CABLE UPDATE FROM LINCOLN RE GUAT SITUATION

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Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 
02021173
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RIFPUB
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U
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1
Document Creation Date: 
July 13, 2023
Document Release Date: 
August 31, 2022
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Case Number: 
F-2019-01230
Publication Date: 
June 21, 1954
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DATE : 20 JUN 54 Approved for Release: 2022/07/19 CO2021173 �isso'r CLASSIFIEbIAESSAGE wrormomermr.m.00 ROUTING 2 5 TO = DIRECTOR FROM : LINCOLN Acrot WH (PBS) (1-3) INFO wH (4) LINC 412 (IN 20178) 0319Z 21 JUN 51i. ROUTINE PRECEOCNCE TO: OPIM STEGU INFO: DIR CITE: SLINC RYBAT PBSUCCESS FOR CADICK 1. TROOP TRAIN DEPARTED WSBURNT CAPITAL APPROX 1900 HOURS 19 JUNE IN DIRECTION PUERTO BARRIAS. ESTIMATED TRAIN HAD FIVE COACHES WITH TOTAL CAPACITY APPROX 250 TO 300 SOLDIERS PLUS EQUIPMENT. SECOND TRAIN LEFT LATER BUT NO INFO AVAILMBLE CONCERNING IT. 2. TRAINS CANNOT PROCEED BEYOND SAN PABLO WHERE TRACKS WASHED OUT. EXPECT REPAIRS COMPLETED 20 JUNE BUT THEN HALTED BY GUALAN BRIDGE WHICH CROSSABLE BY MOTOR CAR BUT NOT BY TRAIN. 3. ALL OTHER TRAINS TOWAR TRAINS ALLOWED. 4. LARGE STEEL PUERTO BARRIOS AND BETWEEN BANA JUNE. EXTENT DAMAGE UNKNOWN. 5. REPORTS BANAERA AND MO ES END OF IVIESAGE1 NO REPAIR i41iWA), 55 MILES FROM G 40TAGED NIGHT 19 BEYOND_QUIRIGUA. ..3 BY CALLAW1p7 . j 71 IT IS FORBIDDEN TO MAKE A COPY OF THIS MESSAGE copy Pio. Approved for Release: 2022/07/19 CO2021173