The source I have is the released CIA documents from operation PBFortune. This was created in response to the failure of the operation and goes into detail asking questions about the failure and what went wrong.
This reflects the US’s point of view of being alarmed at Arbenz’s land reform policy. This was the first of two attempts to take down Arbenz. This is important because it shows the shortcomings of the United states’ first plan. They ask questions about the ship, the crew and other important details. This relates to my project because this was the many steps the US government took to take down Arbenz.
“This decision was chiefly C.O.S. I agreed because (1) I expected assistance from the Navy and (2) It would be costly to have a private vessel do the job. After 12 hours waiting for some Navy action I reconsidered and felt a private vessel could do the job s securely. Therefore, I radioed our position to the Seaforth and told the captain o the Pervis we could accept any assistance Navy or otherwise, that he could provide. He then contacted some merchant vessels but they never did appear.”
Source
“Operation PBFortune.” PBFORTUNE, 2003. https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/DOC_0000914833.pdf.