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AND THE GUATEMALAN HUMAN RIGHTS COMHISSION. WE CONCLUDE THAT A CONCERTED DISINPORMATION CAI!PAIGN IS BEING WAGED IN THE 11 . S. AGAINST THE GUATEMALAN

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INSURGENCY IN GUATEHALA; THIS HAS ENLISTED THE SUPPORT OP CONSCIENTIOUS Hlll'!AN RIGHTS AND CHURCH ORGANIZATIONS ~ffiiCH HAY NOT FULLY APPRECI ATE THAT THEY ARE BEING UTILIZED. THIS IS A CAHPAIGN IN WHI CH GUERRILLA 11AYHEM AND VIOLATIONS· OF HUM1IN RIGHTS ARE IGNORED; A CAHPAIGN IN ~ffiiCH RESPONSIBILITY FOR ATROCITIES IS ASSIGNED TO THE GOG lnTHOUT VERIFIABLE EVIDENCE; A CAHPAIGN IN WHICH GOG RESPONSIBILITY FOR ATROCITIES IS ALLEGED ~IHEN EVIDENCE SHOWS GUERRILLA RESPONSIBILITY ; A C~1P~IGN IN WHICH ATROCITIES ARE CITED -THAT NEVER OCCURRED. THE CA!>!PAIGN' S OBJECT I S S I HPLE: TO DENY THE GUATEMALAN ARHY THE WEAPONS AND EQUIP11ENT NEEDED FROH THE U.S. TO DEFEAT THE GUERRILLAS. THUS, THE GROUPS BACKING THE GUERRILLAS INTEND TO WIN THE NAR AGAINST THE GOG BY HAKING THE U.S. CONGRESS THE BATTLEFIELD. IT IS THE OLD BUT EFFECTIVE STRATEGY OF "DIVIDE AND CONQUER. " AS SOLZHENITSYN POINTED OUT I N HIS NOBEL LECTURE, "ANYONE WHO HAS ONCE PROCLAIMED VIOLENcE AS HI S HETHOD HUST INEXORABLY CHOOSE THE LIE AS HIS PRINCIPLE." IF THOSE PROMOTING SUCH DI S-INFORMATION CAN CONVINCE THE CONGRESS, THROUGH THE USIJ1<L OPINI ONNAKERS -- THE HEDIA, CHURCH AND HUM1IN RIGHTS GROUPS -- THAT THE PRESENT GOG IS GUILTY OF GROSS HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS, THEY KNOI~ THA'Jl, THE CONGRESS ~/ILL REFUSE CONFJ:C~H\L · >-~

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GUATEHALA T!?£ MI LITARY ASSISTANCE IT NEEDS. THOSE BACKING~THE COMHUNIST INSURGENCY ARE I)ETTING 9N-AN' APPLICATION, OR RATHER HIS­APPLICATION, OF HUMAN RIGHTS POLICY SO AS TO DAHAGE 'THE GOO AND ASSIST THEMSELvES. IN THE FIGHT To WIN CENTRAL Al>!ERICA, THE COI~!UNISTS KNO~/ FULL WELL THE IHPORTANCE OF GUATEHALA: THE LARGEST AND HOST ECONOHI CALLY POTENT COUNTRY IN CA, STRATEGICALLY LOCATED NEXT TO MEXICO. THE EHBASSY NOTES THAT THE THREE HUMAN RIGHTS GROUPS WHOSE REPORTS ARE ANALYZED IN THIS CABLE, WHATEVER· THEIR NONINAL ALLEGIANCE, USE ~!ANY OF THE ~1E INCI DENTS OF · ALLEGED

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THAT THE THREE REPORTS ARE DRANING ON MAN'i OF THE SAME SOURCES, SOURCES SPECIFIED IN THE NOLA/NI SGUA REPORT -- SOURCES .HOST OF WHICH ARE WELL- KNONN COI~!UNIST FRONT GROUPS IN CENTRAL llliERICA . AND IN THE U.S. (SEE PARA 3) . ALTHOUGH EMBASSY BELIEVES I T LIKELY THAT THE GUATEI(ALAN· ARHY HAS INDEED COI1HITTED SOHE ATROCITI ES, THE ASSERTION THAT THEll' COI~!ITTED ALL THE ~!ASSACRES ATTRIBUTED TO THEM IS NOT CREDI BLE, ESPECIA,LLY SINCE ANALYSIS INDICATES THE GUERRI LLAS ARE RESPONSIBLE IN MAN'i CASES . IF THE GOG WERE INDEED ENGAGED IN HASSIVE EXTRAJUDICIAL EXECUTIONS -- A "11AD, GENOCIDAL"

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CA}!PAIGN -- IN THE HIGHLANDS, ONE MUST WONDER WHY INDIANS ARE JOINING CIVIL DEFENSE PATROLS IN GREAT NmmERS, AND 1'/I!Y 'I,"HOUSANDS OF INDIANS ARE COMI NG TO THE ARifi FOR REFUGE IN SUCH PLACES AS NEBAJ, CHOATUL1.JH, AND SAN MARTIN JILO'l'EPEQUE. IN SUH, ~mASSY BELIEVES THAT WHAT IS BEING PLANNED, AND SUCCESSFULLY CARRIED OUT, -IS T"t!E CO!~!UNIST-BACKED DIS INFORMATION PLAN MENTIONED JIB9VE. END SUM!1ARY.

