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.
“Jacobs”10 pages
President reportedly: Raised certain questions as to the right of a [Congressional] committee to ask questions on foreign policy affecting the security of the United States. He commented that when this is demanded as a right you are "sunk," and wondered how much right have they got, inasmuch as the Constitution says that it is the responsi- bility of the Chief Executive. 75b/* In an attempt to divert attention from the Agency~ Chief, WHD apparently forwarded a suggestion that the Agency sponsored Cuban exile organization, the FRD, publicly acknowledge that it was involved in sponsor- ing the military training in Guatemala. Jake Esterline, however, noted that such an admission would contradict statements already issued by the Government of Guate- mala; and he also emphasized that it would be used by * It is assumed that this was a. Special Group meeting. In addition to the President, the attendees were the usual members of the Special Group on Cuba -- National Security Adviser Gordon Gray, Secretary of Dejense Gates, Deputy Secretary of Defense Douglas, Under Secretary of State Merchant, Assistant Secretary of State Mann, and Ambassador Whiting Willauer. (Wil- lauer was Eisenhower's appointee to assist the incoming Kennedy Administration in the transfer of the anti- Castro activities.) The memorandum of the meeting, however, was prepared by Colonel J. C. King, Chief, WH Division, not by Thomas A. Parrott who normally acted as Secretary for Special Group sessions. 75c/
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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.