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Created: 1/11/1964

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INTELLIGENCE AGENCY

intelligence information cable

rity

panama

FOR REIEASE DATE:1

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FUNERAL OF THE FIRST STUDENT TOOK PLACE WITHOUT IMMEDIATE INCIDENT; HOWEVER, AFTER THE SERVICE AT AMADOR GUERRERO CEMETARVTUDENTS BEGAN MARCHING DOWN VTH OF JULY AVENUE CARRYING PANAMANIAN FLAGS.

AS OFOURSERSONS WERE GATHEREDH OF MAY PLAZA. SOME OF THEM WERE ARMED, OTHERS WERE CARRYING MOLOTOV COCKTAILS. PROMINENT IN THE CROWD WERE PRO-CASTRO

irSvoLUTIONARIES AND COMMUNISTS SUCH AS RAMI RO VASQUEZ,MEDINA, FELIX GONZALEZ SANTIZO, PABLO CORDERO, AND

ALVARO MENENDEZ FRANCO.

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wounded in the earlier riots. recent radio reportsew outbreak of violence between 5th of may plaza and the panam building. radio reports further say that another car has been overturned and set afire.)

olon is in an uproar with noise and shooting in many parts. ki the us is office in the chase manhattan bank in david were burnedob of young kids directed by three or four adults. the Reports that an American had been lynched in david are completely false. americans were escorted to the costa rican bordeft by members of the national guaro. no one was hurt. public opinion in david toward. could not be

worse.

ElSSFM. state, army: navy, air, cincso, cinclant, pancanaal, cincmeafsa.

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