National Committee of Defense Against Communism

National Committee Of Defense Against Communism

The National Committee of Defense Against Communism (Spanish: Comité Nacional de Defensa contra El Comunismo) was a committee formed on 19 July 1954 in Guatemala by president Carlos Castillo at the request of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. The Committee's primary goal was to fight alleged threats to the government of Guatemala by persons the Committee named as Communist subversives.

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