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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…

37. Cables to Director from Guatemala~ 22 Jul 60,
GUAT 938 (IN 28195) and 24 Jul 60, GUAT 943
(IN 28530).
State: Incoming Telegrams to Sec State from
Guatemala City: 19 Jul 60, Control No. 13308;
20 Jun 60, No. 37. C.
37a. Dispatch from Chief, WHD, 3 Oct 60, sub: Jr1ARC/
Administrative/Instructions for Bernard M. Parks.
I [?] -301.
38. Cables: To Guatemala from Director, 8 Nov 60,
DIR 10654 (OUT 90384); to Director from Guatemala,
12 Oct 60, GUAT 389 (IN 25980); to Director from
MADD, 31 Oct 60, MADD 0434 (IN 35850); to Director
from MADD, 1 Nov 60, MADD 0444 (IN 35917); to
Director from Guatemala, 1 Nov 60, ~~UAT 445 (IN
35899); to JMADD/JMTRAV from Director, 15 Oct 60,
DIR 06269 (OUT 81460).
39. Cable to Director from MADD, 13 Nov 60, MADD 0539
(IN 41791).
39a. State: Incoming Telegram to Sec State from G,·,?te-
mala City, 13 Nov 60, No. 222. U.
39b. Memo for Chief, WH from Richard Helms, 18 Nov 60,
sub: US Naval Patrol in the Caribbean.
39c. Oral History Interview: Billy B. Campbell by
Jack B. Pfeiffer, 15 Jun 76, Tape lA, p. 10.
39d. Discussion between Sidney Stembridge and Jack B.
Pfeiffer, 12 May 76 and telecon 17 May 76, sub:
Alejos Violation of Commo Area JMADD, 13 Nov 60.
40. Cable to Director from Guatemala, 14 Nov 60, GUAT
522 (IN 41922) .
41. Oral History Interview: Richard M. Bissell by
Jack B. Pfeiffer, 17 Oct 75, Tape 2, p. 25.

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