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
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.