SIGNIFICANT DEVELOPMENTS IN THE LATIN AMERICAN COUNTRIES ON THE COUNTERINSUR-GENCY CRITICAL LIST

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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP79T00429A001200010033-0
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
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• Document Creation Date: December 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 11, 2005
• Sequence Number: 33
• Publication Date: July 30, 1963
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OCI No. 2431/63
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
Office of Current Intelligence
30 July 1963
CURRENT INTELLIGENCE MEMORANDUM
SUBJECT: Significant Developments in the Latin
American Countries on the Counterinsur-
gency Critical List
3. Guatemala
a. Guerrilla activity has declined sharply
during the last two weeks, probably as a result of
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the Peralta government's success in eliminating a
guerrilla camp and killing 11 rebels in a pitched
battle in eastern Guatemala on 9 July.
it is likely that guerrilla ac-
tivities will be resumed once the rebels have re-
grouped their forces and have acquired new recruits
and assistance. That the Castro regime still con-
siders Guatemala to be one of its prime targets
for subversion was demonstrated last week in public
statements made by Che Guevara and Fidel Castro.
Both leaders singled out Guatemala and Venezuela
for special mention as countries where "heroic
fighters" were advancing the "popular revolution"
in Latin America.
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5. Venezuela
a. Communist guerrilla activity increased
in western Venezuela during the past several days.
Guerrilla units of the Communist-led Armed Forces of
National Liberation (FALN) overran three small towns
in Falcon State where the army and air force have
staged strong counterguerrilla operations since early
this year. On 28 July a guerrilla group took tem-
porary control of Zazarida and fled with arms and
ammunition. During the 25 July attack on pueblo
Nuevo, a band of sixty armed men reportedly over-
powered police and occupied the town for several
hours. Earlier a guerrilla band raided a police sta-
tion in Curimagua. According to press reports, these
attacks resulted in at least two guerrillas and two
government guards killed and several wounded.
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