MAJOR JOSE EDUARDO MONTENEGRO PANIAGUA.

Created: 6/10/1953

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SUBJECT: Major Joaeaniagua*1

LIO^RIS

Majoruatomelan who has beon in exile In Mexicos In possessionooument which purports to show the existencesot ffntorod #nto by the military chiefs of Guatemala for tbe purpose of ftYerthrowing the governmerit j* _ fiwlene* arbetuia

71x6 dooumontnown to hare the signatures of Colonel

OfRoberto Barrioa Pefla, Major Montenegro and two oth-

X er persons not identified* All are Guatemalans.

The document has been authenticatedonduras lawyer, one Santiago Boheverrla, who witnessed the affixing of signatures tn San Pedro Sula, Honduras*

Major Montenegro has rooently admitted that all signatures, with tha exoeptlon of his own. are false. aptain Edimmdonow living in Honduras falsified the signature of Barrios Pefia. Colonel Humberto Diaz, It has since been established, was not In Honduras at trie time the do cum ant was drawn up.

ontenegro olelms to have close connections with Mr, Sam Zomurray and, that he has reoelved positive offers of support Inthe present Guatemalan Government.

roup of Mexicans Is working with Montenegro and claims to have contact with Important parsons In the United Fruit Company. The key persona In the group are EngineerSan ones, Captain Bun tag-ante of the Mexican Army, and, General Armando H. Para yon, member of the army staff of President Adolfo Ruiz Cortinec. Lastly, the groupexican lawyer, name unknown, atember of the supreme court of Mexico.

essrs aontenegro, Sanchez, andBoetaman te are on thopolnt of, or have already, left for the united States. Their purpose is to talk to United Fruit Company personnel. They are being accompanied by an American oitlsen who has arranged for them to travel without passports.

he group maintains that it will receive from the United Fruitrms,hip to carry equipmentnited States port to the Port of Tela in Honduras. Prom Tela the equipment will bo moved to Copan near thean frontier*

S* Major Montenegro states that he haa the supporttrong group In Guatemala headed by hie father. General Montenegro,

ource commentt Major Montenegroeputationwindler and montebank* elieve the Mexicans ore being duped into servingfronts for his scheme to gat moneynted Fruit* He has no organization aa such in'i'w.

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