REVOLUTIONARY THREAT BY YOUNGER MILITARY ELEMENT

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R002200040008-9
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• Document Creation Date: November 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 18, 1998
• Sequence Number: 8
• Publication Date: November 30, 1948
• Content Type: IR

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COUNTRY Bolivia ' DATE DISTR. 3 Jcn 1949
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Additional information has been obtains = the revolutionary
threat in Bolivia which was reported in
1? Colonel Salinas is said to have -told Movimionto Nacionalista Revolucionarle
(MNR) leader Juan pinto that the youth of the ArW is ready to stage a coup
and that this move Would probably be effected before January 19li9.
25X1 A6a Owl Comment. , Salinas is a member of the Bolivian Army Tribunal,,)
2. Herbert Anez, ex-Deputy- of the V 11R, recently returned fr? a trip through
the interior of the country., and in a report to the MNR Comand, stated
that the Army officers in Cochabamba and area hold frequent meetings-and
have been assured the cooperation of the regiments in Viacha and Guaqui in
their plans for a revolt. These elements are allegedly stu&ying plans and
tactics in order to insure a successful coup.
3. The following officers have been responsible for these meetings in Cochabamba;
EX-Major Irasmo Terrazas, General Carlos Pena y Lilla (retired), General
Bernadino Bilbao Rtpja (retired), ex-Major Alberto Taborga and General Felix
Tavera. Supporting the move, or reported as a possible sympathizer, is
Colonel Hugo Ballivian, Director of the Military' Academy in La Paz. However.
the cooperation of this officer has not been confirmed as yet, Also reported
as sympathetic to such a plan of revolution are many mehibers of the Air Force
personnel in La Paz and Santa Gritz, and members of some of the Arv r regiments
in La Paz. As a result of this alleged planned revolt, telephone conversa-
tions of All important military personnel, headquarters and regiments are be-
ing recorded by the police. The following officers are subject to such tele-
phone censorship: General Laid Toro, General Felipe Rivera, Chief of the
Army.. Colonel David Terrazas, Chef of Staff, Colonel Hugo Ballivian, Director
of the Military Acade r, Major Hornan Pol. Air Force Commander, Colonel Felix
Taver?a, General Carlos Pena y Li1la, General Bernadino Bilbao., and various
members of the General Staff and Casa Mi.li.tar, and less important officers
of the Air Force, as well as certain members of the MXR who were at one time
members of the I.ogia Radepa?
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Comment. The AM elements involved in this reported scheme are
sympa he a to the MNR and, through a union with certain MNR leaders, this
coup might be successfully staged. Ex-'Major Irasmo Terrazas is reported as
heading the forces in Ooch&bamba, and it is this group of young officers
that wo?,ild be expected to force the hand of the, older officers, faithful to
President Bertzog. In the event of a successful coup, the intention at this
time is to place Major Elias Belmonte at the head of the Junta Military
Governwent. What reward the MNR civilian supporters would realize is not
yet known, but it is believed that they would be content with' the opportunity
to regain some of their power and position in the Government for this collabora-
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