PURCHASE OF ARMS FOR GUATEMALAN GOVERNMENT

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A003901070009-2
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 13, 2001
• Sequence Number: 9
• Publication Date: April 13, 1954
• Content Type: REPORT

Approved For Release 2001/11/21 : CIA-RDP80-0081OA003901070009-2
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
PLACE ACQUIRED .
S E C R E T
purchase of Arms for Guatemalan
Government
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This Document contains Information affecting the Na-
tional Defense of the United States. within the mean-
Ing of Title 10, Sections 703 and 794. of the U.S. Cods. u
amended. Its transmission or revelation of Its oonten a
to or. receipt by an unauthorized person is prohibited
by law. The reproduction of this form Is prohibited.
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DATE DISTR. 13 April 1954
NO. OF PAGES 1
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REFERENCES
THE SOURCE EVALUATIONS IN THIS REPORT ARE DEFINITIVE.
THE APPRAISAL OF CONTENT IS TENTATIVE.
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(FOR KEY SEE REVERSE)
Major Alfonso MARTINEZ Estevez, Chief of the National Agrarian
Department of Guatemala, returned to Guatemala on 27 February
1951, from Europe, where he reportedly purchased arms for the
Guatemalan Government. Salomon PINTO, Guatemalan Military
Attache in France, reportedly is in charge of the negotiations
in France for the purchase of the arms. The Guatemalan Govern-
ment has assigned Major Rene VALENZUELA, former Guatemalan
Military Attache in El Salvador, the task of getting the arms
into Guatemala on the Pacific side through Tiquisate.
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