INTELLIGENCE OBJECTIVES OF GUATEMALA IN NICARAGUA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R002100450005-8
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: November 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 14, 1999
• Sequence Number: 5
• Publication Date: December 6, 1948
• Content Type: REPORT

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OU Y Guatemala/Nicaragua
,SOB cT Intelligence Objectives of Guatemala in Nicaragua
info t on within' Nicaragua, He added that while Guatemala itself has
ro becose intentions whatsoever with respect to Nicaragua, it .suspects
that -Nicragua may be. planning an. offensive action against Guatemala.
GAIL Qartega is: therefore endeavoring to obtain information from Nicaragua
an the follow ng points:
e. Preaent attitude of Somoza toward Guatemala. Specifically,
is he p,nnng offensive military operations against this
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REPORT NO.
The Qgatemalan Army Chief of Staff, Col. Jose Magdaleno Ortega., stated on
15 November 1948 that at that date Guatemala had, no secret sources of
C-) I I country?
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What, if any, aid is he receiving from other countries,
financially or in armament?
Description of new military weapons, if these are being
Designs of new military planes.
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a, Are reserve troops being trained? By whom? Is such training
going on In the vicinity of Puerto Cabezas?
Is. J1 lio Lopez Maaegoza in Nicaragua? He is reported LDCRA ay
# --cb r bought arms in Mexico which will be sent to Nicaragua
to be used against the present Costa Rican government and later
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Jhe G}ii~ef of Staff reportedly is especially interested in activities in the
rt t Cabezas area. comment, I t is gene rally believed that if the
So acaz regime in. Nicaragua is "overthrown by Nicaraguan revolutionists with
the ad of Dom;ican.exiles that-the port of Puerto Cabezas will be turns d
over to the Caribbean legion as a base of operations for launching. an invasion
of the Dominicann Republic. This possib).y may a;Goourt. ;Qr the interest of
the Guatemalan Chief of Staff in tl `prep nt61VUAhion at that port.)
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