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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…
60. Cable to Director from JMTRAV, 9 Dec 60, TRAV
0182 (IN 14725).
61. Cable to Director from Guatemala, 10 Dec 60,
GUAT 678 (IN 15261) .
6la. Campbell-Pfeiffer OH Int., op. cit., Tape lA,
pp. 7-8.
62. Cox, Paramilitary Ground Activities~ op. cit.,
Vol. II, pp. 388-391.
63. I-------H~--n---rFeb 69,
pp. 29-31.
64. Memo for Chief, WH/4 from Col. J. Hawkins,
19 Oct 60, sub: Employment of Army Special
Forces Training Cadres at TRAV.
Memo for DDP from J. C. King, 28 Oct 60, sub:
Employment of U.S. Army Special Forces for Train-
ing PM Cadres. (DD!P 0-5722).
Memo for Chief, WH/4 from Richard M. Bissell, Jr.,
7 Nov 60, sub: Employment of US Army Special
Forces for Training PM Cadres. (DD/P 0-5861).
Memo for MMPD from J~. C. King, 16 Nov 60, sub:
Requirement for US Army Special Forces Personnel.
MR from John F. Mallard, 30 Nov 60, sub: Conference
with Captain Burns W. Spore.
65. Informal transmittal to Ed [Brig. Gen. Edward B.
Lansdale, Dep. Asst. to Sec. Def. OSO] from C.
Tracy Barnes,S Dec 60.
MR from Thomas A. Parrott, 8 Dec 60, sub: Minutes
of Spl. Group Meeting, 8 Dec 60.
66. Cables to Guatemala from Director: 9 Dec 60, DIR
15777 (OUT 51475) and 14 Dec 60, DIR 16285 (OUT
52820); to Director from Guatemala: 11 Dec 60,
GUAT 680 (IN 15363) and 14 Dec 60, GUAT 691 (IN
16784).

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