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ATTEMPTS BY UNION LEADERS TO GET ARMS FOR WORKERS

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Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 
CIA-RDP82-00457R002100710005-9
Release Decision: 
RIPPUB
Original Classification: 
C
Document Page Count: 
1
Document Creation Date: 
November 9, 2016
Document Release Date: 
January 4, 1999
Sequence Number: 
5
Case Number: 
Publication Date: 
December 20, 1948
Content Type: 
REPORT
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Approved For R I41 -1W?1 ?'9g5c4cEA5082-0p~? INFORMAT I":OUNTRYCus temala VV r v i ~-.' , ` ?. WE DISTR. 20 Dec 1948 SUBJECT Attempts by Union Leaders to get Arms for 6orkers NO. OF PAGES 1 PLACE 25X1A6a ACQUIRE DATF OF INFO 25X1X6 NO. OF ENCLS. (LISTED BELOWI SUPPLEMENT TO REPORT NO. 25X1X6 l., It has been reported that union leaders belonging to the Peri.ido Accion havoluciona.ria (PAJ), the Federacion Sindical de Guatemala (FSG), and Confederacion de Trabajadores de Guatemala (CTG) have been trying to secure arms for their partisans. 2. Minister of Defense, Uajor Jacobo Arbenz, a PAR sympathizer, asked CTG and FSG leaders for lists of dependable persons to bear arms in the event of an attempted overthrow of the Arevalo Government by the Army. Docume TTo. ECLASSi %.n. Class. D Auth : D DA R 77/1 tate : - "flY 1978 By: STATE roA f DISTRIBUTION ARMY AlR EO#pfici'EOZ Approved For Release 1999/09/08 : CIA-RDP82-00457R002100710005-9 CLASSIFICATION ~p#+~i'frir