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Diaz and his fellow colonels, in hastening to take an anti-Communist stand, obviously hoped to take a lot of the fire out of the rebels' anti-Red crusade. Diaz announced that the "struggle against the mercenary invaders of Guatemala will not abate," and went on uncrating his new Iron-Curtain shooting irons. But Castillo Armas, after a slow start, had already toppled his major target, and now had momentum as well as his deadly planes...
Right up to the dramatic climax of President Arbenz' forced resignation, the war in Guatemala was a strange, onesided air war, fought by three mysterious F47 Thunderbolts and an absurd little Cessna sports plane, all under the command of the leader of the anti-Communist rebels, Colonel Castillo Armas...
...Guatemala City, meanwhile, F-475 poured bullets into the vitally needed Shell gasoline storage tanks, and 40,000 gallons squirted out. One of the five forts that guard the capital was bombed and set on fire. Arbenz' emphasis, in his radio talk, on how much the air attacks had hurt, was an eloquent restatement of an old principle: in air war, as in poker, a low hand can win the biggest pot when the opponents hold nothing...
Strategic Aim. The rebel leader at first seemed cold and reserved, but he warmed up in a hurry when asked about his objectives. "Primarily," he answered, "to throw Communism out of Guatemala . . . All the Guatemalan people are anxious for our arrival. But we must be prepared for every action of the enemy...
...weekend mood at rebel headquarters was dedication, the mood in Guatemala City was depression. Food supplies were running short and prices were rising. Police were everywhere. Fear and distrust were in the air. Even high-ranking officers carried submachine guns in their own offices...