Documents / FOIA release
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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in Washington, Carlos Alejos, the brother of Roberto Alejos. y* Portents of things to come followed shortly after Esterline's first meeting with Roberto Alejos. On 8 June 1960, Alejos, as he had indicated in his initial meeting with Davis and Esterline, was in the United States where he met with Esterline. Among .the subjects discussed, in addition to the utilization of Guatemalan territory for the training of anti-Castro Cubans, Alejos said that he would be taking a look at the airstrip at Retalhuleu to see if it was capable of handling C-54 aircraft. Construction and renova- tion of this airstrip would later give rise to both some intra-agency squabbles and also some strain in the relationships between the Agency and Alejos. At this time, too, Alejos was very much concerned about the United States ambassador to the OAS, John Dryer, who, according to Alejos, was pressing the GOG * Carlos Alejos apparently was appointed US ambassa- dor a short time prior to Esterline's meeting with Ydigo~as and Roberto Alejos. A cable to the Department from Guatemala City on 18 May 1960 noted that Carlos Alejos "Ambassador-designate to the US" would arrive in New Orleans on 25 May 60. 4a/ - 6 -
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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.