Operation Kugown also released a large quantity of communist propaganda material that had entered Guatemala from countries within the Soviet sphere of influence; these convinced American journalists such as Donald Grant, of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, that there must have been a connection between Árbenz and the Soviet government.
Operasi Kugown juga merilis sejumlah besar bahan propaganda komunis yang telah memasuki Guatemala dari negara-negara dalam lingkup pengaruh Soviet; para jurnalis Amerika seperti Donald Grant, dari St. Louis Post-Dispatch, diminta untuk menyoroti hubungan antara Árbenz dan pemerintah Soviet.