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
NOTICE OF DETACHMENT: When this form is detached from Top'Secret material it shall be completed In the appropriate spaces and transmitted to Central Top Secret Control/or record. OFF ICE/o'l V. SEEN BY DISPATCHED (OUTSIDE CIA) BY (Signature) TO SIGNATURETIME RELEASED DATETIMED.... TE DESTROYED WITNESSED BY (Signature) 'BY (Signature) OFFICIAL HISTORY OF THE BAY OF PIGS OPERATION Volurre. II Participation in the Conduct of Foreign Policy RECEIVED ~- - D.... TE Staff SIGNATURE ... :" ..... ~ DOWNGRADED ;.~. ".': tE .. ~; ...' OFFICE (Signature) none DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION CIA Risto SOURCE NUMBER OF ....TT .... CHMENTS ATTENTION:. Thl& form urlll be placed On top 0/ and attached to each Top Secret document received bV the Central:"ltiieLZfg~~~Agencv':' or cla&rified Top Secret within the CIA and will remain. attached to the document until such time a& It u downgrad.~d.· destroi!ed. or:/ tran.nnltted outside 0/ CIA. Acceu to Top Secret matter u limited to Top Secret Control personnel and those Indivldual& Whose .offictal,' dutle& relate to the matter. Top Secret Control Officer& who receive and/or release the attached Top Secret material will sign this /orm·" and indicate period 0/ custodv in the left-hand column& pr9vided. Each individual who sees the Top Secret document .wlll rign and Indicate the date 0/ handling in the right-hand columns. COpy NO, 1 of 2 DOC. NO. DOC. D.... TE OCtober 1979 HUMBER OF P .... GES 255 REFERRED TO " ".<' :UNCLASSIFIED when blank-TOP SECRET when attached to Top .... fled when filled in form is"detached from controlle~ document. I
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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.