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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had with Ydigoras on the night of 14 December were negative. The report of the meeting stated: Written agreement discussed in general terms, but not shown him [Ydigoras] as he said he would not sign any secret pact. Made reference to secret agreement he signed with Castillo Armas 1953 which has since caused him serious political prob- lems. Expressed continued willingness give any and all support, including re- ceiving training personnel, short of signing any agreement. 67/ The cable went on to request that Headquarters contact Roberto Alejos requesting that he remain in Washington to meet with Esterline and Robert Davis, I~ _ who would be flying up to Washington on 16 December the thought being that discussion with Alejos might yet. bring about a change in Ydigoras's thinking. Esterline's remembrance of this visit to Ydigoras is at some variance with both the cable traffic and sub- sequent events, but it is interesting to observe the com- ments which he did have to make on the subject: \ I actually, myself, executed with Ydigoras Fuentes the agreement. At the time that I did it -- in true name -- I thought "I suppose they'll be reading about this someday and I'll have to save _ that piece of paper." He [Ydigoras] said, "that piece of paper will never be exposed," and it hasn't to my knowledge. - 64 -
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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.