SIGNIFICANT DEVELOPMENTS IN THE LATIN AMERICAN COUNTRIES ON THE COUNTERIN-SURGENCY CRITICAL LIST

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP79T00429A001200010020-4
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 11, 2005
• Sequence Number: 20
• Publication Date: July 16, 1963
• Content Type: IM

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OCI Nom 2295/63
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
Office of Current Intelligence
16 July 1963
CURRENT INTELLIGENCE MEMORANDUM
SUBJECT: Significant Developments in the Latin
American Countries on the Counterin-
surgency Critical List
1, Ecuador
The newly installed junta has announced
plans to crack down on the leftist groups which
have threatened to initiate guerrilla action and
terrorism in rural and urban areas of Ecuador.
The junta has already outlawed the Communist Party
and, according to press reports, has arrested
about 150 suspected leftist extremists,
2. Guatemala
a, Guerrillas in eastern Guatemala are
still resisting the government campaign to elimi-
nate them. Reports indicate that both sides suf-
fered substantial casualties during the destruction
of a guerrilla base on 9 July and at least nine
army agents in outlying areas have been killed re-
cently, either by guerrillas or bandits also active
in the mountains,
b, The Peralta government is evidently
concerned about the sporadic guerrilla action and
the army's inability to eliminate it. On 8 July
a decree was issued which enables the government
to condemn and sentence without trial or hearing
anyone accused of actions "against the public
order or national interest."
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