3. ANALYSIS OF REPORTS' SOURCES.

FIRST, AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL. BY AND LARGE, TH!! AI REPORT DOES NOT CITE ITS SOURCES. FOR A FEN INCIDENTS THE REPORT CITES "CAMPESINO GROUPS." IN ITS INTRODUCTION, AI CITES CUC -­A COMMUNIST- LED, WORLD FEDERATION TRADE UNION­CDI>llll D~I'P:tAL . .

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SUPPORTED (COMMUNIST) CAMPESINO UNION; WE ASSUME, THEREFORE, THAT CUC IS ONE OF ITS SOURCES. NOf THAT THE AI VIEWS INFOR!1ATION FROM COMHUNIS~ SOURCES AS SUSPECT; ON THE CONTRAR¥, ASK SPOKESMAN FOR ITS LONDON OFFICE S:AID, 'AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL DOES NOT REGARD THE POLITICAL VIEWS OF ANY SOURCE, ' OR THE FACT THAT A ·SOURCE MAY BE CONSIDERED SUSPECT BY ANOTHER PARTY TO THE CONFLICT, AS REASON FOR REFUSING TO CONSIDER TESTIMONY. • THE SPOKBS!1AN DID NOT SAY WHY THE AI HAD REFUSED TO CONSIDER

. GOG TESTIMONY IN ALMOST ALL THE INCIDENTS OF ~~SSACRES IN ITS MARCH 23 - JUNE 30 REPORT. IN FACT, THE AI REPORT CITES GOG REPORTS FOR ONLY FOUR OR FIVE OUT OF THE 60 IT REPORTED;

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. .: . ·.; GOG AND PRESS REPORTS WERE NOT CITED XN MANY •· INCIDENTS WHERE SUCH REPORTS ~IERE AVAILABLE . . ": • '< EMBASSY DOES NOT KNON HON CLOSELY HUMAN RIGHTS · · ·• GROUPS OF INTERNATI ONAL REPUTE AND INFLUENCE LIKE AI CHECK THEIR SOURCES . IF THEY DO NOT CONSIDER AS SUSPECT REPORTS FROM GROUPS IN GUATEMALA CURRENTLY INVOLVED XN A I~AR AGAINST THE GOG, THEN BY NHAT CRITERION DO THEY REFUSE TO ACCEPT THE I'.'ORD OF THE GOG AS EQUALLY VALID? AI ASSERTS IN ITS CONCLUSION THAT "THERE HAVE BEEN CONSISTENT REPORTS OF MASSIVE EXTRAJUDICIAL EXECUTIONS I N GUATEI~ SINCE GENERAL EFRAXN RIOS MONTT TOOK POI1ER IN MARCH 1982 . " THIS STATEMENT I MPLI ES THAT THE PRESENT GOG IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL SUCH EXECUTI ONS. I T I GNORES THE !(ACT THAT A WAR IS GOING ON IN 11MICH BOTH SIDES INFLICT CASUALTIES ON EACH OTHER; I T I GNORES THE FACT THAT THE COJ~!UNIST CONPIBENTI:II:b .

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. INSURGENCY INITIATED THI S WAR. THE REPORT'S CLAIMED SOURCES, ~IHERE MENTI ONED, ARE • PRESS REPORTS , EYEWITNESSES, AND GOVERNMENT PRONOUNCEMENTS. " IT IS HARD TO IMAGINE GOVERm~ PRONOUNCEMENTS ATTRIBUTING RESPONSIBILITY , ACCORDING TO AJ.. TO THE REGULAR ARMY AND TO CIVIL DEFENSE SNI TS FOR "EXTRAJUDICIAL EXECUTIONS, ESPECIALLY IN THE HIGHLANDS . • EMBASSY'S VOLUMINOUS PRESS CLI PS ON ALL SUCH ATROCITY STORIES DO NOT INCLUDE ANY SUCH GUATEMALAN PRESS REPORTS BLAMING ARMY AND CIVIL DEFENSE UNITS FOR AI-CITED ATROCITIES. ONE MUST ASSUME, "'"THEREFORE, THAT AI'S "PRESS SOURCES" ARE 1\EPORTS FOUND IN MAGAZINES AND PAPERS :>UP!lQR1"DJG THE INSURGENCY AND PUBLISHED OUTSI DI!: GUATEMALA (SEE NOLA/ NISGUA SOURCES , BELOW) . • AS FOR EY~IITNESSES, ANALYSIS OF THE AI ·REPORTS SHOI1S THAT AI APPARENTLY NEVER TALKS TO THOSE WHO HAVE WITNESSED GUERRILLA ATROCITIES (SEE REFTEL E ON VIDEOTAPE OF SURVIVORS' TESTIMONY RE INCIDENTS XN SALACUIN,

