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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they represented no firm commitment. Somoza, of course, was told that he was dealing with \ f but there is little doubt that he knew exactly with whom he was negotiating. Following the return of the survey team toward the end of October 1960, representatives from WH/4/PM, WH/4/Support, and DPD recommended that: 1. Policy approval be obtained for the use of the Puerto Cabezas complex. 2. Repair of the airstrip be commenced at once for JMARC use and as a long term CIA asset because of its overall strategic location. 3. Construction of buildings be com- menced for an air-maritime base, including storage of ordnance, ZRMEDRICK pack, and other supplies. 4. An infantry training/holding base be constructed if no facility is to be made available in the US. 11/* C. Rip Robertson's Excursion into Diplomacy Following the return of the survey team in Octo- ber, Napoli was succeeded by William "Rip" Robertson * A~ a portent of things to come, the team recommen- ded that it would be advisable to acquire the infantry base because of the crowded conditions at the Guate- mala base.
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FOIA release, from the cia-readingroom collection. The PDF is mirrored here; the original link is under it. 179 pages are in the text index: search them above, or from the library's search.