after thia report appeared io the press aFruit Cocpany spokesman said the ocotpany haa uaed ail Of ita material end technical reaouroes to fight fligmtoka not only to protect its ovn faros but also those of lndepeodenrta. 3 the cost of fumigating vith Bordeaux mixture was Ctf iTlQiSOT. He said tbat Panama, disease ls practically incurable because the only solution is flood fallowing but in Tlouisate it ls not possible te apply this remedy.
Hi "The Guatenmlan government decided Just tvo weeks before the Inter-Amerlcaa Conference at Caracal toelegation and in an announcement explained that attendance at the Conference would not signify Guatemala's recognition of tbe current Yesasuelm regime, aod that tbe attendance of Quatecmla signifies ite faiih in the other nations of the Americasafeguard for principles of non-intervention*. Those compfiaing tha Ouatenalan delegation will'be Foreign Mlniater Ouilleroo Toriello^ Carlos Gonzalez Greene, Secretary of Publicity and Propaganda of tbe Preeideocyi Guatemalan Ambassador in Salvador, Miguel Angel Asturias, Julio Estrada de la Bet, Deputy and former President of Congress, Julio Gomez Padilta, President of the Plrst Labor Appellate Court, Jose Luis Mendoza, Chief of the Treaty Deportment of the Foreign Ministry and Onatemolao expert on Belize, Ouillermo Horlcga Morales, economist of the National Agrarian Bank and Efraia Rodriguez, chief of thaeeneral secretariat of the Presidency. The delegation leavesor Caracas, and in the meantime tbe delegates have been studying the guatematan agenda, the chief point of whichemand for the'liberation of occupied lands in America by European powers, especially the case ofritish Honduras.
12, "Impacto predicts nothing will come out of tbe Oaracaa Conference detrimental to Guatemala.
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' t Caracas. Toriello aald that Suatcaala at Caracas vould
any attempt by tbo United States to place olo tee-let ln the path ofId tbe /ericas. Ba aald tba governaeat conaldera any attempt to do so would be directed toward Cuateaala and signify its lnterreotioa o tbe internal affairs of other countries* Tbe resolution oo the agenda at Caracas suggest lug action to safeguard the Beadaphare against Cccoauiisa is erpressed in general terse aad does not Motion Coata Rica.
19- "Tbenvested by tba Ouateaalan embassy ln tba publication by
Mexleo City newspapers of full-page advertiaeiaanta in which ansolidarity with Ouatemala vaa espousedntellectuals hasfor the Ouatemalnn propaganda office. Inanssuetfce bulletin leaned by the government InformatlODla utilised the vell-lcnovn Ooamuiist technique of reproducingplaced Communist propaganda aa If It werepontaneousi;
20. "In OnAtcmla the headline readsi 'Maaleaos Tmfce Stand vithne-opening sentence of tha text aayeuatamalaed to tbe UT' development! lt claimedtbat other unlone sought to intervene In (aetually the note ln quootlon merely called tbe attention of theo bbeee development* and specificallyesAla vaa not making any formal protest.) Tbe textThe press of that great American nation vhlch border* both thesd Onatnmmla bad recently published an extraordinary document bearing the eLgTiaWre* of Hazlcan leaders In tbe fields of edueaulam, science, literature, philosophy, government, and art.' This official Guatemalan bulletin th.-rs publishes tbe purported deelarationa protesting threats of latervention of the Mexican intellectuals and reproduces tbe names ofdd iigners and their titles, if any. Included La the repred action of signatories vox tbe nasM of Mexican sculptornaolo who bad writ too mxico city nearapaper* prottatlag tbe use af bis aome vhoa the advert! aeoeutm appeared there,
"Hast Uk Mexicans arevita tit Coanrunlst influence laobserved la tba articles oov appearing Id tha conservative Bl Universal, for ample,ate graphs of vhat they ' bestial tortureo which are Inflicted upon those vho ds not ban Bolshevik: tyranny* of Guatemala aai displayed theby the GAtatemalac Joaquin, umbrlefyernandoz Glornnettlrefuge in Mexico io
Z2. "larTgnaa ;Bev york) ofb-Jfcj published an articleoaduroD Waiaesawnu by the uaae of AnteaorjjPblrcaa Perec vho had aeea documents which prove that the Arv.ecs government is seeking to unleash an armed Coamalst revolution in Central America. Bobiroae Perez claimed he had -that Arbenz haa beenzechoslovak!en spy to sende the treTdin to obtain arms to carryevolution in order to forts the fire countries to submit to the Communist system* Ee claimed this spy- has wide three trip to Prague upon the Instructions of JorgejfttrcU'ormer Quatemalen Ambassador In Mashington and mho hS .etyeesmrunist. fie addel tbat in tha aoeepted version that Russian submarines vould carry eras to Guatemalan beaches and there disembarkhereby avoid using north American ahlpaossible- inapectlon. Jtoblreea said thst tbi Guatemalan government is oov bankrupt and hasheiredit in pounds sterling In gold bars because currently the at> fafB only its Commualat employaea aod people ere dying of hunger, ftabirosa Peres elalmad tbi people are ready bo take araa ao soon aa the order is givenotal uprising.
lbs Qoatemalan Congress was Informed on 1Quateumls's
national deficit3 The report aays the deficita result of the overestinatloa of3 reveomss."
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