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‘= page two = present Anti-Communist regimes all the forces of the left under such leaders as would not appear, to the willingly blind eyes of American professional liberals, as fully Communist, These new res gimes would, fter their accession, immediatelu secure free work to the Communists and permit them to take over the Trade Unions, After this, the Communists would secure such a grip on the coun= in case of war to transform their country into ready bases for Soviet espionnage, anc, in case of need, by strikes and other disturbences, be able to cut off the United States from their Ho carry out this policy of popular fronts composed of full Communists and foolish liberals, the man put in charge of Arbenz in the office of President for Guatemala. Arévalo, a for ner Argentinian citizen, is not officially a member of the Commu« nist Party, He calls hilself a practical Socialist or a progress sive liberal, But it cam be stated that had he been officialiy a Communist he could not have served better the desimms of the Kremiin, He is thus perfectly fitted for the work, He has the practice of revolutuon and of power, his country is securely in the hands of his friends, hence he has no problems and worries and has sufficient times to devote himself fully to a job he knows well, The first thing Arévalo did was to make agtrip to Mexico City, where he arrived on June 6th, The publicity of the press was practically barred, and so his lengthy visit passed without arousing to much attention, During this stay he had long talks with Dr, Carlos Prio Socaras, recently ousted Presi~ dent of Cuba, who is preparing, with the help of the Reds, a revolution against President Batista, The discussions between Arévélo and Prio lasted three days ~ June 10th to 12th — and were interesting in that both meh where acconpanied by high ran~ king militery experts, and by men experts on the sale and, trans~ port of illegal weapons, In the meantime also, Arévalo has been in constant touch Romulo Betancourt, ousted President of Vene= guela end one of the most dangerous men in the area. We learn that a meeting Arévalo.- Betancourt is planned for the near für ture. At present Betancourt is in Costa Rica. Thus it becomes clear that the leadership of this new Popular Front movement in the strategic areas of Latin America will be the council oX three men : Arévalo = Prio - Betancourt, This group is, it should\be understood of great strength and ability, Already it has a pere manent staff in the High Command of the re-organized Caribbean Legion, which Legion has gained a large number of recruits from