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# INFORMATION REPORT INFORMATION REPORT## CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCYThis material contains information affecting the National Defense of the United States within the meaning of the Espionage Laws, Title 18, U.S.C. Secs. 793 and 794, the transmission or revelation of which in any manner to an unauthorized person is prohibited by law.SECRET/NO FOREIGN DISSEMCOUNTRY Mexico/GuatemalaREPORT NO. CS-311/04619-66SUBJECT Possible Travel to Guatemala of Victor Rico Galan, Mexican Leftist JournalistDATE DISTR. 1 April 1966NO. PAGES 1REFERENCESDATE OF 21 March 1966INFO.PLACE & Mexico, Mexico CityDATE ACQ (23 March 1966)FIELD REPORT NO. IMM-10014THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION. SOURCE GRADINGS ARE DEFINITIVE. APPRAISAL OF CONTENT IS TENTATIVESOURCE: Guatemalan professional man, former member of a guerrilla group in Guatemala who is living in exile in Mexico. He is believed to have good access to the Guatemalan exile community.Victor Rico Galan, leftist journalist who writes for both Siempre and Politica, is planning to visit Guatemala clandestinely to investigate the disappearance of Victor Manuel Gutierrez Corbin, Guatemalan Communist Party (ICT) leader of the Guatemalan exile community in Mexico, who returned to Guatemala in late February.Field Comment: TDCS-314/03186-66 reported that Gutierrez Garbin and three other Guatemalan leftists were arrested and executed by the Guatemalan authorities on 6 March 1966.Source Comment: Rico Galan could only enter Guatemala illegally since he was declared *persona non grata* by the Guatemalan Government in 1963 after he visited the country to interview President Peralta. While there, he also managed to talk with Marco Antonio Yon Sosa, guerrilla leader. Upon his return to Mexico, Rico Galan wrote articles favorable to the rebels and most unflattering to the Peralta government. Rico Galan's interview with Yon Sosa was arranged through Adolfo Mijangos Lopez who is now living in exile in Mexico.SECRET/NO FOREIGN DISSEM| STATE | DIA      | ARMY                       | NAVY | AIR | NSA | AIO  | OCR || ----- | -------- | -------------------------- | ---- | --- | --- | ---- | --- || #     | CLICSO # | (ALSO SENT GUATEMALA CITY) |      |     |     | USIA |     |(Note: Field distribution indicated by "#")> GROUP 1> Excluded from automatic> downgrading and> declassificationFBL 3INFORMATION REPORT INFORMATION REPORT| CI/ICG   | 1                                         | WH/FI     | 1             | WH/2/Guat | 2   | MMR-10014       |     || -------- | ----------------------------------------- | --------- | ------------- | --------- | --- | --------------- | --- || CI/CI/WH | 1                                         | WH/CA/P   | 1             | WH/GUAT   | 1   | LIRABEL         |     || CA/LIT   | 1                                         | WH/O      | 1             | WH/PACY   | 1   | (LINEBEZ-1)     |     || CA/KOP   | 1                                         | SH/1      |               |           |     | CS-311/04619-66 |     || WH/K     | 1                                         | WH/MEXT   | 1             |           |     | WH/2/PO: LK**   |     || TOTALD   | IS 2, CI 4, FI 3, CA 2, WH 9 (1), DO/H 1. | LIAISON * | WB DS: PDM:km |           |     |                 |     |