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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 14 1016Z 60
COpy
EMERGENCY
TO: GUATEMALA, JMADD, JMTRAV
FROM: DIRECTOR
TO GUAT MADD TRAV INFO RIMM YOGU
OUT 91920
CITE: DIR 11321
1. IN EVENT ANY OR ALL OF ABOVE ADDRESSESS FORCED
CLOSE DOWN DUE ENEMY ACTION AND THERE IS NOT TIME FOR EVEN
SHORT SITUATION REPORT SEND EMERGENCY QUEBEC SIGNAL INDICA-
TING "FORCED.TO EVACUATE."
2. QUEBEC SIGNALS ASSIGNED AS FOLLOWS:
A. FOR GUAT: QWV'l~
B. FOR MADD: QXX
C. FOR TRAV: QZZ
3. ABOVE TO BE TRANSMITTED ONLY UPON AUTHORIZATlON
SENIOR KUBARK OFFICIAL EXCEPTING AS LAST DITCH PROPOSITION
COMMO OFFICER MAY SEND.
4. RIMM AND YOGU COVERING ABOVE STATIONS RESPEC-
TIVELY ON 24 HOUR BASIS.
5. IF EVACUATION BECOMES NECESSARY REQUEST ABOVE\
ATTEMPT TAKE RS-l AND NECESSARY CRYSTALS AND PADS TO PER-
MIT CONTINUED CONTACT WITH RESPECTIVE BASES.
6. ADVISE HQS ACTION YOU ABLE TAKE INCLUDING ANY
SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS TO RIMM AND YOGU.
END OF MESSAGE
Releasing Officer: D/CO
Coordin~ting Officers: OC-S I ~ WH/IV Stanulis by phone
Authenticating Officer: W.S.Georgla, Jr.
- 18/-
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