POSSIBILITY THAT GENERAL OVANDO WILL BE REMOVED AS COMMANDER IN

Created: 5/26/1965

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POSSIBILITY THAT GENERAL OVANDO WILL BE REMOVED AS COMMANDER IN CHIEF OF THE ARMED

1. HIGH OFFICIALS OF THE JUNTA AND ARMED FORCES ARE "NOW MEETING AT THE5 LOCAL TO DECIDE WHETHER TO APPOINT GENERAL ALFREDO OVANDO CANDIA, COMMANDER IN CHIEF OF THE ARMED FORCES, EITHER CO-PRESIDENT OR VICE-PRESIDENT OF THE JUNTA.

|COMMENT: AN APPOINTMENT TO EITHER POSITION WILLREMOVE OVANDO AS COMMANDER IN CHIEF OF THE IT WAS REPORTED PREVIOUSLY THAT THE JUNTA WASMAKING OVANDOibwn>

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