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...cleansed but still restless Guatemala, pistol-packing U.S. Ambassador John Peurifoy created a little too much drama for a comfortable longer stay, or for a transfer to another Latin American country. Peurifoy, who was a sensationally successful Ambassador to Greece before his sensational success in Guatemala, is now slated for the embassy post in Thailand, another trouble spot...
...flew to San Salvador for the first meeting in the gingerbread presidential palace. In high hopes, the two old friends started talks at 3 p.m. But twelve hours later, there was only a bleak deadlock. The issue: Which of them should take top power and responsibility? Sleepless Jack Peurifoy learned in alarm of the impasse and caught a plane to San Salvador. Looking like a dashing sportsman in a green Tyrolean hat and checked jacket, he talked separately with Monzón and Castillo Armas (whom he met there for the first time), then brought them together. He hammered home...
Next Crisis. For Peurifoy, two crises were past, but another will follow soon. The colonels' agreement left Monzón heading a junta of five officers-two of his own followers plus Castillo Armas and another rebel colonel. After 15 days, the junta is to choose a President to govern until democratic elections can be held...
...months ago, Ambassador Peurifoy, asked about the Arbenz regime's prospects, had quipped: "We are making out our Fourth of July reception invitations, and we are not including any of the present administration...
...Chile. But there was none of that in Guatemala, where the U.S. role was understood and deeply appreciated. As the overthrown regime's victims were dug out of their graves and the luckier survivors emerged from their cells Guatemalans raised grateful cheers for the U.S. and for Ambassador Peurifoy...