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...many as 200 men at work, and planned to bring in an offshore drilling barge. Houston's John W. Mecom and three associates were drilling a pair of exploratory wells in Honduras. In Guatemala, where 29 U.S. companies bid for exploration rights after the government of President Carlos Castillo Armas passed what oilmen called a "tough but workable" law, the process of sorting out overlapping concessions was going on, but no drilling had yet begun...
...strong-arm handling of Juan Cordova was a measure of the disillusionment Castillo Armas has given his admirers of two years ago. Far from the hoped-for new era of democracy, Guatemala is slipping fast toward a dictatorship that gives reason for opposition from all quarters, then crushes its opponents under the slogan of antiCommunism...
...vocal opposition to Castillo Armas is made up partly of a disorganized mixture of middle-readers like Cordova, non-Red leftists, intellectuals, students. Taking advantage of their disaffection is an organized Communist underground, intent on using the non-Communist opposition as a springboard back to power...
Getting Tough. Plainly, the Reds must be controlled. But the non-Reds,"if free to organize and campaign, would make a sizable showing in elections, and this is apparently what worries Castillo Armas most. Of Cordova, one government deputy said last week: "He's far worse than a Communist. He's presidential timber." Since June the government's policy has been to crack down on all dissent. Said Mario Sandoval, secretary-general of the government party, in a speech seconded by Castillo Armas: "Ours is the party of force, of combat and of organized violence...
...week later, when students started a protest parade, the government decided to use force. Castillo Armas' police fired into the marchers, killing four and injuring 27. A 30-day state of siege, clamped on that night, was extended last week for another month. "There are still many persons to arrest," explained Minister of Interior Miguel Ortiz Passarelli...