Foreign Relations, Guatemala, 1952-1954
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Abbreviations and Cryptonyms
Abbreviations and Cryptonyms
Abbreviations and Cryptonyms
AA, American Airlines; anti-aircraft
A/C, aircraft
AC/WH, Acting Chief, Western Hemisphere Division, Central Intelligence Agency
Adam, Guatemala City
AFL, AFOL, American Federation of Labor
AP, Associated Press
BGGYPSY, Russia; Russian
BOND, Puerto Barrios
C/WH, Chief, Western Hemisphere, Central Intelligence Agency
CAB, Civil Aeronautics Board
Caesar, Quetzaltenango
CEUA, Comit? de Estudiantes Universitarios Anticomunistas (Committee of Anti-Communist University Students)
CIA, Central Intelligence Agency
CNC, Confederacion Nacional Campesina (National Confederation of Campesinos)
CNO, Chief of Naval Operations
CP, Communist Party
CTAL, Confederacion de Trabajadores de Am?rica Latina (Confederation of Latin American Workers)
DCI, Director of Central Intelligence
DD/A, Deputy Director for Administration, Central Intelligence Agency
DD/P, Deputy Director, Plans, Central Intelligence Agency
DDCI, Deputy Director of Central Intelligence
DIR, Director of Central Intelligence
Doc, Mazatenango
DTFROGS, El Salvador
Eddie, El Quich?
EDT, estimated time of departure
ENE, east northeast
ESCOBILLA, Guatemalan national
ESMERALDITE, labor informant affiliated with AFL-sponsored labor movement
ESSENCE, Guatemalan anti-Communist leader
ETA, estimated time of arrival
FAN, National Anti-Communist Front
FAO, Foreign Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
FJHOPEFUL, military base
FOA, Foreign Operations Administration
Frank, Jutiapa, Guatemala
Goss, Coban, Guatemala
Hank, Zacapa (Guatemalan base)
HTKEEPER, Mexico City
HTPLUME, Panama
iden, identity
Ike, San Jose
Jack, Florida, Honduras
JMBLUG, John S. Peurifoy, U.S. Ambassador to Guatemala
Kent, Carias Viejas, Honduras
KMFLUSH, Nicaragua
KMPAJAMA, Mexico
KMPLEBE, Peru
K-Program, operations aimed at intelligence and defection of Guatemalan military; after May 11, 1954, redirected at military defections
KUBARK, Central Intelligence Agency
KUCLUB, Office of Communications
KUFIRE, intelligence
KUGOWN, propaganda
Larry, Entre Rios, Guatemala
LCFLUTTER, polygraph
LCI, landing craft
LCPANGS, Costa Rica
LINC, LINCOLN, PBSUCCESS Headquarters in Florida
LIONIZER, Guatemalan refugee group in Mexico
MA, military attach?
Mike, Asuncion Mita, Guatemala
Nick, Gualan, Guatemala
N.O., New Orleans
o/a, on or about
ODACID, U.S. Embassy
ODUNIT, U.S. Air Force
ODYOKE, U.S. Government
OIR, Office of Intelligence and Research, Department of State
OPIM, Operational Immediate
ops, operations
ORIT, Organizacion Regional Inter-Americana de Trabajadores (AFL-sponsored anti-Communist labor federation)
P/A, political asset
PAA, Pan American Airlines
PANCHO, Carlos Castillo Armas
PBFORTUNE, CIA project to supply anti-Arbenz forces with weapons, supplies, and funding; predecessor to PBSUCCESS
PBHISTORY, Central Intelligence Agency project to gather and analyze documents from the Arbenz government in Guatemala that would incriminate Arbenz as a Communist
PBPRIME, United States
PBS, PBSUCCESS, Central Intelligence Agency covert operation to overthrow Arbenz government in Guatemala
PSB, Psychological Strategy Board
PW, psychological warfare
QKFLOWAGE, United States Information Agency
RUFUS, Carlos Castillo Armas
sab, sabotage
SARANAC, training site in Nicaragua
SCRANTON, training base for radio operators near Nicaragua
SGUAT, CIA Station in Guatemala
SHERWOOD, CIA radio broadcasting program based in Nicaragua begun on May 1, 1954
SKILLET, Whiting Willauer, U.S. Ambassador to Honduras
SKIMMER, The "Group" CIA cover organization supporting Castillo Armas
SLINC, telegram indicator for PBSUCCESS Headquarters in Florida
SSE, south southeast
STANDEL, Jacobo Arbenz, President of Guatemala
svcd, serviced
SYNCARP, the "Junta," Castillo Armas' political organization headed by Cordova Cerna
T/O, table of organization
UFCO, UNFC, UNIFRUIT, United Fruit Company
WASHTUB, operation to plant Soviet arms in Nicaragua
WFTU, World Federation of Trade Unions
WH, Western Hemisphere
WSBURNT, Guatemala
WSHOOFS, Honduras
Return to This Volume Home PageAA, American Airlines; anti-aircraft
A/C, aircraft
AC/WH, Acting Chief, Western Hemisphere Division, Central Intelligence Agency
Adam, Guatemala City
AFL, AFOL, American Federation of Labor
AP, Associated Press
BGGYPSY, Russia; Russian
BOND, Puerto Barrios
C/WH, Chief, Western Hemisphere, Central Intelligence Agency
CAB, Civil Aeronautics Board
Caesar, Quetzaltenango
CEUA, Comit? de Estudiantes Universitarios Anticomunistas (Committee of Anti-Communist University Students)
CIA, Central Intelligence Agency
CNC, Confederacion Nacional Campesina (National Confederation of Campesinos)
CNO, Chief of Naval Operations
CP, Communist Party
CTAL, Confederacion de Trabajadores de Am?rica Latina (Confederation of Latin American Workers)
DCI, Director of Central Intelligence
DD/A, Deputy Director for Administration, Central Intelligence Agency
DD/P, Deputy Director, Plans, Central Intelligence Agency
DDCI, Deputy Director of Central Intelligence
DIR, Director of Central Intelligence
Doc, Mazatenango
DTFROGS, El Salvador
Eddie, El Quich?
