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Stage 3-1a

110. Telegram From Operation PBSUCCESS Headquarters in Florida to the Central Intelligence Agency

Telegram from PBSUCCESS headquarters detailing propaganda campaign's progress, and next steps. "First: Immediate implementation SHERWOOD on Santa Fe, to be in operation 1 April at latest. Santa Fe is only solution, since negotiations with [name not declassified] now appear postponed"

 

Stage 3-1b

Communications Channels

Chart of Communications Channels for PBSuccess

 

Stage 3-2

116. Memorandum for the Record

Secretary of State and others discuss PBSSUCCESS progress, decide to continue with the operation just "don't get caught." They also discuss possible Toriello defection.

 

Stage 3-3a

Localizan Radio Clandestina en la Frontera con Honduras

Front page news story claiming radio station had been found on the border near Honduras. Prensa Libre 5/4/1954.

 

Stage 3-3b

Radioemision se Escucho Anoche

News clipping stating that clandestine radio was heard during the night. Prensa Libre, Date Unknown.

 

Stage 3-3c

Sigue la Radioemisora Clandestina

Article written by right-leaning Clemente Marroquin Rojas about the Clandestine Radio Station.

 

Stage 3-5a

Operacion Tuvo Con Candela Anoche Por El Apagon

El Imparcial article about blackout to locate radio station.

Stage 3-5b

Radiotecnico No Cree en la Clandestinidad de Difusora

A radio technician thinks radio station is a government hoax.

 

Stage 3-6

113. Memorandum for the Record

In a weekly PBSUCCESS meeting, top Government officials discuss the next steps in the light of the deteriorating situation. "A principal, if not the principal, psychological asset is a clandestine radio..."

 

Stage 3-7c

Guatemalans get appeal to revolt

New York Times report on the launch of the clandestine radio station.

 

Stage 3-8

Report to the National Security Council

Extensive report for the NSC on the activities of the USIA all over the world. "During the month of June, more than 200 articles and radio scripts were transmitted for press and radio placement abroad. These were developed partly from public sources and partly from declassified intelligence supplied by the State Department and the Central Intelligence Agency. Content ranged from developments in Guatemala, Washington, the UN and elsewhere, to original verified exposés of Communist penetration and documented articles counteracting specific charges against the U.S."