Foreign Relations of the United States, 1952–1954,
Guatemala
Persons and Pseudonyms
Note: Pseudonyms are in parentheses following real names. Pseudonyms whose
identities have not been released are so indicated.
Acheson, Dean G., Secretary of
State January 19, 1949-January 20, 1953
Arbenz Guzman, Jacobo,
President of Guatemala March 15, 1951-June 27, 1954
Ascham, Robert A., pseudonym
for Allen Dulles
Bannister, Earl D.,
(pseudonym, identity not released)
Barnes, Tracy (Playdon, William
D.), Chief of the Political and Psychological Staff,
Directorate for Plans, Central Intelligence Agency
Berry, Lampton J., Deputy
Operations Coordinator, Department of State
Bissell, Richard M. (Lynade, Pinckney
E.), Deputy Director of Central Intelligence
Bruce, David K.E., Under
Secretary of State April 1952-January 1953
Burnette, Cyrus E.,
(pseudonym, identity not released)
Cabell, General Charles P.
(Ordway), Deputy Director of Central Intelligence
after April 1953
Cabot, John M., Assistant
Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs February 27, 1953-April
1954
Cadick, Irving G., (pseudonym,
identity not released)
Calligeris, John H., pseudonym
for Carlos Castillo Armas
Castillo Armas, Colonel
Carlos, President of the Guatemalan Junta from July 8,
1954; President of Guatemala September 2, 1954-July 26, 1957
Clower, Wilfred O.,
(pseudonym, identity not released)
Cordova Cerna, Juan, lawyer
for United Fruit Company in Guatemala; supporter of Castillo Armas
Diaz, Colonel Carlos Enrique,
Guatemalan Army Chief of Staff; President of Guatemala June 27-28, 1954;
member of military junta June 28-29, 1954
Dulles, Allen (Ascham, Robert
A.), Deputy Director of Central Intelligence until
February 26, 1953; thereafter Director of Central Intelligence
Dulles, John Foster,
consultant to the Secretary of State until April 1952; Secretary of State
after January 21, 1953
Dunbar, Jerome C., (pseudonym,
identity not released)
Earman, J.S., senior assistant
to the Director of Central Intelligence
Edwards, Colonel Sheffield
(USA), Assistant Deputy Director of Administration for
Inspection and Security, Central Intelligence Agency, after March
1952
Eisenhower, Dwight D.,
President of the United States
Esterline, Jacob D., Western
Hemisphere Division, PBSUCCESS
Fortuny, José Manuel, leader
of the Partido Guatemalteco del Trabajo until June 1954
Galbond, Oliver G., pseudonym
for Colonel J.C. King
Gutiérrez, Victor Manuel,
leader of the Confederacion General de Trabajadores de Guatemala
Hedden, Stuart, Inspector
General, Central Intelligence Agency, until April 1953
Hediger, Donald, (pseudonym,
identity not released)
Helms, Richard, Chief of
Operations, Directorate of Plans, Central Intelligence Agency
Holland, Henry F., Assistant
Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs March 2, 1954-September 13,
1956
Hunt, E. Howard (Walter C.
Twicker), case officer and Chief, Propaganda Branch,
Central Intelligence Agency
King, Colonel J.C. (Oliver G.
Galbond), Chief of the Western Hemisphere Division,
Directorate of Operations, Central Intelligence Agency
Langevin, Paul D., pseudonym
for David Atlee Phillips
Leddy, Raymond G., Officer in
Charge of Central American and Panama Affairs, Office of Middle American
Affairs, Department of State, from January 1953
Lynade, Pinckney E., pseudonym
for Richard M. Bissell
Magoffin, Francis D.,
(pseudonym, identity not released)
Mann, Thomas C., Deputy
Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs November 1950-July
1953
Martinez, Major Alfonso
(retired), Director of the National Agrarian Department
in the Arbenz government 1952-1954
Miller, Edward G., Jr.,
Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs June 1949-December
1952
Monzon, Colonel Elfego, member
of military junta of Guatemala June 28-29, July 3-September 1, 1954; leader
of military junta June 29-July 3, 1954
Ontrich, Matthew H.,
(pseudonym, identity not released)
Ordway, pseudonym for
General Charles P. Cabell
Page, Graham L., (pseudonym,
identity not released)
Peurifoy, John E., Ambassador
to Guatemala November 1953-October 1954
Phillips, David Atlee (Paul D.
Langevin), Field Director, Operation SHERWOOD
Pivall, Vincent C.,
(pseudonym, identity not released)
Playdon, William D., pseudonym
for Tracy Barnes
Princep, Stirling D.,
(pseudonym, identity not released)
Reelfoot, Allen N.,
(pseudonym, identity not released)
Restrepo, Julio, (pseudonym,
identity not released)
Roosevelt, Kermit, senior
official, Central Intelligence Agency
Schoenfeld, Rudolf E.,
Ambassador to Guatemala until October 19, 1953
Seekford, Jacob R.,
(pseudonym, identity not released)
Smith, General Walter Bedell
(Starke), Director of Central Intelligence from
October 7, 1950; Under Secretary of State February 9, 1953-October 1,
1954
Somoza Garcia, Anastasio,
President of Nicaragua May 1951-September 1956
Starke, pseudonym for
General Walter Bedell Smith
Tofte, Major Hans V., member
of the Psychological and Paramilitary Operations Staff, Deputy Directorate
of Plans, Central Intelligence Agency
Toriello Garrido, Guillermo,
Guatemalan Ambassador to the United States September 1952-May 1954;
Guatemalan Minister of Foreign Affairs January-July 1954
Trujillo, Molina Rafael L.,
President of the Dominican Republic until August 1952; Secretary of State
for Foreign Relations March-August 1953
Truman, Harry S, President of
the United States until January 1953
Twicker, Walter C., pseudonym
for E. Howard Hunt
Wellbank, Clayton S.,
(pseudonym, identity not released)
Whiting, Harold S., pseudonym
for Frank Wisner
Willauer, Whiting, Ambassador
to Honduras from March 5, 1954
Wisner, Frank (Harold S.
Whiting), Deputy Director for Plans, Central
Intelligence Agency
Ydigoras Fuentes, General
Miguel, Guatemalan presidential candidate during 1950
elections