Talk:Operation PBFortune

ACR
Hey. I've been considering nominating this for A-class review, but haven't been through that process before. Since you reviewed this a while back, I'm wondering if you'd take a quick look at it and give me any suggestions. Cheers, Vanamonde (Talk) 05:00, 18 January 2019 (UTC)
 * G'day, I reckon it has a good chance of passing A-Class as is. It is from a poorly-covered time and place on Wikipedia, and I reckon it would garner some interest from reviewers as a result. Just be prepared to re-examine your work critically and be open to improvements and I'm sure it will be a pleasant experience. Cheers, Peacemaker67 (click to talk to me) 07:16, 18 January 2019 (UTC)
 * Thanks, I'll nominate it soon. Vanamonde (Talk) 18:31, 18 January 2019 (UTC)

Suggestions from Maury
Sorry, back. Not much left...

Maury Markowitz (talk) 11:28, 19 August 2019 (UTC)
 * "details of the plan had become too widely known." - I think the "too" should be removed.
 * Done.
 * "intervention, and so terminated the operation" - Acheson had authority to do this? Was the CIA under State at that time?
 * The organizational history of the CIA is a big mess, and I'm not well-versed in the fine details. The sources are unequivocal in saying that Acheson was the one who made the decision, and that it was a decision, not a request; so...
 * "respectively, felt threatened by Arévalo's reforms" - why? I can guess some reasons, but that's SYNning.
 * I've added some material. I suspect your guesses would be accurate, the reasons are the obvious ones.
 * "CIA's ability to move arms around Central America without the approval of the State Department" - this suggests the answer to the question above is "no".
 * AFAIK, moving arms around was bread-and-butter stuff that the CIA could get away with; but to overthrow a government they needed approval from up above? The sources don't really address the fine points here, and I don't want to stray far from them.
 * finally, what does the "PB" signify? It's also part of following missions, so I think it's more than just something to throw off the scent.
 * "PB" was a geographical code for Guatemala; I cannot recall where I read that, but the sources don't make a big deal of it. I'll look, but it may take me a while...


 * (Copied above from FAC, where it was posted after Laser Brain promoted the article, but before the bot archived the proceedings). Vanamonde (Talk) 22:32, 19 August 2019 (UTC)
 * Maury, your comments were posted after the article was promoted, but I'll do my best to address them here anyway; copying them over in case some discussion is required. Best, Vanamonde (Talk) 22:32, 19 August 2019 (UTC)
 * I also wanted to know what PB meant. --Error (talk) 14:26, 27 August 2020 (UTC)
 * Added. --Error (talk) 14:39, 27 August 2020 (UTC)

What is the "PB" in PBFortune?
These letters were also in the other operation that actually toppled the leadership. What does "PB" stand for? Hires an editor (talk) 13:32, 27 June 2021 (UTC)
 * Nevermind. It's this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CIA_cryptonym — Preceding unsigned comment added by Hires an editor (talk • contribs) 13:34, 27 June 2021 (UTC)

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