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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Cabezas and all other air traffic, except for Agency operated aircraft, would be completely prohibited. ~/ Somoza also was going to go so far as to make an announcement on 15 April that the activity which cer- tainly would be known to be taking place at Puerto Cabezas was in response to the threat of possible incursions from Costa Rica and the need to have the Nicaraguan military forces in a state of readiness. 63/ At the same time that this cover story was being dis- cussed with the representatives of the Nicaraguan Government, General Somoza was visiting TIDE and spoke with Colonels Hawkins and Gaines who were in Puerto Cabezas to give the final briefings prior to the be- ginning of operations; and Somoza raised the question of possible attacks by Castro's Air Force should any of his planes get off the ground. The Agency's repre- sentatives regarded this as a legitimate concern; and even though convinced that Castro's FAR (Fuerza Aerea Revolucionario) would be destroyed on the ground, they asked Headquarters to approach the US Navy about es- tablishing a radar· picket operation off the Nicaraguan coast to relay warnings of incoming Castro aircraft.
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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.