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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success of the project materially jeopard- ized if payment is delayed. 3. Copies of legal documents will be forwarded Head- quarters with the receipt. 30/ Despite the fact that the $100,000 was supposed to make the finca roadway and the 17 kilometers pass- able during the rainy season, an engineering report indicated that the steep grade was washing out the ballast and the road would need to be paved. Thompson~ Cornwall, the engineering outfit which had restored Retalhuleu, had given an estimate of $185,000 to do the job. Alejos had tried to raise the difference between the $100,000 Headquarters had approved and the total contract price, but had been unable to· do so. A cable of 25 Nov 60 from Guatemala indicated that _________Imight be able to make a deal with Alejos for less than the full contract price and requested that he be authorized to offer a maximum of $130,000. The message to Headquarters ended with the standard plea that the negotiation be authorized as the matter was extremely delicate and ~ould cause embarrassment to the project. An outgoing cable from the Director on 26 Nov 60 authorized c==Jto negotiate up to $130,000 if that proved to be necessary; and the releasing
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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.