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

the opponents of Ydigoras to discredit his administra-
tion. 75d/ Initially, however, Col. King must have
ignored Esterline's warning; but the DCI failed to
support King's Plan. 75~/
The hassle with the media would continue through-
out the course of the Bay of Pigs operation, but in
no instance did the Government of Guatemala back off
from providing cover for the training activity being
sponsored by the Agency at Guatemalan sites. If any-
thing, the GOG went to extremes to protect the cover
story. In late March 1961, for example, following an
article in the Washington Post which stated "an army
estimated at several thousands is presently training
at a clandestine camp in Guatemala," Carlos Urrutia-
Aparaicio, Guatemala's Ambassador to the OAS, wrote a
letter to the editor .ofthe Post stating:
On behalf of my government I categori-
cally deny this to ,be a fact. Not one
Cuban exile is receiving training in Guate-
mala. There are several hundred of them
in my country, but we strictly enforce the
Pan American instruments governing terri-
torial asylum. Whenever these have been
overlooked or disregarded, my government
- has immediately requested the Cuban refugees
concerned to leave the country.
It is our own army which is getting
military training, but for defensive