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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23. Ibid. 24. Memo for the Special Group from [WH/4], 3 Dec 60, sub: Nicaraguan Aspects of Cuban Operation. Memo for DDP/EMB from Jacob D. Esterline, 6 Dec 60, sub: Four JMARC Problems for 8 December Meeting of Special Group. 25. Cable from Director to Managua,S Dec 60, DrR 14854 (OUT 99557). 26. Dispatch fro~ r='lManagua to ChiefjWH, 9 Dec 60, sub: JMNET/JMA~ransmittalof Reports by Irving G. CADICK Regarding JMARC Activities. I r2410. 27. Ibid. 28. Ibid. 29. Ibid. 30. MR from David R. McLean, 9 Aug 72, sub: Conversa- tion with Louis P. Napoli. 31. Ibid. 32. Cables: From Director to Managua, 10 Dec 60, DIR 16028 (OUT 51871); from Managua to Director, 19 Dec 60, MANA 3358 (IN 19(07)i from Managua to Director, 19 Dec 60, MANA 3359 (IN 19238). 33. Memo from Jacob D. Esterline to A/DDP/A, 28 Dec 60, \ sub: JMTIDE. 34. Cable from Managua to Director, 19 Dec 60, MANA 3358 (IN 19007) . 35. Memo from C. Tracy Barnes for DCI, 2 Jan 61, sub: Material for Policy Meeting on Cuba, 3 Jan 61. 36. Ibid. - 163 / TOP ~CRET
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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.