Guatemala: U.S. Relations with Guatemala

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GT–31. Letter from President Eisenhower to President Ydígoras

Source: Eisenhower Library, Whitman File, International File. Delivered September 21, 1960.


GT–32. Memorandum of Conversation, by the Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs (Mann)

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 814.10/11–360. Confidential.


GT–34. Telegram from the Ambassador in Guatemala (Muccio) to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 714.5-MSP/11–1360. Secret; Niact.


GT–35. Telegram from the Ambassador in Guatemala (Muccio) to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 714.00/11–1460. Confidential; Priority.


GT–36. Memorandum of Telephone Conversation, Prepared in the Office of the Secretary of State

Source: Eisenhower Library, Herter Papers. “Phone Calls & Miscellaneous Memos, November 1960–January 1960.”


GT–37. Telegram from the Secretary of State to the Embassy in Guatemala

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 714.00/11–1460. Top Secret; No Distr; Niact. Drafted by Mann and signed by Hugh S. Cumming, Jr., Director of Intelligence and Research, Department of State.


GT–38. Memorandum From the Secretary of State’s Special Assistant (Krebs) to the Secretary of State

Source: Eisenhower Library, Herter Papers. 1 page not declassified.


GT–39. Memorandum of Telephone Conversation, Prepared in the Office of the Secretary of State

Source: Eisenhower Library, Herter Papers, “Phone Calls & Miscellaneous Memos, November 1960–January 1961.” The telephone conversation took place at 2:50 p.m.


GT–40. Telegram from the Ambassador in Guatemala (Muccio) to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 714.00/11–1460. Confidential; Priority.


GT–41. Telegram from the Ambassador in Guatemala (Muccio) to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 714.00/11–1560. Confidential; Priority.


GT–42. Memorandum from the Secretary of State to the President

Source: Eisenhower Library, Herter Papers. Secret. Drafted by Coerr, Krebs, and Herter. The source text is an unsigned carbon copy. This memorandum incorporates recommendations in a memorandum of the same date from Mann to Herter. (ARA/OAP Files, Lot 63 D 127, “Guatemala”).


GT–43. Telegram from the Secretary of State to the Embassy in Guatemala

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 814.10/11–1860. Confidential; Priority. Drafted by Carwell and signed by Higdon.


GT–44. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in Guatemala

Source: Department of State, Central Files. 2 pages not declassified.


GT–45. Telegram From the Embassy in Guatemala to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files. 2 pages not declassified.


GT–46. Letter from President Eisenhower to President Ydígoras

Source: Eisenhower Library, Whitman File, International File. The referenced letter was transmitted by telegram 374 to Guatemala, November 30, with a request for Ydígoras’ agreement to release. (714.5411/11–3060). On December 1, Muccio delivered it to Ydígoras who agreed to release, and it was issued the following day as a White House press release. The press release is printed in Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1960–61 (Washington, 1961), p. 871.