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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.
COpy CIA INFORMATION REPORT COUNTRY: GUATEMALA SUBJECT: REVOLUTIONARY ATTEMPT AGAINST GUATEMALAN GOVERNMENT . REPORT NO: IL ---..---J DATE OF INFO: 13 NOV 1960 DATE DISTR: 13 NOV 60 PLACE & DATE ACQUIRED: Guatemala, Guatemala City (13 November 1960) PRECEDENCE: PRIORITY REFERENCES: IN 41848 FIELD REPORT NO: 01864 ."~ 1. EARLY MORNING 13 NOV 60 GUATEMALAN ARMY REBELS MADE COORDINATED COUP ATTEMPTS AGAINST MARISCAL ZAVALA, . GUARDIA DE HONOR AND MATAMOROS GUATEMALAN ARMY INSTALLA- TIONS. OWING PROMPT ACTION BY MINISTER DEFENSE RUBEN GONZALEZ SIGUI, MARISCAL ZAVALA AND GUARDIA DE HONOR REMAINED IN GOVT HANDS. REBELS TOOK MATAMOROS. 2. UNKNOWN NUMBER GUATEMALAN ARMY TROOPS IN PUERTO BARRIOS LEFT THE CITY MORNING 13 NOV FOR UNKNOWN DESTINATION. (SOURCE COMMENT: TROOPS BELIEVED TO HAVE GONE TO ZACAPA.l NOT KNOWN IF TROOPS HAVE DEFECTED. 3. PUERTO BARRIOS AIRPORT IN HANDS REBELS WAS STRAFED TWICE BY GUATEMALA.."I AIR FORCE PLANES. MATIAS - ~_7~ SE7T
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