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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invasion. He then leaked the word that he was ac- cepting offers of Cuban exiles in Guatemala to as- sist his country in its defense against a Castro attack. All of these activities were being carried on directly between the President of Guatemala and the Agency's representatives in the field. The Department of State, if informed of the GOG support for JMATE, chose to appear ignorant of any involve- ment of the us Government. Beginning in early August of 1960, Guatemala Air Force B-26's and P-Sl's flew to all parts of the country to provide additional support for the cover story; and as Ydigoras had indicated in the earlier part of the month, joint Army/Air maneuvers began in the San Jose, Retalhuelu, and Champerico areas to give further support to the story that the increase in training activity was related to improv- ing the status of the GOG's own military. To insure the security of the area where the Agency activities were centered, the newspapers and the public were advised that they should not trespass in the training areas because live ammunition was going to be \
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FOIA release, from the cia-readingroom collection. The PDF is mirrored here; the original link is under it. 179 pages are in the text index: search them above, or from the library's search.