SIGNIFICANT DEVELOPMENTS IN THE LATIN AMERICAN COUNTRIES ON THE COUNTERIN-SURGENCY CRITICAL LIST

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP79T00429A001200010003-3
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 11, 2005
• Sequence Number: 3
• Publication Date: July 2, 1963
• Content Type: IM

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OCI No. 2201/63
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
Office of Current Intelligence
2 July 1963
CURRENT INTELLIGENCE MEMORANDUM
SUBJECT: Significant Developments in the Latin
American Countries on the Counterin-
surgency Critical List
1. Ecuador
a. A series of police raids on various ter-
rorist installations during the past week netted 300
grenade shells, explosives, and a large quantity of
propaganda.
b. The government has refused to release
further information concerning the attempted hijack-
ing of an Ecuadorean Airlines plane on 25 June. Ac-
cording to an early press report, the hijackers were
former paratroopers who deserted in May 1962, fled
to the Andes, and proclaimed themselves guerrillas.
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