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The Guatemala 1954 Documents
These documents were among several hundred records released by the Agency on May 23, 1997 on its involvement in the infamous 1954 coup in Guatemala. Arbenz was elected President of Guatemala in 1950 to continue a process of socio- economic reforms. The first CIA plan to overthrow the Guatemalan president was authorized by President Truman in 1952.
PBSUCCESS, authorized by President Eisenhower in August 1953, carried a $2.7 million budget for "pychological warfare and political action,” among the other components of a small paramilitary war. The power of the CIA's psychological-war, against Arbenz, is the last stage of PBSUCCESS. Although Arbenz and his top aides were able to flee the country, after the CIA installed Castillo Armas in power, hundreds of Guatemalans were rounded up and killed.
In 1995, the CIA's historical staff found these records during a search of Guatemala materials to be declassified as part of the agency's "Openness" program. A staff historian, Gerald Haines, was assigned to write abrief history of these operations. According to the story the CIA did not implement its assassination strategy.
After Arbenz resigned, Eisenhower called the Director of Central Intelligence into a formal briefing of the operation. Cullather's account now reveals that the agency lied to the president, telling him that only one of the rebels it had backed was killed.
The Guatemala 1954 Documents
These documents were among several hundred records released by the Agency on May 23, 1997 on its involvement in the infamous 1954 coup in Guatemala. Arbenz was elected President of Guatemala in 1950 to continue a process of socio- economic reforms. The first CIA plan to overthrow the Guatemalan president was authorized by President Truman in 1952.
PBSUCCESS, authorized by President Eisenhower in August 1953, carried a $2.7 million budget for "pychological warfare and political action,” among the other components of a small paramilitary war. The power of the CIA's psychological-war, against Arbenz, is the last stage of PBSUCCESS. Although Arbenz and his top aides were able to flee the country, after the CIA installed Castillo Armas in power, hundreds of Guatemalans were rounded up and killed.
In 1995, the CIA's historical staff found these records during a search of Guatemala materials to be declassified as part of the agency's "Openness" program. A staff historian, Gerald Haines, was assigned to write abrief history of these operations. According to the story the CIA did not implement its assassination strategy.
After Arbenz resigned, Eisenhower called the Director of Central Intelligence into a formal briefing of the operation. Cullather's account now reveals that the agency lied to the president, telling him that only one of the rebels it had backed was killed.
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