CUBA WON'T BECOME ANOTHER GUATEMALA, DECLARES ARBENZ

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP68-00046R000200050010-2
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 23, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 19, 2014
• Sequence Number: 10
• Publication Date: August 28, 1960
• Content Type: OPEN SOURCE

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Cuba Won't Become Anot#er
Guatemak,Declares Althea
? .By JACK SHULMAN.
t *The Agrarian Reform. which
Special to The Worker lies given the land to the pea- .
. .
"The ataxy of Geatemaii ? Industrialisatkm, wh!clis twill ? ?
.atints.
HAVANA'
not be repeatad.in Cuba", Jacob& Ink** the eountry. economically '
Arbens, ex-president of Gusts-. ,iiidependent and prosperous. '..i
mala, declared in en iraerview: '? The nationalisat:on of ,
? for The Worker. taut basic industries, whith'up to
,
"Since 1954",.Arben: explained.- :new hese, been under the ,con-
./tsibes tbe ...pOpular deftweratie: .trO 1 of U S. imper:alists "who :
Republic' of Guatemala-was over-, were sabotaging the economic 'de.
.thrown by _the North Antelieen; ,velopment .of the country and '?
imperialists ? the United Fruit! :treating a, serious danger. for the ?
Company ? and the U. S. state;,..Ctiban revolution."
Department, the world Usti.. 40 The development, of friendly:
changed - conaiderably, ind the. .diplomatic and commercial re..!
Cuban Revolution, tea/ming frorn .lations *M, all ecantries,
the mistakes of -Gunternali, has ..pecially the socialist lands. "U.S.;
developed certain features and, imperialism has alwaye kept ?
?ehakacteristieseiliich make it lm-Latin America as a intakYard, re- ?
possible for U. R. impeiialisin to, :,serve, preventing free exchange ?
invade Cuba now-eld -cTerthrewl with the rest of the world,, and. ,
this clarions people's revolution."' 0.rbAdirar reliatms with. the 419'
. /.In the orss rdsee,,, be said, must osentruia" Guatemala had
'the Cuban nee/Mut:Ion completely! 11? Telatims with di* 8?114 i
the old army of the latiUnion; hot the new trade agree- ,
l with Psc?ra China, the
?fundiits and the 'dictators; and '19*lta
:cresied int/teed a new revelation.' e?...4.,,"'"'"'"""
and geehoslovkf
.ary, popular army. based on the: are of branense benefit to. the:
Rebel Fighters. This was one of; Cuban"cie,
VUptIYIng to Cubs
; the big mistakes of Gaustemala; anew ?4.... industrial" P"ww
? which failed to do this, so that ? '431.,,?'n 99119T,'
twheu the invasion came, the old 'ven more "IlLn* this sz-sue. :
army leaders betrayed the people ? the general% and Apo/it/micas:
,and sold themselves?into the sexy; offer ofassistance on the Part .
of the U. & embassy." ? of the 894et Union La ea" 91
"Secon8" contnued Arbon; cession against Cr?a, is sa-
? "the oid police force in Cubawest of al the peoples of-Latin Amer!. Prinvie ezaluP/9 9f the "WI"' I
l
disbanded, and .a new /evolution- ?
ary police force based on the ,n.a.*iwith,...th.".?,.........9bau re: hil!ii,?n;
workers and peasants was created. -`""' ?
American Youth, which took plate ,
PEOPLE ARMED , ? recently 'in Havana, was a glow-
f ."Third; the whole Cuban nation int. eXPresakin of. this etiPPeri-i.
being armed to defend the. and ?Undoubtedly will restit?
revolution. All ever Cuba you the apieding up of the revolu-
can see the workers, peasants, tom" 'Process in all the atter.
:and stutente joining the militia, Latin American countries."'
dr:Iling, and receiving anns." ? "A meet important feature of
? This wits not done soon enough i the alien revolution", continued,
vasion inane Arbens give the the theory, of eog
tkephic futal-d1
In Guatemala, end when the in- , Athens, 'sit that it has smash
order to issue arms to the pen- ism' once for all." Aceord-
. pie, but this order was sabot- ire to this emery, the anal! and
'tatted by the old army officer'. weak contries 'of Latin Aineilca:
Other features of the Cuban situated so close to the all-pow?r-
akeording to Athens, ' ful U. S. could never divan 'of
achieving their real liberation
? from North American imperial.
bsra. ? ?
-.CA' has destroyed tins thaw-
rect theory, and has 'shown that ,
"a people with inspired ? leader- t
shiP, with unbreakable unity, with ,
a firm determinatiOn to !struggle ,
and to aehbrire victory, and with
the support of a powerful intex-
'hedonist solidarity (especially the-
backing of the Soviet Union) can ?
achieve victory over the mighty
giant of U.S. imperialism", even
though Cuba Is catty a tiny island
of only sliniflflon people_juist?PO
miles off the coast "If Florida.
Athens:recalled how the ? U.S.
Imperialists threw the libel of
"communism* at Guatemala, just
as they are doing now with Cuba
in order* to overthrow the gov-
ernment that was trying to car-
ry out a mild program of Agrari-
an Reform, At that time, Guate-
mala did not have any trade re- .
lations, nor, even diplomatic re-
lations, with the Soviet Unien.
At the meeting of.tini Organi-1
station of American States in
Caracas in 1964, the represents-,
itive of Guatemala was the only.
one who voted against thii..aanti-
ecinuntmist. declaration" which
was in atalfty a reaffirmation
of the discredited Monroe Doc-
trine. "Guatemala recognised this
declaration as being naiad the
best interests at the peeido of'
Latin America. Also, the goiorn-;
meat of Guatenitla could ase that,
the principle of inti-comunulisra
was always beteg used by. U. S.
Imperialism as Ian trisbunnt of.
oppression agaiskit the people of
the colonial,rudireloPed. and ex-
ploited nations-1$
VAIN tiAORT
Athens ricall44,\ww the.Guata-
melon ambassed; Weshingtos
kept trying to ' nt relations
between, the two , ntxiss ?from.
deteriorating ? a 4i,peleu task.
Henry ?Cabot Lo1"4 was intl.
matey connected tr,ngh family
dee with the II lad, ,Fruit Co.:
Jahn race* tha was on ,the.
trait 'Co. The C 'of dfr.rt?t of 11nItad
tan am- ?
'beard
' batteda? 's*4,ffower di-
lly for opt4t/
o would be 0* a 1 with
ifir tm to
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