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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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75. Cables to Bell from Guatemala: 1 Jan 61, GUAT 805 (IN 1489); 13 Jan 61, GUAT 822 (IN 1699); 14 Jan 61, GUAT 829 (IN 1808); 15 Jan 61, GUAT 831 (IN 1883); and to Director, 12 Jan 61, GUAT 816 (IN 30054). 75a. Office Memo to Chief, WHD from C/WH/4, 11 Jan 61, sub: Press Release by Guatemalan Ambassador to US. 75b. Official Routing Slip to Chief, WHD from Walter Elder, 9 Jan 61, sub: Article from The Nation. U. New York Times~ 10 Jan 61. MR from J. C. King, 11 Jan 61, sub: Meeting to Discuss Proposed Release to the Press re NYT Story, etc. Extract from The Nation, 19 Nov 60. Memo for the DCI from Stanley J. Grogan, 9 Dec 60, sub: [Transmittal of magazine article for Victor Tasky]. U. The Nation, 7 Jan 61, pp. 7-9. Memo for the DCI from John S. Warner, 10 Jan 61, sub: Request of Representative Frank Kowalski (D., Conn.). (ER 61-·374). 75c. MR from J. C. King, 11 Jan 61, sub: Meeting to Discuss Proposed Release to the Press re NYT Story, etc. 75d. Memo for Chief, WHD from J. D. Esterline, 11 Jan 61, sub: FRD Fronting for Paramilitary Activities in Guatemala. 75e. Ibid. 76. Washington Post, 24 Mar 61. -l~t TOPiCRET
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