carried out reforms, but his decision to nationalize banana plantations belonging to the american company united fruitke. alain dalis himself, director of the us cia, was on the board of directors of the company, and his brother john foster dalis, then us secretary of state, was one of the founders of this company. arbins' decision made a difference. decisive role in the fate of his country. soviet leader joseph died in march 1953 stalin. guatemala was the only central american country to offer its condolences to the soviet people. the gesture of respect from this small country and recognition of the merits of the soviet generalissimo did not go unnoticed in washington. guatimal was considered a pro-soviet country, and this was one of the reasons why the operation was a success. the white house gave the go-ahead to the cir. in the early morning of june 18, 1954 , a c-47 plane appeared in the sky above glatemala city, making a circle and dropping a thousand leaflets. calling on president arbins to resign. a few hours later, the same plane began dropping not leaflets, but molotov cocktails and grenades