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.
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DATE: NOV 13 2154Z 60 TO: DIRECTOR FROM: GUATEMALA CITY COpy EMERGENCY IN 41833 CITE: GUAT 513 INFO (EMERGENCY) MADD (EMERGENCY) TRAV SITUATION REPORT RE A. GUAT 507 (IN 41825) ** B. GUAT 512* 1. DUE NECESSITY TO COMMIT LOYAL TROOPS ONLY GUAT ARMY REQUEST I IMOVE ALL GUAT TROOPS FROM FINCA AND MADD FOR DEPLOYMENT AGAINST REBEL FORCES IN PUERTO BARRIOS- ZACAPA AREA. MADD C-46'S USED AS TROOP TRANSPORTS. 2. IN ORDER ASSURE DEFENSE OF MADD ARMING 200 TRAV . ~.. CUBAJ.~S AND MOVING THEM TO MADD IMMEDIATELY. 3. LT. COL. EGAN PROCEEDING TRAV AND LT. COL. NEAL PROCEEDING MAnD TO TAKE COMMAND RESPECTIVE BASES. SANTORO REMAINING WITH D FOR OVERALL COMMAND AND COORDINATION. 4. GOG HAS REQUESTED USE MAnD B-26'S AND PBPRIME PILOTS VOLUNTEERING FIGHT FOR GUAT IF NECESSARY. REQUEST HQS IMMEDIATE THINKING RE THIS MATTER. 5. MAJORITY CUBANS TRAV HAVE VOLUNTEERED TO FIGHT FOR GUAT AND GOG HAS INDICATED THEY WOULD LIKE USE TRAV, CUBANS AGAINST REBELS IF NECESSARY. REQUEST AUTHORITY THEIR USE IF NEED ARISES. END OF MESSAGE * No record in Cable Secretariat as of 1800 13 Nov. ** Reported attack on Guatemala City by unidentified forces. -. 1_7_Z SE~T
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FOIA release, from the cia-readingroom collection. The PDF is mirrored here; the original link is above. 89 pages are in the text index: search them above, or from the library's search.