. ALTA VERAPAZ; PATZUL , QUICHE; AND LAS COLMENAS, ZARAGOZA, CHI MALTENANGO) . PERHAPS THIS .I S NOT SO HARD TO UNDERSTAND; AFTER ALL , AI REFUSES THE GOG INVITATION TO COMB TO GUATEMALA

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( C} FRENTE POPULAR ' AN EXTREME LEF'IWING GUATEMALAN STUDENT ORGANIZATI ON;

( 0} CCDA (CO>!ITE CAMPESINO DEL ALTIPLANO), A COM>IUNIST SUPPORT GROUP ORGANIZED BY PAR (ONE OF THE GROUPS IN THE INSURGENCY} ; , ..

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(Pl CO'iUII'I'URi'. (LINKED TO THE PDRC, DEMOCRATIC FRONT AGAINST REPRESSION}' THE PDRC ORGANIZED CO'lUNTURA IN -;t979. THESE TNO ORGANIZATIONS PURPORTEOL~ REPRESENT A LARGE GROUP OF LEFTIST FORCES,_ SO>IE 1'/ITH OVERLAPPING HE>IBERSHIP. THE PORC REJECTED A GOG JUNE 1 982 INVI TATION OFFERING DIALOGUE \'liTH REBEL FORCES ( REFTEL A} , CLAI>IING THAT THE MO!o!ENT WAS NOT RIPE FOR "BROAD AND DEl~OCRATIC DISCUSSIONS. "

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NISGUA . I TSELF, OF COURSE, HAS INDICATED IN THE PAST THAT ITS PURPOSE IS TO DEVELOP SUPPORT FOR GUATEMALAN REVOLUTIONARY FORCES. A CONFERENCE NISGUA ORGANIZED IN NO~mER 1981 MAKES THIS VERY CLEAR: THIS "NATIONAL CON-FERENCE ON GUATEMALA • WAS LII1ITED TO • ORGANIZATIONS ACTIVELY ENGAGED IN OR COMMITTED TO WORKING IN SUPPORT OF THE GUAT&!ALAN PEOPLE'S STRUGGLE. •

BMBASSY ' S INFOR}!ATI ON ON THE GROUPS AND MAGAZINES . LISTED ABOVE cn!E FROM SOURCES IN THE PUBLIC

DOMAIN. EMBASSY NOTES THAT THESE GROUPS AND PUBLICATIONS USE SIMILAR RHETORIC AND BUZZNORDS: "GENOCIDAL , • "U.S. II1PERIALIS!o!, • • SOLI DARITY NITH THE GUATEMALAN PEOPLE, • AND THE LIKE. INDEED, THE TONE AND SUBSTANCE OF NOTICIAS D~_,GUATEMALA DIFFERS BUT SLIGHTLY FROH THAT OF TH£ INFORMADOR GUERRILLERO PUBLISHED BY THE EGP; IN FACT; I T IS A PUBLICATION IN SUPPORT OF THE URNG. THE INFOR}!ATION RELEASED OR PUBLISHED BY THE GROUPS MENTIONED EVENTUALLY FINDS ITS NAY INTO THE MAINS~! PRESS AND INTO VARIOUS HU11AN RIGHTS REPORTS. WE REPEAT, WE ARE NOT ctiNVINCED . THAT ALL ATROCITY REPORTS BLAMING THE GOG ARE FALSE. NEVERT"rlELESS, AS IS EVIDjmr , I N.f)?ARA 4, MANY OF THE REPORTS I SSUED. BY THE GROUPS LISTED ARE FALS E OR DISTORTED.

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WHAT FOLLONS IS A SELECTION OF COI.n>ARISONS OF WHAT EA\=H ~ RI GHTS REPORT SAYS ABOUT A PARTIClll.lm INCIDENT, ~lHAT GUATMELAN PRESS OR OTHER EMBASSY SOURCES SAY ABOUT· THAT INCIDENT, AND A CONCLUSION. THE LIST IS SELECTIVE MERELY TO CONSERVE TIME AND SPACE; EMBASSY HAS ANALYZED AND COMPARED EVERY ONE OF THE 145 INCIDENTS IN WOLA/NI SGUA, 47 IN CDHG,

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WOLA/NISGUA: HARCH 24 . ALTA VERAPAZ . VILLAGES OF SACATALJI, CRQXHAX, SAN ISIDRO SAJIDC, PACAYAS CISIRAH, EL RANCHO ZUIXAL, CHI'lUC, . IN COEAN TDI'INSHIP . 100 PEASANTS KILLED BY ARl4Y, VI LLAGES BURNED AND BO~IBED. SOURCE: CUC.

CDHG: REPORTED FOR ~!ARCH 24: NAMES FIRST THREE VILLAGES, NO VI CTIMS, BURNED .ALL HOUSES. FOR MARCH 24 - 27: NAHES LAS PACAYAS, QUIXAL, CHI'lUC. 100 VICTIMS. BOHBED FROM HELICOPTERS. SOURCE: (FOR ALL CDHG CITATIONS) "GUATEMALAN PRESS."

