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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any talks that Napoli had with Somoza. This was agreeable to Napoli. The writer wishes to emphasize that relations be- tween Napoli and the Acting Chief of the American Embassy remain completely cordial and no change is anticipated. ~/ In mid-October of 1960, a survey team from Agency Headquarters under the direction of Napoli made a trip to Nicaragua to inspect Puerto Cabezas. Again the Agency representatives dealt directly with the Presi- dent of this Central American country, receiving his full support and cooperation. Somoza volunteered to foot the cost of the DC-3 aircraft that would be pro- vided to the survey team, including the pilot and the crew. He also was asked to provide a senior official who could act as his spokesman, and in this connection Noel Pallais Debayle, a cou,sin of Somoza's who had accompanied the survey team, was identified as the contact. Except for Napoli, who-I ~ I, the other members of the survey team travelled asl looking for opportunities in Nicaragua.* The visit by the Agency * TITe other members of the survey team included E. A. Stanulis, who was Executive Officer for WH/4, Ralph Brown, a logistics officer, Norman Imler and Robert Moore, PM officers. - 105 -- TOPfeRET
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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.