Pseudonym: Dunbar, Jerome
Foreign Relations of the United States, 1952-1954: Guatemala Current Section: Persons and Pseudonyms
Page XIX: "Persons and Pseudonyms...Dunbar, Jerome C. (pseudonym, identity not released).."
12/23/53: Telegram from Director of CIA to Chiefs of Certain CIA Stations in Central America: "1. Effective this date all addressee Stations will constitute component elements of PBSUCCESS (project to overthrow - "without bloodshed, if possible" - the Arbenz government in Guatemala in 1954) regional command with project headquarters at LINCOLN (CIA's Guatemalan covert operations headquarters, a forward base in Florida) under Jerome C. Dunbar, Special Deputy, WHD for this project. 2. Hereafter until further notice subject Stations will devote top operational priority to this project receiving their guidance and instructions direct from LINCOLN. 3. Prior to 1 Jan 1954 all cables will be directed to Dir as heretofore with info LINCOLN (SLINC). 4. Effective 1 Jan all cables will be directed to LINCOLN info Dir. 5. Separate instructions to follow for revised pouching procedures..."
02/02/54: Telegram from Operation PBSUCCESS Headquarters in Florida to CIA Stations in Guatemala and (2 Places not declassified): "From Dunbar. 1. Desire to assure all concerned that recent exposé of alleged activities pertaining PBSUCCESS (project to overthrow - "without bloodshed, if possible" - the Arbenz government in Guatemala in 1954) although unfortunate some respects fortunate in others. Further this incident has not affected PBSUCCESS objective any way aside from importance recognizing need for employment appropriate techniques throughout. Keynote must be positive thinking, determination, demonstration professionalism, balancing security with effectiveness, in order meet challenge which confronted. 2. I have just returned from HQS where above fully evidenced by all concerned. Ascham (Allen Dulles) and Galbond (J. C. King) particularly expressed confidence in ability all concerned to fulfill requirements PBSUCCESS..."
06/13/54: Dispatch from Jerome Dunbar: SUBJECT: General—KUGOWN: Specific—Policy Guidance for Final Phase of PBSUCCESS: "1. We are forwarding herewith copy of our Policy Guidance which is a general outline of the KUGOWN effort (propaganda on extent of Communist infiltration of Guatemala) desired in support of the final phase of PBSUCCESS (project to overthrow - "without bloodshed, if possible" - the Arbenz government in Guatemala in 1954) which has just started. 2. In view of the continuous changes of the situation and the necessary flexibility of the KUGOWN effort in line with the progress of our KUHOOK (paramilitary) action, our policy guidance had to be confined to a fairly general plan the implementation of which we must leave to you. 3. We shall supplement this general guidance by cable or dispatch, as the situation may warrant, but we expect you to take all possible steps for the implementation of this program without delay and without expecting separate directives for every single step from us. We reiterate, however, that all KUGOWN action must be coordinated with, and subordinated to, KUHOOK action on the spot. JCD..."
06/30/54: Telegram from Ascham (Allen Dulles), Ordway (Charles Cabell) and Whiting (Frank Wisner): "1. To Playdon (Tracy Barnes), Dunbar, and all hands at LINC as well as all elements of PBSUCCESS complex: Heartiest congratulations upon outcome developments past forty-eight hours. (4) A great victory has been won. This victory is the more notable by virtue of the extreme difficulties of the operation and the odds which were recognized to be against our chances of success from the outset. The energy and devotion of the personnel at LINC and the field Stations has been truly exceptional and has served as an inspiration and a challenge to all of us at hqs. 2. It is requested that LINC pass on the foregoing to all appropriate elements of PBSUCCESS field complex and at full strength. Hqs assumes LINC will have its own special messages to send to the field but desires to have hqs congratulations expressed as well. 3. Not necessary to repeat hqs congratulations to Guat and (REDACTION) because this done directly by refs. These messages were thus sent by hqs for special reason that JMBLUG (John S. Peurifoy) and SKILLET (Whiting Willauer, U.S. Ambassador to Honduras) key members team effort WSBURNT (Guatemala) and WSHOOFS (Honduras) parts of operation and had their initial briefings and indoctrination from hqs. Accordingly it seemed appropriate hqs extend congratulations to them both as members of the true team effort and individually..."
07/09/54: Memorandum from Jerome Dunbar to COS, Withheld: (REDACTION). "[Source: Central Intelligence Agency, Job 79–01025A, Box 104, Folder 3. Secret; RYBAT. 4 pages of source text not declassified.]"
John Prados, Safe For Democracy: The Secret Wars of the CIA (2006)
Pages 110: ..."Frank Wisner had the task of selecting the field commander for Project Success. Once Roosevelt turned the job down, Wisner got Allen Dulles to recall the Korea station chief, former army colonel Albert Haney. Haney had set up CIA guerrilla units in Korea, and Guatemala was to have a paramilitary component...Briefed in late October, Haney accepted on the spot. A few weeks later he proceeded to Opa Locka, Florida, to begin setting up a forward base code-named Lincoln. Haney exercised general supervision over CIA chiefs in the nations surrounding Guatemala plus direct control of forces assembled for Success. He took the pseudonym 'Jerome B. Dunbar,' and at a certain point Allen Dulles ordered that all cable traffic be sent to Lincoln for Dunbar, rather than to headquarters to be repeated to Opa Locka..."
https://archive.nytimes.com/washington.blogs.nytimes.com/
06/26/2007: New York Times Blog: ..."Angleton Secret Police By Tim Weiner: A footnote: the man who wrote the manifesto for the overseas training mission — 'a democratic, unselfish, often unconditional approach to helping other countries to help themselves' — was the C.I.A.’s own Al Haney, the Florida-based field commander for Operation Success, the 1954 C.I.A. covert action that overthrew Guatemala. 'There have been charges that it is morally wrong for the U.S. to aid undemocratic regimes to strengthen their security systems, thereby serving to entrench them in power,' Haney argued 50 years ago. But 'the U.S. cannot afford the moral luxury of helping only those regimes in the free world that meet our ideals of self-government. Eliminate all the absolute monarchies, dictatorships and juntas from the free world and count those that are left and it should be readily apparent that the U.S. would be well on its way to isolation.'"