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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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42. Cable to Director from Guatemala, 14 Nov 60, GUAT 526 (IN 42903). 43. Cable to Director from Guatemala, 17 Nov 60, GUAT 567 (IN 44141). 44. Letter from C. w. Seigrist to Jack B. Pfeiffer, 20 May 76. U. 45. Cable to Director from Guatemala, 14 Nov 60, GUAT 526 (IN 4 290 3) . , State: Incoming Telegram to Sec State from Guate- mala City, 14 Nov 60, No. 226. U. [T. A. Parrott], Special Group Meetings - Cuba, 16 Nov 60. 45a. Taylor Committee Report: MR's of PM Study Group Meetings, 7th Mtg, 1 May 61, p. 3. MR from Casimiro Barquin, 14 Nov 60, sub: Support of JMADD, JMTRAV, and Other Elements in Guatemala. (JMC-0131) . 46. Letter from Seigrist to Pfeiffer, op. 'J.. C 1- v • 47. Esterline-Pfeiffer OR Int., op. cit., Tape 1, p. 20. 48. Ibid., p. 18. 49. Cables to Guatemala from Director: 14 Nov 60, DIR 11290 (OUT 91822) and 14 Nov 60, DIR 11299 (OUT 91846). 50. Cable to Guatemala from Director, 14 Nov 60, DIR 11299 (OUT 91846) . 50a. MR from Casimiro Barquin, 14 Nov 60 (JMC-0131), Ope cit. SOb. MR from John F. Mallard, 14 Nov 60, sub: Confer- ence with Department of Defense Representatives. - 154 - TOP~ET
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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.