To: Acting Chief, WHD. and
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Subject: Comite Guatemalteco Anticomunista1
Discussing oneJulio SA.NDCVAL, who was Secretary General of the anti-Communist group,
this document aaates: "One Julio SANDOVAL has been introduced as Secretary to Senor
y.digoras Fuentes, but nojnention of the Comite was made nor is anything known of
s3., YDIGOIAS Fuentes has stated thataengaged in propagating anti-
hehe most prominent Guatemalan exile ln_
El Salvador it appears likoly -that he-ia-tbe-dlrectorof. thia orgm! JiaAlon_aad
-General.
the- Tacieccalco, -
"San"SalvaaorV'Zl'Salvoddr; Suggested that lliia adureag be-uaod-for any-coreoo
pontencebo aTrectecTat any GuatemalsifTOrti^Conraunisl ThT* t 8enatrateThe
addressee stations will be kept informed of our progreas-and of all information obtained"fro-
froa our present, but informal, contact with YDIGORAS Fuentes.
Subject) Guatemalan Anti^Comraunist Movement
1. On orresident ARBEHZ wasetition which requested
that ARREKZ outlaw the Guatemalan Communist Party and expel all foreign Consnunists In
the country. The First Secretary of the Embassy who knew Kiguel YDIGORAS Fuentes In
London, had lunch with hiat which time YDIGORAS Fuentes stated
that he and his group were responsible for drawing up the petition and having it
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2. YDIGORAS Fuentes..stated that he and Msooj^o ARBESZ andin tho. .petition, but that thay were opposed to Conmunfebthe Government.YDIGOKAS.Fuentes added, that.they were trying to divorce thein-Guatemala from any AaplfcaU at influence and were appealing toand lower classes, froa which the--petition did appear tQ._Qrielnatgt
eporteoVonLuifL
told Francisco ALFARADO (newspaper
John J. CALLIGKRIS had beenfewLVARADQ-waa not. told
* of""fear-the -Information- whichccordingCOUONADO, bring reprisals upon CALLIGERlS^byliig political enemies-which- arealvador. When ALVARADO protested,
arrange an interview for ALVARADO'KeTnterviev did not -take-place)-
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Hefers toField Notice1
Mention* that attached are five articles written by Luis CORONaDO Lira, on whom headquartersreat deal of information*
The Diario Latino in which these art'cles appeored is violently anti-Soviet andreat dala of UTS. Information Service releases.
ourcei Judicatorj
Oqanuary, General YDIGORAS Fuentes, exiled Guatenalan political figure, vas advised
by the Snlvadoranhat he would have to leave the country within ZL Hours. He
vas provided with docanents that permitted travel to either Guatemala or Honduras. On
tha following day he petitioned the Supreme Courteversal of President CSORIO's decision
to force hia to leave and the Court decided in hhis favor. This TDBjORAb Is still In
San Salvador suiting the next development Ln his case.
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Guater^alan General YDIGORAS Puentea has been successful in obtaining permission from the government of El Salvador to remain in this country for an indefinite period. Hia actions are being closely watched by the local authrotles with particular Interest being shown Ln his relationship with Luis CCRCHADO Lira the Guatemalan exiled withlong record of revolutionary activity.
When YDIGORAS was planning his trip to the United States his itinerary included visitsniece in Poplarvllle, Alabama,Crabacres, Marylandtay at
the Savoy-Plaza Hotel ln New York City.
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The information forwardedobtained from Embassy conular filese-
examination fails to disclose any additional dataFuentes
is expected to calce another visit to the consulate in the very near future and atan attempt will be made to elicit oore information on his friend
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The Guatemalan exile General TDIGCiUS Fuentes has entered the business life of San Salvador through the purchaseelicatessen. It is reported also thatis negotiating for the purchase of "Larosperous food ar((drink emporium.
r jj, "he following is from the operational cover sheet of this despatch
which had anases long which was briefed and disseminated
with the following operational part deleted: Subject: Jose Luis MEND02A, Guatemalan
Delegate to the United Nations on the Belize Problem. Souree: JTJDATICSHf, .
, Attachedeportonversation held between JOG ATION and Jose Luis XEKDOZA, Chief
Tcont.
hia"feport nay be of interest to both headquarters and to though
It^reflects opinons and thoughts, rathor than details,
Just prior to JTEATION's meeting with MENDOZA, he had hoard that one Captainnobatenalan exile,,vas ln contact with YDIGORAS Fuentes and military elements froa Hodnuras and Nicaragua. These persons were reported toache of arms In'.elther Santa Ana or near the fulf of Fonseca (strongly doubted). JURATION'S source of this'Information Is unknown (at leastut JOG ATIONin to be an agent of Colonel Oscar BOLAJIGS, Minister of Defense for El Salvador. JCGATICN stated, however, thator the Government was "persecuting" XDIGORAS Fuentes andCNAD0 Lira. 4. JUOATIGN told the information Ino MENDOZA who said (not lc attachment) that the Guatemalan Government know all about CASTILLO Armas, YDIGORAS Fuentes, andut that- their maneuvera were foolish and that ARBENZ had nothing to fear from them.
3 Subjecti Sur7eixianoe of Motor 'Behicleei on the Guatemalan Frontier. JUGATION oneetailed surveyi In talking to JoboixxmxBdmntt&Uite
^waeus in El Salvador, and on one trip JOGalked with him about condltlona in Guatemala. He said that in Guatemala there Is hope that Oneevolution will triumph leacy by an anti-Communist, General YDIGORAS Fuentes. The driver claimed that be knsvs YDIGORAS KHZ well snd visits xxtk him frequently at his home %in Los Planes de Renderos of San Salvador. Raxnxi
From Seekford(Soucee A) LiaisonJ^ ^Source B.erty reliable informant, reported that on Gulllermo SC6uatemalanecret agent of the Guatemalan governnent, ia presently working for the Salvadoran Secret Police. Source B. stated .that Francisco,.brother of Guillenao, ieuatemalan agent, 'ranciooo bpm xxxaiaxdate nota letter by one Miguel Angel VASQOEZ, a
kin
known,Guatemalan Communist. Courceeported that the noteumber which turned
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-ut; to be the telephone numberuatemalan Colonel by the name of Julio Pablo GARCIA y
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ARCIA;Xno record). GARCIA y. Garcia-la believed byo be the body-euard of General
uentes, Guatemalan political hov in exile in Si Salvador. lso considers
i arc ia toecret-agents the Guatemalan Government.
Original document.
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