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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1. Being the sole JMARC channel to the President and Government of Nicaragua; 2. Assisting and expediting local procurement of materials and equipment; and 3. Assuring that JMARC security and general operating standards are maintained at JMTIDE. 15/ Even though the matter of the base at Puerto Cabezas had not yet been formally resolved, it was apparent, as Robertson was getting ready to depart for Headquarters, that the air element in DPD which had been assigned to the JMATE function was readying it- self to move into action at the base. Not only were plans outlined for the survey team to go to Nicaragua at the earliest opportunity following Robertson's negotiations, but plans for housing, messing, cover, security, and air operations also were being outlined - \ by Jim'Cunningham, Assistant Chief/DPD, before the end of November. 16/* Robertson's assignment in Nicaragua, which had been preceded by Napoli's trip in mid-October 1960, * At this time operations anticipated maximum sortie rates of lOO a month for 3 months and probable maximum numbers of aircraft to be accommodated as 10 B-26's, 4 C-46's and at least two C-54's. -_l~L T07CRET
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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.