Political and economic relations of the United States and Guatemala 1
1. For previous documentation, see Foreign Relations, 1952–1954, vol. iv, pp. 1027 ff.
14. Letter From the Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs (Hensel) to the Secretary of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 714.5–MSP/1–1255. Secret.
15. Memorandum of a Telephone Conversation, January 21, 1955
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 714.00/1–2155. Confidential. Drafted by Leddy.
16. Memorandum for the Files, by the Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs (Holland)
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 814.00–TA/1–2255. Confidential.
17. Telegram From the Secretary of State to the Embassy in Guatemala
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 121.142/1–2255. Secret; Limit Distribution; Niact. Drafted and approved by Holland.
18. Memorandum of a Telephone Conversation, January 24, 1955
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 714.00/1–2455. Confidential. Drafted by Viola M. Keskinen of the Bureau of Inter-American Affairs.
19. Letter From the Secretary of State to the Director of the Foreign Operations Administration (Stassen)
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 714.5–MSP/1–2455. Secret. Drafted by Holland.
20. Memorandum of a Conversation, Department of State, Washington, January 25, 1955
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 121.14/1–2555. Secret; Limit Distribution. Drafted by John W. Fisher of the Office of Middle-American Affairs.
21. Memorandum of a Telephone Conversation, January 25, 1955, 12:15 p.m.
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 714.00/1–2455. Confidential; Limited Distribution. Drafted by Mabel Karydakis, Holland’s personal secretary.
22. Telegram From the Ambassador in Guatemala (Armour) to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 814.00/1–2555. Secret; Limited Distribution.
23. Memorandum of a Conversation Between the Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs (Holland) and President Castillo Armas, Guatemala City, February 14, 1955
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 611.14/2–1655. Confidential. This memorandum of conversation was forwarded to the Department as Enclosure 1 to despatch 699 from Guatemala City, February 16. Assistant Secretary Holland accompanied Vice President Nixon on a tour of 11 countries of Central America and the Caribbean, February 6–March 5. The group was in Guatemala, February 12–15. In despatch 690 from Guatemala City, February 24, the Embassy recorded its impressions of the Guatemalan response to Nixon’s visit. (Ibid., 814.00–TA/2–2455) Additional documentation on the Nixon trip is ibid., 033.1100–NI.
24. Telegram From the Ambassador in Guatemala (Armour) to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 033.1100–NI/2–1555. Confidential; Priority.
25. Letter From the Deputy Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs (Murphy) to the Director of the Foreign Operations Administration (Stassen)
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 714.5–MSP/1–1255. Secret. In a memorandum dated March 2, Sparks forwarded a copy of this letter to Acting Secretary Hoover, with the recommendation that he sign it. In a note dated March 3 to John Goodyear, Special Assistant to Deputy Under Secretary Murphy, Robert K. Sherwood of the Executive Secretariat recommended that Murphy, rather than Hoover, should sign the letter to Stassen.
26. Memorandum From the Deputy Director of the Office of Regional American Affairs (Jamison) to the Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs (Holland)
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 714.58/3–2155. Confidential.
27. Memorandum of Conversations, Department of State, Washington, April 28–29, 1955
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 714.00/4–2955. Secret. Drafted by Fisher, Officer in Charge of Guatemalan Affairs.
28. Telegram From the Ambassador in Guatemala (Armour) to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 714.5/5–855. Top Secret; Priority. This telegram was transmitted in two parts.
29. Memorandum of a Conversation Between the Adviser for Political and Security Affairs to the United States Mission at the United Nations (Armour) and the Guatemalan Representative at the United Nations (Arenales Catalan), New York, May 11, 1955
Source: Department of State, Guatemala Files: Lot 59 D 6, Memoranda of Conversation. Confidential. The Guatemalan Ambassador was Emilio Arenales Catalan. Norman Armour left his post in Guatemala on May 9. He was succeeded by Edward J. Sparks, who was appointed on June 14 and presented his credentials on July 29.
30. Memorandum From the Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs (Holland) to the Under Secretary of State (Hoover)
Source: Department of State, OCB Files: Lot 62 D 430, Guatemala, 1954–1955. Top Secret. Drafted by Krieg.
31. Letter to the Chargé in Guatemala (Mann) from the Officer in Charge of Central American and Panama Affairs (Leddy)
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 714.11/5–2755. Confidential; Official–Informal.
32. Memorandum of a Conversation, Department of State, Washington, May 31, 1955
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 814.00/5–3155. Confidential. Drafted by Leddy. Hoover and Holland initialed their approval of this memorandum.
34. Memorandum From the Acting Secretary of State to the President
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 714.11/6–2155. Confidential.
35. National Intelligence Estimate
Source: INR–NIE Files. Secret. Files of National Intelligence Estimates, Special Estimates, and Special National Intelligence Estimates, retained by the Directorate for Regional Research, Bureau of Intelligence and Research.
National Intelligence Estimates (NIEs) were high-level interdepartmental reports presenting authoritative appraisals of vital foreign policy problems. NIEs were drafted by officers from those agencies represented on the Intelligence Advisory Committee (LAC), discussed and revised by interdepartmental working groups coordinated by the Office of National Estimates of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), approved by the LAC, and circulated under the aegis of the CIA to the President, appropriate officers of cabinet level, and the National Security Council. The Department of State provided all political and some economic sections of NIEs.
According to a note on the cover sheet, the intelligence organizations of the Departments of State, the Army, the Navy, the Air Force, the Joint Staff, and the Central Intelligence Agency participated in the preparation of this estimate. The Intelligence Advisory Committee concurred in this estimate on July 26.
37. Memorandum of a Conversation, Department of State, Washington, November 21, 1955
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 814.00/11–255. Limited Official Use. Drafted by Fisher.
38. Memorandum of a Conversation, Department of State, Washington, February 20, 1956
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 814.2614/2–2056. Drafted by Fisher and approved by Holland.
39. Memorandum of a Conversation, Department of State, Washington, April 24, 1956
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 814.00/4–2456. Confidential. Drafted by Fisher.
40. Memorandum of a Conversation Between the Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs (Holland) and the Regional Director for Latin America, IBRD (Knapp), Department of State, Washington, April 26, 1956
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 814.00/4–2456. Confidential. Drafted by Barbara E. Dunlap.
41. Memorandum of a Conversation, Department of State, Washington, May 10, 1956
Source: Department of State, Holland Files: Lot 57 D 295, Guatemala. Secret. Drafted by Fisher.
42. Memorandum From the Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs (Holland) to the Under Secretary of State (Hoover)
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 714.5–MSP/6–1256. Confidential.
43. Memorandum From the Chief of the Special Research Staff, Central Intelligence Agency (Durand) to the Director of Central Intelligence (Dulles)
Source: Department of State, Eisenhower Library, Project Clean Up Records. Secret.