EDT, estimated time of departure
ENE, east northeast
ESCOBILLA, Guatemalan national
ESMERALDITE, labor informant affiliated with AFL-sponsored labor movement
ESSENCE, Guatemalan anti-Communist leader
ETA, estimated time of arrival
FAN, National Anti-Communist Front
FAO, Foreign Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
FJHOPEFUL, military base
FOA, Foreign Operations Administration
Frank, Jutiapa, Guatemala
Goss, Coban, Guatemala
Hank, Zacapa (Guatemalan base)
HTKEEPER, Mexico City
HTPLUME, Panama
iden, identity
Ike, San Jose
Jack, Florida, Honduras
JMBLUG, John S. Peurifoy, U.S. Ambassador to Guatemala
Kent, Carias Viejas, Honduras
KMFLUSH, Nicaragua
KMPAJAMA, Mexico
KMPLEBE, Peru
K-Program, operations aimed at intelligence and defection of Guatemalan military; after May 11, 1954, redirected at military defections
KUBARK, Central Intelligence Agency
KUCLUB, Office of Communications
KUFIRE, intelligence
KUGOWN, propaganda
Larry, Entre Rios, Guatemala
LCFLUTTER, polygraph
LCI, landing craft
LCPANGS, Costa Rica
LINC, LINCOLN, PBSUCCESS Headquarters in Florida
LIONIZER, Guatemalan refugee group in Mexico
MA, military attach?
Mike, Asuncion Mita, Guatemala
Nick, Gualan, Guatemala
N.O., New Orleans
o/a, on or about
ODACID, U.S. Embassy
ODUNIT, U.S. Air Force
ODYOKE, U.S. Government
OIR, Office of Intelligence and Research, Department of State
OPIM, Operational Immediate
ops, operations
ORIT, Organizacion Regional Inter-Americana de Trabajadores (AFL-sponsored anti-Communist labor federation)
P/A, political asset
PAA, Pan American Airlines
PANCHO, Carlos Castillo Armas
PBFORTUNE, CIA project to supply anti-Arbenz forces with weapons, supplies, and funding; predecessor to PBSUCCESS
PBHISTORY, Central Intelligence Agency project to gather and analyze documents from the Arbenz government in Guatemala that would incriminate Arbenz as a Communist
PBPRIME, United States
PBS, PBSUCCESS, Central Intelligence Agency covert operation to overthrow Arbenz government in Guatemala
PSB, Psychological Strategy Board
PW, psychological warfare
QKFLOWAGE, United States Information Agency
RUFUS, Carlos Castillo Armas
sab, sabotage
SARANAC, training site in Nicaragua
SCRANTON, training base for radio operators near Nicaragua
SGUAT, CIA Station in Guatemala
SHERWOOD, CIA radio broadcasting program based in Nicaragua begun on May 1, 1954
SKILLET, Whiting Willauer, U.S. Ambassador to Honduras
SKIMMER, The "Group" CIA cover organization supporting Castillo Armas
SLINC, telegram indicator for PBSUCCESS Headquarters in Florida
SSE, south southeast
STANDEL, Jacobo Arbenz, President of Guatemala
svcd, serviced
SYNCARP, the "Junta," Castillo Armas' political organization headed by Cordova Cerna
T/O, table of organization
UFCO, UNFC, UNIFRUIT, United Fruit Company
WASHTUB, operation to plant Soviet arms in Nicaragua
WFTU, World Federation of Trade Unions
WH, Western Hemisphere
WSBURNT, Guatemala
WSHOOFS, Honduras
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