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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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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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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.