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The Key West Citizen
Key West, Monroe County, Florida
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US Secretary of State Dulles states that Guatemala's communist-influenced government is enforcing a reign of terror, with most citizens wanting to remove communists amid army pressure on President Arbenz to resign or break ties. US may seek OAS foreign ministers' conference on the issue.
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WASHINGTON ()--Secretary of State Dulles said today there is no doubt a reign of terror is being carried out in Guatemala by its Red-tinged government.
Dulles also told a news conference the great majority of the people in that Central American country want to clean out the Communists but are having to face intense Communist terrorism.
He made the statement in commenting on reports that Guatemalan army officers have told Guatemalan President Jacobo Arbenz that he must break away from the Reds or resign.
No Dependable Information
Dulles said the State Department has heard the same reports but does not have any information from a clearly dependable source.
There is no doubt, he continued, that a reign of terror is going on in Guatemala and there is no doubt either that the great majority desire to clean their own house.
This is being made difficult. Dulles declared, by Communist terrorism which he said is dramatically pointed up by a recent statement of a Guatemalan cabinet officer.
He quoted the unidentified minister as warning the Guatemalan people that any disturbance would mark the beginning of beheading of anti-Communists in Guatemala.
Talks 'May Be Asked
Dulles said he was unable to confirm but would not deny reports that the United States is prepared to ask for a foreign ministers' conference on the Guatemalan situation at a meeting tomorrow of the Council of the Organization of American States.
He recalled that an exchange of views is now going on among the American nations with respect to the possibility of holding a foreign ministers' conference in the near future. But he said he has no knowledge that the matter might be brought up at the OAS council meeting tomorrow.
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Guatemala
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Today
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reign of terror by communist government; warning of beheading anti-communists; army officers urge president to break from reds or resign; potential us request for oas foreign ministers' conference
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Secretary of State Dulles reports a reign of terror in Guatemala by its Red-tinged government, with majority of people wanting to eliminate Communists but facing intense terrorism. He comments on reports of army officers pressuring President Arbenz to break from Reds or resign, though unconfirmed by dependable sources. Dulles quotes a cabinet officer warning of beheadings for disturbances. He neither confirms nor denies US plans to seek a foreign ministers' conference at tomorrow's OAS Council meeting amid ongoing exchanges among American nations.