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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TOP sJRET Memo for Irving G. CADICK (P) from J. C. King, 2 Dec 60, sub: Letter of Instruction. Ibid. Ibid. Memorandum for Chief/WH/4 from Asst. Ch/DPD, 30 Nov 60, sub: Status of JMTIDE (JMC-02l1). Memo for Record from L. P. Napoli, 28 Sep 60, sub: Telephone call to Ambassador Thomas B. Whelan. Memo for Record from Jacob D. Esterline, 24 Oct 60, sub: Meeting withDCI and Assistant Secretary of State for Latin America, Thomas Mann, on Cuba. Memo for A/DDP/A from Jacob D. Esterline, 28 Dec 60, sub: JMTIDE. 19. Memo for DDP from C. Tracy Barnes, 18 Nov 60, sub: Points re Cuba for Discussion at Special Group Meeting,. Saturday, 19 Nov 60. 20. Memo for DDP from J. C. King, 18 Nov 60, sub:' CONUS Military Installations for JMARC Training Sites. MR from Richard D. Drain, 21 Nov 60, sub: JMARC Meeting with DDP. MR from Richard D. Drain, 22 Nov 60, sub: JMARC Meeting with DDP. 21. Memo To Whom it May Concern [from William Robert- son], 30 Nov 60, sub: Questions Robertson Feels Should Be Answered or Discussed Prior to His De- parture. 22. Blind Memo as Revised by C/WH anp Delivered by [Col. J. F.] Mallard to [Frank] Devine for [Thomas] Mann Evening of 1 Dec [60]. Includes handwritten note (2 Dec 60?] from R[ichard] D. D[rain], Ch/WH/4/P&P.
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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.