CABLE TO OPC/OSO FROM (DELETED) RE GUATEMALA 1954 COUP

Created: 1/23/1952

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IMPORTANT MILITARY ZONE EXPECTED TO FALL EASILY; ALTENANGO, SECOND MOST IMPORTANT MILITARY ZONE, GREAT MILITARY STRENGTH; HAZAT-ENANOO, CONSIDERED STRONGEST AREA; GUATEMALA CITY, DEPENDING ON ANTI-COMMIE STUDENTS AND CIVILIAN LARGE SCALE UPRISING. HAS PROMISE JnOT INTERFERE AND LATTER POSSIBLE HELP.

HAVE PROMISED FINANCIALHAVING HAD CONFERENCES WITH CASTILLO IN BATON RCUCE, LA,AND BOTH WITH ANTI-COMMIE STUDENT ELEMENTS GUATEMALA ONOBTAIN MONEY IN HCKDVRA8 AND DELIVER CASTILLO

THAT COUNTRY. ALTHOUGH HAS BEEN CONTEMPLATED REVOLTCCUR LATE JAN, HAS BEEN SET BACK TO LATE FEB.ISTR:AND FIRST SECRETARY ONLY.

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JALL ACTIVE IN ANTI-COMMIE STUDENT GROUP. LATTER CLAIMSWITH CASTILLO AT BATON ROUGE BETWEENNDECND HOMDURA8 IB TRAVEL TO AND FROM NEW ORLEANS VERIFIED.

5, COMMENT: TIME AND POSSIBLE SUCCESS HIGHLY UNPREDICTABLE. WILL PRIMARILY DEPEND ON DEGREE ARMY SUPPORT PRINCIPALLY GUATEMALA CITY ON WHICH HAVE NO RELIABLE INFO. GOVERNMENT OBVIOUSLY AWARE ANY REVOLT WILL BE TIMED WITH DEMONSTRATION AND WILL TAKE PRECAUTIONS,

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