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

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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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  • p. 16 …According to Esterline's report of the meeting "it was never said in so many words…
  • p. 31 …DPD planned to have the SALA representa- tive, who had never been cleared by the Agency…
  • p. 34 …The communications officer whom Alejos had declared to be "under arrest" was never technically arrested and…
  • p. 53 …We never were informed of KIA or wounded counts. We did hear that a couple of…
  • p. 55 …round Guatemala for years and we have never seen Guatemalan pilots fly or shoot with the…
  • p. 64 …emphatically * Delivery of the ~ight B-26's was never made to the Government of Guatemala.
  • p. 75 …Ydigoras said, "that piece of paper will never be exposed," and it hasn't to my…
  • p. 76 …young man I said, "Well, we're never going to get this thing going unless somebody…
  • p. 106 …Venezuela, have made many friendly noises but never once have made a firm offer of real…
  • p. 138 …the project "until Castro's defeat" was never officially made to either President Somoza or President…
  • p. 147 …they were on the ships they would never return to Nicaragua. With reference to the air…
  • p. 153 …68/* * The Agency's relations with Nicaragua also became \ somewhat strained because Miro Cardona was never…
It is the opinion of the writer that
guidance must be passed to Holloway by
Headquarters in line with Somoza'squery
in order that I Iwill be properly
informed and prepared to answer Somoza's
questioning on this matter. This query
is certain to arise again from time to
time until a satisfactory reply is given
to Somoza. §..I*
Napoli also indicated that:
The Acting Chief of the US Embassy
further said that inasmuch as he had no
instructions or prior notice of the mission,
plus the fact that only the US Ambassador
to Nicaragua was authorized to sit in
talks, he would prefer to remain clear of
* The Department of State representatives in the
foreign areas which were the sites of JMATE operations
frequently got quite goosey, particularly those of less
than ambassadorial ranks. In this instance, for ex-
ample, [ _noted in his transmi ttal:
The aspect of urgency which brought
Napoli to Managua has given the Acting
Chief of the American Embassy the impres-
sion that we might be operating on a non-
coordinated, uncontrolled, free wheeling
basis ... particularl since Na oli was
. IIh as
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resistance here and improve the relation-
ship of this office with the rest of State,
the cooperation of which we need. It is
incumbent upon the Agency that the American
_Ambassador be thoroughly briefed while he
is in the United States on the circumstances
of Napoli's visit to insure no future con-
flict of interests and continued main-
tenance of rapport. 21
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