PLANNING FOR REVOLUTIONARY ACTION IN PANAMA

Created: 4/1/1964

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FOR REVOLUTIONARY ACTION IN PAKAMA

THAT HE IS CERTAIN JORGE AND DAVID TURNER, LEADERS OFAN, ARE PLANNING AN ARMED UPRISING IN THE NEAR FUTURE. THEPLAN OF THE UPRISING HAS BEEN MADE AND THE MILITARY RANKS HAVE SEEN ASSIGNED. GILEERTO VELASQUEZ, VAN MILITARY LEADER TRAINED IN CUBA,

IS INVOLVED IN THE PLAN AND VISITS JORGE TURNER^ HOME EVERY

VELASQUEZ IS WORKING DILIGENTLY, BUT MAKES THE MISTAKE OF

AROJND TOWN IN OLIVE GREEN TROUSERS AND COMBAT BOOTS, THUS CALLING ATTENTION TO HIS APPEARANCE AND AROUSING THE SUSPICIONS OF THE

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SAID THAT THE POSSIBLE PARTICIPANTS IN THE UPRISING

ARE UNDERGOING DENTAL TREATMENT, SINCE THIS ASPECT OF PHYSICAL FITNESS IS VITAL FOR PERSONS SERVING AS GUERRILLAS IN THE MOUNTAINS. THE FACT THAT THEY ARE AT THIS POINT OF PREPARATION INDICATES THAT THE UPRISING WILL OCCUR IN THE NEAR FUTURE. AT THE TIME OF THE UPRISING AND BECAUSE HE IS NOT QUALIFIED FOR GUERRILLA ACTIVITY, DAVID TURNER WILL BE SENT TO ANOTHER COUNTRY WHERE HE WILL SERVE AS THE FOREIGN INTELLECTUAL

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LEADLR OF THE MOVEMENT, (FIELD COMMENT: DAVID TURNER RECENTLY MOVEDMILY TO MEXICO AND PLANS TO MAKE HIS OWN HOME THERE.)

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