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

payments, arms traffic, illegal Cuban
Embassy participation, etc. and not give
false impression Cuban revolution "catch-
ing on" in popularity other WH countries.
Also use any pertinent news peg as occa-
sion mention continued shipments and train-
ing in use Soviet bloc arms including
artillery by Castro militia. 54/
By 16 November 1960, the revolt for all practical
purposes had come to an end. At that time there were
pockets of resistance reported in the area between
Puerto Barrios and Gualan, but no evidence had been
found which would support charges of Cuban involvement.
Before the conclusion of the fighting, however, Presi-
dent Ydigoras did request -- and received -- two of
the JMADD B-26's because the Guatemalan Air Force
B-26's had been shot up to the point where they were
in no condition to fly additional combat missions. As
a result of the unsettled situation in Guatemala, re-
cruitment of PM ground trainees for JMTRAV was suspended
until further notice, the B-26's were recalled to the
JMADD air base, and, for the moment, all Air National
Guard (ANG) and military assignees to ~ffiDD were con-
fined to the base.* During the course of the revolt
* It was reported to Headquarters that on the mOLning
of 15 Nov 60, four armorers from MADD. had been briefly
detained by an "officer group" at the Guatemala City
airfield. The detainees probably were USAF military
assignees.
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