1.
LV H.Q. OF PARTY SUPPORTING AREVALO
0.03

2.
SV DITTO
0.06

3.
SV SHOT UP CARS
0.08

4.
CU DAMAGED CARS
0.09

5.
CU DITTO
0.12

6.
SV SOLDIERS IN STREET
0.16

7.
SV BROKEN SIGNS
0.19

8.
CU 3 SHOTS..WINDOWS WITH BULLET HOLES
0.27

9.
SV MAN HOLDS RIFLE SHELLS
0.30

10.
CU MAN HOLDS RIFLE SHELLS
0.33

11.
LV TROOPS ROUND UP CURFEW VIOLATORS
0.40

12.
SV DITTO
0.44

13.
CU TROOPS
0.48

14.
SV CURFEW ROUNDUP
0.52

15.
CU NEWSPAPER HEADLINES OF AREVALO'S RETURN
0.57

16.
SV MEN READ PAPERS
1.02

17.
L. EXT..PRESIDENTIAL RESIDENCE
1.07

18.
SV CAR UP TO RESIDENCE
1.15

19.
SV GROUP WALKS INTO RESIDENCE
1.17

20.
CU DITTO
1.23

21.
SV COLONEL PERALTA SHAKES HANDS WITH REPORTERS
1.32



Initials JNT/N/WH/BB JNT/N/WH/ES



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Background: FOLLOWING A BLOODLESS COUP AT THE WEEKEND (MARCH 30 AND 31) THE NEW GUATEMALA LEADER, COLONEL ENRIQUE PERALTA AZURDIA, PROMISED A FIGHT TO THE DEATH AGAINST COMMUNISM.

SOME SHOOTING HAD BEEN REPORTED DURING THE COUP, AND CARS, HOMES AND STORE WERE DAMAGED. IT WAS ALL OVER IN A FEW HOURS AFTER A SATURDAY NIGHT MOVE BY TANKS AGAINST THE PRESIDENTIAL PALACE.

PRESIDENT MANUEL YDIGORAS, FORCED TO LEAVE FOR NICARAGUA, SAID HE WOULD BE JOINING THE ANTI-CASTRO GROUP OF CUBAN REFUGEE FIGHTERS "ALPHA 66".

AFTER THE COUP, THE NOVEMBER PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS WERE SUSPENDED. LEFT-LEANING FORMER PRESIDENT JUAN JOSE AREVALO, WHO HAD MADE A CLANDESTINE RETURN TO THE COUNTRY, HAD BEEN EXPECTED TO WIN THE POLL.