Official History of the Bay of Pigs Operation- Volume 2- Part 1

press, and suggested "may be good way greeting Khrushchev
on arrival UN." 22/*
It was also during the early period of initiation
of activities in Guatemala that the Agency accommodat-
ed the request of President Ydigoras for about 20,000
rounds of 20mm anti-aircraft ammunition valued at about
$30,000. The ammunition was to be used for trainihg
of AA gun crews, both as part of the cover and diver-
sion from JMADD/JMTRAV activities and also as an actual
part of the Guatemalan defense program against incur-
sions of Cuban aircraft over their east .coast. 23/
Relations with the GOG and its representatives
were not all sweetness and light. A couple of annoy-
ing problems which came up in the early fall of 1960
concerned air operations, and the key figure, as in
most of the disputes between the Agency and the GOG,
was Roberto Alejos. In one instance he was exceedingly
upset by the change in an incoming ,aircraft schedule,
and Guatemala cabled Headquarters to insist -- again,
* CND actually had P2V's sweeping the Pacific coast
of Guatemala during the period 14-18 October 1960 in
an attempt to locate a reported Soviet submarine --
with no luck.
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