Stage 4-1
Radio Clandestina Destruida
Front page headline announcing that the clandestine radio station has been destroyed.
Stage 4-2
Fue Capturada la Clandestina
Headline reads that Clandestine Radio is captured and partly destroyed.
Stage 4-3
Existence of Anti-Communist Radio Station Near Honduras Border Announced
NYTimes article acknowledging the existence of a clandestine radio station
Stage 4-4a
Secret Message from PBSuccess HQ to Allen Dulles
Cable from CIA operative in charge of ammo to be planted, to CIA director Allen Dulles
Stage 4-4b
144. Telegram From the CIA Station in [place not declassified] to Operation PBSUCCESS Headquarters in Florida
In this cable, Operation WASHTUB is dubbed a success. "All were completely sold including PBPRIME Ambassador, First Secretary and military attaché. Latter identified country of origin of weapons, as he has spent some time in Far East. French Minister who has served in Greece pointed out how cache completely fits pattern used in Greece."
Stage 4-5
155. Airgram From Operation PBSUCCESS Headquarters in Florida to the Chief of the CIA Station in Guatemala
Airgram from John Doherty to Guatemalan team to push the story with Guatemalan press, pushing the "evidence" of the cigarettes found, and demanding a full investigation by approaching members of the opposition in Congress. "If you should find it impossible to utilize a member of congress for the above purpose, we suggest that you try using any of your available press contacts. It might perhaps be possible to arrange for an interview of any suitable traveler who happened to have been in Managua on the day of President’s Somoza’s press conference on the subject and to tie the questions relative to the Guatemalan cigarettes to that interview."
Stage 4-6a
102. Telegram From Operation PBSUCCESS Headquarters in Florida to the Central Intelligence Agency
Suggested plan from PBSUCCESS HQ on how they will get a fake photo of a submarine and leak it. "Suggest HQs arrange with RQM search graphics register for photo Soviet sub (or what could pass for Soviet sub) lying close inshore: photo should be poor lacking detail and credibly taken by amateur with box camera from KMFLUSH Pacific coast." "Pivall would give photo to [name not declassified] ... [name not declassified] “discover” submarine photo and public press..."
Stage 4-6b
145. Telegram From the CIA Station in [place not declassified] to Operation PBSUCCESS Headquarters in Florida
CIA cable that says that , "WASHTUB on breaking was accepted completely by press, public, and diplomatic corps."
Stage 4-8
221. Telegram From the Central Intelligence Agency to the CIA Station in Guatemala
Wisner complaining to Peurifoy about the negative and "false" reporting from press and counteracting Toriello's press attention
Stage 4-9
Stage 4-9
Bissell's assessment for next steps during this stage of the coup, where the military could very well turn on Arbenz.
Stage 4-10
CABLE FROM LINCOLN TO SHERWOOD: SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS TO LANGEVIN RE BORADCASTS
Instruction to Atlee Phillips to "Direct immediate broadcast to army stating communists have armed hundreds of Indians. Given them liquor until they were drunk and are now enticing them to commit atrocities against innocent people."
Stage 4-11
100. Telegram From Operation PBSUCCESS Headquarters in Florida to the Central Intelligence Agency
CIA plan for distribution of propaganda in Church circles.
Stage 4-12a
Catholic Church Activities
CIA's next steps for exploitation of Church after pastoral letter has been released and been highly effective.
Stage 4-12b
32. Report Prepared in the Central Intelligence Agency
Plans to distribute propaganda via Guatemalan churches for purposes of riling the public up along religious lines.
Stage 4-14
Carta Pastoral
Photographs of the archive copy of the Archbishop’s letter denouncing communism, found at Marroquin Rojas University in Guatemala City.
Stage 4-15
136. Memorandum From the Senior Representative, Operation PBSUCCESS Headquarters in Florida (Dunbar) to the CIA Station in Guatemala
John Doherty expresses gratitude for pastoral letter and outlines suggestions for next steps with the Catholic Church and their corresponding CIA operatives. "...in order to awaken popular revulsion against communism, it appears necessary to tie these experiences in other countries closely to the personal lives and interests of your local audience. This could be done, for instance, by describing graphically how the local church would be turned into a meeting hall for the “Fighting Godless”, how the reader’s children would have to spend their time with the “Red Pioneers”, how the pictures of Lenin, Stalin and Malenkov would replace the pictures of the Saints in every home, and the like."
Stage 4-16
131. Memorandum for the Record
Progress report from Ambassador Peurifoy stating that the government should definitely be overthrown, the campesinos definitely have arms, recommended blowing up some bridges, and dropping leaflets referencing the letter
Stage 4-17
171. Dispatch From Operation PBSUCCESS Headquarters in Florida to PBSUCCESS Headquarters, Central Intelligence Agency
Tracy Barnes addresses the "immediate need for "tactical" counter-action, as suggested in reference, we continue to be faced with the basic or "strategic" problem of countering the communist claim that U.S. anti-communism is merely a disguise for the "imperialist" interests of U.S. "capitalistic monopolies." Makes his suggestions, including collecting pertinent material, especially with articles, radio scripts, background material, statistics, pictures that have to do with Soviet atrocities that they'll tie into current climate in Guatemala.
Stage 4-18
152. Telegram From the Central Intelligence Agency to the CIA Station in [place not declassified]
CIA account of report by Peurifoy re: Alfhem. "get for us the fullest evidence regarding this shipment which if necessary can be used to prove Guatemalan efforts to import clandestinely arms from behind Iron Curtain. Such evidence would include the originals or photostats of the ship's documents showing origin of shipment, consignor, consignee, description, tonnage, also photographs of ship plus recognizable pictures its captain and crew."
Stage 4-19a
Telephone Call to Mr. Wisner from John Foster Dulles
"...W said he did not think this was planted. The deception as regards this particular vessel was excellent."
Stage 4-19b
Telephone Call from Senator Knowland to John Foster Dulles
“CIA feels we’ve gotten advantages out of it.”
Stage 4-20
The Ambassador in Guatemala (Peurifoy) to the Department of State
Peurifoy's account of meeting with Toriello, where they discuss communism, the arms shipment, UFCo, OAS meeting and the possibility of mending US and Guatemala relations through diplomacy. "(Toriello) then said he had no confidence in impartiality of Secretary Dulles, because of connection with... certain employees of State Department on UFCO question and suggested I discuss this matter personally with President Eisenhower."
Stage 4-22
175. Telegram From Operation PBSUCCESS Headquarters in Florida to the CIA Chief of Station in Guatemala
PBSUCCESS HQ orders to intensify SHERWOOD programs, drop leaflets, organize sabotage teams, and amp up activity in this last stage. "Shock troops moving to WSHOOFS staging sites. High degrees of readiness, both in proficiency and spirit. More leaflet drops, intensified SHERWOOD programs contemplated."
Stage 4-23
Fake Photo Negative Telegrams
CIA telegrams coordinating the creation of fake photo negative to trick a Chicago Tribune reporter into writing fake news, operation WASHTUB.
Stage 4-24
Editorial Guidance for Alfhem Arms Shipment
The CIA station chief tells agents to push the news of the Czech arms shipment to Guatemala.
Stage 4-25
CIA Intelligence Report on Alfhem Shipment
Full report on the arms shipment and what it contained
Stage 4-26
Telegram from Ambassador Peurifoy to Director Dulles, June 11, 1954
“We have gone as far as we can with talk.”
“Many people have been to see me saying one bomb on palace would do the job.”