Operation PBFORTUNE was the name of a contingency plan drafted by the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency in 1951 that outlined a method of ousting President Jacobo Arbenz of Guatemala if he was deemed a Communist threat in the hemisphere. The plan was a precursor to Operation PBSUCCESS, codename for the covert operation that went forward successfully in 1954.

Related articles

• Operation PBSUCCESS
• History of Guatemala
• Jacobo Arbenz Guzmán
• United Fruit Company
• Allen Welsh Dulles

External links

• U.S. State Department report on Guatemalan situation and early CIA planning