2 APRIL 53
TO- DIRECTOR, CIA "O* SR REP OU AT AM ALA CITY
INFORMATION:
PRIORITY
PRIL 53
u) CIA HISTORICAL REVIEW PROGRAM
RELEASE AS SANITIZED
INFO: PRIORITY
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TO: PRIORITY DIR' PBFORTUNE
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U NEWSPAPER LA HORA REPORTS BROTHER AND BROTHER-IN-LAW OF JUAN CORDOVA CERNA PERSONALLY REPORTED TO ITS OFFICES THAT ON ORDERS OF JUDG OFOLICE SEARCHED HIS HOUSE0 HOURS, ARRESTED h' AND REMOVED HIU TO UNKNOWN DESTINATION! THAT CORDOVA CERNA HAD KNOWN THAT HIS HOUSE HAS BEING WATCHED SINCEAR BUT DID NOT CONSIDERMPORTANT BECAUSE NOT ENGAGED IN POLITICS* COUdENT: AS VET NO CONFlfi" MAT ION BUT CONSIDERED PROBABLY TRUE.
2. AMONG INDICATIONS SALAUA INCIDENT WAS PART OF LARGER PLAN: STATEMENT BY CHIEF OF CIVIL GUARD THAT OTILIO FIOUEROA, IMPORTANT LEADER OF THE GROUP WHO WAS CAPTURED AT SALAMA, HAD SAID HE WAS SURE THAT GROUP WOULD RECEIVE REINFORCEMENTS OF ALL TYPES BY PLANES FROM NICARAGUA AND MEXlCOo
Bo INSURGENTS HAD INSIONIAS (REPORTEDLY EXHIBITED TO PRESS) tEPRESENTING GUAT FLAG, ONE BY THREE INCHES, WORDS "ANT* COMUNCST-A-
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Co INSURGENTS HAD TEXAS STYLE HATS AND KHAKI UNIFORMS. PRES1-DGCUUEHTA3Y. COMMENT: SEVERAL NEWSPAPERS CONFIRM.
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