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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with this flurry of activity it is interesting to note that it was more than 24 hours before Head- quarters got around to giving its concurrence to the assignment of Lt. Col. Earl as Chief of Base at JMADD and Lt. Col. Egan as Acting Chief of Base at JMTRAV. The Chief of the JMADD air operations, Billy Campbell, who was up at Eglin Air Force Base when the revolt broke out was off-again-on-again in terms of his return to Retalhuleu. Before the close of 14 November, Campbell's orders had been changed back to the original date and time of departure (15 Novem- ber) and the plan to have him fly ammunition down to MADD in a B-26 had been scrubbed. Before committing any DPD aircraft Headquarters carefully inquired if any "Guat air assets defected or been taken over by rebels which [sic] can knock down JNCLEAR aircraft. Are their [sic] any Guat areas to be avoided." 51/ About mid-day on 14 November 1960, Headquarters informed Guatemala City that there had been a telecon by vessels of the USN. Coincidental with possible evacuation were discussions of alternative training sites for the Cubans, including bases in the Z.I., or transfer tol Itraining facili- ty. SOc/
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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.