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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. 21 Alejos's position from the Cubans -- his role would be as a private Guatemalan citizen, cooperating…
  • p. 23 …Cover, Security and Latin Pride A high degree of cooperation between the President of Guatemala and…
  • p. 39 …Agency training programs were developed with the full and complete cooperation of the President of Guatemala…
  • p. 48 …This witness recalled Headquarter's instructions to cooperate with Alejos and also the authorization for Seigrist…
  • p. 84 …was marked by a spirit of close cooperation between the Government of Guatemala and the Agency…
  • p. 85 …it was reported that there was close cooperation be- tween~and Roberto Alejos with regard to…
  • p. 91 …Once again Ydigoras lectured the Cuban political leaders about the need for unity and cooperation with…
  • p. 115 …office with the rest of State, the cooperation of which we need. It is incumbent upon…
  • p. 116 …American country, receiving his full support and cooperation. Somoza volunteered to foot the cost of the…
  • p. 149 …ever, is that Somoza gave his full cooperation to the Agency effort to mount the operation…
  • p. 153 …Somoza himself was characterized as continuing to be quite cooperative with the Agency representatives but fearful…
82. [MR from Thomas A. Parrott] Minutes of Spl. Group
Mtg., 2 Mar 61.
83. NBC White Paper, "Cuba, Bay of Pigs," 1964. U.
(CIA Film No. T6134.)
84. Memo of Conversation [from R. A. Godfrey], 22 Mar 61,
sub: Guatemalan Foreign Minister's CalIon the
Secretary. C.
85. MR from Jacob D. Esterline,S Apr 61, sub: Meeting
with Adolph [sic] A. Berle.
14 Apr 61, GUAT
1279 (IN 3982);
19 Apr 61, GUAT
86.
87.
88.
89.
90.
91.
92.
93.
Cables to Bell from Guatemala:
1267 (IN 3419); 17 Apr 61, GUAT
18 Apr 61, GUAT 1292 (IN 4340);
129 [8?] (IN 4491) .
Ibid., 19 Apr 61, GUAT 1299 (IN 4492) .
Ibid., 17 Mar 61, GUAT 1134 (iN 3765).
Ibid., 2 May 61, GUAT 1393 (IN 1113).
Ibid., 18 May 61, GUAT 1449 (IN 2094); from Bell
to Guatemala: 14 May 61, BELL 0550 (OUT 9176);
19 May 61, BELL 0656 (OUT 9370).
Memo for Chief, WHD from Jacob D. Esterline,
29 Apr 61, sub: Meeting with Carlos Alejos
Arzu, etc.
~ IIbid., p. 1.
Foreign Service List~ January 1962. U.

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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.