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 1523z 60
COpy
OPERATIONAL I~~DIATE
TO: EGLIN AIR FORCE BASE
FROM: DIRECTOR
OPIM EGLI INFO OPIM MADD GUAT
OUT 91865
CITE: DIR 11303
REQUEST CARPENTER AND KEKOLER PREPARE DEPART
FOR MADD ASAP. LOAD MAX AMOUNT 50 CAL COMMENSURATE
FLYING SAFETY IN BOMBAY PRIOR DEPARTURE. WX DUE EGLI
1700Z. WHEN CARPENTER READY DEPART NOTIFY HQS BY PHONE.
END OF MESSAGE
Eeleasing Officer:
Stanley W. Beerli AC/DPD
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