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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TOP Sl-RET invasion, the more training the Castro militia was going to have and the more difficult it would be for the Brigade to overcome them. Ydigoras claimed that there was extensive anti- Castro sentiment throughout Cuba and that if the attack took place soon, this force could be applied in support of the invasion. Continuing he noted that since Kennedy had said that he was opposed to Castro, the United States should actively support the anti-Castro move- ment at this time. By so doing, the standing of the US in the eyes of Latin America would be greatly enhanced and Kennedy would be looked on as a savior who kept his promises. Ydigoras closed the letter by saying that if the attack were postponed much longer, the people of Cuba would lose faith that anything could be done, the insurrectionists in-the Escambray would be defeated, and other governments in Latin America would be even more fearful and subject to takeover by the leftists. Copies of this letter dated 28 February apparently hit the Department of State like a lead balloon. In a chance meeting with Ydigoras,[ [was told
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FOIA release, from the cia-readingroom collection. The PDF is mirrored here; the original link is above. 179 pages are in the text index: search them above, or from the library's search.