... report, evidence will be shown that, during the period of 1954-1961, government officials were sporadic in their applications of NSC 68. Using the Guatemalan Coup of 1954, the Suez Crisis of 1956, and the Bay of Pigs incident of 1961, this paper will show that the United States government of this time applied the principles expressed in NSC 68 in ways that suited their various economic objectives.. Varying situations, with different desired outcomes, changed the way the United States used the guiding principles of NSC 68. To begin exploring this thesis, Guatemala will be the first incident explored. In 1949, Jacob Arbenz killed his main opponent in the Guatemalan presidential elections and was subsequently democratically elected as the successor of President Juan Jose Arevalo. Upon taking power, Arbenz began to make major reforms, many of which threatened the United Fruit Company of Boston, MA. CIA documents from this period refer to ...

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