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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…
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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