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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.

DATE: NOV 13 2354Z 60
TO: DIRECTOR
FROM: GUATEMALA CITY
DIR PACY
COpy
EMERGENCY
IN 41848
CITE: GUAT 512
BASED ON: D 1864
INTEL
SUPDATA SOURCES PARAS 1 AND 21 __I_F_R_O_M---'cI======n-__
OFFICER IN PUERTO BARRIOS; PA~~~~~~~~~~~UL
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FILED: 132130Z
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SUBJ 13 NOV REVOLUTIONARY ATTEMPT AGAINST GUATEI1ALAN GOVT
DOl: 13 NOV 60 PADA GUATEMALA, GUATEMALA 13 NOV 60 APR
PARAS 1-4 (2); PARAS 5-7 (3)
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3 USIS OFFICER; PARA 41 1 GUATE-
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GOOD POLITICAL CONTACTS (B) FROM RIGHTIST POLITICAL LEADER
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