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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troops had not been deplaned at Puerto Barrios; but the Department of State wanted to put into the official record that they were in opposition to using Cuban troops to support Ydigoras and that Guatemala should request the US to assist in preventing the importation of foreign arms or forces -- Cuban, that is -- into Guatemala. Following its request to the US, the De- partment wanted the GOG to ask formally for OAS action under the Rio Treaty. The joint State/Agency message also asked that the field supply any information that could be dis- covered of Cuban involvement in the Guatemalan revolt and then it went on to walk the line between the possi- bility of Ydigoras's survival and Ydigoras's overthrow. Lest the record be unclear, 1 lwas directed as follows: To avoid ambiguity the following actions are now authorized: A. Continued use of C-46's for troop movement and for other necessary transport. Assume pilots are either CAT or Cubans. B. Provide GOG with ammo and other materiel if, and only if, senior responsible GOG officer specifically requests such materiel; Din con- sultation with Ambassador agrees that
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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.