Official History of the Bay of Pigs Operation- Volume 2- Part 2

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 14 0613Z 60
TO: GUATEMALA CITY
FROM: DIRECTOR
TO GUAT INFO MADD
COpy
E1'1ERGENCY
OUT 91833
CITE: DIR 11295
RE GUAT 517 (IN 41880)*
1. ARRANGING TRANSPORTATION. WILL ADVISE ETA.
2. UTILIZE .50 CAL AMMO IF AVAILABLE MADD STOCKS.
ADVISE QUANTITY ON HAND.
END OF MESSAGE
*GOG urgently needs and requestsffilnlrnum 100,000 rounds
50 cal armour piercing tracer ammo soonest, by 14 Nov
if at all possible ..
Releasing Officer:
J. Esterline
Authentication Officer:
W. Eisemann
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