Documents / FOIA release
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.
“Jacobs”1 page
DATE: 13 Nov 60 [time illegible] TO: GUATEMALA CITY FROM: DIRECTOR (OPERATIONAL IMMEDIATE) PACY RE: GUAT 511 (IN 41822)* COpy EHERGENCY OUT 91831 CITE DIR: 11293 1. TWO PLANES (PV-2) [P2V] WILL SURVEILL GULF OF HONDURAS AREA NEAR PUERTO BARRIOS EARLY DAYLIGHT HOURS 14 NOV. WILL CONTINUE PANAMA AND REPEAT SWEEP 15 NOV. SAME HOURS. .~ 2. DESTROYER BEING DISPATCHED TO PATROL GULF OF HONDURAS AREA. APPROX ETA ON STATION 15 NOV 60. END OF MESSAGE * Guatemala City advised that Mindef Ruben Gongalez Sigui ur-gently requested ODYOKE to supply any informa- tion concerning any enemy ships-which were in position to act against Guatemala. Releasing Officer Jacob D. Esterline - 175 - SEr
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