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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that would be used in the overflight. 18/* The pros- pect of utilizing Guatemalan,personnel in addition to the Cubans appeared attractive to Agency personnel in the field, but it created negative responses from Headquarters. Sounding in one instance Very much like a reply originated from the Department of State, the Head- quarters response to a c==Jrequest that a Guatemalan cadre be infiltrated with the Cuban teams read: "Neg- ative Possibility adverse political repercussions too great to justify this action." 19/ The enthusiasm in Guatemala also went beyond those immediately in charge of the government. In October 1960 pending a Guatemalan congressional investigation of activities * An odd feature about the cable from 1 __ to Headquarters with Ydigoras's request was the fol- lowing query: "Do you have Cuban crew selected? Would they come from air group already in Guatemala?" This would appear to be the long way around to get an answer to the question and may reflect the incipient antipathy between the WH/4 contingent at JMTRAV and the DPD elements at the air base at Retalhuleu which would later lead to harsh words and bitter recrimina- tions that would only be solved -- and then in part -- by th€ DDP, Richard M. Bissell. As nearly as can be determined, Carl Jenkins was the first COB at JMTRAV, serving from early September until 9-10 December 1960. 18a/ - 15 -
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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.