Guatemala, 1952–1954
31. Memorandum of Interview
Source: Central Intelligence Agency, Job 79–01025A, Box 73, Folder 6. No classification marking.
32. Report Prepared in the Central Intelligence Agency
Source: Central Intelligence Agency, Job 79–01025A, Box 134, Folder 6. Top Secret. A cover memorandum, not printed, indicates that the report is a record of a conference held November 27–December 1; the participants’ names and the location of the conference were not declassified.
Also on December 1 Secretary of State Acheson met with Guatemalan Ambassador Guillermo Toriello to discuss U.S.-Guatemalan relations, especially pro-Communist propaganda and activities in the Guatemalan Congress. Ambassador Toriello attempted to justify Guatemala’s attitude toward Communist influence in the country. “Once or twice during the conversation, Toriello urged us not to be taken in by the denunciations of the Government by the opposition. By innuendo, he seemed to allege that our estimate of the situation had been unduly influenced by wild stories and rumors circulated by the subversive opposition, disguised and cloaked by anti-communism. The anti-communist movement in Guatemala is dangerous, he argued, since it does conveniently serve as a cloak for the irreconcilable opposition.” The full text of the memorandum of conversation is printed in Foreign Relations, 1952–1954, vol. IV, pages 1052–1055.
33. Intelligence Report Prepared in the Office of Intelligence Research, Department of State
Source: Central Intelligence Agency, Job 79–01025A, Box 78, Folder 1. Secret.
34. Letter From the Ambassador to Guatemala (Schoenfeld) to the Secretary of State’s Special Assistant for Intelligence (Armstrong)
Source: Central Intelligence Agency, Job 79–01025, Box 78, Folder 001. Secret. According to a March 4 cover memorandum, the letter was circulated to OIR and military intelligence officials.
35. Intelligence Report Prepared in the Office of Intelligence Research, Department of State
Source: Central Intelligence Agency, Job 79–01025A, Box 7, Folder 1. Confidential. According to a typed note, this report was prepared by the Division of Research for American Republics. A cover sheet and table of contents are not printed.
36. Memorandum for the Record
Source: Central Intelligence Agency, Job 79–01025A, Box 151, Folder 2. Top Secret. A handwritten note by Allen Dulles at the top of the page reads: “Copy left with W.B.S. on a personal basis—with understanding there would be no circulation.”
37. Special Paper Prepared in the Division of Research for Latin America, Department of State
Source: Central Intelligence Agency, Job 79–01025A, Box 151, Folder 4. Secret. An attached Memorandum for the Record, dated June 5 and drafted by J.C. King summarizes a meeting held with officers from the Division of Research; it reads in part: “Attached paper was reviewed, paragraph by paragraph, and serious objections taken by CIA representatives to the estimate that a substantial rise in anti-U.S. feeling in Latin America might be created by supplying of arms to El Salvador, Honduras, and Nicaragua. It was pointed out to representatives of the Department of State that only the adverse effects of such an action were mentioned in the paper, and none of the beneficial effects. It was also indicated that an armed action by these three countries against Guatemala would result in a unification of the Guatemalan people behind Arbenz only if there were prolonged fighting, say for a period of months. This would be highly improbable because an attack by the three countries would be launched only if they were convinced that they had the means to bring about rapid military success. Numerous other minor points were objected to in the paper, and the conclusion was, at the end of the meeting, that a new draft would have to be made by the State Department.”
38. Report Summary Prepared in the Central Intelligence Agency
Source: Central Intelligence Agency, Job 79–01025A, Box 77, Folder 15. Secret. An attached cover memorandum from the Department of the Army, dated June 25, describes this paper as a summary of a report received from the U.S. Army Attaché in Honduras together with Department of the Army comments.
39. Telegram From the Embassy in Guatemala to the Department of State
Source: Central Intelligence Agency, Job 79–01025A, Box 65, Folder 8. Restricted Security Information.
40. Memorandum for the Record
Source: Central Intelligence Agency, Job 79–01025A, Box 147, Folder 5. Top Secret. A cover memorandum from the Deputy Director (Plans) to the Chief of the Western Hemisphere Division, September 30, labeled “Eyes Only,” reads: “Will you please arrange for the filing and recording of the attached Minute of the authorizing action taken at the PSB meeting of 12 August as a part of the file on PBSUCCESS? Our internal records should be so prepared as to show that Project [name not declassified] (as shown on the books of PSB) is one and the same as PBSUCCESS—formerly PBFORTUNE.”
