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.
“Jacobs”10 pages
TOP rCRET 77. E. Howard Hunt, Give Us This Day (New Rochelle, N. Y., 1973), pp. 113-13 7 . Cables: To Bell from MADD, 13 Feb 61, MADD 1498 (In 4765) i' to Bell from Guatemala, 15 Feb 61, GUAT 974 (IN 4943). R. D. Drain, Personal Notes, 20 Feb 61. 78. MR from Jacob D. Esterline, 5 Apr 61, sub: Meet- ing with Adolph [sic] A. Berle. Cable to Bell from Guatemala, 31 Mar 61, GUAT 1200 (IN 0949). 78a. Cable to Director from Guatemala, 10 Jul 60, GUAT 903 (IN 22607). 79. MR from Jacob D. Esterline, 24 Feb 61, sub: Meet- ing with President MiguelYdigoras Fuentes, et aZ. Cable to Bell from Guatemala, 15 Feb 61, GUAT 974 (IN 4943). 80. Cables: To Bell from Guatemala, 21 Mar 61, GUAT 1160 (IN 4224)i to GUAT from Bell, 21 Mar 61, BELL 3003 (OUT 7693) . 80a. New York Times, 2 Jan 62. Cuba, Ediciones Venceremos,- History of an Aggression (Havana, 1964), pp. 190, 192, 253. 81. Memo for Mr. Ralph A. Dungan from L. D. Battle, 16 Mar 61, sub: Letter from President Ydigoras of Guatemala. TS. Cables to Bell from Guatemala: 25 Feb 61, GUAT 1048 (IN 1014);.27 Feb 61, GUAT 1052 (IN l230)i 4 Mar 61, GUAT 1094 (IN 2129). Cable to Guatemala from Bell, 25 Feb 61, BELL 1993 (OUT 5131).
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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.