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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…
67. Cable to Director from Guatemala, 15 Dec 60,
GUAT 702 (IN 17704).
68. Esterline-Pfeiffer OH Int., Ope cit., Tape 1,
pp. 10-12.
69. Oral History Interview: Richard D. Drain by
Jack B. Pfeiffer, 8 Jan 76, Tape 2B, pp. 50-52.
Richard D. Drain, Personal Notes, 9 Dec 60.
70. Drain-Pfeiffer OH Int., Ope cit.
70a. Drain, Personal Notes, 15 Dec 60.
71. Memo for DCI from C. Tracy Barnes, 21 Dec 60, sub:
Cable GUAT 702 (IN 17704), dated 15 Dec 60.
72. MR from John F. Mallard, 22 Dec 60, sub: Meeting
with DOD Regarding Personnel Support for JMATE.
'(DO/P 0-6704).
73. Memo for Deputy Asst. to Sec Def for Spl. Ops.
from C. Tracy Barnes, 27 Dec 60, sub: Special
Force Trainers.
73a. Memo for OOP/CIA from Graves B. Erskine, 3 Jan 61,
sub: US Military Personnel Support of Project
CROSSPATCH. TS.
74. Memo for Asst~ Sec Def OSO from Jacob D. Esterline,
5 Jan 61, sub: Requirement for US Army Spl Forces
to Support Project CROSSPATCH.
74a. Memo for the President from Christian A. Herter,
25 Nov 60, sub: Message of November 19, 1960
from the President of Guatemala. U.
74b. Memo for the President from Christian A. Herter,
12 Jan 61, .sub: Telegram from Guatemalan Presi-
dent, Miguel Ydigoras Fuentes. U.
74c. Telegram for Amembassy Guatemala from Secretary,
13 Jan 61, Amembassy Guatemala 464. C.

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