POLITICAL TENSION IN ECUADOR

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R002100780001-6
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: November 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 22, 1998
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: December 15, 1948
• Content Type: REPORT

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Political Tension in ~cu c~or
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1. -The n l itary arrest of Lt. 0olonel 1 drtundo Carves Ja3., C 1s tr~ . o :he ray ~e oran
Mr orce, for discinlinarv reasons, has resulted in a virtl dee? aration of
i.nr3ouendence b=r the lir Force. While Garvaja l is in confinement, the :fir Force
refuses to obey orders of the 1'inister of Defense and has bro'ccen all re's ations
with the 'i`rrny. The -Ur r or'ie inci bent is not, however, consVoreci to be
dangerous in itself.
2. Rumors concerning the existenoa of a rovolittionary movement in Cua