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

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This is part of Volume II of the CIA History Staff's official history of the Bay of Pigs operation, covering participation in the conduct of foreign policy, dated October 1979 and approved for release in 2011. The appendixes reproduce CIA and State Department cables on the November 1960 Guatemalan army revolt, including Guatemalan requests for arms, ammunition and air surveillance, memorandums on Special Forces trainers, and part of a 1971 oral history interview with Ambassador John J. Muccio. It contains no UFO material.

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DATE: NOV 13 2112Z 60
TO: DIRECTOR
FROM: GUATEMALA CITY
EMERG DIR INFO PACY CITE GUAT 511
REF: GUAT 508 (IN 41822)**
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EMERGENCY
IN 41832
1. AMBASSADOR REQUESTS I~mEDIATE ARRANG~MENTS
BE MADE WITH APPROPRIATE ODYOKE OFFICIALS FOR SURVEIL-
LM~CE SOONEST BETWEEN PUERTO BARRIOS AND CUBA, WITH.. _~
IMMEDIATE NOTIFICATION ~ ~OF RESULTS OF SURVEILLM~CE.
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2. ADVISE II IASAP THAT TYPE SURVEILLAJ.'ICE TO
BE EMPLOYED, WHEN AND WHERE BEING SENT, SO CAN ADVISE GOG
TO ASSURE NO OPPOSITION TO SURVEILLANCE EFFORT BY GUAT
AIR FORCE. CHIEF GAP BEING ADVISED BY EMBASSY OF AMBAS-
SADOR; S REQUEST.
END OF MESSAGE
** Midef Ruben Gonzalez Sigui urgently requested ODYOKE
supply any information concerning any enemy ships now in
position to act against Guatemala.
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