GUATEMALAN GUERRILLA MOVEMENT CONTINUES TO GROW
In an account written in Guatemala, which was published in the January 27 Los Angeles Times, Georgie Anne Geyer reports, after visiting the guerrilla forces headed by César Montes, that they "are extremely well organized and clever. I was constantly amazed at how the entire effort worked like a well-oiled machine."
The guerrilla movement is "thriving," she says. "It. seems to have substantial peasant support and if the government cannot make swift and substantial social reforms, this will.grow even more." The movement includes. various political colorations. "But the dedicated Marxist elements are by far the strongest, particularly now with Montes-as conmander-in-chief. The Marxists can be expected to assume total power if their 'revolution' is successful."
; Miss Geyer notes that "The guerrillas now are in regular contact with other guerrilla groups, as in Venezuela and Colombia. Contacts between them, which include exchange of ideas and methods, are facilitated by the Tricontinental organization, which has offices in Havana and is Cuban Premier Fidel Castro's means of encouraging revolution in Latin America."
; Referring to the forces headed by Yon Sosa, Miss Geyer reports: "For the first time it can be said with certainty that a gradual merger of the Rebel Armed Forces or FAR, the-largest Guatemalan guerrilla group, and the smaller 143th of November group, is under way. This will strengthen both."
THE NEW U.S.SENATE FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMITTEE HEARINGS
By. George Novack.
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