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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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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
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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
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