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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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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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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.