Washington Unmakes Guatemala, 1954

by Matthew Ward, COHA Research Fellow


 

Appendix B: Persons of Note

 

Acheson, Dean G., Secretary of State January 19, 1949-January 20, 1953.

 

Araña, Maj. Francisco Javiér, Leader of Revolution of 1944, Chief of Armed Forces under Arévalo.

 

Arbenz Guzman, Jacobo, President of Guatemala March 15, 1951–June 27, 1954.

 

Arevalo, Juan José, President of Guatemala March 15, 1945–March 14, 1951.

 

Barnes, Tracy, Chief of the Political and Psychological Staff, Directorate for Plans, Central Intelligence Agency.

 

Bernays, Edward, Special Counsel for Public Relations, United Fruit Company.

 

Berry, Lampton J., Deputy Operations Coordinator, Department of State.

 

Bissell, Richard M., Special Assistant to Director of Central Intelligence Allen Dulles, later Deputy Director of Central Intelligence.

 

Bruce, David K.E., Under Secretary of State April 1952-January 1953.

 

Cabot, John M., Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs February 27, 1953-April 1954.

 

Castillo Armas, Colonel Carlos, CIA-sponsored Leader of the Liberacionistas, President of the Guatemalan Junta from July 8, 1954; President of Guatemala September 2, 1954-July 26, 1957.

 

Corcoran, Thomas, lawyer and lobbyist for United Fruit Company in Washington.

 

Cordova Cerna, Juan, lawyer for United Fruit Company in Guatemala; supporter of Castillo Armas.

 

Diaz, Colonel Carlos Enrique, Guatemalan Army Chief of Staff; President of Guatemala June 27-28, 1954; member of military junta June 28-29, 1954.

 

Dulles, Allen, Deputy Director of Central Intelligence until February 26, 1953; thereafter Director of Central Intelligence.

 

Dulles, John Foster, consultant to the Secretary of State until April 1952; Secretary of State after January 21, 1953.

 

Eisenhower, Dwight D., President of the United States after January 21, 1953.

 

Figueres, Jose, Head of Ruling Junta in Costa Rica 1948–1949, democratically-elected President of Costa Rica, 1953–1957 and 1970–1974.

 

Fortuny, José Manuel, leader of the Partido Guatemalteco del Trabajo (Guatemalan Communist Party) until June 1954.

 

Gutiérrez, Victor Manuel, leader of the Confederacion General de Trabajadores de Guatemala, Member of the Secretariat of the Partido Guatemalteco del Trabajo.

 

Hedden, Stuart, Inspector General, Central Intelligence Agency, until April 1953.

 

Helms, Richard, Chief of Operations, Directorate of Plans, Central Intelligence Agency.

 

Holland, Henry F., Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs March 2, 1954-September 13, 1956.

 

King, Colonel J.C., Chief of the Western Hemisphere Division, Directorate of Operations, Central Intelligence Agency.

 

Leddy, Raymond G., Officer in Charge of Central American and Panama Affairs, Office of Middle American Affairs, Department of State, from January 1953.

 

Mann, Thomas C., Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs November 1950-July 1953.

 

Miller, Edward G., Jr., Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs June 1949-December 1952.

 

Peurifoy, John E., Ambassador to Guatemala November 1953-October 1954.

 

Roosevelt, Kermit, senior official, Central Intelligence Agency, Officer in charge of coup against Dr. Mohammed Mossadegh of Iran, 1953.

 

Schoenfeld, Rudolf E., Ambassador to Guatemala until October 19, 1953.

 

Smith, General Walter Bedell, Director of Central Intelligence from October 7, 1950; Under Secretary of State February 9, 1953-October 1, 1954.

 

Somoza Garcia, Anastasio, President of Nicaragua May 1951-September 1956.

 

Somoza, Tachito, Son of President Anastasio Somoza of Nicaragua.

 

Toriello Garrido, Guillermo, Guatemalan Ambassador to the United States September 1952-May 1954; Guatemalan Minister of Foreign Affairs January-July 1954.

 

Trujillo, Molina Rafael L., President of the Dominican Republic until August 1952; Secretary of State for Foreign Relations March-August 1953.

 

Truman, Harry S, President of the United States until January 1953.

 

Willauer, Whiting, Ambassador to Honduras from March 5, 1954.

 

Wisner, Frank, Deputy Director for Plans, Central Intelligence Agency.

 

Ydigoras Fuentes, General Miguel, Guatemalan presidential candidate during 1950 elections.

 

 


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