Documents / FOIA release
This is Volume II, Part 1 of the CIA History Staff's Official History of the Bay of Pigs Operation, a Top Secret history dated October 1979 and approved for release in July 2011. It looks at how the Agency took part in shaping US foreign policy toward Guatemala and Nicaragua during the anti-Castro program. It covers dealings with President Ydigoras Fuentes and Roberto Alejos, training sites such as Retalhuleu, cover stories, and negotiations with the Somoza brothers for an air base and port. It contains no UFO material.
C. Rip Robertson's Excursion into Diplomacy . • • . .. • • . 108 D. Qualms at High Levels • 122 E. Back to Robertson -- Activist with Foresight . . . . . . 127 F. Who Would Do What for Whom? .. 133 G. Down to the Wire with Somoza . • 138 Part III Part I Part II Conclusions Source References Guatemala Nicaragua Appendixes · . 147 · . . 149 · . • . • 161 1. Guatemalan Revolt, November 1960: Miscellaneous Cables . . . . . . 168 2. Memorandums re Special Force Trainers •• 230 A. Four Memorandums of Agreement .• 231 B. Memorandum for Chief, WH/4 from A/DDP/A, 28 Dec 60 , 235. . . . · . · · . C. Memorandum for Chief, WH/4 from A/DDP/A, 30 Dec 60 . . . . · . · · . 241 D. Memorandum for Deputy Assistant to the SecDef for Spl Ops, 30 Dec 60 . 245 3. Portion of Oral History Interview with Ambassador John J. Muccio, 13 Apr 71 .. 246 - vii - T,rCRET --~--------------
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FOIA release, from the cia-readingroom collection. The PDF is mirrored here; the original link is above. 179 pages are in the text index: search them above, or from the library's search.