AI: AS IN CDHG, REPORTS AS '1'110 INCI DENTS OF SAME DATES AS IN CDHG, ADDING THE VILLAGE OF SAJIDC DE ~ FOR ~!ARCEI 24, SAYING ·THE VILLAGES I•IERE :iU.L REPORTEDLY BURNED TO THE GROUND;' cAsUALTY FIGURES ARE "NOT CLEAR." FOR MARCH 24 - 27, AI GIVES LAS PACAYAS, "CI STRAH (OR CISIRAU) , " EL RANCHO QUI XAL, AND CHI'lUC, SAYI NG T'dE VILLAGES I'IERE BOMBED, LEAVING 100 PEOPLE DEAD . NO SOURCE . .... NE11SPAPERS : :o SUCH REPORT, CONTRARY TO CDHG CLAIM . • ~ ' . CONCLU~ON : .. NOTE CUC SOURCE , SHARED LANGUAGE, DOUBLE" REPORTING IN CDHG AND AI, AND LACK OF ANY GUATEMALAN NEWSPAPER REPORT . INCIDENT UNVERIFIABLE, POSSI BLE FABRICATION. CONE':rDBN'l'IhL

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CDHG: REPORTED FOR APRIL 13. SAME P LACE, SAME NUloffiER. SOURCE : "GUATEMALAN PRESS . •

AI: REPORTED FOR MARCH 3 0 - APRIL 3 . SliME PLACE, SliME NUl-mER. AUTHORITIES CLAIM E2;'COUNTBR BB'l'WEBN GUERRILLAS AND CIVIL DEPENSE PATROL.

NEWSPAPERS: ARMY REPOR'I'ED TERRORISTS KILLED OVER 40 PERSONS.

CONCLUSION: .CDHG DISTORTION OF PRESS ( CDHG IMPLIES GOG RESPONSIBILITY; PRESS STATED ARM1I' A'l"l'RIBUTES TO TERRORISTS) • AI EVEN-HANDED. ACTUAL RESPONSI BILITY UNDETERMINABLE. SEE REPTEL B FOR PULLER DETAILS.

------------------------------------------------------AI: MARCH 31. CHIMALTBNANGO. ESTANCIA DE LA VIRGEN, IN SAN MARTIN JILOTEPBQUE 'I'Oh'NSHIP. 29 PI!ASAN'l'S KILLED ( 1 5 SHOT, 4 BURNED TO DEA'nl) 811' HBAVILll' ARMED HI!N , I'.OST HU'l'S BURNED. PEASl\N'l' GROUP!!-:fLAME ARM1I'.

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CDHO: NOT CITED FOR THAT DATE, Bl11' SEE MARCH 23 FOR ESTANCIA DE LA VIRGIN (SIC), CHICOCON, CHOJ\.~UN (ACTUALLY, CHOATUJ..UM) AND CIIIPILA, 2SO VICTIMS, HOUS ES BURNED, CORN TAKEN (OR BURNED?); ' S EE ALSO COHO APRIL 15, ESTANCIA DE LA VIRGEN, SAN MARTIN JILOTEPEQUE, 250 VICTIMS (AGAIN? ), 'CALCULATE THAT SINCE DEICE11BER, 1500 KILLED, 175 HOUSES BURNED.' APPARENT DO~LE REPORTI NG.

SEE ALSO AI At APRIL 26 - 27 , "3 2 PEASANTS MURDBREj) Itll O!PPBRENT COMMUNITIES IN QUICHE AND CH!:MJU.orBNANGO; DURING THE LATTER HALF OF APRI:L, 27 STRANGLED IN ESTANCI:A' DE' LA VIRGEN, TIOXI:A, CHUATA'I'LUI< (SIC), AND CIII:COCON, TOWNSHIP CONE IDEia I Uc!r.

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NEWSPAPERS: NO SUCH REPORT FOR MARCH 31. FOR APRIL 14, NEWSPAPERS REPORTED SURVXVORS SAID ARMED MEN BURNED ABOUT 150 HOl1ES.

CONCLUSION: THERE IS NO NEI-1SPAPER REPORT ABOUT MARCH 23 !COHG) , OR MARCH 31 (AI), OR APRIL 26 - 27 (AI) . IF THE NE~ISPAPERS' APRIL 14 REPORT IS BACKDATED TO AI ' S 11ARCH 31 INCIDENT, SURVIVORS BLAMED ARMEO ~!EN, NOT ARIN. AT BEST , RESPONSIBI LITY UNDETERNI NABLE, AND CONFUSION OF DATES AND NUMBERS ~!AKES ANY CLEAR P I CTURE D!POSSIBLE. POSSI BLE DOUBLE REPORTING BY BOTH CDHG AND AI.

