REVOLUTIONARY PLANS OF THE OPPOSITION

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R003700490012-9
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: November 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 17, 2000
• Sequence Number: 12
• Publication Date: November 22, 1949
• Content Type: REPORT

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Approved For ReWWRAZ Q M-kA Ng1 82-0045,FW7p8;
INFORMATION REPORT CD NO.
COUNTRY Ecuador
CONFIDENTIAL
SUBJECT Revolutionary Plans of the Oprosition
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Ecuadoran with good contacts in government and army circles
1. National Deputy Manuel Pug a Dillon, one of the principal leaders of the
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subversive revolutionary movem nt in ucuador, reportedly stated that plans
had been made to a revolt on 17 October but that they had been
postponed because of the death of Manuel Sotomayor y Luna. Puga added that
the movement would remain in a state of suspense until Sotoraiayor a s replacement
was announced,. If a Liberal or a leftist were elected there would be no
revolution,*
that the revolutionary movement has been
growing, that arms for the revolution have been received from Colombia, and
that Dr.. Jose Ricardo Chiriboga Villagroaes, msyor of juito, who is affiliated
with the movement, was prepared to ask the traffic police in ,suito to assist
in the movement.
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3. -also states that Dr. Carless Guevara Moreno, eampai manager for
Rafael '",endoza Aviles, Independent candidate in the Guayaquil msyoralty elections,
recently made a trip with Vendozas to iseraldas and A'.anabi in an attempt to
gain support for the revolution in the military units of those areas..
25X1 X4. most of the army s'ipnort for the movement comes froiii
the muss tedt ranks anti the junior officers, while only a small number of high
-ranking officers are involved. Major ;'r nuel ;%ntonto Saleado,, commander of the
San Antonio tank base near Guayaquil and a stabmrt backer of the movement, is
reported to have wined the supnort of almost all of the enlisted personnel
of his unit and of most of the sub-lieutenants and the lieutenants.. Salgado
had planners to place under arrest the captains and the one major under his
command when the revolution tool, place.. However, since plans have been
suspended, Salgado,, having gained time to make more effective arrangements, went
to Quito and asked the Ministry of Defense to reassign his captains and the
major or, the :grounds that they were incompetent and had exhibited conduct un-
becoming officers.
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- CQmr~eniy: If a Liberal leftist is elected to this vice presidency the
revolutionary movement would sttenpt to stage a "constitutional" coup to unseat the
revolutionary movement.
rsonnel of his unit are prepared to support the
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This document is hereby regraded to
CONFIDENTIAL in accordance with the
letter of 16 October 1978 from the
Director of Central Intelligence to the
Archivist of the United States.
Next ReyllVpWVeV0Por Release
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Date:
2000/05/18: CIA-RDP82-004
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