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Official History of the Bay of Pigs Operation- Volume 2- Part 1
Central Intelligence Agency · 179 pages · text from the file's own layer
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
- p. 21 Alejos's position from the Cubans -- his role would
be as a private Guatemalan citizen, cooperating…
- p. 23 …Cover, Security and Latin Pride
A high degree of cooperation between the President
of Guatemala and…
- p. 39 …Agency training
programs were developed with the full and complete
cooperation of the President of Guatemala…
- p. 48 …This witness recalled Headquarter's
instructions to cooperate with Alejos and also the
authorization for Seigrist…
- p. 84 …was marked by a spirit of
close cooperation between the Government of Guatemala
and the Agency…
- p. 85 …it was reported that there was close cooperation be-
tween~and Roberto Alejos with regard to…
- p. 91 …Once again Ydigoras
lectured the Cuban political leaders about the need for
unity and cooperation with…
- p. 115 …office with the rest of State,
the cooperation of which we need. It is
incumbent upon…
- p. 116 …American country, receiving his
full support and cooperation. Somoza volunteered to
foot the cost of the…
- p. 149 …ever, is that Somoza gave his full cooperation to the
Agency effort to mount the operation…
- p. 153 …Somoza himself was characterized
as continuing to be quite cooperative with the Agency
representatives but fearful…
As with the preceding volume of this series,
the author wishes to acknowledge the contributions
of the other members of the CIA History Staff, Mrs.
Sharon Bond and Mrs. Eulalie Hammond, to the comple-
tion of this segment of the Bay of Pigs history.
From substantive research to typing and proofreading,
they did whatever needed doing regardless of their
job descriptions. For any errors of fact or questions
of interpretation, they are blameless -- the author
assumes full responsibility.
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