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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. 16 …According to Esterline's report of the meeting "it was never said in so many words…
  • p. 31 …DPD planned to have the SALA representa- tive, who had never been cleared by the Agency…
  • p. 34 …The communications officer whom Alejos had declared to be "under arrest" was never technically arrested and…
  • p. 53 …We never were informed of KIA or wounded counts. We did hear that a couple of…
  • p. 55 …round Guatemala for years and we have never seen Guatemalan pilots fly or shoot with the…
  • p. 64 …emphatically * Delivery of the ~ight B-26's was never made to the Government of Guatemala.
  • p. 75 …Ydigoras said, "that piece of paper will never be exposed," and it hasn't to my…
  • p. 76 …young man I said, "Well, we're never going to get this thing going unless somebody…
  • p. 106 …Venezuela, have made many friendly noises but never once have made a firm offer of real…
  • p. 138 …the project "until Castro's defeat" was never officially made to either President Somoza or President…
  • p. 147 …they were on the ships they would never return to Nicaragua. With reference to the air…
  • p. 153 …68/* * The Agency's relations with Nicaragua also became \ somewhat strained because Miro Cardona was never…
37. MR from Richard D. Drain, 4 Jan 61, sub: Meeting
with A/DDP/A.
38. Memo from C. Tracy Barnes for DCI, 5 Jan 61,
Material for the 5 January Special Group Meeting.
39. James Burwell, Logistics Support for Operations
in Cuba~ March 1960 - October 1961, DDS Historical
Series, OL-7, April 1971, p. 3g~
Cable from Director to Managua, 21 Dec 60, DIR
17569 (OUT 55338) .
40. Memo from J. Hawkins for Chief, WH/4, 4 Jan 61,
sub: Policy Decisions Required for Conduct of
Strike Operations Against Government of Cuba.
41. Cable from Managua to Bell, 14 Jan 61, MANA 3391
(IN 1797).
42. Memo from J. C. King for DCI, 19 Jan 61, sub:
Visit of General [Anastasio] Somoza de Bella [sic],
Director-General of the Nicaraguan Army.
MR from L.P.Napoli, 23 Jan 61, sub: Visit of
General Somoza with the Director on 21 Jan 61.
43. Memo from Chief, WH/4 for Chief, WHD, 9 Feb 61,
sub: DLF $2,000,000· Emergency Loan for Nicaragua.
Memo from Radford W. Herbert for Chief, WH/4,
10 Feb 61, sub: DLF $2 Million Emergency Loan
for Nicaragua. ,
44. Memo from J. C. King for DCI, 28 Feb 61, sub:
Nicaraguan Aspects of Project JMATE. (ER 61-1687
with Transmittal Slip from I I 11 May 61
and Official Routing Slip from WH/Q/P&P [12 Jun
61?]) .
45. Ibid.
46. Situation Report, JMTIDE from Irving G. CADICK,
17 Jun 61.
Contact Report: Three Meetings CAD ICK/!
since 3 Jan 61, 17 Jan 61. u. ~~~~--
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