41. Memorandum From the Chief of the Western Hemisphere Division, Central Intelligence Agency (King) to Director of Central Intelligence Dulles
Source: Central Intelligence Agency, Job 79–01025A, Box 76, Folder 2. Secret; Eyes Only. Sent through Wisner.
42. Memorandum for the Record
Source: Central Intelligence Agency, Job 79–01025A, Box 76, Folder 2. Secret. Prepared on August 20.
43. Letter From Colonel Castillo Armas to the Central Intelligence Agency
Source: Central Intelligence Agency, Job 79–01025A, Box 73, Folder 3. No classification marking.
44. Memorandum From the Chief of the Western Hemisphere Division, Central Intelligence Agency (King) to the Deputy Director for Plans of the Central Intelligence Agency (Wisner)
Source: Central Intelligence Agency, Job 79–01025A, Box 76, Folder 2. Secret; Eyes Only.
45. Memorandum for the Record
Source: Central Intelligence Agency, Job 79–01025A, Box 76, Folder 2. Secret. Prepared on September 8.
46. Memorandum for the Record
Source: Central Intelligence Agency, Job 79–01025A, Box 76, Folder 2. Secret. Prepared on September 4.
47. Memorandum for the Record
Source: Central Intelligence Agency, Job 79–01025A, Box 76, Folder 2. Secret.
49. Memorandum From the Chief of the Western Hemisphere Division, Central Intelligence Agency (King) to the Deputy Director for Plans of the Central Intelligence Agency (Wisner)
Source: Central Intelligence Agency, Job 79–010125A, Box 76, Folder 2. Secret; Eyes Only. A memorandum for the record of this discussion is printed as Document 50.
50. Memorandum for the Record
Source: Central Intelligence Agency, Job 79–01025A, Box 76, Folder 2. Secret. Prepared on September 10.
51. Memorandum for the Record
Source: Central Intelligence Agency, Job 79–01025A, Box 151, Folder 3. Top Secret. A cover memorandum routed the document through Wisner to DCI Smith and states that the attached plan had been given provisional approval and submitted to the PBSUCCESS working group. A handwritten note by King, dated September 12, attached to a September 2 paper entitled “The Communist Situation in Guatemala,” reads: “Underscored parts of attached Intelligence Summary, according to instructions received from Mr. Wisner 11 Sept., are to be included in the next draft of plan.” (Ibid., Box 69, Folder 2) For some of the additional text that Wisner wanted to add, see footnotes 2, 3, and 6 below.
52. Memorandum of Conversation
Source: Central Intelligence Agency, Job 79–01025A, Box 76, Folder 2. Secret. Drafted by King.
53. Memorandum From the Deputy Director for Plans of the Central Intelligence Agency (Wisner) to Director of Central Intelligence Dulles
Source: Central Intelligence Agency, Job 79–01025A, Box 76, Folder 2. Top Secret; Eyes Only.
54. Memorandum for the Record
Source: Central Intelligence Agency, Job 79–01025A, Box 76, Folder 2. Secret. Prepared on September 24. The memorandum is unsigned.
55. Memorandum
Source: Central Intelligence Agency, Job 79–01025A, Box 151, Folder 5. Secret. The memorandum appears to be a draft prepared for King’s signature; it includes several handwritten revisions. No final copy was found.
56. Memorandum for the Record
Source: Central Intelligence Agency, Job 79–01025A, Box 72, Folder 5. No classification marking. Prepared on October 5.
57. Memorandum of Conversation
Source: Central Intelligence Agency, Job 79–01025A, Box 80, Folder 2. Secret. Drafted by Fisher.
58. Memorandum for the Record
Source: Central Intelligence Agency, Job 79–01025A, Box 143, Folder 3. Secret.
59. Memorandum for the Record
Source: Central Intelligence Agency, Job 79–01025A, Box 143, Folder 3. Secret.
60. Memorandum for the Record
Source: Eisenhower Library, Jackson Records. Confidential. Prepared on October 29. Previously printed in Foreign Relations, 1952–1954, vol. IV, p. 1087 (Document 18).