The Alfhem was a Swedish flag vessel that became famous when she was used to transport a large quantity of Czechoslovak arms and ammunition to the Arbenz government of Guatemala in May 1954. Czechoslovakia (Czech: Československo, Slovak: Česko-Slovensko/before 1990 Československo) was a country in Central Europe that existed from 1918 until 1992 (except for the World War II period). ... Jacobo Arbenz Guzmán was the democratically-elected, left-wing reformist President of Guatemala. ... 1954 (MCMLIV) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

The weapons had been loaded onto the Alfhem in Szczecin (formerly Stettin), Poland. The ship then followed a zig-zag course sailing first towards Dakar, then heading for Curaçao, later being directed to Puerto Cortes, Honduras, until finally a radio message to the captain revealed her true destination to be Puerto Barrios in Guatemala. She docked at Puerto Barrios, 297 kilometers northwest of Guatemala City, on 15 May 1954. Motto: none Voivodship West Pomeranian Municipal government Rada miasta Szczecina Mayor Marian Jurczyk Area 301,3 km² Population  - city  - urban  - density 415 600 1372/km² Founded City rights 8th century 1243 Latitude Longitude 53°26N 14°34E Area code +48 91 Car plates ZS Twin towns Berlin-Kreuzberg... Puerto Barrios is a city in Guatemala, located at on the Gulf of Honduras at 15. ... Guatemala City (in full, La Nueva Guatemala de la Asunción; locally known as Guatemala or, informally, Guate) is the capital and largest city of Guatemala and in Central America. ... May 15 is the 135th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (136th in leap years). ...

M/S Alfhem, of 4840 gross tons, had her home port in Udevalla, Sweden and was owned and operated by Angbats, Bohuslanska & Kuston. In an attempt to conceal her use for the arms shipment to Guatemala, the Czechoslovak government had paid for a "straw charter" of the vessel via the British firm, E.E. Dean, of London. Another deception was the falsification of the ship's Bill of Lading which declared that the cargo was composed entirely of items such as shovels, nails, machine tools, laboratory glass, etc., omitting any mention of the estimated 2,000 tons of weaponry and munitions that were its principal components. [1] The Houses of Parliament and the clock tower containing Big Ben Part of the London skyline viewed from the South Bank London (see Wiktionary:London for the name in other languages) is the capital of the United Kingdom and England. ... A bill of lading is a document issued by a carrier acknowledging the receipt of specified goods for conveyance to a named place for delivery to the consignee. ...

References

CIA,"M/S ALFHEM - INSPECTION OF SHIP AND INTERROGATION OF CREW AT KEY WEST, FLORIDA", 19 January 1955.