WOLA/NISGUA: APRIL 2. QUICHE. CHINIQUE. 12 PEASANTS BEHEADED, VILLAGE BURNED. SOURCE: FRENTE POPULAR .

CDHG: REPORTED FOR APRIL 3. G I VES LOCALE AS CHINBACHUC , CHINIQUE. 1 1 VICTI MS .

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AI: ON/ABOUT APRIL 2. GIVES LOCALE AS XIMBAXUC, CHINIQUE. ~lED MEN ROBBED, BURNED, KI LLED 40 CAMPESINOS, INCLUDING MEN, ~lOMEN, THE ELDERLY, AND CHILDREN .

NEWSPAPERS: tf~ SUCH REPORT.

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CONCLUS~ON;. ~NSIDBRING THE SOURCE, THE ABSENCE OF ANY ' PRESS REPORT, THE EXPANSION OF NUMBERS IN AI, AND THE FACT THAT ALL THREE . REPORTS CITE THE INCIDENT, ~IEASSY CONCLUDES A PROBABLE COMMON SOURCE, THAT I S, FRENTE POPULAR; INCIDENT UNVERIFIABLE. SEE REFTEL B FOR FULLER DETAILS.

AI: APRIL 12. QUICHE. SANTA ROSA, CHUBUYUB .

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SANTA ROSA CHUJUBUJ (SI C), CANTON NAI~J 12 PEASANTS K:tLLED I N EOMB ATTACK ON LORRY ; 8 NAMBD.

~IOLA/NISGUA: N<Yr CITED FOR EI THER DATE .

CDHG : NOT CI TED FOR EI THER DATE .

NEWSPAPERS : REPORTED ONLY . FOR APRI L 2 5 . ARMY REPO RTED 12 PEASANTS KI LLED IN EXPLOSI ON OF CLAYMORE EOHBS. TERRORISTS TOOK FOOD AND SUPPLI ES .

CONCLUSION: AI IS DOUBLE REPORTI NG, AND DISTORTI NG TO A MASSACRE (UNATTRIBUTED) AN . INCI DENT NITH CLEAR GUERRILLA EAR11A.RKS : ONLY GUERRILLAS USE CLAYMORE B011BS .

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WOLA/NISGUA: APRIL 15. QUICHE, SEMJA , CHICHI . 20 PEASANTS TIED AND BURNED ALIVE: BY '!'HE ARHY. SOURCE: FRENTE POPULAR.

CDHG: SAHE DATE. QUICHE:. CANTON SEMEJA IDE, CHICHICASTBNANGO. 2 0 VICTUIS, BURNED ALIVE TIED TO THEIR HOUSES. SOURCE: "GUATEMALAN PRESS. •

. AI: SAHE DATE. LOCALE GIVEN AS S~IEJA I . IN CHICHICASTBNANGO. PEASANT GROUPS CHARGE: ARHY TIED 20 VILLAGERS TO '!'HE POLBS OF 'l'HBIR HOUSES AND BURNED ALIVE.

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· CONCLUSION: 'I:HREB HR REPORTS USE SAHE NUMBER OF VICTp!S • nit VARIANCE! WITH NEI-ISPAPE!RS REPORTED BY CDHG AS SOURCE . LIKELY COI1110N SOURCE, · THAT" IS, PRENTE POPULAR',· '

WOLA/NISGUA: APRIL 15 . CiiiMALTENANGO . AGUA . CALIENTE. 23 PEASANTS "HURDERS, P ERSECUTION,

MACHrNEGUNNED TO SURVIVORS • {SI C) BY ARHY. SOURCE: PRENTE POPULAR . COHPARE WOLA/NISGUA APRIL 16 - 1 9, CHU!ALTENANGO, AGUA CALIENTE:,

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CDHG: SAME DATE, SAME PLACE, ADDING SAN JOSE POAQUIL. 23 VICTIMS. PURSUED BY liELICOPTER. SOURCE: "GUATEI'IALAN PRESS. •

AI: 5niE DATE, SAME PLACE {AGUA CALIENTE, SAN JOSE PAQUIL TONNSHIP) . ACKNOI-ILEOGES ARMY REPORT OF GUERRILLAS KILLING 14; NOTED "OTHER SOURCES" SAY 23 DIED . C0!1PARE AI APRIL 21 , AGUA CALIENTE , COHALAPA, 1 1 PEASANTS KI LLED BY HOODED MEN ..

NENSPAPERS: FOR APRIL 15, AR11Y REPORTED 14 VILLAGERS KILLED BY TERRORISTS. NO PRESS REPORTS FOR APRIL 16 - 19 (AND SPECIFICALLY, NO SUCH REPORT IN DIARIO GRAPICO, AS CLAI!1ED BY 1'/0LA/NISGUA) ; NO PRESS REPORTS FOR APRIL 21.

