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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. 21 Alejos's position from the Cubans -- his role would be as a private Guatemalan citizen, cooperating…
  • p. 23 …Cover, Security and Latin Pride A high degree of cooperation between the President of Guatemala and…
  • p. 39 …Agency training programs were developed with the full and complete cooperation of the President of Guatemala…
  • p. 48 …This witness recalled Headquarter's instructions to cooperate with Alejos and also the authorization for Seigrist…
  • p. 84 …was marked by a spirit of close cooperation between the Government of Guatemala and the Agency…
  • p. 85 …it was reported that there was close cooperation be- tween~and Roberto Alejos with regard to…
  • p. 91 …Once again Ydigoras lectured the Cuban political leaders about the need for unity and cooperation with…
  • p. 115 …office with the rest of State, the cooperation of which we need. It is incumbent upon…
  • p. 116 …American country, receiving his full support and cooperation. Somoza volunteered to foot the cost of the…
  • p. 149 …ever, is that Somoza gave his full cooperation to the Agency effort to mount the operation…
  • p. 153 …Somoza himself was characterized as continuing to be quite cooperative with the Agency representatives but fearful…
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Quintana, the commander of the Nicaraguan Gardia
Nacional unit which was the security force for TIDE;
and then they were confined to SOIDe of the nearby
military barracks. 65/ As early as January 1961,
General Somoza had told Robertson that Nicaragua would
provide detention facilities for any of the Cubans who
proved to be "reluctant warriors" when it was time to
embark for the invasion. 65a/ This action, however,
apparently did not fit the case or else it had not
been cleared properly with General Somoza for a cable
from TIDE to Headquarters reported that General Somoza
had visited TIDE on 13 April and "in strong terms ordered
removal from JMTIDE immediately 14 detainees currently
in custody Capt. Quintana." 66/*
The order for the immediate removal of the Cubans
who were being held under guard of bhe Nicaraguan
* The only explanation for the discrepancy in the num-
ber of detainees is that there were additional Cubans
who had been pulled out of the Brigade units when they
were being embarked at Puerto Cabezas. The figure of
10 from the Lake Charles comes from a Havana news re-
lease attributed to one of the detainees. 66a/ As of
25 April 1961, the crewmen were still in custody, and
Headquarters instructed TIDE to release them ASAP to
the Captain of either the Lake Charles or the Atlantica.· 66b/
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