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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. 16 …According to Esterline's report of the meeting "it was never said in so many words…
  • p. 31 …DPD planned to have the SALA representa- tive, who had never been cleared by the Agency…
  • p. 34 …The communications officer whom Alejos had declared to be "under arrest" was never technically arrested and…
  • p. 53 …We never were informed of KIA or wounded counts. We did hear that a couple of…
  • p. 55 …round Guatemala for years and we have never seen Guatemalan pilots fly or shoot with the…
  • p. 64 …emphatically * Delivery of the ~ight B-26's was never made to the Government of Guatemala.
  • p. 75 …Ydigoras said, "that piece of paper will never be exposed," and it hasn't to my…
  • p. 76 …young man I said, "Well, we're never going to get this thing going unless somebody…
  • p. 106 …Venezuela, have made many friendly noises but never once have made a firm offer of real…
  • p. 138 …the project "until Castro's defeat" was never officially made to either President Somoza or President…
  • p. 147 …they were on the ships they would never return to Nicaragua. With reference to the air…
  • p. 153 …68/* * The Agency's relations with Nicaragua also became \ somewhat strained because Miro Cardona was never…
28. Cables to Director from MADD: 8 Oct 60, MADD 0205
(IN 24370); 9 Oct 60, MADD 0212 (IN 24738);
11 Oct 60, MADD 0214 (IN 25364); 13 Oct 60,
MADD 0237 (IN 26794) .
29. Memo for Chief, WH Division from J. D. Esterline,
21 Oct 60, sub: Authority to Obligate $150,000
for JMARC PM Activities -- JMAOO Land Compensation.
30. Cable to Director from Guatemala, 4 Nov 60,
GUAT 463 (IN 37955).
31. Ibid., 25 Nov 60, GUAT 599 (IN 47673).
Cable to Guatemala from Director, 26 Nov 60,
DIR 13543 (OUT 96600) .
32. Cables to Bell from Guatemala: 13 Apr 61, GUAT
1254 (IN 3135); 31 Apr 61, GUAT 1255 (IN 3137).
Cable to Guatemala from Bell, 17 Apr 61, BELL
4642 (OUT 6803).
33. Dispatches to Chief, WHO from~Guatemala City: .
9 Aug 60, sub: JMARC: Use o~as by Guatemalan
Contacti 3 Feb 61, sub: Engagement of ~ ~
as Independent Contractor.
34. Dispatch to Chief, WHO fromDGuatemala, 9 Aug 60,
sub: Justification for Use of Guatemalan Engineer
at JMTRAV.
Cables: To Guatemala from Bell: 14 Jan 61, BELL
0530 (OUT 6579)i to Bell from Guatemala, 7 Apr 61,
GUAT 1226 (IN 2140)i to Bell from Guatemala,
12 Apr 61, GUAT 1243 (IN 2922).
35. Memo for DCI from J. C. King, 21 Oct 60, sub:
Observations on Briefing of Assistant Secretary
of State Thomas Mann re JMARC/Guatemala Operations
on 20 Oct 60.
36. Oral History Interview: Jacob O. Esterline by
Jack B. Pfeiffer, 10-11 Nov 75, Tape 4, p. 51. U. *
* This and all other Oral History Interviews, all C0n-
versations, and all correspondence conducted by Jack B.
Pfeiffer are UNCLASSIFIEO
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