CONCLUSI ON: DI STORTION OF PRESS REPORTS FOR CQIH'IIllli!TI:IIL

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APRI L 15 BY CDHG; BLATANT BY WOLA/NISGUA. DIARIO GRAPICO NEVER PUBLISHED A REPORT OF THE ~mOLE POPULATIQN BEING KILLED, ~IDCH LESS REPORTING THA'l).")rHE ARHY DID IT. "OTHER SOURCES" HENTIONED BY AI CAN ONLY BE FRENTE POPULAR; SEEING THE COINCIDENCE OF THE NUI'IBER 23 FOR VICT~. BESIDES DISTORTION OF PRESS, DOUBLE REPORTING LEADS TO CONCLUSION OF POSSIBLE FABRICATION OF THOSE INSTANCES REPEATED . ...

. , ~IOLA/NISGUA: APRI L 20. PETEN. LA LIBERTAO. 100 PEASANTS· SHOT BY ARMY. ·SOURCE : URNG .

CDHG: S~1E DATE. J OSEPINOS, LA LIBERTAD. NO VICTI MS. "ATTACKED FROH AR110RED CARS, BURIED IN COMl10N GRAVES. • {I F THERE ~IERE NO

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CONCLUSION: REFTEL C ESTABLISHES THROUGH EYEWITNESS THAT NO SUCH INCI DSN1' TOOK PLACE

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CDHG: NOTHING CITED.

AI : NOTHING <;J,.TED . ,., NEWSPAPERS: FOLICE 'REPORTED 2 PRISONERS KILLED, 2 KI DNAPPED FROM POLICE CAR.

CONCLUSI ON: THE FIRST PART OF THE WOLA/NISGUA INCIDENT CITED ABOVE IS POSSIBLE. RESPONSIBILITY UNDETERMINAB!E; IT COULD HAVE BEEN A DEATH SQUAD, OR IT COULD HAVE BEEN LEFTI STS. THE SECOND plCtoE!tr APPEARS TO BE DOUBLE- REFORTING; INCIDENT 'UNVERIFIABLE. IT BEARS SAYING THAT· THIS IS-ONE OF ONLY 'IWO INCIDENTS ON THE ENTIRE COMPARATIVE RUNDO'flN THAT EMBASSY CONCLUDED NAS POSSIBLY TRUE AS SET FORTH, WHICH IS WHY IT \~AS SELECTED FOR INCWSION HERE . THE OTHER APPEARS AT MAY 16 .

WOLA/NISOUA: MAY 1 1. ALTA VERAPAZ. S ACUCHI.

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AS SALACUIN, NEAR COBAN . 20 KILLED; AUTHORITIES ACCUSE GUERRILLAS.

NEI~SPAPERS: ·~!'l REPORTED THE EGP ~!ASSACRED 20 VILLAGERS, BURNED THEI R HOMES .

CONCLUSION: TV. VIDEOTAPE REPORTED IN REFTEL E CONFIRMS B'lEloii=SES BLAMED EGP. THIS INCI DENT

' CAN CLEARLY BE LAID AT THE DOOR OF THE GUERRILLAS, BUT QUITE THE CONTRARY IS IMPLI ED BY WOLA/NI SGUA ' S USE OF THE T~! • PARAMI LITARY GROUP" AND BY THE WHOLE OF THE CDHG REPORT. AI AT LEAST REPORTS THE CON­FLICTING ATTRIBUTIONS. WERE I T NOT FOR THE DIDEPENDENT EIQ.;,DENCE OF THE VI DEOTAPE, EMBASSY WOULD HAVE HAD).]ro REPORT THIS I NCIDENT AS 'RESPONSIBILITY UNDETERMD-IABLE. • THE INTENDED DISINFO~TION IS HERE VERY READILY APPARENT.

WOLA/NISGUA:"' MAY 26. GUATEMALA CITY. KONRAD SCHULTZ, UN OFFICI AL; S HOT BY ~!'l.

SOURCE:, Ej, D#A (l1EXICAN) . . . CDHG: NO CI TATI ON.

AI: NO CITAT ION.

NEWSPAPERS: AR!fi REPORTED SCHULTZ WAS DRIVING . TOO FAST LATE AT NIGHT AND WOULD NOT STOP

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CONCLUSXON: PRENSA LXBRE CLIPPI:NG IS EXACTLY AS REPORTBD IN NBI'ISPAPER ENTRY, IN CONTRAST TO THE 30 • PEASANTS MURDERED BY PARAMILITARY GROUP " WORDING CLAIMED FOR PRENSA LIBRE BY WOLA/NISGUA. AN OBVXOUS DISTORTION.

WOLA/NISGUA: JUNE 14 • QUICHE . NEBAJ • l\RMY MASSACRBD 120 PEASANTS. SOURCE: COYUN'IURA.

CDHG: NO CITATION .

AI: SAME DATE, SA!-!B DEPARTMENT. NBB.AJ AREA. OVER 100 PEASANTS KILLED . AUTHORITIES BLAME GUERRI!.®. COMPARE AI FOR NEXT DAY; JUNE 15, SAME DI!PAR'l'MENT, VILUIGB OF CIIACALTI!, IN CHAJUL, ARMY SAYS EGP KILLED 112, 43 INJURED. OTHERCES ALLEGB GOG RESPONSIBI:LITY.

