POSSIBLE COUP D'ETAT BY COL. ARANA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R002100290001-0
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 22, 1999
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: November 29, 1948
• Content Type: REPORT

Approved For Release 2001/03/05 : CIA-RDP82-00457R
CLASSIFICATION
CENTRAL IN,
COUNTRY Guatemala
SUBJECT Possible Coup d'Etat by Col. .:Bran
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PLACE
ACQUIRED
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26 Novenber 194
DATE DISTR. 29 November 19,."
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. The current bitterly-contested Congressional elections in Guatemala nay provide
the necessary incident to Justify a military coup d'etat by Col. Francisco Aran.:1;,
Chief of the Armed Forces, against the Arevalo government.
2,9 The po^sibility of such a coup is now the number one topic of conversation aaaon,,
oppositionists, but it is believed that Arana may be satisfied to wait for so
disturbance to occur, rather than instigate the action himself.
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Approved For Release 2001/03/05: CIA-RDP82-00457R002100290001-0