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Page &8 April 1968 was to return to Mexico within a few days according to Jose Luis PALCARCEL Ordonez (15).15 April 1968 arrived in Mexico according to Jose Luis RAMOS Eartinez who said on 23 April that CARDOZA had arrived in Mexico some 8 days previous (14).28 May 1968 was in Mexico according to his mistress Fantina RODRIGUEZ Viuda de LEON (14).9 August 1968 was still in Lexico but planned to travel to Salvador and then return to Mexico with a new visa (15).Prior, 26 Kovember 1968 his wife, Yolanda Consuelo RODRIGUEZ Artiaga visited him for a week in Mexico (15).## PERSONALITY, ASSESSMENT AND HEALTH:1. As of 10 March 1952, bis name was on a list of persons considered by CIAL as being loyal to WETU policies and to Marxism (27). He requested political asylum at the Nexican Embassy in Guatemala on 29 June 1954 because he was subject to persecution by forces of the new administration in Guatemala due to his political ideals and his sympathy with the former ARBENZ administration. Ile served as Deputy in the Congress of the Republic of Guatemala (20). In Janucry 1957, he was unhappy in Mexico and was anxious to return to Guatemala because he believed life would be better in Guatemala. He personally set April 1957 as the target date for his departure from Mexico (7). As of 7 February 1957 at a Puro meeting of the PGT, he announced to other merbers on the Commission of Organiization and Control that he would be replaced since they (PGT in Guatemala) had summoned him to Guatemala and he was in the process of preparing for the trip (7). On 6 July 1957, he was in charge of notifying the interested persons of the exact date of the Central American Labor Conference and he apparently forgot to do so and one delegate was delayed in attending the conference (7).2. In early September 1961, he was planning to travel to the USSR and to seek medical treatment for a stomach ailuent believed to be aggravated by ulcers (10). In the USSR he was to serve as a Guatemalan delegate to the CPSU October 1961 celebrations (10). When discussing his problems and aprehensions on his prospective travel to the USSR for the 1961 Congress, he feared that the Guatemalan Government would unleash a wave of persecution against the Communists because of rumors that the Communists were ready to attack the government. He blamed the rumor on the Cubans who had issued a news bulletin claiming that the Guatemalan and Salvadoran Communist Parties had agreed to take up arms to overthrow their respective governments (13). Also in September 1961 when he was using a fraudulent passport for his travel to the USSR, he became worried because a border official asked him if he would be accompanied on the trip since another Guatemalan traveler on the previous day had the same visas listing Mexico, Switzerland, Europe. He reported the incident to the PGT central committee (13).3. In January 1962 he had a heart attack in Moscow and had been scriously ill according to comments made by GUTIERREZ. CARDOZA had recuperated physically, but he was morally depressed and felt that he would be an invalid (7).4. As of 5 December 1967, CARDOZA had suffered another heart attack and would remain in the USSR until June 1968 (14). He was expected to come to Mexico from the USSR within a few days after & April 1957. sccording to Jose Luis