NEWSPAPERS: BYEIVITNESSES REPORTED XN PRESS, AND ARMY RBP6RTS, SAID EGP MASSACRED 120 VILLAGERS, INCLUDING WOMEN AND CHI:LDREN, XN CHACALTE VfLLAGE. ,

CONCLUSXON: • REP B LXSTXNG ARMY· -1\LLEGATIONS OP GUERRILLA lll\SSACRES GXVES FIGURES OP 112 MURDERED, 3 5 WOUNDED, IN CHACALTE, CHAJUL FOR JUNE 14. ON THE STRENGTH 0!' THE E'tEI~ITI~ESS REPORTS, El1BASS't AGREES THAT EGP WAS RESPONSIBLE. ~IOLA/NISGUA, USING CO'tUNTURA AS I:TS SOURCE, C"ONF IDJ:::tqtiMt

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-----------------------------------------------WOLA/NISGUA: JUNE 19. ALTA VEIIAPAZ. SAN MARCOS. 20 PEASANTS KILLED (NO ATTRIBUTION AS TO RESPONSIBILITY). SOURCE: COYUNTURA.

COHG: NO C:ITATION .

AI: JUNE 17 . SAME PLACE . 20 PEASANTS KILLED.

NEWSPAPERS: SURVIVORS REPORTED 50 MEN IN OLIVE-GREEN QUESTIONED, TORTURED, AND KILLED 2 0 VILLAGERS .

CONCLUSION: ARMY NORMAL UNIFORM IS CAMOUFLAGE. GUERRILLAS HAVE BEEN KN<llliN TO WEAR OLIVE-GREEN UNIFORMS. DIBASSY ATTRIBUTED INCIDENT TO THE LEFTISTS.

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Otrr THREE AMBUSHES, FIVE TAKEOVERS OF FARMS, , THREE ACTS OF SABOTAGE, l\ND SET FIRE TO VEHICLES OR BUILDINGS ON EIGHT OCCAS~ONS l\ND EXECtJ'l'ED 51 ENEMIES. AMONG THESE INCIDENTS THERE APPEAR TO HAVE BEEN VIOLATIONS OF SOME HUMAN RIGHTS, YET HUMAN RIGHTS GROUPS ·SE~! TO IGNORE SUCH VIOLATIONS PRINTED IN THEIR OWN SOURCES. APRIL THROUGH JUNE EMBASSY Hm!AN RIGHTS CABLES CITE ~!ANY VIOLATIONS OF HUl-IAN RIGHTS BY TIST GROUPS ·- SOHE 187 IN ALL;· THE HUMAN RIGHTS REPORTS FOR THE PERIOD IGNORE THEM. AMONG THESE NUHEROUS VIOLATIONS TAKEN FROM PRESS, . ARMY, l\ND POLICE REPORTS, ARE THE ,FOLLOWING,

~!ARCH 30. CHIMALTBNANGO. SAN l<IARTIN JILOTEPEQUE. CLAn!ORE ATTACK ON ARHY TRUCK KILLED 3 SOLDIERS . l\ND WOUNDED 4 .

HARCH 3 1 . SOLOLA. SOLOLA TOWNSHIP. TERRORISTS ATTACKED POLICE VEHICLE, KILLING 2.

APRIL 2. HUBHUETENANGO. JACALTENANGO. TERRORISTS ~1BUSHED MILITARY PATROL, KILLING 3 SOLDIERS.

APRIL 2. HUEHUETENANGO. SAN HATEO IXTATAN. TERRORISTS AMBUSHED PUBLIC BUS, KILLING A POLICEMAN l\ND WOUNDING ONE . ·,,,

)-~ APRIL 4 . BAJA VERA PAZ. RABINAL . TERRORISTS TOOK OVER VILLAGE, KILLED 13 ~!EMBERS OF CIVIL DEFENSE PATROL , BURNED HO~!ES .

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APRIL 4. QUICHE. VILLAGE ALDEA XONCA IN NABAJ. TERRORISTS KILLED 4 PEASANTS AND ~IOUNDED 3 .

APRIL 6. CHU!ALTENANGO. SANTA CRUZ BALANYA. TERRORISTS ATTACKED POLICE STATION, DESTROYED POST OFFICE.

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SIWI'A CRln DEL QUICHE, SHOT AND STABBED TO DEATH 8 INDIANS , DICUJDDIG A CH:rLD,

APRIL 20. BAJA VERAPAZ. NIMACJ\BAJ VILLAGE. TERRORISTS EXECUTED AND BEHEADED MILITARY COMMISSIONER AND AUXILIARY MAYOR.

APRIL 21. ALTA VERAPAZ. SENAHU TOWNSHIP. TERRORISTS TOOK OVER A COOPERATIVE AND BURNED THEIR I~AREHOUSE AND SCHOOL.

APRIL 22. ALTA VERAPAZ. CARCHA TOWNSHIP. TERRORISTS. BURNED THREE COl'PEB PINCAS >liTH HEAVY LOSSES.

