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More subtle than Guatemala's reasons for buying were the Kremlin's motives in permitting the sale, reportedly for $10 million. The deal amounted to the Red bloc's first public display of big-brotherly trust and confidence in Guatemala. By thus flaunting Guatemala as an up & coming protege, Moscow deliberately challenged Secretary of State John Foster Dulles' resolution, passed by the American nations in Caracas last March, against the domination of "any American state by the international Communist movement." The U.S. must now act or expect even tougher tactics. This week, as a starter, the U.S. began airlifting arms to Nicaragua and Honduras, to restore the balance of power.