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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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55. 56. 57. 58. 59. 60. 61. 62. 63. 64. 65. 65a. 66. Cables from Director to Managua: 24 Feb 61, DIR 26695 (OUT 76761); 24 Feb 61, DIR 26738 (OUT 76962). Cable from Managua to Bell, 19 Feb 61, MANA 3465 (IN 0494) . Memo for Record from L. P. Napoli, 15 Mar 61, sub: Conversation ,between Ambassador Sevilla- Sacasa and Napoli. Memo from L. P. Napoli [for Gerard Droller], 27 Mar 61, sub: Principal Officer -- JMATE Activities in Nicaragua. Ibid. Taylor Committee: MR's of PM Study Group Meetings, Conversation with Colonel Hawkins [n.d., presumed subsequent to 30 May 61), pp. 5-6. Memo from Capt. B. W. Spore for DDP, 7 Mar 61, sub: Utilization of Us Military Personnel by Project CROSSPATCH. Cable from Managua to Bell, 11 Apr 61, MANA 3561 (IN 2888). - Ibid., 13 April, MANA 3568 (IN 3164). Cable from TIDE to Bell, 13 Apr 61, TIDE 527 (IN 3230). TS . Dispatch from COB, JMWAVE to Chief, WHD, 31~ 61, sub: Operational/JMATE, Mario Guyon Diaz (~1666). Cable from Managua to Bell, 24 Jan 61, MANA 3415 (IN 2569) . Cable from TIDE to Bell, 15 Apr 61, TIDE 569 (IN 3486). 66a. Dispatch from COB, JMWAVE to Chief, WHD, 31 Mar 61, Ope cit. - 166 - RET
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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.