1. EFFECTIVE USE OF A PARAMILITARY INTELLIGENCE NET TO IDENTIFY GUERRILLAS IN QUEZALTENANGO DEPARTMENT; 2. ELIMINATION OF GUERRILLA BASE AREAS IN QUEZALTENANGO DEPARTMENT

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• Case Number: F-2019-02020
• Publication Date: May 26, 1984

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--(SIINGIGIA-1UOIOUNE) SUBJ: 1. EFFECTIVE USE OF A PARA-
MILITARY INTELLIGENCE NET TO IDENTIFY GUERRILLAS IN
QUEZALTENANGO DEPART- MENT; 2. ELIMINATION OF
GUERRILLA BASE AREAS IN QUEZALTENANGO DEPARTMENT
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Dates:
Date Published: 26-May-1984 02:39:00
Date Received: 26-May-1984 06:39:00
Coverage:
Region: COUNTRY: GUATEMALA
Publisher:
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Agency Acronym: CIA
Office Name: DDO
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Agency Acronym: CIA
Office Name: NCS
Attachments:
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY BT
T77ISIC7c1A-4:101-0CLU) DIST: 26 MAY 1984
COUNTRY: GUATEMALA
SUBJ: 1. EFFECTIVE USE OF A PARA-MILITARY INTELLIGENCE
NET TO IDENTIFY GUERRILLAS IN QUEZALTENANGO DEPART-
MENT;
2. ELIMINATION OF GUERRILLA BASE AREAS IN
QUEZALTENANGO DEPARTMENT
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THE ARMY HAS ORGANIZED A THIRTY-MEMBER PARA-MILITARY INTELLI-
GENCE GROUP RESPONSIBLE FOR COLLECTING INFORMATION ON GUERRILLA
MEMBERS, SUPPORTERS, AND POSSIBLE CAMP LOCATIONS IN THE OUT-
LYING AREAS OF THE DEPARTMENT. THE (b)(1)
INVESTIGATORS ARE PLACED IN A NUMBER OF CIVILIAN JOBS TO (b)(3)
PROVIDE COVER FOR THEIR INTELLIGENCE COLLECTION ACTIVITIES.
INVESTIGATORS ARE ASSIGNED AS HEALTH TECHNICIANS IN RURAL
HEALTH CLINICS, AS SCHOOL TEACHERS, AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
TECHNICIANS. OTHER INVESTIGATORS SIMPLY TRAVEL FROM PLACE TO
PLACE ON PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION POSING AS DAY LABORERS OR SALES-
MEN. FUNDS ARE PROVIDED TO THE MILITARY (b)(1)
ZONE COMMANDER TO FINANCE THE INTELLIGENCE NET AND AND OTHER (b)(3)
MILITARY ZONES HAVE ESTABLISHED SIMILAR COLLECTION PROGRAMS.
2. THE INTELLIGENCE NETS HAVE BEEN (b)(1)
VERY EFFECTIVE IN IDENTIFYING GUERRILLAS IN QUEZALTENANGO (b)(3)
DEPARTMENT AND THE PROGRAM HAS DISRUPTED GUERRILLA SUPPORT
ACTIVITIES IN RURAL VILLAGES. THE (b)(1)
GUERRILLAS FEAR DISCOVERY FROM THE INVESTIGATORS AND HAVE (b)(3)
CONSEQUENTLY REDUCED THEIR DIRECT CONTACT WITH VILLAGES
AND TOWNS.
3. THE PARA-MILITARY INTELLIGENCE (b)(1)
NET COMBINED WITH MILITARY OPERATIONS HAVE ELIMINATED THE (b)(3)
GUERRILLA BASE CAMP STRUCTURE IN QUEZALTENANGO DEPARTMENT AND
FORCED THE GUERRILLAS TO KEEP ON THE MOVE. THIS HAS MADE IT
DIFFICULT FOR THEM TO MASS FOR A LARGE SCALE ATTACK. THEREFORE,
ALTHOUGH STILL ACTIVE, THE GUERRILLAS NOW CONCENTRATE ON HIT-
ND-RUN ATTACKS WHICH ARE OF LITTLE THREAT TO THE ARMY.
WARNING: REPORT CLASS SECRET -- WARNING NOTICE -
INTELLIGENCE SOURCES OR METHODS INVOLVED � NOT RELEASABLE
TO FOREIGN NATIONALS NOT RELEASABLE TO CONTRACTORS/
CONSULTANTS -- DISSEMINATION AND EXTRACTION OF INFORMATION
CONTROLLED BY ORIGINATOR
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PORTIONS CARRY CLASSIFICATION AND CONTROLS OF OVERALL DOCUMENT.
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Collection: CC
Creator:
#1
Agency Acronym: CIA
Office Name: DDO
#2
Agency Acronym: CIA
Office Name: NCS
Description: (SIINC/CIA-1U0/0C/NF) None
Language: eng
Precedence: R
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