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17 Mai 1954 Jahr - Arms shipment from Czechoslovakia

Beschreibung:

-Árbenz feared invasion of Guatemala (e.g. CIA coup?) --> need for defence

-US arms embargo on Guatemala - no choice but to import arms from Eastern Europe

-seen by USA as further "proof" of communism

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17 Mai 1954 Jahr
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~ 71 years ago