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may 17, 1954 - Arms shipment from Czechoslovakia

Description:

-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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IB History: Guatemala (Cold War)

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may 17, 1954
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~ 71 years ago
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