APRIL 23. HUI!HUilTilNANG. HIJEHUETI!NANGO TOWNSHIP. EGP MACHINEGUNNJ!I> 2 NATIONAL POLICE AND TOOK TBEIR WEAPONS.

APRIL 24 . HUEHUETENANGO• HIJEHUETENANGO TOWNSHIP. TERRORISTS BURNED COFFEE WAREHOUSE AND GAS STATION WITH HEAVY LOSSES .

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TOWNSHI P. TERRORISTS EXECUTED AUXILIARY l.fAYOR BY MACHINEGUNc

APRIL 25. ESCUINTLA. SAN VINCENTE pACAYA TOWNSHIP. EGP INVADED TOWN, KI LLED FOn!ER MAYOR AND BURNED RESTAURANT . ·

APRI L 25 ; GUATBNALA CITY. TERRORISTS ~lACHINE-GUNNED NAT IONAL POLIC.El.fAN.

APRIL 29. GUATEMALA. VILLA CANALES TOviNSHIP. TERRORISTS IN PI CKUP EXECUTED 2 NATI ONAL POL ICEMEN ON ~!OTORCYCLE .

APRIL 3 0 . ALT~ VERAPAZ. CHAMBLCO TOWNSHIP . TERRORISTS ~BED .AND NOUNDEO MAYOR AND FRI END. CONf'II>QI9.'~

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• A.PRIL 30. GUATEMALA CITY . .EGP- ATTACKED POLICE STATION: KILLED A POLICEMAN AND A CIVILIAN.

MAY 2 . GUATEJQ.LA CITY. TERRORISTS ~IACBINElGUNNBD POLICE, KILLING ONE AND WOUNDING ONE .

. MAY 3 . QUI CHE . NABAJ TO\o/NSBIP . EGP CLAIMED THEY SHOT DOWN AN ARMY HELICOPTER ON MAY 1 , KI LLING 2 OFFICERS.

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MAY 5 . SOLOLA. SANTIAGO ATI'i'LAN TOWNSHIP. TERRORISTS BURNED THREE FXNCAS, KILLED AN OI•INER AND 4 MILITARY COMMISSIONERS.

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MAY 23 . CHIMALTElfANGO . SAN MARTIN JILOTEPEQUE TO~INSHIP. TERRORIST ATTACK ON ~liLITARY PATROL KILLED AN OFFICER AND FIVE SOLDIERS.

MAY 25. ZACAPA. ZACAPA TOWNSHIP. TERRORISTS EXECUTED AN ~!Y LIEUTENANT, WHOSE BODY WAS FOUND SHOT AND STRANGLEDHE ROADSIDE AT KM. 112 ..

JUNE 2 . QUICHE. CHICHE TOI'INSHIP . TERRORISTS INVADED VILLAGE, KILLED 4 INDIANS, 110UNDED 4 INDIANS, LOOTED THE VILLAGE AND BURNED HOMES.

JUNE 2 . SANTA ROSA. TAXISCO TOWNSHIP . TERRORISTS TOOK OVER TOROLITA FINCA, 11HERE THEY HELD A RALLY, KILLED THE FINCA ADHINISTRATOR AND WOUNDED A WORKER. <lelfPIDe!fl'u.L

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JUNE 4. ALTA -~RAPAZ. SENAHU TO'IINSHI P. TERRORISTS TOdlf OVER FINCA, KILLED A WORKER, BURNBD HOME .

JUNE 4. PETEN. SANTA ANA TOWNSHI P. T ERRORISTS KILLED THE MAYO.R AND 2 MILITARY CO~Q1ISSIONERS , BURNED THE ~ICIPAL BUlLDING.

JUNE 8. IZAB.tt. . MORALES TOWNSHIP. TERRORISTS BURNED· A -PitOTESTANT CHURCH IN LA CUl1BRE VILLAGE.

JUNE 11~ HUEHUETENANGO. SAN MIGUEL ACATAN TOI'INSHIP. TERRORISTS TOOK OVER VILLAGE, H£LD A RALLY, 11ARNED PEOPLE NOT TO LEAVE THE AREA .

. JUNE 20. CHn!ALTENANGO . SAN ANDRES IZTAPA TOI'INSHIP. TERRORISTS TOOK OVER VILLAGE OF CHICASANGRE, KILLED 7 INDIANS.

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JUNE 23. SUCHITEFEQIJEZ. SAN LORENZO TOWNSHIP . TERRORISTS MACHINEGUNNBil 2 MILITARY CO~DUSSIONERS .'

JUNE 26 . ALTA VERAPAZ. COBAN TOWNSHIP. TERRORISTS TOOK OVER XILAJ VILLAGE, KILLED 5 ,

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JUNE 29. SUCHITEPEQUEZ. SAN BERNARDINO TOI'INSHIP. ,TERRORISTS ATTACKED AND BURNED A PUBLIC BUS, KILLING A NATIONAL POLICEMAN AND WOUNDING ANOTHER.

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