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Created: 11/3/1966

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CITY. AMONG PROMINENT PGT-FAR LEADERS PRESENT WERE THE FXLOWINGl

pERNARDQ ALVARADO MONZON, PSEUDONYM "JAVIER", SECRETARY GENERAL OF

THE PGTEMBER OF THE CENTER OF REVOLUTIONARY DIRECTION OF THE

FAR| FRANCISCO RAMIREZ CORADO. PSEUDONYMND ARMANDO CASTILLO

MORALES, PSEUDONYMOTH LEADING MEMBERS OF THE PGTE

FAR; ALFREDO DE JESUS MA YEN ALFARO. PSEUDONYMREASURER

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RCoALES, COMMUNIST WRITER WHO IS CURRENTLY GUATEMALAN AMBASSADOR TO

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LVARADO TOLD THE GROUP THAT THE CENTRAL COMMITTEE OF THE PGT HAD MET UITK FAR LEADERS ONCTOBER TO DRAWLAN OF ACTION TU COUNTERACT THE "AgGRESSlON, PERSECUT ION, AND MURDERS" BEING COMMITTED BY GUATEMALAN MILITARY AND POLICE AGAINST THE PGT-FAR. ALVARADO SAID THE PGT-FAR DEFENSIVE PLAN PREPARED ONCTOBER WILL BEINTO EFFECT IMMEDIATELY IN GUATEMALA CITY AND IN ALL THE DEPARTMENTS. HEINSTRUCTED THOSE PRESENT TO INFORM THEIR GROUPS THAT THE PG1-FAR WAS NOW ON "WARND THAT THE PROGRAM OF VIOLENT ACTION TO BE INITIATED WOULD BE CONTINUOUS AND PROGRESSIVE. THE PLAN CALLS FOR

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ASTURIAS AMADO, PSEUDONYM "ANSELMO", SON OF MIGUEL ANGEL ASTURIAS

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INITIAL ATTACKS ON ARMY ANO POLICE PERSONAL THROUGHOUT THESABOTAGE WHICH WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY AND EXTENSIVE

MAJOR TARGETS OF SABOTAGE WILL BEOIL INDUSTRIESIN GUATEMALA. ALVARADO ANNOUNCED THAT FOR THE PRESENTTASK OF ALL MEMBERS OF PGT-FAR SHOCK SQUADS WHO AREIS TO CREATE DISTRACTIONS WHENEVER ANY VIOLENCE ISTHEIR DISTRICTS BY THE PGT-FAR

STURIAS SAID THAT IN CHIQUIKXA, 3AJA VERA PAZ, ANDTHE FAR HAS BEEN ON THE DEFENSIVE BUT IS ANXIOUS

ASSUfcE THE OFFENSIVE. KE SAID THAT THE FAR IN THESE AREAS HADANY TERRORIST ACTIVITIES BECAUSE IT HAS BEENORDERS TO AVOID VIOLENCE. ASTURIAS ASKED FOR THE FAR GROUPS IN THESE AREAS. AL VARA DO GAVE ASTURIAS-TWOWHICH HE SAID CONTAINED INSTRUCTIONS FOR TINITIAT IONPROGRAM OF ' THERE IS NO INFORMATION

AVAILABLE TO SHOW WHEN ASTURIAS MAY HAVE RETURNED TO- GUATEMALAEXICO CITY, WHERE HE HAS 3EEN LIVING IN EXILE SINCE HIS EXPULSION FROM GUATEMALA IN ASTURIAS WAS ARRESTED IN DECEMBER 3 FOR AGITATING AMONG STUDENTS IN SAt* CARLOS UNIVERSITY, WHERE HETUDENT OF ECONOMY. ASTURIAS, FORMERLY CONNECTED WITH THE

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LICORES, LTD. (LIQUORUATEMALA CITY, ESCAPING ITH THIRTYTJW0 THOUSAND DOLLARS IN CASH* AND ON THE NIGHT OFCTOBER 'SUSPECTED FAR MEMBERS ATTACKED THE NATIONAL POLICE STATION AT CABA&AS, ZACAPA. ONCTOBER ANOTHER USUALLY RELIABLE SOURCE

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REPORTED PLANS OF THE PGT-FAR TO INITIATE AN EXTENSIVE PROGRAM OF VIOLENCE ON OR ABOUT 15 NOVEMBER. THIS REPORT SAID THAT THE PGT-FAR HAD ALREADY INITIATED TERRORIST INCIDENTS IN GUATEMALA CITY AND THAT SUCH INCIDENTS WOULD CONTINUE

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