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

the CIA representatives, asking specifically what the
position of the United states Government would be to-
ward his country if Cuba should formally charge -- in
the OAS or the UN -- that Nicaragua was fomenting war
against them. Somoza wanted it understood and accepted
by all levels of the us government that Nicaragua was
on the side of the angels and, therefore, no us official
should be allowed to attack Nicaragua for either its
actions or its position vis-a-vis Cuba. Depite his
cordial relations with the United States Ambassador,
Thomas E. Whelan, Napoli reported that Somoza believed
that:
There are some long-haired, Department
of State liberals who are not in favor of
Somoza and they would welcome the chance
to use this as a source of embarrassment
to his government by verbally blasting
his country for her actions against Cuba. ~I
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It should be emphasized, however, that in deal-
ing with the Nicaraguan leaders, the Agency represen-
tatives, while expressing that in their own opinions
Somoza's requests were reasonable, did make clear that
they ~poke only for themselves. Their views did not
represent formal US policy -- that would have to come
from higher levels. 51 Napoli was quite specific in
saying that: