Editorial Note
On June 18, 1954, the forces of Lieutenant Colonel Carlos Castillo Armas, a Guatemalan army officer in exile, crossed the Guatemalan border from Honduras at three points in a movement aimed at overthrowing the government of President Arbenz. Numerous telegrams and despatches from Guatemala reporting the activities of Castillo Armas’ followers are in file 714.00. For information concerning the reaction of the United States Government to the developments in Guatemala, see the statement released by the Department of State, dated June 19, in the Department of State Bulletin, June 28, 1954, pages 981–982.