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.
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June -- JMATE already had made a commitment to support it through May --I 1supported the request. He made the case that this was a security measure be- cause the press was still trying to prove that the Cuban Brigade had training bases in Guatemala. ~ furthermore noted that continuing the training of the Guatemalan Battalion would help to deter the revolution- ary activities against the Ydigoras Government. 89/ Headquarters approved the request for the addi- tional support, but one problem did come up -- the question of whether or not the Special Forces trainers would be continued through the month of June. The Special Forces personnel began to get quite edgy be- cause their commitment had only been through the end of May, and I Iwas notified that if the training of the Guatemalan Battalion was completed by 20 May, the Special Forces personnel would then be returned. Pushing for an earlier exit, the Special Forces personnel had contended that the Guatemalan trainees and officers were completely indifferent toward the ongoing training activity. Headquarters did say that while the SF trainers would be released
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