Official History of the Bay of Pigs Operation- Volume 2- Part 1

communicators, and Cubans were ordered to go to TRAV.
The Agency was to provide two bilingual advisers to
be in attendance at La Suiza when the Congressmen came
through on their inspection. Moreover, a halt was
called on all incoming flights to JMADD until further
notice. ~~
That Ydigoras was expecting some domestic diffi-
culties was apparent in a cable from c=J to Headquarters
reading: "GOG request andD concurs immediate air-
shipment 500 to 1,000 tear gas grenades for use control
possible mob activities next few days." This went for-
ward to Headquarters on 19 April 1961, 87/*
The Agency also displayed considerable concern
for its commitment to the Ydigoras government in the
period following the collapse of the invasion; and
early in May, in response to Ydigoras's request that
the Agency continue to support the training activity
for a Guatemalan Special Battalion until the end of
* In anticipation of possible difficulties from his
political opposition, Ydigoras had requested that c==J
make inquiries about the possibility of obtaining. a
100-man pack for caching. It is not known, however,
if these weapons were obtained, even though a number
of such packs reached Florida between 17 March 1961
and 17 April 1961. 88/
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