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.
“Cooper”11 pages
negotiations initiated by the Agency with the Govern- ment of Guatemala heavily involved both the Departments of State and Defense; and, during the Eisenhower ad- ministration, the Special Group. The Nicaraguan story principally concerned the Agency's efforts to obtain an air base and port facil- ity for launching the anti-Castro strike force against Cuba; and the involvement was directly with the Presi- dent of Nicaragua, Luis Somoza Debayle, and his brother, Anastasio Somoza Debayle, the Commander of Nicaragua's Armed Forces. The US embassy in Nicaragua and its representatives were kept informed and, in general, supported the Agency as the ball carrier with the Government of Nicaragua. The story was relatively straightforward with the Agency being given the green light to negotiate in many areas affecting US rela- tions with that country. A third Central American country, Panama, was involved marginally in the Agency's anti-Castro effort. Forts Randolph and Sherman in the Canal Zone were the sites initially selected for PM and communications training for the cadres which were to help organize the dissident elements inside Cuba; and France airfield' - 111 -
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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.