The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-07-01
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will find a formula. At least that
is my desire"
Later the conferees dined to-
gether at Iona Linda, palatial
home of Rafael Meza Ayau, Sal
vadorean economics minister and
a beer baron.
After dinner they reconvened al
Osorio's presidential m ms 10 n
Shortly after midnight Ell Saliva
doris presidential press officer sale
Castillo Armas and Monzon hat
gotten down to terms which prom
iSed to lead to a definite settlement
AS the parley continued, wore
came out of the conference tina
terms of the settlement would b,
broadcast by the Guatemalan gov
eminent and rebel radios.
FL Salvador offered its good of
fees to settle the Guatemalan con
flict after cease-fire Tuesday end
ed the Shooting-in theory at least
Mediator Sought
OSorio said the junta government
had asked him to mediate, bu
that the United States was takinj
no part in the talks since it ha
not asked to mediate. However
U. S. Ambassador Michael Nc
Dermott met the two Guatemala
leaders when they arrived in thei
separate planes at the airport her
yesterday.
During last nights conferenc
the papal nuncio to Guatemala
Msgr. Gennaro Verolino stood b
outside the closed chamber. TIL
Pope's representative said he ha
been asked by Monzon to edo whs
I can and help if asked"
U. S. and Salvadorean official
expressed hope the talks woul
lead to an anti-Red coalition {
Castillo Armas and Monzon whic
would wipe out the Communist
who became entrenched in tn
Caribbean land during the regim
of ousted President Jacobo Arden
Guzman.
Leaders Arrive
Monzon, clad in a neat bushes
suit, arrived in a plane piloted b
Col. Vernon E. Martin of San Frar
cisco, air attache to the U. S. En-
bassy at Guatemala.
Castillo Armas, still wearing hi
field khaki, arrived in a plan
piloted by Col. Rodolfo Mendoz;
whose brother Miguel is chief c
the rebel air force.
Mendoza said the rebel air fore
-four PATS and two CAT tran.
ports-had been grounded in OF
servance Of the armistice. He pre-
dicted the hardest job would be t
get the strife-wracked countr
back on a normal basis.
He disclosed that Zacapa, Ike
Guatemalan rail junction betwee
the capital and the major Carit
bean port of Puerto Barrios, sui
rendered to the insurgents Tues
day night.
New Violence
Meanwhile, new violence was RI
ported from Guatemala. Cover
ment troops were rushed to E:
cuintla, Communist stronghold ;
miles south of Guatemala City
where Red chieftain Carlos Mar
uel Pellecer was reported plottin
a peasant uprising.
Red-indoctrinated farm worker
were also reported sparkling W
risings at Conception, near esq
cuintla, and nearby Pinula, wher
a police chief was stoned to deaf
Tuesday. The Reds were reporte
telling the peasants that the ne'
regime would take away the land
which Arbenz had distribute
among them.
Guatemala's police chief, Co
Ruben Gonzales Segui, said Pell'
Ger could probably foment Strif
for a long time by melting guel
rllla warfare in Guatemala's hill
forests. Gonzales said the rebel al
force might be put back into actio
against the guerrillas.
Refuge Sought
Pellecer took refuge in the Al
gentine Embassy after Arbenz
downfall. Later he was ouste
along with former secret polio
chief jaime Rosenberg and othe
former leaders because embass
officials feared their presenc
would provoke violence from ami
Communist crowds outside.
Pellecer then fled to Escuintl
and the reports of uprisings bega
coming in.
From Antigua, however, cam
word that Communists hs
besieged the Reds there and wei
trying to hang their leaders.
A top Guatemalan official sa
ne expected the roundup of Rose