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A 6 page research paper that offers a chapter by chapter summary of the last seven chapters of Schlesinger and Kinzer's Bitter Fruit, The Story of the American Coup in Guatemala (1999). The writer summarizes chapters 9-15, detailing the important points of each one. (For a summation of the first 8 chapters, see khbitfr.rtf). No additional sources cited.
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the first eight chapters see khbitfr.rtf.) Chapter 9: The Proconsul While Allen Dulles (at the CIA) briefed Castillo Armas in his role in the planned coup, Foster Dulles, the Secretary
of State, searched for a commander who would best represent American interests. The State Dept.s role was designed to complement the CIAs; that is, the State Dept. pushed publicly, while
the CIA pushed covertly to dispose Arbenz (132). As the current US ambassador to Guatemala was a soft-spoken man who actually got along quite well with President Arbenz, the search
was on to find a replacement who would not "flinch" at his "role of executioner" and John Peurifoy, then ambassador to Greece was considered ideal for the job
(132). Much of this chapter concerns Peurifoys role in the coup--his connections to the CIA, his propaganda efforts, etc. It shows the build-up to the actual event with Eisenhower convinced
that this move was correct because of Communist influences in the country. Chapter 10: The Secret Voyage of the Alfhem This chapter opens with an account of how
controversial weapons purchased from Czechoslovakia were brought into the country via the Alhem. The State Department had refused to sell weapons to Guatemala since 1948 due to its refusal to
sign the Rio Security Pact of 1947, which Guatemala declined to do due to technicalities regarding its unrecognized claim on territory in neighboring Belize (148). While this was the stated
reason, Guatemalans noted that the embargo coincided with reform legislation in Guatemala that threatened the status of foreign corporations (148). In the US, the news of this cargo was met
at the CIA with a sense of relief as the shipment provided a credible pretext for the coup attempt (150). The CIA had even started to plant boxes of rifles
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