REVOLUTIONARY ACTIVITY IN GUATEMALA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A001100940010-5
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 26, 2001
• Sequence Number: 10
• Publication Date: May 1, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
SECRET
SECURITY INFORMATION
COUNTRY Gttatgmala
I.. ill
SUBJECT Revolutionary Activity
in Guatemala
25X1A
This Document contains information affecting the Na-
tional Defense of the United States, within the mean-
ing of Title 18, Sections 793 and 794, of the U.S. Code, as
amended. Its transmission or revelation of Its contents
to or receipt by an unauthorized person is prohibited
by law. The reproduction of this form Is prohibited.
REPORT NO.
DATE DISTR. 1 May 1953
NO. OF PAGES 1
REQUIREMENT NO. RD
REFERENCES
THE SOURCE EVALUATIONS IN THIS REPORT ARE DEFINITIVE.
THE APPRAISAL OF CONTENT IS TENTATIVE.
(FOR KEY SEE REVERSE)
1. The abortive revolt of 29 March 1953 in Salama and Sari Jeronimo was a premature
and poorly planned attempt by a small group which was doomed to failure from the
start, and the leaders of this group have fled Guatemala.
2. This unsuccessful attempt did not involve other stronger and better disciplined
groups, totalling more than 50pOOO men, and has resulted in a tightening of
security measures employed by these other groups.
3. The brutal and inhuman treatment accorded the rebels captured at Salama and
San Jeronimo has served to increase both the overt and covert revulsion and
opposition to the Arbenz regime.
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