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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…
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.