REPRODUCED AT THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES DECLASSIFIED Authority Stateletter The By ML, WARS Date 2498 THE POMON SERVICE OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA RESTRICTED 818. 00 1248 Roold. July 15 PUN No. 344 American Embassy, San José, Costa Rica, July 12, 1948.
SUBJECT: Detention of members of former administration and Vanguardia Popular Leaders.
ACTION: ARA nero: DHE OOD le DEPARTMENT OF STATE OFFICE OF AMERICAN REPUBLIC AFFAIRS TEE HONORABLE TUUL 20 1948 THE SECRETARY OF STATE, the MBK WÁSHINGTON.
SIR: pit 001622 1: With further reference to the Embassyta despatoh No. 309 of June 21, 1948, sonderning the snopension of individual guaranties, have the honor to röport that 10 now appears this stop was taken for the primary pure pose of dataining curtain partisans of the former administration and all of the prinoipal Vanguardia Popular leaders at 111 remaining in the country.
Although the Junta olained at the time of guapansion of guarantsos bhat this action was taken because 16 had segured full details regarding a 10 volutionary pilot aga laat 10, this allegation has not been confirmed. It is gonrally believed that it took this unexpoated stop in ordo: to aountoragt repeated notion by the Supreme Court 1A granting writs of habaeospun la preoblöal17 OTONY 0230 Who IO MOKbord of the to admalabration and of Vaaguardia Populax were placed wador ArrOST.
Approximately 125 people were summarily crested Immediately subsequent to the suspension of guarantos, The greater part of these have now becA quietly reloud.
It has been pubiloly announced that in Of July 1004 only twenty flyi remained under de toation la tho san Jond Poitoatlary. This number 1noludos: 111 of the pelno ipal TRuardia loadors still remaining in the country, SU 403 Jederloo PICADO Sas28, Caplos Luis FANTAS SIbeje, Jan OBRDAS Mora, Tiotor OÖRDTRO Segura, NyerO MONWEAROVI, Arnoldo BARRETO Segura, carlos Luis SAZNZ, AdollO BRAM Muuel MO800A Barrantes, Rodolfo QUAIAN Rodolguos id.
CARBALLO. Oorvalds.
It. 1s 2011ably reported that these Vanguardia leadogo will be released 12 and when they agree to leave the comtry: Oarlos Luis SAENZ is soported to have soonrod pH6100 as a todohor in Panama, whil. MOSCOA and GUYAMAN ANG contemplatias 818. 00 1248 BURTON JUL 27 1948 ACTION COP DC JILES WITHIN 14 DAYS, WITH NOTATION OF ACTION