ARMS SHIPMENT TO COSTA RICA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R002400560001-7
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: November 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 21, 1999
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: March 8, 1949
• Content Type: REPORT

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8 Mar 1949
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26 January -4 February 1949
The following information has been received concerning additional arms
shipments to Costa Rica.
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to In a letter written by Pr. 0. T. Foss, United Fruit Shipping Agent, New York 4,
New York, on 26 January, a quantity of arms shipped to Costa Rica was describedo
The cargo, shipped from. New York on that date on the CS CAPE COD to the
11inisterio de Segurided, Costa lace, comprised the following%
25 cases of safety cartridges
11 tmrtons sub-machine gun magazines
17 cases rifles
port of Limon, Costa Rica.
The shipment was made for the account of Arthur Sklarew & Company, Bill of
Lading No. 208, at a freight charge of $201.08.
2~ A second letter from Ross, dated 2 February 1949, stated that another shipment
of arms left New York on that date, also consigned to the Ministerio de
Seguridad, Costa Rica. This lot included two hundred cases of cartridges,
and was written to the account of Arthur Sklarew & Company, Bill of Riding
No, 72, with freight charges of :442.33. Both shipments were sent to the
Swiss merchandise left Antwerp for Limon with transit New York.*
4. On 4 February 1949, an indiviaual named Julio Garcia transmitted the :following
message to Junta President Ficueres from Guatemala:
Negotiations concerning departure of airplane have not been taken
care of. Pilots and I in economic difficulties.*
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Belgium, was shipping 475 packages of 6.35 caliber ammunition and 120 b.35
caliber rifles to the Costa Rican aov+emment.
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Corment? No information was confirmed regarding an airplane deal
at the present time, although there have been rumors of various trades or
purchases of aircraft from the Guatemalan government on behalf of the
Caribbean revolutionistei in the panto
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