The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-06-21
Cuatemala's President
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the famous "taxicab army" which
France rushed up to defend the
Marine River during World War l.
There was no immediate reac-
ton to diplomatic developments at
the United Nations and elsewhere
on Guatemala's charge it is the
victim of aggression.
At an extraordinary Sunday ses.
sion, the U.N. Security Council
unanimously called for a cease
fire in Guatemala. The resolution,
proposed by France, also urged
all U.N. members not to aid either
side in the struggle.
U. N. Action
The move came after the Soviet
Union vetoed a Unsupported bid
to turn the complaint over to the
Organization of American States
and demanded the council itself
act on the case.
An American woman correspond
ent in the Guatemalan capital,
broadcasting over the Columbia
Broadcasting Syste m, reported
yesterday the Guatemalan army
did not seem to be making any
preparations to resist the invasion.
She said few troops were to be
seen on the streets of the capital
city. The correspondent, Flora
Lewis, is representing the London
Daily Express in Guatemala City.
Rebel headquarters here report
ed the capture of three towns near
the Honduran border-Asquipulas,
Jocotan and Quezautepeque. 1t al
so said insurgent forces had cut
the vital railroad from Puerto Bar
rios ten saGuatemala City near
Morales"
i(AtsdEe aUnited Nations, Guate-
malan representatives confirmed
the fall of Morales and Asquipulas.
They said the invaders also had
taken the town of Bananera. All
three were described as small
towns, close together, about 10
miles inside Guatemala.)
Targets Told
A spokesman for Col. Carlos
Castillo Armas, leader of the Glib
Grafton army" said here the drive
toward the Pan-American Highway
was aimed at Jutiapa, town of
5000, some As miles south of
Guatemala City. It lies 20 miles
north of the Ell Salvador border.
Other rebel units also were re-
ported heading toward Asuncion
Mita, a town of 5000, IS miles
northeast of Jutiapa.
Reporting the dropping of sup
plies to insurgents inside Guate-
mala, the spokesman said small
scale uprisings had occurred at
Tutonicapan, Retalhuleu and Hue
huetenango, towns north and west
of Guatemala City, nearer the
Mexican border.
Desertion Claimed
Rebel headquarters claimed gov
eminent soldiers "are deserving to
our side" and declared the Arbenz
government had no confidence in
its army. Spokesman gave no esti-
mate on the number of deserters,
however.
A spokesman said the rebel force
consisted of 5000 men, all Guate-
malans.
The Arbenz government has
charged Castillo Armas received
aid from Nicaragua. 1t also has
asserted the rebel force is COM
posed of Adventures from other
Central American nations, in addi-
ton to Guatemalan exiles.
The Guatemalan fightin g
spanked some anti-U.S. demonstra-
tons in other Latin-American
nations.
Havana Incidents
In Havana, police reported a
| group of Cuban Communists at
tackled the office of the United
Press, throwing stones and other
objects at the news agency quar-.
tiers. Windows were broken but no
one was injured. Police said they
made some arrests.
Chilean students shouting pro.
Guatemalan slogans burned the
us. flag in downtown Santiago
Saturday night. The demonstrators
represented seven political parties
ranging from left-wing Socialists
to conservative Social Christians.
In Buenos Aires, the pro-govern
ment newspaper Critica said Guat
emala is surrounded by enemies
giving help to "exiled Guatemalar
revolutionaries." In the first Ar
gentine newspaper comment on the
uprising. Critica said the Guate
malan government "clashed witt
the powerful interests of the Unit
ed Fruit Co. and its subsidiaries
while fighting for national sover
eighty.