The cold fact remains that the Government of the Republic is no longer capable of preserving its own integrity. nor of maintaining internal order against riotous and landhungry campesinos except by acquiescence to the demands of the wellintegrated Communist organizations. Guatemalans. many of whom supported President Arbenz in the 1944 revolutionary movement. are today fleeing their country and seeking political asylum in other Latin American Republics or in Europe. La Prensa. of Mexico City. reported some days ago an interview with one of the political refugees en route to Switzerland. The news report stated. in essence. that political figures were leaving Guatemala before a "possible crisis." A reporter for the paper interviewed Alfonso Martinez Estevez. said to be a political and military figure of importance in Guatemala. and "an intimate friend of the President of Guatemala. Don Jacobo Arbenz." According to the La Prensa report.
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