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(2+ CONTROLLED DISSEH a In ghlgh oo e. TOCSDE. PAGE 2° CONFIDENTIAL . 315/02278-65 7 TO LOCATE THE WHEREABOUTS OF ONE SILENCER FOR AN M~3 SUBMACHINE GUN,’ ONE OF FOUR SILENCERS THAT WERE DELIVERED TO ROBERTO ALEYOS ARZU'S GRCUP AFTER ITS CACHE OF WEAPONS HAO BEEN SEIZED BY UNITED STATES. GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS IN EARLY MAY, WHEN ASKED WHY HE NEEDED THE SILENCERS, SIERRA SAID THAT ALEJOS DID NOT TRUST THE GUATEMALAN GOVERNMENT CONCERNING THE PROPOSED HOLDING OF ELECTIONS ON IS cia. SEPTEMBER 1965. SIERRA SAID THAT HE HAD TALKED TO. A. MAN FROM GUATEMALA EARLIER IN THE DAY AND THAT THE FOUR SILENCERS THAT, SIERRA HAD IN HIS POSSESSION-WOULD BE SENT TO GUATEMALA, ne 3. SIERRA REVEALED THAT ALEJOS PLANS TO UNDERTAKE SMALL ° OPERATIONS WITH!N GUATEMALA AND .:.. TO USE ONLY TWO OR THREE MEN TO ACCOMPLISH THESE MISSIONS, HE SAID THAT ALEJOS WOULD NOT BE NEEGING ANY HEAVY ARMS TO CARRY OUT HIS PLANS, kL, SIERRA MENTIONED THAT ONE OF THE MEN WHOM HE HAD MET OURING HIS TRIP TO GUATEMALA IN LATE APRIL AND EARLY MAY, AN AIR FORCE, OFFICER, TOLD SIERRA THAT ALEJOS WOULD NOT HAVE TO WORRY A ABOUT THE GUATEMALAN AIR FORCE JETS BECAUSE THEY WERE LIGHTLY ARMED AND THEIR PILOTS WERE POORLY TRAINED. HOWEVER, THE OFFICER ADVISEO SIERRA THAT THE PROPELLER-DRIVEN AIRCRAFT WOULD INDEED BE A THREAT BECAUSE THEY WERE HEAVILY ARMED AND WERE FLOWN BY WELL-TRAINED PILOTS. THE OFFICER THEN PROPOSED TO SIERRA. THAT HE (THE OFFICER) BE NOTIFIED OF THE DATE OF ALEJOS'PLANNED COUP ATTEMPT SO THAT HE COULD ENTERTAIN SOME OF THE PILOTS AT HIS HOME ON THE NIGHT PRECEDING THE OPERATION. HE SAID THAT AFTER A FEW cOURS OF"PARTYING; THE PILOTS WOULD BE RIPE : CONFIDENTIAL °, CONTROLLED DISSEM aon gm ee mee ee es meee et mete ae ete os ctmterintemee swam + oe, «
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